than most people are comfortable with--but they are curious animals. the important part it to let them approach you, not you them. we have to remember that they are much more graceful than we are in the water, quicker, and often weigh two times or more than us...so it's always a good idea to be careful around them. what you don't see in this video is what i was holding my hands up at the beginning of this video: to the right of the view are hundreds of tropical fish along the reef which i spent close to two hours diving down (just with my own breath) to look and 