Diver Forms 20-Year Friendship With Tiger Shark Who Follows Him Like Dog ‘Trying to Get Its Head Rubbed’

Diver Forms 20-Year Friendship With Tiger Shark Who Follows Him Like Dog ‘Trying to Get Its Head Rubbed’
Courtesy of Jim Abernethy
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Palm Beach-based scuba diver Jim Abernethy has spent a good chunk of his life under water. As owner and operator of Scuba Adventures, he regularly travels to the Bahamas to a place called Tiger Beach where he dives with clients—and forges lifelong friendships with tiger sharks.

It sounds crazy, but the truth is: sharks aren’t the “mindless maniac monsters” Hollywood has made them out to be, pleas the 63-year-old adventurer and conservationist. Contrarily, they’re incredibly “loving and affectionate,” as his 20-year relationship with one tiger shark, named Emma, tells.

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