| Diving with large predatory sharks can be dangerous, so people who want to get close to sharks, like underwater photographers and film-makers, use a strong metal cage to protect themselves. No-one sensible would want to be in the water with a great white shark, unless protected by a cage. For smaller and less dangerous species, like blue sharks, divers sometimes wear chain-mail suits. The chain-mail is sufficiently strong to prevent the shark’s teeth penetrating the skin if it should bit, but bruising can still occur. Divers may also have a cage just to retreat into, should the sharks become excited by the thought of food and snap at the divers. When sharks are being filmed or photographed outside a cage, safety divers should also be present to keep watch for sharks approaching from outside the film-maker’s field of vision. |
