DIVERS REACT TO SHARK ATTACK CAUGHT ON VIDEO

[@bul166]

It's so crazy to me. Would ANYONE go into the wilderness (make no mistake, the ocean is wilderness) & feed an apex predator like a grizzly bear? If you did, would you then mess with it? Literally, "poke the bear"?! Of course not. You'd watch em, extremely respectfully. Bring the same energy to the ocean & marine life.

[@girafficationzone9521]

Exactly, you would'nt stroke a lion either.

[@Alegend13]

Some would try to pet the bear, especially after the tour guide does it. People easily get inflated egos.

[@stevEN-es7pd]

Absolutely, its like people have a different kind of respect for land based apex predators, then throw it out the window in the water

[@debs-101]

Let’s start a tour where we put you in the woods of Alaska in a cage so you can watch grizzly bears lol

[@tinajo5036]

I agree with this, but I will say, unfortunately people do that to bears too. Not usually as close as this. But there have been people that have gone up and touched bears. People have lost all respect for the "wild" part of wildlife.

[@elistafford5628]

I have to say the fact the shark was already so well behaved getting harassed as much as it was already, at a certain point touching and chasing is going to push these animals to the edge. I love that you two are educating on how the animals feel. How humans actions effectively took a docile animal to defensive and scared in an instant.

[@omegadivingacademy7937]

I do not think it was scared at all and do not agree that sharks would attack due to threat that easily it simply had an idiot right in front of him and it took a little nibble. Tigers attack with velocity and biting power, that was no attack just irritation. Generally if they are not comfortable they just swim off.....not like a cornered animal.

[@Skelath]

Problem also with this is that those sharks are associating the sound of that equipment and the humans with feeding, sharks are intelligent and even with my fish tank at home my Tiger Oscar Cichlids associate me with food, when they're hungry and they see me they start swimming back and forth erratically while looking at me and despite hand feeding them distinguishing me from the food, they can still bite me if they get too excited. Even Goldfish with their poor memories will follow your hand around if they associate you with food. I've also had an entire tank feed via an auto feeder, should come to no surprise that the fish in that tank never associated me with food and would completely ignore me or hide if they spotted me.

[@charlesg7926]

Did Woody really say “sharks just don’t attack humans, unless humans attack the sharks”? LMAO this guy is so ignorant!! Sharks are APEX PREDATORS. They (Great Whites and sometimes Tiger/Bull sharks) hunt us if they’re hungry or territorial. Sometimes, often times, even if the human has done nothing wrong except simply being in the water. Secondly- Threatening a shark (such as showing/holding a knife blade) will typically make it less likely to attack you, as sharks tend to want to attack defenseless prey and not a competitor. The only exception is if you aggressively chased the shark, then yes it would probably bite you for that

[@charlesg7926]

So funny when environmentalists and indoctrinated people try to defy the science of nature and try to anthropomorphize animals and pretend like sharks are just cuddly little sweet things with hearts of gold. They didn’t survive for millions of years by being “sweet”!

[@saschaberger7201]

@@charlesg7926 are u just fcking stupid or simply a hater that wants to say something negative ofc they are apex predators lol but that doesn't mean u can't be in the water with them as long as they aren't hungry and even then they most likely won't go and say hey I want exactly u for my dinner tonight cause u look so delicious in ya diving gear and its definetly not like sharks are all was hungry so chances are very very low so stop talking shit like u have a 50/50 chance that u get attacked every time u see them

[@matttilley8620]

Kudos to both of you for identifying the real problem. Title should be "Shark Reacts to Diver Attack."

[@ivaolo]

"dumb divers provoke shark"

[@bricaaron3978]

So touching or bumping into a shark is attacking the shark? It's funny -- I'm _guessing_ you don't call a shark touching or bumping into a man a shark attack? Words have meaning. Let's keep it honest like @Iva Olo did. And yes -- this applies to the guys in this video as well.

[@jasoncamacho4855]

@@bricaaron3978 they came into his area and started harassing him and that’s that. You don’t go into someone’s home and just push and poke em around cause they’ll eventually retaliate

[@bricaaron3978]

@@jasoncamacho4855 It's not clear what this has to do with the point I made.

[@jtfike]

@@jasoncamacho4855 It wasn't an attack, though. We have more than 10 words in our vocabulary we can choose from.

[@Geronimo2Fly]

Man if someone kept poking me with a stick when all I was trying to do was eat, I'd have reacted a lot worse than that shark did. Those people are idiots. Thank you for standing up for these magnificent animals and telling the truth about them.

[@pamelafrye4667]

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@XXNerdzillaXX]

Right?!

[@814TrumpArmy]

Yeah dont fuckin touch me! i think that shark has the right to shove that pole where the sun dont shine!

[@davidmay374]

Hi, I've recently graduated with a BS in Ecology and Environmental Biology. Shark 'frenzy' dives are a great example of why sharks are more economically valuable to us alive than dead. However, many ecologists have a problem with these particular dives because sharks that rely on supplemental feeding by humans have shown signs of altered activity and habitat use patterns.

[@canterburytail2294]

Not to mention the grotesque over fishing of our oceans, people need to be better educated otherwise we lose things that are prescious to our planet as a whole. Where I live there is an underwater national park which I think is pretty damn awesome. The kelp forests are epic.

[@canterburytail2294]

I just wanted to add that the status as a park help protect its ecosystem.

[@russelld2925]

Who cares if activity and habitat use patterns are altered? That’s the nature of evolution. Change is the default nature of living things and environments. No environment or form of life is static. Why would you base the morality of any choice on an expectation of static activity? It makes no sense. Environments always change. Life always adapts to its environment. Or it doesn’t. That is how evolution has progressed for two billion years. Also, Humans are living creatures. Never forget that biologically we are just another form of life on this planet. We are part of what is natural. There is to reason to separate us from other living creatures and call our activities unnatural. If a whale dies and sharks have abundant food for a week you would never advocate we get rid of the whale to avoid supplemental feeding. Every creature impacts and changes their environment. But if we do it it’s somehow wrong?

