I looked upwards during the descent and saw a turtle falling from the surface like a drifting leaf. Backlit by yellow sunbeams that flashed and shimmered in a kaleidoscopic effect, the turtle looked straight at me and then turned with the flick of a fin and swam off towards our target reef. It was going to be a good dive. Read more.
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Seventy percent of the planet is covered in water. Becky Kagan Schott is attempting to film as much of it as possible. Most humans never see what lies beneath the surface of our flooded planet. Becky brings the magical, and sometimes astonishing, underwater world into our home television sets, and allows those who will never dive in the Arctic or with humpback whales to share her adventures. 
Marine animal behavior can appear threatening to divers who do not understand the purpose behind the behavior. Many sea animals are completely docile but just "look scary," and some animals that appear friendly can actually be quite aggressive. Click through the following pages to learn about some of the animals that divers commonly fear and to discover which are dangerous and which are not. 
Here's yet another reason I love diving. . . . This morning, I sat in front of my clients and spit. How many people can say that? They weren't offended; spitting in a mask is just something a diver does to keep his mask from fogging. I love diving because of the adventure of finding unexpected wildlife and the beauty of the underwater world. I love working in diving because I don't have to pretend to be anything more than the slightly uncouth tomboy that I am.