I plan to finally get back in the water this coming Saturday, April 16th for the Divevet’s Easter Egg hunt.

I’ve been trying to get my right ear to pop from the on going congestion that I’ve had, and have decided on a regimen of Sudafed and saline nasal spray to help.

So, with that in mind, here is your weekly fluff to fill another post and let people know that I’m still alive and not in jail or the hospital.

The following videos are not new, but the thing is, I just found them while doing a search for “dumb SCUBA diver” – something that I’ve only been called about a dozen or so times.

When divers are in the water, the only time that they’re ever attacked is when marine creatures feel threatened – with the exception of maybe a test bite from a shark.

I’ve been attacked by a Garibaldi diving Catalina – apparently, they attack if you’re to close to where they laid their eggs.

Crazy Ivan was attacked by a red crab while lobster hunting off Cabrillo Beach a few years ago – remember that Crazy Ivan?

But as I stated, these creatures who “attack,” attack with the perception of self defense.

And then, there’s the dare devils and dumb asses…

With that in mind, if you ever get so comfortable to where you’re going to hand feed eels or kiss sharks on the lips, you will eventually suffer the consequences.

WARNING, THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS MAY BE CONSIDERED GRAPHIC BY NON-MACHO PEOPLE

So here’s the question to be asked – Does an eel know when the food stops and the hand of the one who feeds it begins?

To watch this video on Break.com click here.

Do sharks ever look pretty enough to play with, let alone kiss?

To watch this video on Break.com click here.

After watching the above videos, I think that I may not be such a “psycho” diver after all.

Thank you, Crazy Ivan for pointing this Easy Reader article out.

Remember fellow divers, when we’re in the water, we are part of the food chain.

The good thing is that human blood has a lot of iron in it, so humans don’t taste good to sharks; chances are you won’t be eaten after their initial test bite.

The original article can be found here.

By Kevin Cody, March 25th, 2011

Photo by Brad Jacobson

A six-foot dolphin with its rib cage exposed and its entrails missing washed up on the beach at the Redondo Breakwall on Thursday. The dead dolphin was spotted by Breakwall surfer Chris Wells about 3 p.m. and photographed about an hour later by surf photographer Brad Jacobson. View the PHOTO GALLERY.

“It’s a predation kill, most likely by a great white shark,” Dave Janiger, a curatorial assistant in the mammalogy department of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, said Thursday evening, after viewing Jacobson’s photos.

“This long beaked common dolphin is pretty fresh. It died within 24 hours, and close to shore,” Janiger said.

“That area is close to the Redondo Canyon, where large white sharks have been known to hang out. The dolphin is bitten in the ventral area of the body, which is classic for white sharks coming up and attacking from below,” Janiger noted.

The dolphin’s presence put to rest skepticism that greeted ET Surf Shop manager Daniel Del Castillo’s claim to have seen a big fin speeding past the line-up at the Breakwall Sunday morning.

Del Castillo told fellow surfers he was on the beach at the Breakwall about 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning watching friends Steve Howe and Charlie Carver surf, when he saw a two–foot-tall, triangular fin just north of the surfers.

“I lost sight of it, and was thinking maybe it was just a dolphin, when I saw the fin again, speeding south toward the breakwall, about where the outside sets were breaking.”

None of the surfers in the water, who were sitting inside at the time, reported seeing the fin. But professional surfer Sean Burrell, who was in the water, said he saw an adult and a baby sea lion inside the surf line, which he said is unusual.

“A surfer who was standing with me saw my eyes get real big, so he didn’t doubt me when I told him what I saw. But the other guys were asking if I had photos. I do now,” Del Castillo said. ER