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Shark Bytes – webisode 20

G’day. I’m matt from Adventure Bay Charters and welcome to “Shark Bytes”.

Something that’s been in the media quite a bit recently is the number of Shark attacks on our coast lines and beaches, particularly in Western Australia. I really think that this is mostly to do with seasonal change. Sharks have regularly migratory routes; they generally follow the same routes at the same time every year. But on those routes they have to feed or there’s certain temperature variance they’ll follow and I think the thing is that this year through a seasonal change, and this is no different to any other year, except the amount of food or a water temperature change and they have to get closer to shore. It’s not that anything has changed in how we deal with Sharks that’s increased the numbers of attacks on people or Sharks close to beaches… they’re going to be out there, that’s the thing about Sharks – this is their environment, if you don’t want to see Sharks next time you go swimming, keep your eyes closed.

So stay tuned for more “Shark Bytes” and remember the future of the marine environment is in all our hands.

Hello there!

Let me introduce myself as the newest addition to Adventure Bay Charters. My name is Jana (yes as in Jana Wendt) and I’ll be the one at the other end of the phone when you call to book a tour with us! Just a little bit about me, I have recenetly moved here from Adelaide, where I’ve been living most of my life, for a bit of a scene change and I couldn’t have picked a better place. If you have never been Port Lincoln is surrounded by beautiful scenery and lovely locals! I came here for an exiciting change as I mentioned and thought what’s more exciting than working for a company that deliever once of a life time tours everyday. So I set about this by pestering the owners, Matt and Tracy, non-stop until they had no choice but to hire me and what can I say, they’ve never looked back

As I’m new to this business I’ve been researching all the wonderful creatures that we not only take you to swim with but also the ones we have right here in the office. We have 6 large aquariams that hold a whole range of fish including Kingfish, Nanagi, Salmon, Australian Herring, Leather Jackets, Cowfish, Zebrafish, Seahorses and even a Blue Ring Octopus, not to mentioned our much loved pet Crayfish, Bruce! For example, I’ve found out that the menacing Blue Ring Octopus has enough venom to kill 26 adults in just mintues which isn’t held in the Octopus’ bite but in its saliva. Also if the dominante male disappears, the dominante female Cowfish can change her sex to take his place!

Now I, like many other people, have always had a fear of the almighty Great White Sharks but I’d like to share with you what I’ve read which I think most people are unaware of. More than 70% of shark attack victims survive as the shark was only evaluating its potential prey and in fact humans are not energy rich enough for sharks to bother with! They are naturally curious and very intelligent creatures that deserve our respect which is why we here at Adventure Bay Charters take the eco friendly approach to Shark Cage Diving. Using the vibrations of ACDC we attract the sharks who will swim around to see what all the racket is about. Berlying can be harmful to sharks as when they go to bite their “prey” their eyes roll back in there head and they cant see what they’re biting which can sometimes be the actual cage itself causing the shark to cut and scrape its head and body.

Well this was just a quick introduction of myself but you can follow us on Facebook or Twitter for any recent bargins and updates! Apart from that if you have any further questions, queries or would like to book a tour give me a bell and I’d be more than happy to help you in any way possible!

Jana.

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