Keith Poe hand-feeds a mako shark prefer it’s a Yorkie nibbling on biscuits in a video he posted this week on YouTube. (Watch it beneath.)
Poe, who reportedly has tagged greater than 5,000 sharks off California, says he makes use of the feeding as a manner of calming the sharks earlier than he tags them.
The filmed encounter, which Poe additionally set to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow carried out by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole on Facebook, befell off Marina del Rey in Los Angeles County.
“This was the result of my hand feeding her for hours, calming her down and getting to know each other for the capture and tagging that was come,” Poe instructed For the Win. “I am trying to minimize the capture shock.”
“For me, it’s all about being minimally invasive and I take it very seriously.”
Poe has been tagging and releasing sharks for analysis for the reason that mid-1990s, based on his web site sharktagger.com.
Mako sharks swim quick, assault quick and might soar into boats, Sharks-World reviews.
We’d reasonably take our possibilities with a Yorkie.
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