shark rodeo videos

This is absolutely incredible. This is the research I'll be reporting on April 5-14 for Discovery Channel Online's Shark Week blog. The researchers catch the sharks using "shark rodeo," they use a rope to catch it by its tail fins and then bring it back to the boat. There are two species they're working with - reef sharks and tiger sharks. They're not on Youtube but will open a streaming video (WMV) on your computer.

Here is the video of the whitetip reef shark rodeo (this is good because the guy is narrating).

Here is the video of the tiger shark research (no sound). The boat is the one I'll be on - the Undersea Explorer.

More later - I'm swamped!

swimming with sharks

No not the sharks I'm dealing with related to my car situation... I have a new adventure in the works! In April I'm headed back to Australia to write about a white-tipped shark research project for Discovery Channel!!!!!! (You will be able to read my live posts from there at http://discovery.blogs.com/ but I'll post the exact URL when it gets closer). Check out the research: http://www.sharkresearch.com/ and specifically here about white-tips.

I'm sooo thrilled! Actually I'm a wee bit apprehensive about swimming with the sharks (and Savannah also said she didn't want me to!) but I am more excited than you can imagine to go back to the magical country that has my heart! I love that place. And I will go a few days early (or stay late) to visit my friends Jenny and Rin!

I have so much work to do or I'd write more. I have a lot of blog posts I've written in my mind... Guess they will have to wait. :)