Friday, August 09, 2013

Grey Reefies - Gang Bang!

These are Blacktip Reefies in Thailand - source.

From the days when Discovery was legit.

This is the holy grail of Shark imaging.
Being able to capture images of mating Sharks, in natural conditions (likely a pass in French Polynesia like Tiputa) and this for several minutes is absolutely spectacular, a less than once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

So this is how they do it - brutal stuff.
Stunning images and also, brilliant commentary!

Enjoy!



3 comments:

Johann Mourier said...

Indeed this occured in Tiputa Pass in Rangiroa and was filmed by Yann Hubert. They use the strong current in the pass to oxygenize themself when immobilezed during the mating.
By the way, nice picture of blacktips also! (I have one too from Rangiroa).

DaShark said...

Of course you would know the details! :)

Merci Johann!

OfficetoOcean said...

That's the kind of shark porn I can get onboard with! Remember seeing this doco when if came out, it was really good