[@ppo2424]

I was a pro diver for many years and most of my colleagues do not support shark feeding. The dollar value is important, Govts love money, but shark observations can be had quite naturally and that is how it should be.

[@Scxbah]

It’s bitter sweet really. In one way yes it’s sad to change their natural behaviours but it’s also great to see how quickly they can adapt which just shows how they’ve been around the time they have. In certain places they’ve come accustomed to boat engine noises as a dinner bell. Just shows how smart they are

[@flightmech65]

I’ve been in the water with sharks countless times while surfing in Florida. I’ve only ever been bitten once by a 1 foot baby lemon shark who gave me a little love bite. They are amazing creatures who should just be given respect and space.

[@MIGGY67]

Agreed

[@lookronjon]

My friend was but by one at Jax beach. In the late70’s. The cops didn’t believe him and then he said look at the teeth marks. He was on his board and the shark pulled him down and he yanked back and had a 3’ shark in his lap.

[@flightmech65]

Baby lemon with a teething toy in its mouth would be a funny shirt.

[@frankorobinson1540]

You have been very lucky,

[@flightmech65]

I have worse luck with jellyfish.

[@korygoodau2501]

I live in Montana. We constantly have tourists coming to our national parks, getting out of their cars and trying to pet the wildlife. I don't see this as any different. You are in their home and in their environment. Respect them and their space or pay the price.

[@grievouserror]

That reminds me of a drive my family took through Yellowstone in 1985 on our return from California. We were surprised to find these intermittent traffic jams and absolutely appalled when we saw that they were caused by people pulling over to engage with the wildlife. We watched with horrified fascination as these crowds of clueless tourists walked up to bison and elk, oblivious to the danger and indifferent to how disruptive they were to the wildlife.

[@ert7049]

My grandma is from montana

[@PuddingXXL]

That's why I hate these short videos were people go into the wild to feed and let wild animals. It encourages others to do that as well.

[@XcRunner1031]

While visiting Yellowstone in my childhood, I saw a traffic jam where people were RIGHT next to a moose. Literally, multiple people could reach out an touch. I was about about 7 and knew that it was dumb idea. I don't know how I didn't see someone die that day.

[@brooke2216]

I live in Nebraska (fairly close to Yellowstone) and just a couple of weeks ago a woman was gored by a buffalo after trying to *pet* it lmao

[@OffGridBackcountryAdventures]

That is REALLY cool to see those incredible tiger sharks! I can't imagine how awesome it would be to see something like this in person. IMO, the operator needs to have his permits pulled for this behavior. He's encouraging harmful behavior to the tiger sharks/marine terrain and putting lives at risk from the people who trust his judgment. I see this stuff happen in a similar scenario with lots ATV tour companies and it's really frustrating because I feel they are profiting off of shady behavior/ethics. Great video!

[@DIVETALK]

Thanks Brian!

[@debs-101]

I’m surprised they don’t revoke their permit for damaging the reef alone. They’re obviously instigating the sharks and they should not be guiding anyone, but I thought people in that part of the world are pretty protective over the reefs and the ecosystem so I’m really surprised this is allowed. Woody was all of us cringing our way through this video. I have an idea: let’s have those dive operators do a dive in the gulf and try this with bull sharks.

[@davidhughes6578]

@@debs-101 considering Im still left in the dark and have no idea why or what is happening, I finding it hard to trust any one any more and will go to drastic measure if I feel my life gets threatened again. I won't go any where without protection. You guys tried to kill me, lied about covid, exposed my privacy without my permission, put cameras in my room. Spy on people threw cell phones... stop fucking around. Shit is making me go mental. You make me think my friend is dead, my family is misleading me. And the whole time I'm just trying to do good to the world. What do you expect me to do? Stop playing games.

[@debs-101]

@@davidhughes6578 ummm excuse me?

[@MiniAjax]

I did a shark dive on fiji a few years ago. Was a wonderful experience but also very different from this one. We were told multiple times: NO TOUCHING! And noone touched the sharks. We were a smaller group too and all stayed behind our little rock formations in a safer distance. We were simply watching and taking fotos, nothing like this chaos in this video.

[@kgal1298]

My own rule is to not touch anything. They can touch you, but there's other risks associated with touching things you shouldn't in the ocean. There's one girl in one of the scuba groups that got a cone snail sting from touching shells and those things are terrifying if you look at what can happen. So yeah don't touch things.

[@thirdwaycomms]

Love how Woody educates and talks about leaving creatures in peace.. Not just in this video but others too. Such a relief to hear someone advocating for the animals in the wild in such a clear way. Ps: Both of them have a great attitude towards nature and wild animals.

[@cindys9491]

Exactly. Thank you to them for respecting these great predators.

[@82566]

Agree😊

[@betsybarnicle8016]

I went on a natural shark dive from a live-aboard in the area of Bimini, no feeding, just observing. The dive boat knew where to drop us to see several large bulls and caribbean reef sharks...many were 12 feet. It was great to see them in their natural feeding mode, cruising the sandy bottom near the reef and boulders.

[@mrsilver8517]

"This humongous tiger who can split any of these knuckleheads in two; is just there, avoiding confrontation." I feel like this is a great example of life in general. Knuckleheads always provoke the wrong one, and find out why it's a bad idea. Usually; those who provoke, are testing boundaries, trying to see how they compare. Those who don't and only act when they need to; is because they know exactly what they are capable of. Provoking isn't something they are interested in, because they don't have that inferiority complex. Provokers, usually do.

