No encounters in the wild, but in high school I used to hand feed a 3.5' lemon shark at an LFS I worked at. The tank was touted as being 4000 gallons and was roughly 14'x8'x5' and housed a bunch of reef fish including a 3 or 4 foot zebra moray eel. This particular eel would only eat live craw dads which we would feed to it using a 3' grip. Obviously a 3' grip will not reach the bottom of a 5' tank so we had to stick our arm down into the water to get the food to the eel.
Normally when we do this, we have one person watching for the shark and the other focused on feeding the eel. One day I was the one feeding and my buddy was supposed to be watching. Unfortunately he got distracted by a customer when all of a sudden I felt somthing bump into my arm. Needless to say I dropped the grip and practically leapt off the ladder I was on. Fortunately the shark had just been fed or maybe the lemon shark would have had some blacktip for dinner.
All kidding aside, taking care of that shark was one of the best things I've ever been a part of. He was a beautiful creature and it broke my heart the day they gave him away.
Normally when we do this, we have one person watching for the shark and the other focused on feeding the eel. One day I was the one feeding and my buddy was supposed to be watching. Unfortunately he got distracted by a customer when all of a sudden I felt somthing bump into my arm. Needless to say I dropped the grip and practically leapt off the ladder I was on. Fortunately the shark had just been fed or maybe the lemon shark would have had some blacktip for dinner.
All kidding aside, taking care of that shark was one of the best things I've ever been a part of. He was a beautiful creature and it broke my heart the day they gave him away.
