Megalodon Shark Tooth Diving! (Dark and scary!)

Jonathan Bird goes to South Carolina with Cameraman Tim to meet Alan Devier, a world-renown shark tooth hunter and dive for fossilized Megalodon shark teeth in the murky depths of the Cooper River.
#megalodon #sharkteeth #sharktooth #scuba #scubadiving #megalodonshark #southcarolina
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[@Sidemount_Ben]

It is so nice to be able to watch video with Alan in it. Thanks Bird man

[@BlueWorldTV]

I'm glad we were able to make such a nice video with him so there is a great reminder of him. He was a kind soul.

[@brettsmith3590]

I have been diving in that river with Alan as well. Found a beautiful pearl blue great white. Alan is a damn good guy and anyone that would like to dive the Cooper should definitely look him up!

[@TheBubbaintexas]

Fact!

[@alandevier2872]

Thanks guys! I love that river and I’m blessed to be able to introduce others to a hobby that I’m so passionate about!

[@g_ball321]

@@alandevier2872 im kinda confused on how they would make their way all the way from the oceans to those rivers i mean i understand the currents but would the oceans been so much higher those rivers coulda been parts of the oceans or waterways to the oceans i just dont understand that part i guess either way cool stuff though .

[@coinhorder9243]

Hey ok aren't you worried about Gators.

[@joshd.godfroy4761]

Coin Horder, gators and sharks. Also, squids. Did you know that the Lionfish which are very poisonous are spreading throughout our ocean. A guy got stung by one and committed suicide because the pain was so severe and excruciating painful. Anyways, water that murky? I'd never dive down in. So yes. Great point.

[@oceanthewolf9841]

I love how you teach us and not only dive in your videos, I love learning about marine life

[@billycausgrove9657]

Ocean the Wolf That's what makes it the best.

[@ayshaazeez2943]

watching ur videos after all these years gives me a feeling of nostalgia. i am heartbroken bcz i just found out Alan passed away from the comments :( thank u for educating all of us jonathan!!

[@BlueWorldTV]

Yes, it was very sad. Alan was a really wonderful, generous person and a great dad. He is sorely missed.

[@FintasticFilms]

One of your coolest videos. I remember when you gave away some of the megalodon teeth you found, and I was one of the lucky winners. I still have my tooth on display in my home office!

[@ElizabethSwims]

Ok, so I have an answer, a problem, and a question for you and your videographer buddies. In this video at mile marker 15:00 I see some striation in the light. So here is my answer: this is caused because you are using an LED light and LED tends to strobe on camera when using high fps 60, 120, etc. this particular striation is caused by a phenomenon called “shutter roll” but it usually just shows up as an annoying strobe. My problem: i like to get high fps (240) under water while doing action shots. However, as you know, the higher the fps the more light you need. My problem comes from the fact that all the underwater lighting I can find is LED and i get this reoccurring problem. My question: are there any “non LED” underwater lighting options out there and where do I find them? I’ve searched everywhere with no luck. Any guidance in this area would be greatly appreciated.

[@BlueWorldTV]

The waymanufacturers allow you to lower the brightness of an LED light is to flash it on and off really fast. It's actually really hard to reduce the brightness of an LED by normal "dimming" (lowering the current to the LED) so they run it at full power but flash it on and off really fast. Your eyes can't see the flashing, but the camera can. To make the light 1/2 brightness, they turn the LED on for a short period of time, then off for an equal amount of time. So on average the LED is illuminated for 1/2 as long, and that looks to our eyes like 1/2 brightness. It's actually full brightness alternating really quickly with zero brightness. If the rate at which the LED blinks is not significantly higher than the frame rate of your video, you can actually see the strobing in the video as striations in the light. Lights made specifically for video use a high frequency so they don't create these striations. In the Megalodon video, the light on my head was Alan's "headlight" for finding teeth--not a dedicated video light--and it was not flashing at a high enough frequency, so you can see the lines. However, it's interesting to note that at full power, most LED lights don't flash...the LEDs just stay on. So you won't get the lines. I didn't run the light at full power in the Meg video because otherwise it wouldn't last the whole day, so we had to just deal with it. Note that our BigBlue video lights DO NOT have this issue, at least at the frame rates we use, up to 60 frames/sec. I have never tried them any higher than that (120 fps, 240 fps) but I will. Run your LEDs at full power and they should not create these patterns.

[@jacksnorms]

Elizabeth Swims

[@Kenzalt21]

To much word

[@wastelandman198]

@@Kenzalt21 Not enough brain?

[@chadsims258]

RIP Alan Devier ; he was my dive guide.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Alan was a wonderful man and he will be missed. I hope that his kind spirit lives on in this video.