[@jeanettecoker9806]

This is crazy, I'm a newer diver and during training they emphasize never touching marine life or the landscape. Buoyancy class is a big help. This video makes me cringe (not your reaction of course), very much preventable. Diving is such an amazing privilege, respect our aquatic friends.

[@charissakington606]

This was insane and insanely infuriating. The sheer stupidity of those divers. Those poor sharks- beautiful - calm. Did nothing wrong. It seemed he was just looking for a bite of chum. These people suck.

[@Kittieku]

This was horrible. I'm not a diver. I am terrified of and absolutely love sharks. This broke my heart. You both gave such good insight into this bad situation.😥

[@Naomi0o_o0]

Same. Im terrified of them but so fascinated by them. They're amazing. But I stay on land, they stay in the water. But this was so cruel, awful to watch the poor sharks being jabbed and poked.

[@violent_bebop9687]

What? GET OFF THE INTERNET

[@sop19902005]

100% there fault. This shouldnt be done. I have to agree with Woody 100% again. Sharks are amazing. Unless defending or feeding, will leave you alone

[@darkcircle899]

Humans are not on the menu because Sharks eat fish. If you leave them alone they leave you alone.

[@muggleslayer8530]

@@dustinirwin1 I thought the sharks attacked the USS Indianapolis survivors bc they were drawn in by the bleeding soldiers from the wreck…

[@gwaihyr7369]

@@darkcircle899 i didn't know seals were fish... Not saying that sharks are bad or anything or humans are on their menu, but a lot of sharks eat more than fish

[@amiaswolfgang]

@@dustinirwin1 Sure, sharks can sometimes eat humans, but you're just fearmongering by saying that humans are "on the menu." Humans are not native to the ocean, most oceanic sharks will never see a human in their whole lives, and those who do interact with humans time and time again will just leave them alone! Great Whites bite out of curiousity (their mouths are basically like our hands in regards to touch receptors) or a mistake in identification, never because they have an intention to eat humans. Tigers bite out of self defense or a mistake in frenzy, never because they have the intention to eat humans. And those sharks only have such high encounter rates with humans because they live close to where we like to go swimming. We enter their space, putting ourselves at increasing risk when we don't respect them. Only **one** species of shark is known to actually feast on live humans when given the opportunity, i believe its white tips, and evidence of them actually doing this is rare. Its only i disaster situations like ships that are going down and there are a lot of blood-releasing injuries. Divers are rarely at risk, especially if they keep their distance and respect the sharks. Saying that sharks as a whole are willing to eat humans because of one species who actually does that on rare occasion and a handful of species who bite with no intent to eat is ridiculous, you're lumping in the hundreds of different shark species together (most of which are more likely to be harmed and killed by humans than the other way around) to spread misinformation and fear about a creature that is morally neutral. Sharks aren't bad because they are literally animals, however I wouldnt be easily convinced to believe that people who fear-monger against them, like you, aren't.

[@bodystomp5302]

@@darkcircle899 tell that to the guy off Sydney, who was mauled & partially eaten by a great white a couple weeks ago.

[@FoundInTheRiverAndCaves]

Woody, if they know you are “of the sea”, then you are in danger of being eaten. Let’s keep it a secret!

[@mharm734]

He is fine it is well known that sharks will never eat or even go near an octopus if they can avoid it.

[@CliffdropChad]

haha right! That's the first thing I thought of as well- the pajama shark and his death roll..

[@Tejah]

Lol I just said something of the like & then I read yours. Fish is on the menu & Woody is the appetizer.

[@jaileal8806]

I live and dive in the Caribbean with plenty of sharks. Beautiful creatures that make the ocean so much richer. Thank-you for highlighting this.

[@mully3042]

I’ve shark dived in the Bahamas and the experience was incredible. The dive shop that ran it put you in their pool first to show them essentially what you had to perform when you got certified originally. They wanted to know you knew your stuff so you wouldn’t freak out when the sharks showed up. It was 100% better run dive than what these idiots did. The sharks were totally innocent!

[@elisarose5159]

Rookie diver here, only 7 dives under my belt. I found your channel about a week ago and was hooked immediately. I’m learning just as much about the type of diver I DON’T want to be as the diver I want to learn to be.

[@andrewdavidson4595]

I've done this very site, in Fiji. One thing I would say, and you touched on it not being black and white, is that (according to the locals) the tourism around this shark diving experience has massively boosted the marine life in the area. No fishing, lots of tourism, heaps of marine life. I remember the locals telling us that marine life had recovered massively once fishing stopped and dive tourism became the norm in the area. Much more fish quantities and varieties.

[@brittb645]

I respect that I have no right to say what a community does to make a living, and I agree that shark diving is better than shark fishing or shark by-catch in net fishing. I hope one day we do the right thing because its best for animals, not because it makes the most money.

[@suz7939]

I have also done this shark dive and the divemasters have done this feed for years and rarely will there be any incident. Sorry but there is not much to compare with a 14ft female coming up that rock wall and you see the actually size of her mouth and realizing if she or any shark that large wanted to actually bite down on you it would be all over.

[@ppo2424]

Yep,completely disagree with it. I've had hundreds of shark encounters,none of them in a feeding situation.it is not necesarry. It might be more hit and miss but for me that's part of the excitement. sharks have value for tourism, it's typical in modern society and bad behaviour to expect immediate gratification.Talk about entitled. It does change their behaviour and has definitely led to attacks either during or after the shark feed.

[@SquidneyLuvsYou]

When I was a toddler, my grandparents had a dog that was incredibly kind and gentle. One day, while he was eating, I waddled up to him and reached my hand out to pet him. Within an instant, he whipped his head around and snapped at my hand. He didn't bite me, but the message was very clear. I love sharks and I think they're adorable, but would I touch one unless it literally pushed its head under my hand? No.

[@sara24242]

And today dogs get put down for that which makes me furious! I agree with your stance.

