Diver Befriends A "Relentless" Nurse Shark | The Dodo Wild Hearts

What you're looking at is the dark shark that was after love and affection. At the moment we have no fish on the bottom and this dark shark is just literally following me around in order to get some love and affection. She's quite a pushy little girl that is demanding of love and affection constantly. I walk backwards on the sand trying to get far enough away to get a good picture of her. This dark shark is just literally following me around. It's so unique to be able to have a relationship with a beautiful shark. I'm in shark conservation and I've been running ecotourism charters since 1998. We don't allow anyone to swim towards the sharks at all so the interaction is totally on the shark's behalf and over a decade ago I saw this little baby female nurse shark swimming towards me and just because she's so cute and adorable I just started loving on her extra across the years. She's really taken a liking to this and started seeking out love and affection from people. In fact, when I first put my face in the water I can see her looking up at me. So I go right down and give her exactly what she wants. So it's a wonderful thing as long as you can give her the love that she deserves. But when you're trying to do other things it does sometimes disrupt that. She'll chase me down wherever I go just to get more love and affection and that has transpired to me changing her name to Relentless. She likes to be really, really close to the camera and sometimes on the wrong side. You can see she seems somewhat interested in seeing the other sharks through the screen. I show her the top display where she can see her boyfriend is in the scene. I don't know if she actually picks that all up but I do know that Relentless is such a joy to have on these trips. She's a great shark ambassador showing that these are affectionate creatures that deserve to be treated with respect. To actually connect with a wild animal that's seeking you out is really heartwarming and makes a normal dive just a life-changing moment.