[@loriayegallen555]

Ok how is it at 10:08 -minutes 11:18 hours later ok is not that chapter. 12:21 days I later regret not watching it

[@missmelodyjoy]

Your channel is helping me keep well beyond sane during my Covid quarantine. Very interesting topics covered. I’m learning so much. I had no idea megalodons were real.

[@BlueWorldTV]

So glad to have you with us! Welcome!

[@DarthRupi]

Johnathan, you should totally be Aquaman one Halloweeen. You’re the real world Aquaman

[@RAIDERSJUSTWINBAYB]

Wow! 20 million year old tooth, I can’t even wrap my mind around that number. Awesome video!

[@pluviosaurus05]

RAIDERSJUSTWINBAYB 2 millon actually

[@llye5327]

My favourite seacreatures SHARKS,my favourite under water channel is JONATHAN BIRD's BLUE WORLD!!!i am now a fan,i love under water,cool shark tooth mr.bird

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks!!!

[@billycausgrove9657]

My grandfather was a fossil Hunter and when he passed away I got his 8 Megalodon teeth he found.

[@aspect_3056]

Billy Causgrove impressive

[@Drakies55]

Can you prove it? By showing us a video.

[@arryanseepersad6762]

Im so sorry he passed away

[@Mina-of1vo]

Hey be the next fossil hunter

[@korichan241]

Billy Causgrove hahaha cool!

[@scribble_nook]

That guy Allen sounds exactly like Forrest Gump!

[@TheBubbaintexas]

Forest Gump sounds like Alan

[@alandevier2872]

Leahnardo da Clarki - You’re not the first person to say that! 🙂

[@iregretcommenting4768]

Bill Mercer you stole the name Alan from hungry shark evo and i glad you not say allen im ROY ALLEN

[@jackieroostman723]

lol I was about to comment the same thing

[@asalt8552]

It's a low country accent

[@jonahbarroga1687]

I dont know if your going to see this but youre my motivation to become a marine biologist, i love youre videos and your enthusiasm and love for nature.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Hey Jonah, thanks!!!! The most important secret for happiness in life is to do what you love to do....then you never go to "work".

[@SolidStateSoul]

Really cool episode, very unexpected subject matter. The animation at the beginning was a nice touch. Love the show!

[@BlueWorldTV]

We had fun with the cheesy cartoon!!

[@brianwithers9450]

J. A. 8ixifjfjdjs

[@Hdgkrosj838]

Long time viewer for many years and can I just say your explanations for your vast marine biology knowledge has always been excellent. Thanks very much for all your hard work from you and your team on the videos, we know how long it takes!

[@Mike-qt1bn]

who else tensed up when alan set that tooth on the side of the boat?? 15:40

[@BlueWorldTV]

I did!

[@byronyorks9734]

Best videos ever thank you Johnathon & Blue World!

[@aadarshnetha1435]

Whoa! This channel is the best!!!

[@BlueWorldTV]

:-) . Thanks!

[@zhongliangcai602]

Hi blueworld! :D

[@pinchy08]

Those teeth would make an amazing museum exhibit.

[@BigBoss-qy5wd]

If that megalodon shark is still living today, Oceans will be a big nope

[@schizoamerican]

areeb1296 nope Edit: the orcas would run

[@sameermohideen4913]

areeb1296 Sure............20 of them

[@lordgamer---]

See the meg movie and see what well happened if he real

[@T0RNADO7]

Some megaladons still exist

[@margueritagrey-ben7262]

areeb1296 yes

[@ElizabethSwims]

That is so cool. But that low visibility would freak me out.

[@BlueWorldTV]

It freaked me out too!

[@blakeaustin6471]

BlueWorldTV hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi

[@thecrusadessayhi9764]

Elizabeth Swims I live here on this river you get used to the low visibility someone I know does dives here regularly for his business...the gators and sharks aren’t scary if you don’t mess with them and sharks are rare... the scariest thing that you can encounter is a manatee that you might mistake for a shark

[@margueritagrey-ben7262]

That would also freak me out

[@randyl9071]

It does freak a person out. You always wonder what's going to end up in your face. It's like going to the outhouse in the woods at night when you're camping with visions of Bigfoot dancing in your head.

[@oleggeraschenko4932]

Gosh, Jonathan, you lived my nightmare diving in such murky water. You are really brave

[@floating69poet]

Unfortunately Alan is now a Legend. He is no longer with us. He was a great diver and an even better friend to everyone.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Everyone at Blue World is extremely sad.

[@anthonyhollinger7961]

yes he was

[@dreia29]

What happened to him?

