Hungarian shark photographer won international photo award – photos!

Dávid Mucsi won an international photo competition (our featured image), and thus, the young biologist from Szeged received a tour in Mexico and the opportunity to take photos of white sharks.

According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, he was the only Hungarian among the 180 contestants and received the most votes. He has been diving for seven years and works with the sharks of the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden.

He told the news portal that the photo competition was announced by DivingSpecials which has its headquarters in Munich and organises diving tours all around the world. The task was to upload a photo take during diving and the one who got the most votes on their photo won.

The prize was a tour to Guadalupe which is the El Dorado for the divers because of one

can even swim together with white sharks.

Guadalupe is located 400 km away from Ensenada, Mexico. Its surface is 244 square km, and it is approximately 1,300 metres high. It is tough to get there because the government of Mexico city protects it with every means. For example, the number of ships that can permanently remain there is less than 10.

For a shark expert, there are only three perfect places on Earth: Australia, South-Africa and Mexico. However, Mexico is the best because it has the cleanest water and

animals can be spotted even 50 m away.

The island has a unique seal species (Arctocephalus townsendi) living only there on Earth and since there is a cold stream in the water coming from Antarctica the water is 18-21 Celsius degrees every time of the year on the surface.