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Sevengill Cowsharks by Bart Smithers of Eco-Eye.org

A short Sevengill Cowshark vid filmed by Bart Smithers of Eco-Eye on our last shark dive. You will see 3 species of shark (Sevengill Cowshark, Puffaddershy shark and Leopard Catshark) You can also see me holding up the fragments of a past meal, bones and flesh.

Posted on November 16th, 2010

Posted in Cowshark Diving, Photographic, Video |

  • Geo

    Whats the idea behind shining the torch into the shark’s eye?

  • Stevenbenjamin1

    Hi Geo
    The vis was quite poor, although it doesn’t look like it on the vid. I had the torch to help Bart bring out some of the color and patterns of the sharks and reef. I didn’t always know where he was filming so I just lite up what I could. The sharks didn’t show any signs of being affected by the light and I had numerous sharks passing centimeters from me. Thanks for the comment

  • http://twitter.com/rapturedeep Michael Bear

    The piece didn’t say where the Sevengills were filmed/or I missed it. It wasn’t False Bay, South Africa, by any chance, was it?

  • Stevenbenjamin1

    Yes, all my dives with these sharks are at one site, Pyramid Rock in False bay