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For the intrepid divers is a challenge to
visit the Cave of the Sleeping Sharks.
Sleeping Sharks was discovered in 1969 by
local fishermen of Isla Mujeres known by the nickname of "alula"
(Gauge) and made public by the underwater photographer Ramon
Bravo who died in February 1998.
The cave is formed by coraline formations
with inner chambers where the sharks remain sleeping and the
divers can get close to them; an explanation is that the low
salt content of the water produce somnolence in the sharks
besides that helps to eradicate the parasites that are
adhered to their skin.
This diving place represents risk and is only
recommended for advanced divers.
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