Well, it is that time again…. Once a year my TV goes a week without ever changing the channel. The channel is the Discovery Channel, and the week is (you guessed it) Shark Week.
Since I was a little kid I have loved sharks, although I was not much of a Jaws fan. I collected teeth (and sadly still do) and books, and the occasional jaw. I knew every species, and could tell you the speed each could swim and how dangerous it was. Some would say I am a bit of a shark nerd, and they would be correct. I can remember the first Tiger shark tooth I ever got, and the blood thirty seconds later when I sliced into mythumb seeing how sharp it was. Being a bit on the squeamish side, I remember when I got a book about Great White attacks, only to have to keeps my head between my knees after seeing the pictures. Let’s face it, I love sharks…
Sadly, this was to be the year that I went cage diving with Great Whites of Southern California, but other work had conflicted it. Though I vow to go some day, or at least as soon as we can figure out how to get the lights and a Nikon D3x under water……
So with that, go watch some Shark Week!!!!