08-11-2012, 10:27 AM
faraway Wrote:MountainMan Wrote:That river in Egypt is full of parasites capable of penetrating the skin, which is of far greater concern than merely "stepping on something".At the Red Sea where I will do scuba diving is no river at all. They have to get sweet water from the very salty Red Sea water. The Red Sea is a part of / connected to the Indian Ocean. The "parasites" capable to penetrate the skin are called sharks
Anytime you scuba in salt water, you potentially become part of the food chain.