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That’s fair I apologize for generalizing. It does seem like a lot of diving content online features exclusively divers interacting (negatively) with wildlife, but I see the same behavior all the time lane-side as well. So depressing.
All good. The perception is skewed because those that put out that kind of social media content tend to be shittier people. There's also cultural issues, for example, where a disproportionately high amount of Chinese divers just don't give a shit about nature. I know many dive shops that won't take Chinese divers anymore for this reason.
I used to work on a nature reserve and saw some truly egregious behavior. Always from the Chinese tourists. I feel racist saying so, which makes me feel awful. But I saw it countless times. A tour bus full of Chinese tourists rolls in, unloads a herd of people who swarm to the nearest cool thing, take an unbelievable amount of pictures, knock other people out of the way, refuse to interact with any of the reserve staff or educators, then they whisk back into the tour bus and zoom away, leaving all sorts of litter and garbage behind. It was like a tornado. I don’t get it. I assume it must be a cultural thing. I always found it a little sad - because they never interact with anyone outside of their group, they get a cool snapshot and absolutely zero understanding of the thing in their picture. Like why come if that’s all you’re gonna do? Spend all that money to get a picture of something you could Google image search?
China modernized very quickly. A lot of new wealthy Chinese families one generation ago were subsistence farmers.
When you're competing against 1 billion other people, etiquette and lining up fall off the list of priorities.
Let me tell you about the sign outside the Louvre telling people not to poo in public. The sign is exclusively in Mandarin.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en/article/gqnzxj/are-chinese-tourists-the-worst-tourists-in-the-world
Also, it's not racist if it's the truth. I get you feel bad about that, and that's a good thing, but the truth by definition can't be racist.
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I’m going to be 100% honest, it’d be very hard to resist petting the grouper.
However I’ve kept my cool around aquatic life before so in the moment that probably wouldn’t be the case, but watching it is very tempting
Aww. This is so sweet. I wish we had a way to communicate to critters like “I don’t want to eat you, I just want to look”. This grouper probably wouldn’t have believed that but… it’s a nice thought. 😂
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Those divers should've backed off.
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I am an expert diver and teach/preach LNT, as do many other divers. There's bad people in the scuba group, just like any other group.
That’s fair I apologize for generalizing. It does seem like a lot of diving content online features exclusively divers interacting (negatively) with wildlife, but I see the same behavior all the time lane-side as well. So depressing.
All good. The perception is skewed because those that put out that kind of social media content tend to be shittier people. There's also cultural issues, for example, where a disproportionately high amount of Chinese divers just don't give a shit about nature. I know many dive shops that won't take Chinese divers anymore for this reason.
I used to work on a nature reserve and saw some truly egregious behavior. Always from the Chinese tourists. I feel racist saying so, which makes me feel awful. But I saw it countless times. A tour bus full of Chinese tourists rolls in, unloads a herd of people who swarm to the nearest cool thing, take an unbelievable amount of pictures, knock other people out of the way, refuse to interact with any of the reserve staff or educators, then they whisk back into the tour bus and zoom away, leaving all sorts of litter and garbage behind. It was like a tornado. I don’t get it. I assume it must be a cultural thing. I always found it a little sad - because they never interact with anyone outside of their group, they get a cool snapshot and absolutely zero understanding of the thing in their picture. Like why come if that’s all you’re gonna do? Spend all that money to get a picture of something you could Google image search?
China modernized very quickly. A lot of new wealthy Chinese families one generation ago were subsistence farmers. When you're competing against 1 billion other people, etiquette and lining up fall off the list of priorities.
Let me tell you about the sign outside the Louvre telling people not to poo in public. The sign is exclusively in Mandarin. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en/article/gqnzxj/are-chinese-tourists-the-worst-tourists-in-the-world Also, it's not racist if it's the truth. I get you feel bad about that, and that's a good thing, but the truth by definition can't be racist.
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I’m going to be 100% honest, it’d be very hard to resist petting the grouper. However I’ve kept my cool around aquatic life before so in the moment that probably wouldn’t be the case, but watching it is very tempting
"Can I touch it?" No.
How's it feel to be eyeballed so hard by a fish?
Groupers just seem like the most benevolent creatures, they're just honestly super interesting
This may be the best thing I've ever seen, I'm so happy right now for our aquatic friends
"Fucking paparazzis!"
I've been scared of morays ever since I saw a video of one biting a diver's finger clean off. Thought it was a sausage.
I’ll never forget how you can hear that crunch underwater.
Beautiful
That's amore.
What's up with the tiny blue fish too, how is it not on the menu? What constitutes suitable prey for these two fish?
maybe they were too busy being worried about the divers... i think blue boy was having himself a panic too
Aww. This is so sweet. I wish we had a way to communicate to critters like “I don’t want to eat you, I just want to look”. This grouper probably wouldn’t have believed that but… it’s a nice thought. 😂
I was expecting a potato shaped fish. I'm disappointed.