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Eco-Tourism May Be Good News for Sharks
Andrea Mustain, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer
pubished by 09 March 2012 Time: 12:08 PM ET
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A 12-foot female tiger shark swims above a row of SCUBA divers at popular eco-tourist spot Tiger Beach, in the Bahamas.
CREDIT: Image courtesy Jim Abernethy.
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Imagine swimming in crystalline ocean waters shot through with sunlight when one of Earth's most notorious predators swims into view — a very close view.

Such pulse-quickening encounters are, in fact, the whole point for visitors to Tiger Beach, an idyllic spot in the Bahamas where eco-tourists can get up close and personal with tiger sharks — indiscriminate eaters known to devour everything from sea turtles to kegs of nails (and occasionally a few unlucky humans).

Yet it is by playing to the sharks' voracious appetites that dive operators are able to lure them into view, courtesy of generous offerings of chum — minced fish.

However, some have argued that the free meals — and resulting close encounters between humans and sharks — could have bad consequences for both species.

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