Sharing with you pictures taken from my trip to Oslob last week to experience the much publicized Whale Interaction Attraction in the town.
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| This is about how close anyone can get to the sharks, right next to it. |
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| This is me about to dive to the water as one of the sharks swim beside our banca. |
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| Feeding them with "uyap" (Shrimp Paste). Not only is this practice being debated about because of its "domestication" impact on the whales, I have seen how the whales mouths are actually wounded from what must have been incidents on bumping on the bancas when attempting to eat what is being fed to them. See related article on domestication from Cebu Daily News: http://www.cdn.ph/news_details.php?id=12207 |
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| Swimming with the shark. Side by Side. |
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| The shark right next to me. I actually got to swim with it side by side and at some point it was underneath me. That was quite an experience. |
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| This is how the actual feeding looks like. |
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| This is how the actual interaction in the waters look like. Bancas swarming around the sharks which are being feed by running bancas. |
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| A gentle giant up close. While the whole experience was breathtaking and memorable, I cannot help but feel for the sharks. Yes, legislation has been created on the fees involved to view the sharks, but I am wondering if the have made any resolution to strictly enforce protection on these gentle giants. On the same day, I can see people actually touching the sharks. Some fisherman, rowing too close to a point bumping the different parts of the sharks. It looks like we are more interested in making money out of these sharks, instead of ensuring their safety. Or at least that's what it seems.... See related article from Cebu Daily News about the wounded sharks: http://cdn.ph/news_details.php?id=12197 |
Note: All photos from this post are from Kent Subong.
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