Prehistoric six-gill sharks make their home in Puget Sound | Oregon Field Guide

[@henryzabel1746]

I was an active diver in Puget Sound around 1980 and it was not known to inhabit our waters at that time . I was doing a night dive where we went offshore a good distance and dropped down 60' and challenged ourselves to navigate our way back to shore using depth gauge and compass with our lights off . When a fish would swim by they would disturb the plankton which would leave a glowing trail . One night I felt a presence go by me and turned to look and there was a very large amount of disturbed plankton . A few years later they found a dead six gill shark next to a ferry dock . It was hit by the prop and I believe that was the first one recorded in Puget Sound .

[@jhhart4602]

Damn nice 🙂😶 I love sharks

[@jaybee_.]

that sounds TERRIFYING

[@Staintree]

Cool

[@trevor2414]

I think I creamed to your story dawgie

[@mandilicious1987]

What's a "prop"?

[@originalvillagevidiot]

My horror turned to happiness, although my dry suit almost ended up wet. In 1994, I was doing a dry suit check out dive with my instructor, Eric Marks, at 3 Tree Point in Puget Sound. We swam out to a mooring chain and proceeded to descend. Puget Sound is known for poor visibility so I used my light to illuminate the chain and my gauges. By 60' it was almost black. As I kept my light pinned on the line something appeared to come directly towards my light. 2 seconds later I was face to face with JAWS. Needless to say I was ready to make a rapid ascent but when I turn around and look at my instructor he signaled me to follow him. I was petrified as he began to swim, directly above the slow moving shark. As a good diver...I followed my crazy instructor. He grabbed his pencil and wrote in his dive slate 6 '11. The shark seemed much bigger to me and I couldn't figure out why he was trying to measure it. I was afraid I was going to become fish food. The massive and slow moving shark descended beyond the range of our lights. We ascended and returned to shore. I was happy to be alive and perplexed by his behavior. I asked Eric why he wrote 6'11 on his slate... he laughed and told me he wrote 6 gill. OK then... I just had a shark week worthy moment with a Six Gill shark 🦈. I ultimately became a Divemaster and have over 500 logged dives around the Pacific Northwest. Eric and I are still the only divers we knew to have seen this tremendous shark in the wild. Quite a dive and memory.

[@davidr9883]

A few years ago a 14ft. female 6 gill was trapped in a tidal pool by Allen Wa. in the south sound. She started giving birth before the water dropped. People carried the pups to the water and let them go in the water.

[@masonc4919]

that's amazing

[@ghostshirt1984]

They should have took the mother shark back in the water to😢

[@rexmikes6270]

these and greenland sharks and honestly all of the 6 gills creep me the absolute hell out. mad appreciation for the dive team and all the effort that goes into such a terrifying task! you couldnt pay me enough to do this!!!

[@ghostshirt1984]

These sharks don't attack people and are endangered species.

[@ghostshirt1984]

Dog fish are sharks too.

[@DansBackcountry]

You can find them at Les Davis pier (Tacoma, Rustin way) during the summer at night (10pm-3am typically). Every night fishermen accidently (or intentionally) hook them, then release them (catch and release).

[@flaminlemon]

INCREDIBLE video on my favorite shark. This is so exciting!! Thank you so much for sharing this footage as the world continues to discover more about such a special species.

[@andrewvasey1070]

Redondo beach in Washington is a good spot to find them, saw one today at 95 ft deep

[@habituation.society]

I saw 2 today as well at Redondo doing a night dive. One male and one female also at around 100 feet. Was one of the best dives I ever did.

[@BigChib]

A little bit north hear Hornby Island six gills are fairly common in the winter when the water nearer the surface is colder. Saw a couple of them around 125 feet down back in the mid 90's.

[@jrtstrategicapital560]

These sharks are beautiful and ancient! Greenland sharks can live over 500 years..born when the Aztec empire was thriving..wow!

