Amdeep, came by the museum today to give a presentation to the DECR on the turtle study he has been working on for the last two years.

While he was setting up this afternoon he showed me several images of something that happened to him this spring.

In April he was out with a local fisherman catching and tagging turtles. They came across and began following a tiger shark in shallow water. Amdeep thought he saw a large hook in the fin, so they decided to catch it.

The tiger shark is a very aggressive and very dangerous type of shark. It is what you are suppose to stay away from. They followed the shark. Caught the shark by the tail. Roped the shark. Brought the shark up on the boat. And then took off what wound up being an ID Tag. The shark had been tagged in Bimini, Bahamas. The tag assumed that the shark had been caught and killed. But no, Amdeep actually caught it alive. They removed the tag and eventually sent it back to the organization that tagged it. After removing the tag, they stuck a turtle tag back in the fin and let the shark go.

Now that is crazy!