And just when you thought it was safe to come OUT of the water....

JAKARTA, Indonesia–Scuba divers swept away in strong currents survived 12 hours in shark-infested waters before scrambling onto a remote Indonesian island where they faced yet another threat: a Komodo dragon.

http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/439507

I'll stick to sitting on a beach on Lake Huron, thank you very much.

 

If you'd have said Chemical Valley, I'd be impressed...

 

The Jersey Shore was spectacular today

 

Think I'll stick to the swim club.

 

Not as much medical waste as usual?

 

Not that this was ever their intent, but the biggest reason anyone goes diving in Indonesia is to see sharks.

I went diving there when I was in college and the entire prep before we went out was "You're going to see a lot of sharks, are you OK with that?"

The biggest we saw was a 20-footer and that scared the living shit out of me.

One of the groups, not the one I was with, poured shark blood into the water to ensure that the big sharks (not great whites obviously) would come out.

 

Those people are idiots.

 

Agreed. They also have tours where they'll put you in a cage and drop you where the Great Whites usually are. They pour blood into the water and release dead fish right in front of the cage.

Needless to say, I passed on that trip as well...