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An OC camp counselor yesterday saw a baby great white shark 20 feet off the shore, and instead of shrieking and heading for the most landlocked land he could fine, the amateur photographer went to his car, grabbed his camera equipment and headed into the water, reports orangecounty.com. Trent Friedmann, who works at Ocean Adventure Camp in Newport Beach, said that he knew not to be afraid of the shark, and that "if I respected the animal just like I teach the kids at camp to respect all ocean and wildlife, that I would be in safe hands."
It certainly takes balls to swim with sharks, and they are balls that this blogger cannot, and never will, claim to have.