[@annasstorybox7906]

@@sara24242 we had a lady trying to sue after her adult daughter got bit by my fathers fiancés cat. Apparently the daughter attempted to pick up that cat she never met before... On the same side I've been raised to not touch random animals. I've been raised to ask owners if I can pet their dogs and that I should be careful (but not afraid) with cats as cats can be moody. If I touched a cat and it scratched me, my parents wouldn't have ever thought about confronting the owners. They would have checked if I was hurt badly and would have reassured that I approach cats respectfully the next time. I mean... Cats sometimes go from laying on the ground begging to be pet to "get the f away"-mode in the blink of an eye but usually they show pretty recognizeable clues on that they don't like something and you should stop... I have to be honest, I would never even think about blaming the cat, I'd ask me if I missed clues, I'd be more careful next time...

[@naokithewicker3980]

Still terrified of being in open water with marine life. But this isn’t the sharks fault. I personally prefer learning about sharks at an aquarium or by watching content creators like you. Thanks for breaking this down and voicing your opinion on this practice. Humans in general are too dumb to interact with wildlife.

[@Kunigaz214]

Johnathan Bird has some great videos that helped me get past my initial fear of diving with marine life. Now I hope to run into sharks on a dive :P

[@kazthamc58]

Most marine life dont like witches in their territory

[@naokithewicker3980]

@@Kunigaz214 my thing is honestly the open water aspect. I want to dive lakes when i do eventually decide to try it out. Watching these guys, listening to them explain what to not do and how to do something better. It’s honestly cool to hear and learn from these reaction videos.

[@naokithewicker3980]

@@kazthamc58 witches? I’m super confused about this comment.

[@tomatodamashi]

@@kazthamc58 what about witchers?

[@1robertcourtney]

Love how you guys give straight up legit perspective. These divers need to get new dive training from you guys! Thanks for all your awesome content!

[@srbrunocell]

We had done a black tipped reef shark dive back in 1997 while in the Bahamas. They put chum in the water after we were all done and situated. They specifically told us to just sit on the bottom and keep your hands at your sides and to yourself. The sharks will come up to you and even brush against you as they swim around you if you do not reach out to touch them. It is their domain, let them be in control. They are beautiful swimmers!

[@vololudo4671]

It all comes down to Outdoor Ethics. It really doesn't matter if you're diving on a reef with turtles and sharks or hiking in Yellowstone with bears and bison. Touching (and direct contact) is unhealthy for both humans and animals. Such close direct contact is inherently dangerous and unethical. Just enjoy being in their presence and optically observe them.

[@OTSOBerg-pn5gm]

I don't know about unethical that's an opinion, it can certainly be dangerous because if you are injured underwater it increases your chance of drowning. I feel that sharks of any species should not be fed and should simply be kept at a distance. I don't agree with the tourist diving with sharks that has become so popular mainly because in my opinion the biggest benefit of scuba is the ability to see how the underwater ecosystem actually works independent of human manipulation. Luring animals to come closer certainly cheapens that and is not a real representatation of nature just like an aquarium isn't.

[@dirtnapz996]

I love the early uploads! I’ve got a 4 hour drive and every Monday and love listening to Woody and Gus. Hilarious and informative!

[@DIVETALK]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@najrobiksvomid9048]

Omg! How patient were those sharks i simply cannot believe... Guys God bless you for educating us throu your videos and keep up the good work. God bless you

[@Elfin4]

In addition to everything you mentioned, I was always told never to touch coral to prevent damaging it. These divers were all sitting on a coral outcrop, banging their tanks into it causing unknown damage, totally cowboy operation. The feeding dog analogy at the end was so on point.

[@zinniaeridano7782]

I am terrified of the idea of diving. Underwater caves scare the sh... out of me. Marine animals as well. It's just water, I think is called talassophobia or something like that. Yet, I'm addicted to yours and MrBallen's channels since I discovered them last week.

[@michaelpacnw2419]

As a surfer and a sailor (not yet a diver, but plan on getting my open water cert this summer.. hence why I am binging all your vids lol) I have a healthy respect for sharks. A shark will generally leave you alone unless they mistake you for food. Problem is, to a shark (which have horrible vision) a surfer paddling on a surfboard looks a lot like a wounded seal splashing around from underneath. Luckily, most sharks that attack surfers take one bite and realize fiberglass, foam, and neoprene don't taste good, so they spit you out.. unluckily for humans, they might spit you out, but those teeth do a LOT of damage with one bite before they do. Wetsuits save a lot of surfers lives because it acts like one big compression bandage, or you would bleed out immediately in the water. I have actually seen a Great White while surfing the Oregon coast.. and immediately caught the next wave all the way to shore, and didn't go back out for two weeks. Surfers despise people who chum for sharks in shallow water.. it brings them in close to the shoreline where humans are, and makes attacks much more likely. There is a special place in hell reserved for these people. Sharks and I have come to an understanding... I don't eat them in restaurants, and they don't eat me in the ocean.. it's worked so far 😅

[@stevensilverman3868]

Marine Biologist here! Just wanted to comment on shark vision and mistaking people in wet suits for food. Great whites, which do a lot of their hunting on the surface, actually have great vision. They can also tell the difference between different animals at the surface since they hunt them in different ways. What happens is sharks see you and don’t know exactly what you are and their sense of touch is through their mouth since they don’t have hands.

[@n.h.420]

This is gross..humans suck

[@goke8456]

I LOVE sharks so I love seeing a video with positive opinions of them! What pisses me off is you KNOW those divers went back to the surface and bragged about how they survived a vicious shark attack and how badass they are, when really they absolutely provoked those sharks.

[@bbeth4]

i appreciate how you guys handled this SO much. i have always loved sharks and constantly see them getting a bad rep. thank you for educating your followers ! would love to see more shark content, you guys know so much about them and i love learning more!!

