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BABY

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gerard way as a porbeagle shark Lamna nasus

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(Photo by Andy Murch)

Basking shark

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A formidable hunter, the salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) is sometimes mistaken for the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), but can be distinguished by its shorter snout and the dusky blotches that mark the white abdomen of adults. The rest of the salmon shark’s stocky, spindle-shaped body is dark bluish-grey or blackish, with white blotches around the base of the pectoral fins. Occurring singly or in schools of several individuals, salmon sharks are long distance, high-speed predators, occasionally seen at or near the surface in some areas. They can maintain their body temperature well above that of the surrounding cold water of the North Pacific, and may have the highest body temperature of any shark. This allows them to maintain warm swimming muscles and internal organs, so they can still hunt effectively in cool waters. The salmon shark is considered to be one of the main predators of the Pacific salmon, and its voracious feeding on this fish has earned it its common name. 

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Dive with Thresher Sharks! Big Fish Expeditions

Join us for a week of diving with thresher sharks at Malapascua in the Philippines. Monad Shoal is the ONLY place in the world where pelagic thresher sharks can be reliably encountered day after day.

Each morning, just after sunrise, pelagic thresher sharks rise from the depths to be cleaned by reef fishes. Up to a dozen or so sharks can sometimes be seen cautiously approaching the cleaning stations and then stalling in the water column with their long tails pointing slightly downwards in an unmistakable signal that they are ready for the cleaner fishes to attend them. Lucky divers may even see a bigeye thresher shark swimming among their pelagic cousins. Monad Shoal is a very unique dive site that you have to see to believe.

Expedition: Scubadiving with thresher sharks plus world class reef diving.

Location: Malapascua, Philippines. (Pick up from Cebu Island)

Accommodation: Beachfront Hotel

Experience Level: Intermediate. Some dives below 30m/100ft

2014 Dates: November 1st to 8th, 2014 4 SPOTS AVAILABLE

2014 Price: $2395. Single or Double occ.

2014 Leader:  Andy Murch

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Salmon Shark - Lamna ditropis

Photo By: Andy Murch Source: Big Fish Expeditions

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Blacktip Shark - Carcharhinus limbatus I imagine this image of a blacktip shark from South Africa is terrifying to some people but when I see those pointy grasping teeth I immediately think 'fish catcher'. They may look intimidating but they're clearly designed to stop fish from wriggling free. They are NOT designed to catch people. Photo: Andy Murch Source: Big Fish Expeditions