Great Whiteness

Yesterday, I finally watched an episode of How I Met Your Mother.

Yeah, I know. I know. It’s been running for a long time, and now … ONLY I WATCH???

Well, that’s because I haven’t gotten around to watching that comedy yet. There are so many dramas out there, and I can’t possibly expend my time on each and everyone.

But I finally watched an episode. That’s an achievement.

I can’t really say if it’s the best comedy around, because I only watched ONE episode. I did laugh at some of the scenes, but like I said, I can’t make a verdict based on ONE episode alone.

See how I keep saying ONE in this blog? Maybe it’s because I’m proud to have at least watched ONE episode. You know, all the effort and stuff.

I also tuned in to Shark Men on National Geographic, and I must say, I’m kind of impressed at how those shark men handling those dangerous Great Whites. I mean, have you even watched Jaws?

After watching it, I had nightmares for a very long time.

But really, when you look at them close-up, these creatures don’t seem that ferocious. I mean, not like the ones in the Jaws franchise. Like deliberately attacking your ship, trying to sink it. And biting the board off ceaselessly in an attempt to chow down the humans.

In real life, Great Whites are not like that at all. They are still the predators of the sea, but they’re not that melodramatic.

And I saw the men pulling one female Great White to the surface so she would be immobilized. They fed her water through a tube so she could continue breathing and stuff. And they tagged her so she could be tracked when she roams the sea.

One of the men also took a blood sample from her for some testing and stuff.

It was really cool to watch all these men getting SO close to the notorious Great White.

When she was released into the water, she was held in an upside-down position. She couldn’t move, because she was in a state of tonic immobility, so the diver had to help turn her around.

Wow.

It was really exciting to watch a massive Great White that CLOSE!

It is dangerous, really, but these men knew what they were doing.

I’d love to do shark diving one day. It’d fun to watch all these sharks close-up (behind the cage, of course!).

But for the moment, I’ll just experience Great Whiteness … through my handy-dandy TV screen.