Aktun Ha Cenote

Crocodiles are extreme predators. They have the strongest bite of any animal, and they attack by ambushing their prey. They wait, usually with almost their whole body submerged underwater, for an unsuspecting animal to come closer and then they strike. They have 80 teeth that can be replaced over 50 times in their lives (estimated to be over 70 years), and are also deadly rapid both on land and underwater.

The Dive

I was divingAktun Ha，一个cenoteYucatan Peninsulaof Mexico, frequently called the Car Wash cenote. Adorable freshwater turtles, about the size of softballs, were all over, and I was laughing constantly at how they would try to hide in the growth, holding perfectly still in hope that I wouldn’t see them. Little did they know they were making perfect photo subjects in their stillness, and I spent most of the dive photographing them.

在潜水尽头，当我看到一块奇怪的大绿色森林碎片时1zplay，我就在地面附近。第二一眼，我看到那是我被告知臭名昭著的鳄鱼的肌肉和鳞片覆盖的尾巴。

我的潜1zplay水伙伴过去曾提到过，他们见过一个对潜水员友好的小少年鳄鱼，但是我的呼吸和心率急剧增加。我一直看着尾巴，然后四处寻找某人来确认我所看到的东西，几分钟后，我想起了我有相机，我应该拍照。拍了几张照片后，我游到潜水伙伴上，吸引他们的注意力并将其引起。1zplay

当我们回到Croc时，我将自己策略性地定位在其他摄影师的后面，同时仍在尝试拍摄几张照片。随时给我鲨鱼，但是鳄鱼让我紧张！当我们拍摄几张照片时，这个小鳄鱼静止不动，他的身体的90％，在他的头顶上方，头顶上方的头顶。

Having seencrocodiles在表面之前，只有他们的眼睛和鼻子伸出水面，很有趣的是从下面看到一只鳄鱼。它的身体和织布脚并没有移动一英寸，在墨水的水中，它似乎只不过是一棵树或其他废弃的植物生命。

Underwater crocodiles pull their feet into the sides to make them sleek and fast while swimming, and they use their webbed feet to quickly change direction and make sudden movements. After getting a few shots, the croc grew bored of us and swam down into the darkness of the cavern.

Car Wash Cenote

Aktun Ha, which means ‘cave water’ in Mayan, is more commonly known as the Car Wash cenote because years ago taxi drivers would wash their cabs there. With no taxicabs around, the site now has a small parking lot, and each day cars and trucks are seen with dive gear hanging out of their trunks.

距离停车场几步之遥，水晶透明的水坐落在绿色红树林中。它是该地区较小的cenot虫之一，看起来像一个小池塘。潜水部位的大部分位置在11zplay0到30英尺之间，洞穴的一部分达到50英尺。在一年中的某些部分，藻类生长为水的顶层，但在藻类层下方，水很清楚。

Non-cave divers can be found exploring under a few rock overhangs before the cave entrance starts, and students training for cave diving is a common sight. No one should enter the cave without proper training and without information on the cave, and often there isn't a permanent line set in the cave.

Diving with Crocodiles

If diving with crocs is an experience you’re after, other popular places for diving with crocodiles includeBanco Chinchorro, Mexico (near Cancun) also for American crocodiles, Botswana’s Okavango Delta forNile crocodiles和巴布亚新几内亚盐水鳄鱼。

Although crocodiles have been shown to tolerate divers in a non-aggressive manner, due to their nature it is best to dive with crocs under the supervision and guidance of a reputable dive operation that has experience diving with crocodiles.

Further Reading

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