Halifax Sparks near a close encounter with great white sharks, mistrust
A student of a Dalhousie University studying Marine Biology is sharing a breathtaking picture of a great white shark, while she recently took on a research campaign on the banks of Halifax.
Geraldin Fernandez on Wednesday photographed a cage over a boat operated by the Atlantic shark operations near Sambro, a rural fishing community in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Male sharks can be seen getting up from water, almost staring at the camera, with its mouth and its teeth.
For some, the image may be menacing. But for Fernandez, who is studying to become a shark to become a biologist, close and individually coming with sharks, was close to love on the first bite.
In an interview with CBC on Friday, he said, “The whole conversation (most beautiful) was the most beautiful, beautiful and natural conversation that I personally had with shark,” he said in an interview with CBC on Friday Mainstreet Halifax. “It was able to show its size and its power even without doing anything.
“People think they are these mindless animals that just attack, and, honestly, it was all doing all the people, it was a little curious, and I was really lucky that day.”
Menstreet NSAnother day, another curious great white shark
‘Once a lifetime opportunity’
When image Was shared on social mediaMany commenting thought that it was a product of artificial intelligence.
But it came from a camera that Fernandez connected to a pole. The shark was being monitored from a cage above, where she was posted, and underwater by divers.
“This encounter was extremely unique,” said Neil Hammerchalag, founder and president of the Atlantic shark campaigns.
His company regularly works with researchers such as Fernandez. It also provides shark tourism for citizens in Halifax and Yarmouth at different times of the year.
“The other great white we have seen in this season, and some of them are a handful, they are really alert,” Hamarshelg said.
“It stuck around for an hour, he was not interested in fodder … was more interested in looking at the cage, rubbing against the cage … and seeing what people were doing on the boat.”
When she was younger, Fernandez was prone to shark.
As a summer research student with the future of Dalhousie’s Marine Ecosystems Lab, she is collecting data for a new method of monitoring shark, including using a device called “shark bar” to measure the size of shark in water.
His close encounter with The Great White Shark is more proof that he is on the right path.
“This definitely felt like a lifetime opportunity,” he said. “All this is done that I have been put in more drives to continue my research and continue with shark exploration.”
