Papua New Guinea is a colorful world full of wonderful animals and infinite coral.
It is mysterious and becomes more beautiful at night. In search of food, some creatures who appear in the day get more active hunters at night. Sharks are among those creatures who become more active when it is dark.
Watch the video of the shark that the divers took below!
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Video credit: Rumble
Rock and lava upwellings that have become populated with coral and sponges were created by volcanic eruptions. A delicate web of life exists on these reefs and food is created by these animals.
The divers use lights to navigate and explore and the experience of exploring the reef at night is exciting and scary at the same time. Animals can see the divers through the lights and some even get attracted to the lights. This juvenile silvertip reef shark is among those creatures.
The shark sees the opportunity to get a meal by understanding that small fish congregate around bright lights. Due to hunger, the shark darts in and out and sometimes bumps into the divers as he look upon them.
According to Wiki, ‘’Out of more than 489 shark species, only three are responsible for a double-digit number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger, and bull. The oceanic whitetip has probably killed many more castaways, but these are not recorded in the statistics.’’
Sharks are not very dangerous to humans who are not aggressive. These divers were excited to see sharks from close and they also get to see how agile sharks are. All sharks, large and small are could be capable of inflicting wounds if provoked.
Humans should know that animals in the ocean have their own way to defend themselves and any improper behavior by a human might harm them.
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