"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
| Try tiger sharks if you want really scary. Vicious, large *and*
| common.

Yup... I was a commercial diver on a cable barge laying a line to an
island.... we saw over two dozen Tiger Sharks in a 4 day period there down
to 180 feet. We dove pairs to have one person keep an eye on curious
tigers... they where armed with CO2 shark spears which would theoretically
inflate a shark unpin striking with sufficient gas to keep it from being
"interested". We never used any of them.

My favourite were the Hammerheads in Pago Harbour. I saw lots of sharks
while tacking zincs to Korean Longliners at the Star-Kist Plant. Many
different varieties.... The boats were docked next to the outfall from the
processing plant... guts and tidbits all around and usually a feeding frenzy
going on somewhere nearby. I was never attacked by any of the sharks....
although some would show aggressive behaviour by dropping their pectorals
and arching their backs while making quick zig zag motions near me... that's
when I would retreat to the prop cage.

CM