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Definition of cage diving in English: cage divingnoun mass nounThe activity of being lowered into the sea in a protective steel cage in order to view sharks or other dangerous sea creatures at close range. an environmental scientist has warned that cage diving is teaching the sharks to associate humans with food Example sentencesExamples - Does cage diving hurt the sharks?
- Cage diving has become a lightning rod, though, for criticism by some environmentalists.
- "Live shark tourism manipulates people's fears, and cage diving is intended to give nothing but titillation."
- For those who truly crave adventure, South Australia offers cage diving with great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), the toothy beasts infamous for their rather deceptive roles in the Jaws movies.
- The use of chum (bait) to attract sharks makes sightings likely enough to ensure the commercial viability of cage diving.
- For all the excitement, cage diving with great whites is becoming highly controversial.
- I went on a shark diving tour in Africa following a story out there, and there was some debate over whether shark cage diving or chumming and things like that were attracting sharks closer to the shore.
- And cage diving allows divers and non-divers the opportunity to see these amazing fish up close and personal.
- Following this course, even the ambitious idea of cage diving with South African great whites or Cornish blues no longer fills me with dread.
Derivatives noun Very few incidents have been reported where a cage diver has been at risk from a shark attack - this is not the issue. Example sentencesExamples - Our boat is equipped to easily handle 12 or more cage divers and 6 topside viewers in comfort.
- It has ample accommodation for the Scuba Diver as well as the Shark Cage Diver.
- For many cage-divers, a view like this represents the experience of a lifetime - but are they helping or hindering the white sharks' cause?
- A cage diver leans out to get a better picture as a great white cruises past the cage.
Definition of cage diving in US English: cage divingnoun The activity of being lowered into the sea in a protective steel cage in order to view sharks or other dangerous sea creatures at close range. an environmental scientist has warned that cage diving is teaching the sharks to associate humans with food Example sentencesExamples - Following this course, even the ambitious idea of cage diving with South African great whites or Cornish blues no longer fills me with dread.
- I went on a shark diving tour in Africa following a story out there, and there was some debate over whether shark cage diving or chumming and things like that were attracting sharks closer to the shore.
- "Live shark tourism manipulates people's fears, and cage diving is intended to give nothing but titillation."
- Cage diving has become a lightning rod, though, for criticism by some environmentalists.
- Does cage diving hurt the sharks?
- For those who truly crave adventure, South Australia offers cage diving with great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), the toothy beasts infamous for their rather deceptive roles in the Jaws movies.
- The use of chum (bait) to attract sharks makes sightings likely enough to ensure the commercial viability of cage diving.
- And cage diving allows divers and non-divers the opportunity to see these amazing fish up close and personal.
- For all the excitement, cage diving with great whites is becoming highly controversial.
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