(Jim Abernethy) from Florida,
Pyatidesyatidvuhletny Eberneti Jim (Jim Abernethy) from Florida, lived together with the large and terrible sharks on earth. Some even follow him like dogs. Experience of living with sharks, helps Jim to take pictures of these predatory fishes in their natural habitat in the Bahamas, Mexico and South Africa. Jim published a book of photographs entitled "Sharks next"
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The pictures were taken in the last 10 years. Jim spends 320 days a year, surrounded by sharks. This photograph shows the yellow shark in the water near the beach Tiger Beach in the Bahamas.
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"I spend from 11 months a year aboard the ship and one month in the nature", - said Jim. "I have no personal life - no wife, no children ... the last twenty years I have devoted the sharks."
Every day, Jim dives under the water and spends 5-6 hours photographing sharks and conducting tours for visitors. Sharks - my favorite creation. They are the lions of the ocean. "
Jim even has a small airplane called the "Oversear" with the boat instead of wheels. Jim uses it to shoot underwater monsters from the air.
Photo swarms of sharks taken from an airplane off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida.
Jim makes his living that gives your ship a professional wildlife photographers and film crews. They are all hoping to capture a unique moment in the life of the mighty predator of the ocean, relying on a close relationship with Jim sharks.
Friendly tiger shark named Emma Welcomes Jim podplyvaya to him for a portion of pats and schekotok.
Yellow carnivorous sharks circle at the feet of Jim, so close that most people in his position would be scared to death.
Tiger and Yellow shark off the coast of Tiger Beach in the Bahamas
One day Jim was able to visit virtually inside the shark. He was in the jaws of a giant whale shark, while photographing it. Only a miracle saved him from the fate of being gobbled up two-meter jaws.
Jim began to swim with sharks at the age of nine years, while living on the tranquil island Singer off the Florida coast. For 12 years he became an avid fisherman and regular diving, hunting fish with a harpoon. Then he had to fight with the sharks for food. A huge white shark off the coast of Guadeloupe in Mexico.
"I was always afraid of sharks, but once you realize that if you treat them with respect, they respond in kind. After that I changed my attitude towards them "- says Jim. "Once I took the camera and started filming their behavior. Since then I have not picked up the harpoon. "
"The average annual total of 4 four people worldwide die from shark attacks. For comparison, from attack dogs die each year 50 - 60 people in the U.S. alone. "
Jim decided to write his book after the Chinese ships were allowed to fish in the Caribbean. Fishing vessels are patrolling the ocean, hunting for large sharks. Catching a shark, they cut off the fins, from which subsequently cooked soup.
In 2010, fin fish brought to its owners about $ 45 million. "When I hear that the fishing vessel is floating near the habitat of Emma, my heart goes to the heel. I immediately dived into the water and surrounding it with care ", - said Jim.
In his book, Jim tries to refute the information that shark fins stimulate sexual desire. Scientists have proven that sharks retain mercury in their body, which, in turn, causes infertility in humans, eating body parts of sharks.