[@rayforsman9171]

We caught em for years trawling bottofish in Puget Sound they were in a couple three places ar very precise depths give or take a couple fathoms..the baby juveniles though weee only found from time to time at 90 to 100 fathoms..we used to put a strap on tail abd lift them up push back over side and then cut strap to release

[@xiindoix9845]

7:38 .. sorry I had to 😂😂

[@johnwright291]

I live in tacoma and worked on puget sound on tugboats all my working life. I have always been fascinated by sharks even long before jaws came out. I wish they would have said where in the south sound this was. I have always believed that great whites frequent puget sound. There is an abundance of food for them and I really can't think of any reason they wouldn't be here. Its certainly not to far morth. We are further south than Paris.

[@knotabot9370]

According to my biology teacher adult great whites are seen off the coast in central Oregon. They mostly eat salmon and maybe the sea lions. Apparently fisherman see them all the time.

[@joeb3668]

How can we say they no longer existed when the oceans are still unexplored that's science for you they always have all of the answers ,right or wrong

[@lizycole8999]

"''🎵🎵🦈🦈Hello Seattle, I am a sixgill shark..."🎵🎵

[@h20doctor]

Shark season starts in June ... We have been seeing them now for 6 years straight... PBS seattle did a documentary on them when they started showing up at Cove 2 ... Then the Seattle Aquarium started tagging them... Yes there here , yes the Six gill is thriving... But be respectful to the sharks ...this is old video , H20doctor has spoken

[@kermitwilson]

With their diving gear and the depth, I’m wondering why they aren’t using surface supplied air with umbilicals. So much safer. Or maybe I’m just used to it working underwater, but it would make a lot of sense for this type of diving at these depths and taking samples, tagging, and photos. It’s safer and easier to move than scuba diving.

[@kathyhepler382]

Thank you. Really Interesting!!!

[@jerryhutchinson7333]

12 feet is big, but they can reach lengths of 26 feet.

[@ghostshirt1984]

Save the sharks

[@robrice7246]

How do they deal with broadnose sevengill sharks?

[@nisaiahcampbell8390]

Form a group and don't let down your guard, I saw a video where a group a divers were surrounded by a pack of Broadnose Sevengill sharks, despite their size, Broadnose Sevengill's are potentially dangerous to humans.

[@johnlindell5024]

”Simon and Eric has DIED with sharks all over the world”😂 Beautiful animal!❤️

[@Meg-zf7qx]

Learning that these sharks average around 16-18 ft long hits different 😐

[@ghostshirt1984]

So these sharks have every right to live and they should not be killed just because you hate them, I bet you hate whale sharks and basking sharks because they are more larger then six gills.

[@Meg-zf7qx]

@@ghostshirt1984 WHAT?! Where tf did you get that from 😂 I’ve actually made a documentary on shark finning and whale sharks are included in it :)

[@Tejah]

I love it they went out of "ping" range. Their secret shark lair and happenings. 🦈 Their eyes are almost claymation- like. So 😎. Can't you use camouflage tags instead of bright yellow? Ruins their stealth .

[@ospreys48]

Has one ever been observed at the surface?

[@nisaiahcampbell8390]

Only at night, and adult Bluntnose Sixgill Shark was seen at a depth of 259 m in the Philippines.

[@josemarecos3186]

Existe el.megalodon..pero.no se ve los enormes cornillos

[@berrycade]

All sharks are prehistoric.

[@berrycade]

@WaterEnjoyer All sharks evolved prior to human history and are therefore all prehistoric.

[@tigerlilysoma588]

Glad he could afford to buy a place with so much room. All the rest of us on The Peninsula are stacked like sardines into a single house while he gets to go 6gilling around like a total shark. Lil sun uva b

[@mrbarry9842]

yessiiiiiiiiiiir

[@TheProHunting]

This is old news they discovered the 7 gill shark down in San Francisco pssshh 6 gills ain't shit