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サメと潜ろうって？　命が惜しくなければね :  Disaster

サメと潜ろう、なんてのは、とんでもなく危険な遊びなのは間違いないところで、
いつ事故が起きてもおかしくない。

いつも眠った振りをして、争いを避けているネムリブカですら、
尻尾をつかもうとした人に噛み付くところを見たことがある。
（ちなみにこれは、某所の浅瀬で遊んでいた中国人団体客の一人）

ましてや、餌の魚をスタッフが撒きながら、サメが集まったところに潜るという
サメにしてみりゃ、目の前の動くものはみんな餌に見えてしまうことだろう。

オーストリアからわざわざやってきた49歳の弁護士さん、
怖いもの見たさに負けたばかりか、最後にはサメのあごに負けてしまったようです。

Austrian dies of shark bite on Bahamas trip (Reuters)

MIAMI (Reuters) - An Austrian scuba diver died after a shark bit his leg in the Bahamas, authorities said on Monday.

The Austrian consulate in Miami identified the man as Markus Groh, 49, a lawyer from Vienna.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it sent a rescue helicopter to pick up the man on Sunday after receiving a mayday call from the Florida-based charter dive boat Shear Water, saying that a man had suffered a shark bite wound.

The victim was flown from the scene, about 5 miles north of Great Isaac Cay in the Bahamas, to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, where he was pronounced dead, the Coast Guard said.

Great Isaac is about 60 miles east of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

"From what I heard they were on a shark diving trip, feeding the sharks," said Ken Smiriglio, an assistant with the Austrian consulate.

The Shear Water is owned by Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures of Riviera Beach, which operates scuba diving trips in which the crew puts food in the water to bring divers into close contact with hammerhead, tiger and other shark species.

On its Web site, the company says shark diving is a "potentially dangerous sport."

"To insure the best results we will be 'chumming' the water with fish and fish parts. Consequently, there will be food in the water at the same time as the divers," the site said.

The company did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

(Reporting by Jim Loney, editing by Michael Christie and Cynthia Osterman)

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