[@jaems]

@@dreia29 www.fitsnews.com/2020/05/11/body-of-missing-sc-shark-tooth-diver-found-off-beaufort-county-coast/

[@Tsumami__]

@@dreia29 diving accident in Bay Point Island

[@zonester_exe9142]

Finally Jonathan a fossil dive I love shark teeth only fossils they can have so many colours

[@racingislife15]

My diving instructor was telling us about his Cooper River diving finds!! Said he's found bunches of megalodon teeth and other cool historic artifacts! Definitely on my bucket list to dive in that river!

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

Props to whoever picked out the music for this. That scoring was just the right mix of adventurous and spooky.

[@BlueWorldTV]

It was custom scored by Zimmy our composer. We did an extra on him.

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

@@BlueWorldTV I'm definitely going to have to look that one up then because I was already thinking prior to this video that the guy in charge of music really knows what he's doing. This particular video just finally pushed me into commenting about how impressed I am by his work.

[@EveryDayImShoveling]

Very cool!! I’m addicted to diving for shark teeth!

[@LPRD]

My first ever dive had this visibility. Big lobsters suddenly appearing was pretty frightening

[@Iheartdgd]

Haha youre not kidding . My first dive was in Hawaii , i was pretty young and got split up from my group , and I remember i was swimming between these huge rocks trying to go back and they were converted in urchins, and the rocks got closer and closer together and i just barely slipped out without touching anything LOL. Then that same day we went to an extinct volcano somewhere off the island , and of course a big ol shark showed up.

[@Iheartdgd]

Now i see what yo mean about the visibility.. when i got into my teens , my father started taking me abalone diving. The place we used to go had water like this and you couldn’t see a DAMN thing.

[@juliaarchibald9977]

Lennard Datema for my first dive I was at lake Illopango in El Salvador! We were diving around a small island that has a sunken ring of Virgin Mary statues. Do you know how weird it is to nearly crash into a statue that appeared out of nowhere? It was awesome but we could barley see our hands.

[@cat5759]

Same but not lobsters crabs

[@Esideent.Official]

The reason I searched up videos is because I saw your videos on get epic and the swimming at night with sharks is my favorite :) These are great!

[@markdegarmo631]

I have dove the Cooper River several times with Allen, he is great!! Great video, well done!

[@Alberad08]

Thanks a lot for putting these up here!

[@thesilentgamer6577]

Amazing video, keep up the good work

[@richardcurrin8940]

These videos never disappoint. Keep them coming our appetites are insatiable!

[@stonksdrianboi2213]

Truly an amazing video Jonathan! Keep it up! PS: can I have one? XD

[@bethmegansmith4642]

Wow that's is Most Awesome ...I Love Meglodon Sharks learning about them.

[@glenplayz9961]

For science for the topic: Animals, we are learning fish and sharks. My teacher let us see your videos. Since i watched many of ur videos in the past, nostalgia hit me.

[@SharkIamnot]

Woah!So cool!How the river looks like the ocean when they just show it.When you went in it,it looked like your in a orange.At the bottom is a nightmare.

[@jasonhirsch16]

Nice finds and great video! I had the opportunity to dive the Cooper in April. Found dugong ribs, a large whale bone shard, Med sized Meg tooth halves, 3 inch full Meg tooth, a piece of Native American Pottery. and other bits and pieces. Can't wait to go back!

[@byLags]

Hey man, I’ve been trying to stop cursing- but this is ducking cool!

[@Eroczee]

Seriously cool! Also I about died when he put the big meg tooth on the gunnel at the end 😂 of your dive. Glad the inspection was moved after that. Thanks for sharing!

[@double-helix-22x22y]

it's almost as if nature makes finding those teeth spooky and challenging on purpose. you have to earn finding those final and legendary megalodon traces. how I envy you.

[@FriendlyKat]

Those were some awesome teeth! I love the ocean! You rock Jon!

[@Sausketo]

19:26 tooth-center bottom perfect root rest in half (1.5"?), 19:30 tooth- (slightly to the left of center bottom) perfect tooth (2"?)

[@michaellouton3870]

Wow, this would be my dream trip. I’d go in a heartbeat. There are a few rivers in my home state of Fl. Where you can find them but it can get dangerous because of not only lack of visibility but snakes and worse, alligators.

[@Tricker-the-licker]

That was absolutely amazing, you found teeth of sharks older then the Megalodon. I have subbed to you my friend, I need to know what other advantages you have in mother earth's oceans. THAT WAS SO AWESOME !!!!, I love sharks so much.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks for the sub! Welcome aboard!

[@mambrake]

So much for Blue World. This segment is Brown World....

