Cancun's clear blue waters beckon tourists from all over the world. Given its bounty of beautiful, sandy beaches and clear, blue water, it's little wonder that Cancun is such an attractive vacation destination for those who appreciate a little adventure with their rest and relaxation. One popular form of recreation for visitors to the coastal Mexican city is snorkeling.
However, before you put on your goggles and flippers, it's important to understand the dangers and risks lurking beneath the surface of the waves. You'll encounter dangerous riptides -- or rip currents -- while snorkeling near any shoreline, and Cancun is no different.
Riptides occur where waves break unevenly along a shoreline, crashing strongly in some areas and weakly in others. The resulting perilous currents can pull swimmers out to sea and beneath the surface. While swimming parallel to the shoreline until you escape the current is one way you can attempt to free yourself, a strong current may be too quick. You can wind up too far from shore to swim back. When snorkeling in Cancun -- and, indeed, in warm waters in general -- you risk encountering some of the ocean's most aggressive predators.
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Use of snorkel gear. When they are fully grown, bull sharks have wide, flat snouts. Bull sharks have also been known to travel into freshwater rivers occasionally for as much as miles. If you were to be worried about any species of shark, the bull shark might be one of them.
It is known as one of the three most aggressive shark species out there. In addition, they are also known to hunt in shallow areas which are most commonly where people swim and play. This does not mean that whenever a bull shark sees a human it will attack, but if you see one, you should definitely behave carefully.
Lemon sharks, as you have probably guessed, have a yellowish coloring that actually serves as camouflage against a sandy ocean floor. Lemon sharks can grow up to 10 feet long and can weigh up to pounds. This is also a non-aggressive species that poses very little threat to humans. Whale sharks are enormous.
As a matter of fact, whale sharks are actually the largest species of fish on planet earth. Whale sharks are usually blue or gray in color and have white spots.
Before you jump to any conclusions, you should know that whale sharks are actually completely harmless to humans. They are filter feeders, meaning their diet of choice includes tiny fish and organisms including fish eggs, crustacean larvae, plankton, and others.
Consider yourself fortunate if you ever catch sight of one! Hammerhead sharks have a reputation as dangerous sharks, but while they have attacked a handful of people, they are not the most aggressive shark species out there.
They tend to be gray, brown, or olive green in color. Hammerheads can grow to be as long as 13 feet in length and can weigh almost as much as pounds.
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