During our tour, our butler-guide explained that there was fish feeding and shark feeding every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Jean Georges Lagoon.

“Shark feeding??”  This I gotta see.

Right by the entrance of St Regis is the Jean Georges Lagoon restaurant.  The area under the restaurant is netted off and rescued sharks are being raised there until it’s time for their release.  Currently there was a lemon shark and a black reef tipped shark.  A caretaker stood by the lagoon and tried to feed the sharks as she told us shark facts.

“Can you guess how many sharks are killed per year?  About 100 million.  That’s 11,417 sharks per hour.  In contrast, sharks have only killed 12 humans a year.  Usually because they mistake humans for seals or sea turtles.  Sharks are usually quite timid.”  Poor things.

I say she tried because those sharks were no match for the tuna that were way faster.  As the sharks tried to swim towards the food the food was already gone.

So if you come here, you can come check out these sharks.  Just don’t accidentally wade into the shark lagoon.

You might scare the sharks.