[@FossilBabe]

I love this Video! Glad everyone was able to see what river diving is like. Thank you so much for that. Fossil babe

[@BlueWorldTV]

It's super fun but a little spooky!!

[@rashmiverma8151]

The video was a great! and I subscribed!

[@MrBelgretor]

3:08 Shark tooth diving is like a box of chocolates. "You never know what you're going to find." Haha!

[@TechDestroyer]

OMG IM TRIGGERED 19:27 THERE IS A GIANT AT BOTTOM MIDDLE..... uggh. Awesome episode

[@aaronlondon3118]

I love this channel I would also like to see another channel called Christina bird blue world

[@zelynyeo4616]

Nice Work Jonathan👍👍👏👏

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks!!

[@harkaakamine5596]

“It’s like pEa sUoP” my next favorite Line XD Edit: OOF MY BAD

[@BlueWorldTV]

PEA!! As in the vegetable! Not PEE as in urine! LOL

[@harkaakamine5596]

OH OOF MY BAD XD

[@21dxminic13]

i watched your videos since 2016 and you amaze me alot and please reply it shows that you also read comments and love your viewers your the best!!!!

[@BlueWorldTV]

I do read all the comments. It's the first thing I do in the morning while I sip my coffee!

[@Nabichi]

This show deserves wayy more attention! Sad to see u guys only have 400.000 subs when you deserve like 5 mil at least! Keep up the good work 👍🏻

[@FintasticFilms]

Great episode!!!Awesome teeth you found there!!!

[@kathytiller1329]

Fintastic Films hi

[@IndominusRexFan-sh6qc]

Hi

[@iyourelder8590]

It's a great channel.

[@brianwithers9450]

Fintastic Films sg

[@thecrusadessayhi9764]

Fintastic Films my name is Cooper I live on the Cooper river and I’ve found magladon teeth and they passed my house while shooting this I think this is crazy that I randomly found this video

[@THEFhenomenalJo3]

Damn. Been bingeing your vids for 3 days now. This show has educated me on shark , seals, and now fossils. I'm adding fossil hunting and Guadalupe shark diving on ky bucket list. Thanks Guys!

[@jaeesxm]

Btw ty because u made me go underwater!

[@preshaysingh7122]

Good work Jonathan

[@zanxn]

10:00 i love the adjectives in the dark river saying "chocolate milk"

[@janiceyu8771]

I liked this video before I even watched it... ^-^

[@metallicatlaura5408]

Janice Yu Me 2

[@mariashielacalimbas1649]

this vid is very underrated. i love your narration, and the introduction which was animated. 😊 that was really nice. i'll keep on watching Blue World! I think its my new favorite Channel now. thanks Jonathan! 💕

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks!

[@StupidEngineer]

your video quality is best.

[@randyl9071]

I took my checkout dive in Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota in 1972. Near zero visibility for my first dive outside of a pool. It sucked, but it gave me a lot of confidence for future clear water dives.

[@JBGOONERLIFE]

Well done J . Really liked your video. Really cool that people can get out there and find amazing and important parts of the history of our planet. It's amazing watching people putting clues together to figure out the evolution of animals alive today and how they relate to the past. Keep it up

[@justinbundey2879]

Jonny/AFC/London Badlandsw7 wenger our

[@justinbundey2879]

Out*

[@jacksonjenness4172]

LOVE YOUR VIDS

[@twilightzephyr7994]

Very interesting I loved this one!

[@peppa_pig_]

this is amazing although it looks scary diving down there

[@BlueWorldTV]

It is kinda scary!

[@GVTheRedStar]

That looks like such a tense dive!

[@BlueWorldTV]

It's a little freaky until you get used to it.

[@thememechannel5744]

Deserves no dislikes because Jonathan is awesome! I love!!!! 😁 satisfies me every time I watch this channel. So awesome and even inspired me to be a diver when I get older. Thanks for the inspiration dude 😁

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@thememechannel5744]

Surely thing 🙂

[@davidsamuel1481]

Very interesting and awesome video. Those are great souvenirs.

[@gosiarhomecooking5123]

Awesome video guys . Loved it . Your description was excellent as well . Always love to learn a few things while being entertained . Thanks for sharing this .

[@Mastercommander-zw6iy]

I like your chanel

[@adamsmallridge8794]

I have so much respect for you Johnathan. Your passion about everything you work for and with is incredible. It’s what keeps me interested in your videos and that’s the kind of outlook I like to have on my work. I appreciate you giving us a look into your world and the awesome science behind it

[@BlueWorldTV]

I appreciate that! Thank you!