[@debs-101]

Totally agree! And Woody’s analogy to feeding a dog was good-and it can be taken further. There are so many small, subtle signals a dog gives when it’s not happy but people are ignorant to them or ignore them and then blame the dog when it attacks.

[@bbeth4]

@@debs-101 very true!! they’re incredibly good at making an opportunity for education effortless and fun!

[@Ravage556]

You guys with this one video have more or less cured my fear of sharks. Don’t get me wrong, I love sharks and find them beautiful and fascinating, but the idea of being in the water with one was mortifying until seeing this and hearing you talk about them. Thank you for the video!

[@Janalysiert]

My very first diving instructor ever on Guadeloupe said the right thing: "Diving is not a sport, it is an activity so please do not be hectic underwater. Also, you are a guest here, behave accordingly. You will not touch anything, you will not bring anything back up and if you see sea life be calm and don't disturb it. If you break these rules this was your last dive in our school." 💯👌

[@philprobert9553]

I just finished a trip to Playa Del Carmen. One of the dives I do (every year since 2017) is a bull shark feeding. A big part of this dive is always a briefing on the shark population and behavior as well as the appropriate human behavior during the dive. This is always a VERY professional dive that will be cancelled at the first hint of a problem or inappropriate behavior. Shark conservation and education is always one of the main topics and respect towards them and the environment always comes first. Dive Balam at the Royal Hacienda is a top notch, professional group that always takes safety, professionalism, environmental protections and respect for the sport very seriously. This video made me cringe from beginning to end.

[@philprobert9553]

@S M Not that we noticed. Took one trip into town for a few hours and didn’t have any problems. We stayed at the resort for the rest of the trip.

[@Peace-tk3gr]

Feeding bull sharks? I can't imagine why, or that it's a good idea - at all.

[@philprobert9553]

@@Peace-tk3gr These dives have been happening for years and have helped to keep the shark population from plunging due to overfishing by local fisherman. In the past, these local fisherman have killed the sharks to make money. As overfishing in general in Mexico has reduced the the entire population of marine life in this unregulated area, sharks, in particular, have suffered greatly. In an effort to save these sharks, money is raised from every dive to pay the fisherman not to kill sharks. Funds for educating people about the importance of these sharks is also helping to raise an awareness on both a local and an international level. I truly believe it is great idea. On these dives, the sharks we dive with are pregnant Bull sharks, No one is allowed to harass them in any way and the procedures to do this are done with the safety of the sharks and the divers being at the forefront of everyone’s consideration. We dive a line to the bottom down to about 90ft, follow another line over to a sandy ledge and lay still flat on the sand, shoulder to shoulder holding yet another line while the dive team oversees the operation. When we are ready to head to the surface, everyone goes up as one group and we can watch the sharks perfectly outlined against the sand below our fins as we ascend. It is, truly, a fantastic opportunity to see these magnificent creatures and i plan to continue to do this as long as I can.

[@philprobert9553]

Here is a video I did a few years ago. I think it shows how ca;lm and organized it was. The only divers that aren’t on the line are part of the dive shop and are keeping an eye on everything. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIiXn6utj66rh6M

[@Peace-tk3gr]

@@philprobert9553 hi, thank you for explaining. That makes sense 👌

[@tgf-d3934]

I am actually really amazed with the patience of the shark... Everything that I've seen these people do in this video just seems like a terrible idea. It all to me, seems extremely amateur, reckless, and dangerous, and absolutely seems like they are taunting the shark. They feed the shark then sorround it and touch and poke it with sticks! To me, that is just wanting to get bitten. I had no clue sharks could be so chill. Talk about poking a bull (tiger) shark.

[@dianacherepanova4571]

It was painful to watch, I admire those sharks patience!

[@Chiragrai022]

honestly the best dive reviews man just the best informative channel on shark Hierarchy on youtube

[@philj8205]

This video really helped with my shark phobia. Thank you so much. It was so helpful to see just how much they had to poke and prod that tiger to get it to react to them. My dream is to dive in the ocean one day and face my fears. :) I think it's possible for a shark to attack a human unprovoked, but I know that this is an incredibly rare event and typically something will have to be wrong with the shark or it's a case of mistaken identity. In the latter case, I believe diving is pretty safe because it's very obvious to the sharks that you are not food when you have all of that gear on and aren't floating at the surface (not to mention the noise). Basically, it's so unlikely so as to not be worth worrying about.

[@unholynimble5723]

Astounds me the amount of people that feel so entitled that they think they can just touch or do whatever to a "Dangerous" animal (or even anything thing really) without consequence. Wow, just wow.

[@jessfaulkner9494]

You wouldn't walk up to a random person and stroke their hair, even though you understand people and it could be in your own house and could defend yourself if they lashed out, because its disrespectful and rude they are their own person. So why tf would you go into an environment that isnt your, and touch a creature you could never fully understand when you know full well it could rip your arm off for doing so, have some respect for the wild life like you would our own species

[@RedHotMessResell]

Thanks y’all for explaining the truth about sharks and disputing what the media often makes us think. As a kid, I wasn’t scared of sharks, but as I got older and shark week became a thing, I got scared. I like hearing a perspective from people with expertise on swimming with these creatures. They are beautiful indeed. Just intimidating, and we need to know that they aren’t always out for blood. We need to know how to treat certain species and how to not provoke them. Thank you for sharing.

[@fairweathertrains3029]

Im so annoyed with people who gave sharks a bad rep. They're amazing creatures and ought to be treated with respect (like everything else

[@laniftallon]

Hey guys, found your channel last month and ive been watching everything you've got. You guys are great.

[@richitacos]

My main issue with feeding sharks is that they’ll correlate seeing humans with getting food. So if they encounter another human in the future they’ll expect food and if they get nothing they might try to bite the human.

