The pictures are from the Guide to Corals and Fishes book that we have on board. The top picture shows the bull, followed by the lemon shark, nurse, blacktip and sand tiger. We routinely see nurse sharks but they are harmless.
Since my encounter with the bull shark I have been a little more anxious swimming in these waters. Unfortunately everyone hunts here and the waters are always being chummed with fish guts and lobster parts. Nonetheless I like to swim before my shower and besides what are my chances of seeing another shark? I jump into the water with my snorkel and fins on and head out to check the anchor and just past the anchor I see another guy in a gray suit. The water was a bit murky so I began to wonder whether I was seeing things but I decided not to go back in the water. The following day both Rob and I decided to have a dip before dinner and as luck would have it I spotted the shark before Rob even got into the water. This time I had decided to stay close to the swim ladder and this time Mac the Mako shark decided to swim close to the boat. I was glad that Rob got to see the shark as I was beginning to think I was seeing things. I talked to Percy and asked him if there were any local sharks and sure enough he said that there were two Mako sharks, each over 6 feet that cruise the bay. Evidently they even follow Percy's boat when they hear the motor. We don't have any information about Mako sharks on board; however they are ocean pelagic sharks. Intellectually I know that they are unlikely interested in me as a food source; however I must say seeing a top ocean predator less than twenty feet away is very frightening. Rob on the other hand is wishing he could see the shark and get a picture?!
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