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Whenever He Goes Diving, This Shark Comes To Cuddle With Him (This Has Been Going On For 7 Years)

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Meet Rick Anderson, an Australian man who calls a female Port Jackson shark his friend, saying she comes to cuddle with him whenever she sees him. “I started playing with her about seven years ago when she was just a pup about 6 inches long,” Anderson told The Dodo. “I approached her carefully so as not to spook her, then began to gently pat her. Once she got used to me, I would cradle her in my hand and talk soothingly to her through my regulator.”

The man, who has been scuba diving for 27 years and runs a dive school, added: “Over the following seasons, she’d recognize me and would swim up to me for a pat and cuddle. She soon got used to me — to the point where she will swim up to me when I’m going past, and tap me on the legs until I hold my arms out for her to lay on for a cuddle.”

“Most divers seeing this for the first time can’t believe it,” he added. “I don’t feed her or any of the other sharks I play with — I basically treat them like I would a dog.”

Meet Rick Anderson, an Australian man who calls a female Port Jackson shark his friend

He says she comes to cuddle with him whenever she sees him

“I started playing with her about seven years ago when she was just a pup about 6 inches long”

“I approached her carefully so as not to spook her, then began to gently pat her”

“I would cradle her in my hand and talk soothingly to her through my regulator”

“Over the following seasons, she’d recognize me and would swim up to me for a pat and cuddle”

“She will… tap me on the legs until I hold my arms out for her to lay on for a cuddle”

“I don’t feed her or any of the other sharks I play with — I basically treat them like I would a dog”

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Stephanie McCosker
Stephanie McCosker was a Scottish-born Australian food and cooking writer, journalist, author and commentator. She was the first of this genre of writers in Australia. McCosker's early recipes encouraged Australians to alter their traditional staple of "meat and three vegetables" and to be creative with food. She encouraged international cuisine from places such as Spain, Italy, India and China. As the cookery editor of the Woman's Day magazine, she "brought these into Australian homes through her articles."

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