[@jamesstory7517]

I really appreciate the insight you guys bring to sharks and opening up awareness to their nature and their role in the ecosystem. Great stuff guys!

[@anzeticus]

This happened at Beqa island in Fiji. I've been to these islands before and while the nature is truly beautiful and the people are friendly I seriously recommend bringing your own gear (complete setup) and keeping the dives simple. If anything goes wrong, you are going to have a very bad time as support infrastructure and qualified personnel in Fiji are either nonexistant or even better non functioning for the last X years (but they claim it works *khm* hyperbaric chamber *khm*). Your closest bet in case of serious emergency is New Caledonia (cca 1200km away).

[@mrhanky5851]

In my extended circle there are two divers who’ve been attacked (mind you this is with dozens of people’s years of collective experience never having been bitten, diving their whole life). Both of them swam in between bait balls during feeding when they weren’t supposed to from what I understand. It’s pretty rare to be attacked and more likely at the surface.

[@michaelterrien1649]

Most of my diving with sharks has been reef and nurse sharks which are not particularly dangerous, but I've done some dives specifically intended to see much larger (and more curious) bull sharks. I gotta tell you, I don't remember the guides having to tell me "don't touch the sharks." I feel like that was common sense. The "check you out and turn away" behavior is what I've experienced with them.

[@aaaardvark23]

This is insane to me. I will say that this still makes me feel so much better about sharks. Prior to me seeing this I would have assumed if I saw a shark, that I would be in deep trouble. This shark took more annoyance than I would before striking out and even then only sort of because they put themselves in its mouth. Then it just stopped! What a beautiful tolerant creature.

[@i_sly_4479]

I am terrified of sharks, but I also have so much love and respect for them. That Tiger was so gorgeous and regal with the attitude of a curious, gentle giant. I would love to cage dive to prove to myself that I am only afraid of fear and not these beauties. Thank you both for sharing and explaining in these videos!

[@joycechua5789]

Hi! I love watching your content ✨ I'm not a diver of any sort but I appreciate the education and these discussions! also, it’s very hard to watch people disturb wildlife like this by constantly touching the sharks and poking them. And then sharks are framed as dangerous predators but they are just protecting themselves, defending their food, and defending their territory. This is incredibly frustrating. I’ve always been fascinated with sharks! Would you guys do a video of you guys diving with sharks in the future? Thanks Gus and Woody! Sending y’all some love ☺️

[@shanegarm]

I've watched this video so many times Im glad someone else finally acknowledged it! It's pretty shocking!

[@jackrosado746]

I like how people ask "well why can't you touch them? What's wrong with that?" My response is always, "so if you're using public transportation and someone you don't know comes up and rubs their hand down your body, aren't you gonna be a little disturbed/concerned?"

[@Lifehappens1]

Thank you soo much for the video that doesn’t pause !!! Must have seen my other comments but yaaa I can watch again 💜💜💜

[@Phoxinsocks]

I haven't ever done a bait dive, and honestly I have zero attraction to doing one. I'd much rather catch a lucky glimpse of one of these beautiful creatures just gliding on past. One of my first dives in Florida I had a lovely 6ft nurse swim about a foot under me, gave my dive partner a fantastic view! We got the blessing of seeing her and she went on her merry way. No harassment, no aggression, no panic or fear, just the gliding bueaty of one natures apex animals.

[@falseking989]

I think it’s important to note that sharks virtually always attack from behind or below. So, when diving with sharks it’s important to always stand your ground & face them.

[@annasstorybox7906]

I've also heard that if they bump you, you should let them hit your tanks as they will than think that you are hard and definitely not something they would want to bite.

[@matthewellisor5835]

Perfect analysis. And man does it frustrate me to see people screwing with wildlife like that! The only good argument I can think of for feeding is if done in the way you described and because it makes the sharks more valuable to the locals if they remains alive than dead.

[@chronicawareness9986]

yeah the locals want the animals to be friendly and just expect food for tourism

[@OGD007]

I saw a reef shark once in Hawaii. I was @ 60 feet and it was coming straight at me. I relaxed, kept my hands close to my body and watched it swim by me, it was a beautiful experience.

[@auntbee6993]

This is the ocean equivalent of people who walk up to buffalo for a selfie and get gored

[@john59fifty]

The only time i have seen a tiger shark 'attack unprovoked' was when some divers strayed into his hunting patch and he just chased them away from his food that was it

[@esk8er900]

I agree with 99% of everything said except the dog feeding part. My doodle mix is a “couch shark” as we’ve determined. I can eat his food from his bowl since we started from day 1 making sure he wasn’t food defensive, by playing with his food while eating, taking it away mid meal & returning it, making him wait to eat while it’s ready to go etc... I grew up with dogs and learned well that dogs are like clay, if u so something from the start and keep it up, they will remember it. I’ve got a feeling the same goes for most animals.

[@dkumagai30]

My Amstaff is like this. She even constantly asks for permission to eat. She even submits to my cats and lets them eat her food. Literally the first dog I’ve had that never shows any form of food aggression.

[@_Kayla_]

Sharks are by far my favourite animals, most of the time bites only occur for one of two reasons: 1. You're provoking it 2. It bites you once to feel you out. They're very much like dogs, they don't have hands to feel with so they rely on their mouth. Juvenile sharks tend to make that mistake more than any other. You can also read their body language if you know a bit about sharks. Again, they're like dogs. You can tell when they're agitated or calm. They just need to be respected. Edit: Threshers are absolutely gorgeous, 100% my favourite shark

[@a-a-ronk.340]

There’s no chance most people ONLY think of a great white when they think about sharks. That’s just silly.