[@jitsubd2176]

Another purely beautiful video Jonathan! Iv really got to buy one of these teath for a necklace :0

[@itzhaplayz6094]

LOL for some reason this comment seems wrong to me. It is like saying "Wow, I will buy a sample of baby tiger blood and wear it as a pendant" hehe (no hate I love this comment please take as a joke)

[@MulataLinda8]

Just what I was waiting you to do a video on!!!! Very interesting!!! I did a shark tooth hunt at Venice Beach (Florida) and found mako and sandtiger teeth but no megs. Everyone goes there to hunt. And in the spring (March or April) they do a shark tooth festival. Veeery cool

[@rrickson2007]

So cool! and great😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@sakareeh]

I have a question, do you guys air episodes on TV? btw I love your channel, needs moar subs

[@BlueWorldTV]

In the USA: Seasons 1-4 aired on PBS. Seasons 2-4 aired as well on AWE Network. Season 5 is still being negotiated by our distributor. Outside the USA, Blue World is on a bunch of various channels in about 12 countries. Currently we are working on a big TV deal in China and the Far East. But from a production point of view, we now consider ourselves a KZbin show, and any TV contracts are secondary. Our fans watch KZbin more than TV.

[@sakareeh]

BlueWorldTV thank you for replying :D

[@dakotaquillen96]

@@BlueWorldTV I watch you guys on littons weekend adventures

[@user-yo2kv2ds2h]

anyone else feel like a megalodon was gonna come outta no where

[@BlueWorldTV]

I'm glad it didn't!

[@dhaiivatraval8795]

How will it fit in a small dense river man

[@beastmanttcc1058]

BlueWorldTV If you ever do somehow see a megalodon, you HAVE to film it. And not get eaten 😁

[@jh.fishing996]

No I thought a crocodile was

[@coinhorder9243]

@@BlueWorldTV Aren't you worried about gators in the river? I do not know if there are any or not. But they seem to be all over the coastal area of the Southern part of North Carolina.

[@khristinazhang6412]

it's so cool like were swiming with you in the murky water

[@torontomommies]

I wonder what would have happened if u got carries away with the tide. Awesome episode

[@sethgameryt4524]

I can’t believe you went to South Carolina because I live there and I was born in Charleston I’m 13 btw I love your videos

[@bubblyromano4ever]

One more thing I'd love to try and the latest addition to my bucket list!

[@elbertmejia4232]

You need more views

[@BlueWorldTV]

Share on social media!!

[@korichan241]

BlueWorldTV yes! Your right

[@godzillashow.3601]

Well this video is sure to be MEGGY and great video

[@cathrynloveandliveinthemom2065]

awesome ! I am excited to go shark diving with you team !

[@Itsblxcklist]

Awesome video 😀

[@hasanfareed8726]

Hi camera man TIM .. good to see you

[@macmooney9136]

Nice finding Megalodon teeth Jonathan Bird

[@MultiHunterOne]

Wow that is such a cool dive! Darkness, zero vis, current, crawling on the bottom of the river, it's almost like being on an alien planet or in space, talk about exciting! Awesome video! I'm wondering what was the depth of the dive though, it doesn't seem to be too deep.

[@BlueWorldTV]

I don't remember exactly but I don't think we were ever more than 25 feet deep.

[@MultiHunterOne]

@@BlueWorldTV Just that shallow and complete darkness, absolutely crazy. I can't stress enough how wonderful the Blue World team is for responding to comments on videos, new or old. I am confident you're the only channel this big to engage in doing so, you've responded to 90% or so of my comments on your videos. You guys are the reason I want to keep on pushing forward with my scuba education and eventually get cave certified. Safe diving guys!

[@annieliuoy]

I love this video

[@ultimateneek530]

You should do a special on focusing prehistoric sea monsters like Helicoprion, Dunkleosteous, Predator X aka Pliosaurus funeki, Basilosaurus, or any other sea monster

[@biancasagona920]

Love ur work john!!

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks!!

[@biancasagona920]

BlueWorldTV 😍😆✌

[@swimjimsvideos5244]

Enjoyed the video Jonathan. Really not bad viz all things considered. I've found hand guns and shell casings in less. Lol

[@kathybui1918]

Thank you for your hard work. It’s wonderful.

[@davidxuan7879]

Jonathan must have 1m subscribe !!!!!

[@BlueWorldTV]

Yeah!!!! "You're crazy if you don't subscribe!!"

[@Drago1995]

nice episode :), that water was gross XD

[@amybrockney6031]

Just subscribed to ur channel pretty awesome!!!!!!

[@amybrockney6031]

❤

[@Vinsanity_93]

Awesome, i absolutely love sharks, just wish theyd get more love