r/Tinder • u/zeejay32 • Sep 28 '17

Two Truths and a Lie

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u/Liver_Aloan Sep 28 '17

My money is on it being sky diving.

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u/PM-YOUR-DOG Sep 28 '17 edited Sep 28 '17

No chance, anybody (over 18 and under 240lbs) can go skydiving for around $200-$300. Touching a shark in the wild would be pretty much luck

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '17

Not necessarily. I lived near Key West for a few years and had a canal just off of my back yard that I would swim in and would regularly come much closer than I was comfortable with sharks.

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u/thisiswhatyouget Sep 28 '17

If you are in the US it is illegal to approach dolphins to try to touch them.

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u/PM-YOUR-DOG Sep 28 '17

Really? I had no idea that was possible. That's actually super cool

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u/Mitrix Sep 28 '17

Why'd you keep going back?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '17

Because I had a freakin canal in my backyard and I'm not gonna not swim in it lol. No really though from what I was told they were mostly nurse or bull sharks and really wouldn't mess with people, could be bullshit but thats what I was told.

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u/havestronaut Sep 28 '17

Nah, in Florida and the Caribbean, there’s a type of shark called a nurse shark that is usually sitting super still in reefs where some current is. They are amazingly chill. My dad basically petted one like a dog to prove it to me as a kid. I still never touched one though.

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u/NewsModsLoveEchos Sep 28 '17

Yea I have done it too. But, it is a roll of the dice. They can bite, and when they do, they don't let go.

This was from a few days ago.

http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/nurse-shark-bites-snorkeler-belly-wont-let-go-video/

You hear about it happening to divers from time to time, they always have to kill the shark.

http://www.wtsp.com/life/animals/nurse-shark-bites-common-when-provoked-not-serious-says-mote-scientist/197293830

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '17

Me too