[@anomalypixie]

3:58 For those continuing to ask the eons old question: “Why can’t I touch the marine life…..?” How about this reasonable explanation: What if a random stranger imposed into your home and your personal space and started to touch you and mess with you…. Would you or would you not attack them..? Just think about that logically for a hot minute now. Would you or would you not feel compelled to defend yourself against a random stranger who insists on touching and rubbing against you and disturbing you while you’re trying to relax or eat or explore…?

[@diegobergasaarmendariz5352]

I have grown up in total respect with the ocean and their creatures. I am young, but a couple of years of surfing and diving are on my back and sharks are incredible, but it is to mention that if you are surfing there might be a possibility of getting bitten withlut domingo anything, but I thibk they are like 8 a year. And here in the Basque Country in Spain there are not sharks to see, really awful, but great to learn diving as there is poor visibility, currents, cold water... Love you guys, you encourage us

[@russellffnunley]

I think this particular operator was violating the sharks by failing to keep his distance from the feeding area. If a permit is required to feed with paying customers, the permit should be suspended at the very least. I agree, "Shark Defends Itself From Aggressive, Baiting, Invasive Humans". Tiger sharks are beautiful! Great content; keep it coming! -Russ in Maryland

[@mikesbigadventures194]

We have lots of great whites here in Monterey. Like a huge population in the bay. Divers will see them but it’s rare. A buddy of mine saw a GW on a Point Lobos dive a few months ago, the first one in 20 years of diving. Our big joke is if sharks were a danger to divers, they’d never leave Breakwater and you’d see them all the time. Sharks are awesome.

[@TourettesMajestic]

Those divers are honestly lucky that this was the calmest shark frenzy in history

[@cpuuk]

Shark associates divers with the dinner bell (chum), diver becomes dinner.

[@jayerjavec]

Agree with Woody. There's a saying that even a dog want some space while eating. So sad what tourism does to flora and fauna.

[@sgtcoxjb5132]

It drives me nuts seeing people messing with wildlife. It's like "let me walk up in your house and mess with you and your food".....wonder what's going to happen

[@OTSOBerg-pn5gm]

The same people that say all that have no problem owning pets and shoving them in cages and eating wildlife Its a hypocritical stance that most people take.

[@alexsilver9128]

Absolutely love this channel and your reactions! Beautiful sharks! But if your dog doesn’t allow you to take back it’s food please seek training. Food aggression in dogs is dangerous and not acceptable at all. No dog I’ve ever owned or trained would even growl if I took back food.

[@hansbramlee882]

That’s crazy I was subbed to you and mr ballen but I had to re sub to both of you!!! Thank you for mentioning!

[@BrutalBeauty90]

All of them people were crowding that shark. That crowding was giving me a panic attack. Couldn’t imagine how the shark felt!

[@OnlyKaerius]

The closest I've done to this was in the Maldives, where we did a night dive to a little jetty at a resort where they clean fish to serve at their restaurant. Lots of stingrays and nurse sharks, and they get really intimately close. I had sharks pass by less than an inch away from me, and stingrays try to climb me. Nobody in the group reached out to touch anything though, maybe it's to do with culture, I think I was the only one in the dive group that wasn't German, or German speaking Swiss. I have touched a nurse shark, but I think it would be more fair to say that the nurse shark touched me, as I was stationary and filming it, and it swam into me(touching the hand holding the camera), but that was in Cozumel, Mexico.

[@themadderhatter9484]

What a shame these a just one of many reason why the beautiful creatures have such a bad rep, anyway good to see you boys up and running in another awesome video Awesome work as always ❤️divetalk

[@EfeCemElci]

Because sharks don't own Christmas trees Gus 😉

[@ragetobe]

I was a dive instructor in Thailand, within my first couple of weeks the boat took us out to a pinnacle and we dived down approximately 40m to the bottom of this wide pinnacle and started a gentle rise as we rounded the wide base. About half way up we encountered 3 large white tips swimming gently counter to our direction but in the same path, I halted the group and we just stayed still while they moved through, it was my first shark encounter and I would have many more after it but that one left me without breathe for a few mins and a new found respect. So graceful, fear inducing but beautiful.

[@stormyg9169]

I just started watching you guys and really enjoy your videos. I would really love you guys to explain the David Shaw video of what we’re actually looking at in his final video. :)

[@nicklockhart]

With woody’s dog analogy when my boxer was a puppy I would do that with him daily, he’s 3 years old and a protector of my family but if he’s eating and I put my hand in the food bowl he’s not going to come at me most dogs won’t if you take to time to train them properly

[@jamest1103]

I've trained my 45kg GS to not resource guard, I can have my head next to his bowl or I can take it away with no reactions and all I get is a lick when he's finished. Completely different to wild animals which instinctively guard their food.

[@thereconrigger4956]

I'm with you guys, I love sharks and all wild life. I actually spend a lot If my free time helping wild life in different ways. I've swam with sharks (snorkel diving) and I've fished for sharks, I don't have a lot of experience with them but I will say out of all the sharks I've seen or come into contact with, the colder water bull sharks we get coming up the Chesapeake bay and into the Potomac River are savage. They have no fear of attacking anything in thier way. I've had bull sharks attack the boat when we weren't fishing or anything. Just enjoying time on the boat. Many stories of people being bit by smaller bull sharks, I've personally never seen it with my own eyes but I have seen video that a buddy took of a bull shark swinging up the Potomac river right where we nornally swim and snorkel if we are able. The water over here isn't the cleanest or clearest. But u can still see atleast 10 to 20 ft most times with calm currents.

[@leahharrison8743]

All that shark did was give the diver a stern warning considering the 3000 previous ones went unnoticed. He nipped at them like an annoyed dog would. If he wanted to really hurt them, the water would have been red with blood and the diver would dead. Leave marine life ALONE!

