sketch: great white shark
September 8, 2019
Recently, I went to Cape Cod and I did all the awesome activities that the amazing locale has to offer, except one. And that is, swimming in the ocean. Absolutely, no swimming in the sea for me because there have been more sightings of sharks in the area. Sharks are attracted to the population boom of sea lions close to the shoreline. Delicious, fatty sea lions.
In Cape Cod, there are warning signs everywhere to beware and to swim at your own risk. There are even stop-the-bleeding kits stationed at the beaches! Sharks can easily mistake a surfer, body boarder or swimmer for a sea lion meal. If a shark bites you, they won’t go, “I’m sorry, my bad.” The ocean is their domain and who would be the one to blame if a shark and a human cross paths?
Now I am shaking just thinking about it. Anyway, I do a sketch of a Great White Shark. I guess if I want to face my fears, I have to draw it. Right?
Did you swim at the beach this summer? Without the fear of sharks swimming nearby? What animal do you fear?
September 9, 2019 at 12:56 pm
Nice sketch, Al! Me, no, I don’t go in the ocean either. I still remember as a teenager the fear I got when the movie “Jaws” came out (I went to the ocean every weekend with friends), that sealed my deal of never going in the ocean again, lol. I do follow sharks now though (bet you didn’t know that!). Once a week I go to a website for the latest GPS tagged shark sightings, I got hooked on it with my oldest 8 yr old grandson, now I’m just curious. Check it out if you don’t know about it, it’ll show the tagged sharks that were around you! 😲 https://www.ocearch.org
September 12, 2019 at 11:49 pm
I appeciate it and so true! Jaws is a brilliant film that brought out everybody’s fear of beach goers. The robot shark looks kinda dated now but it sure is still powerful story telling.
That is a cool website of tagged sharks. Thanks for sharing the link, Donna!
September 9, 2019 at 11:05 pm
I did swim near a shark once. I was snorkeling in the Galapagos and there was a reef shark swimming around. They don’t generally bother humans, so I thought it was pretty cool rather than being scared. But I would not want to meet a Great White!
September 12, 2019 at 11:39 pm
Good story Mei mei. I had a similar experience snorkling in Key West. I saw a shark below me about 20 feet deep. It seemed harmless just swimming along the bottom. I think it was a nurse shark but boy was it big!
September 11, 2019 at 12:50 pm
Very nice sketch! You cracked me up with “I’m sorry my bad” hahahaha
September 12, 2019 at 11:34 pm
Ha ha 😀 So glad you liked that! Thank you Diane!