[@Ayanami00]

2:59 I've been wanting to question why is the camera shaking so unconditionally ? like normally it would'nt atleast my go pro 7

[@HandleHandled]

“NOBODY LIKES TO GET HIT WITH A POLE” -Gus 2021 I’m putting this on a t-shirt.

[@flip117100]

"BooOOm headshot" lol wat

[@natalieelizabethalderton2059]

Thanks for this one, sharks are misunderstood, it’s never the sharks fault, we’re in they’re world!! Well delivered, I dove with tigers, hammerheads and bull sharks in Hawaii and Bahamas, incredible! Wonderful experience, sharks are incredible, humans are hideous at times 😞

[@karenaubert8852]

You guys are the experts but you cannot possibly believe that "sharks do not attack people". They do. Period.

[@jaredweiman2987]

The FPS Doug bit at the beginning LOL!!!!!

[@tridoc99]

The cameraman needs to bring a red filter next time he films a shark attack.

[@Victriol]

This should be a great video for people to watch to show how gentle sharks can be. That Tiger shark could have went up,. put his jaws around that dude and shook him and ate him without even thinking. He was curious and since he does not have hands, he went up to see if that was food or not. I think with all the commotion, the shark got confused, tested and backed off. I dont have a problem with shark feeding, but WAY TOO CLOSE for me. Heck I have a couple of family members that I stay out of they way for when it comes to an all you can eat buffet. I trust these sharks more than them. Also, people think trained and coniditioned is the same thing and it is not. I can definetely go up to my dog's bowl and take it from them bc I trained it that I am alpha and I eat first. A shark is conditioned in knowing those entites bring food and thats it. There is no training or taming of a shark

[@miashinbrot8388]

I love how you guys are defending the marine life from humans. Our species has done so much damage to the oceans. I suspect (you'd know better than I do) that the bottom there is relatively barren because too many intrusive divers have damaged the life that otherwise would be there. I don't object to scuba diving in itself, but as Woody said, divers need to be taught to leave the marine life alone. Years ago I decided -- this is only my decision; I'm not telling anyone to do the same thing -- that the best thing I can do is to leave the oceans alone, and in particular I choose not to eat seafood. That's because overfishing has done a lot of probably permanent damage to the whole marine ecosystem, and I don't want to add to it. I'm not virtuous enough to be a vegetarian, but at least I can refrain from eating fish. BTW, one reason, I would suspect, that sharks leave divers alone (as long as the divers don't bother them) is that we don't smell like prey. In particular, while I don't know just what wetsuits are made of, I would think they either smell of rubber, or else the suits are made of something that doesn't smell and they therefore block most of our natural smells from the water.

[@alexandrahuff2303]

I once did a dive in Hawaii with a big tour boat and was group #3 to go out. We were there to see turtles and the reef so the first and last thing they said to everyone during the speech was "Stay at least 10ft away from the turtles at all times because you could scare them and they will swim to the bottom to hide. If they do that, no one else will get to see them because they will stay down there a long time and we are only here for X amount of time". Of course the first thing group #1 does is shove their gopros on a stick(and themselves) in the turtles faces, all of this being caught on camera by the professional photographer that worked for the guide company. The worst part for me was all the photos would upload to this big screen on the boat in real time as they were taken so we could see what we would be doing and I knew that by my turn all those poor turtles would be gone. I was right and by the time I got out of the water I wanted to cuss out the entire group of tourists on the boat. I felt so bad for the turtles and so disappointed to not get to see them myself because they have always been one of my 2 favorite animals.

[@amyhanson6836]

I just love how you narrate Gus as the shark! It's great! 3

[@elchibrolito4217]

Right at the begining, the octopus the fast breathing, you know you re dealing with a noob

[@kylewebb3233]

Iv been waiting for this review! I knew Woody would be unimpressed lmao. Also makes you wonder how many of those shark attack stats are provoked. Remove prevoked and snorkeling attacks (both included in scuba attack stats) and I bet the odds become laughable

[@Coach_Vedo]

I mean,some humans are freakin' idiots! It's that simple.

[@Stefanie_Fithian]

0:56 Woody, are you really saying sharks don't ever attack humans unprovoked? That's a big claim to make when it's been very well documented that some attacks have been unprovoked by a human. The shark could be very hungry. We may not be a sharks first meal choice but we are an option if the shark hasn't eaten in a while.

[@TheAuDHDVegan]

Unprovoked shark attacks are very rare. A person is more likely to be killed by an asteroid than by a shark. The odds of a person being the victim of a fatal shark attack is one in 3.75 million. Just like all animals, wild or domestic, it is possible for an unprovoked attack to occur, but it's not probable.

[@Stefanie_Fithian]

@ exactly. That's my only point. Woody made claim that sharks do not provoke unless attacked. You are 100% correct. It's absolutely are on the rarer side but just don't make claim that it doesn't happen at all. I very much enjoyed reading your reply. Thanks for getting in touch

[@TheAuDHDVegan]

It was a hyperbole.

[@Stefanie_Fithian]

@@TheAuDHDVegan I apologize, I don't know what that means.

[@TheAuDHDVegan]

@Stefanie_Fithian A hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to emphasize a point. It's not meant to be taken literally, but rather to create a strong impression or evoke a particular emotion. For example, think of a mother telling her son, "I've told you a thousand times to clean your room." The mother hasn't literally told her son one thousand times to clean his room, but she had told him a lot of times. It's the same for what Woody said. He doesn't mean that sharks literally never attack unprovoked, but they hardly ever do.

[@notroublesjustbubbles2307]

Woody, your analogy about the pet dog food is SPOT ON!! 👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@gewinnste]

0:48 "sharks just don't attack humans, unless humans attack the sharks" - I'm surprised to hear Woody say that. It's rare, but great white sharks, tiger sharks and bull sharks sometimes do attack humans unprovoked. It's less likely than getting killed by a falling coconut, but the probability isn't zero.