Shark Misconceptions

[@Pinktieproductions1234]

“An Olympic size swimming pool is a lot smaller than THE ENTIRE OCEAN” that killed me :D

[@depressedgojisaurusrexandc5372]

Hmm yes, the ocean here is made of ocean

[@jasepoag8930]

I dunno, I've seen a swimming pool, and it's pretty dang BIG.

[@Xaiff]

@@jasepoag8930 for predators like sharks, our big might not be big enough. 🤣

[@dinoxels]

I cannot believe that people just go “oh, they just grow their fins back”. That’s just...ignorant. And sad.

[@The_PokeSaurus]

Its not just ignorant, its dangerously Moronic!

[@dinoxels]

@@The_PokeSaurus I know!

[@dinoxels]

@Robinson Papo What?! "is what it is" This is cruelty to animals, you ignorant Nanotyrannus.

[@luckyblockyoshi]

@Robinson Papo and we can change that. your point is?

[@ED11169]

Trying to justify their actions by making the thing they mutilate more 'other' than themselves

[@GunBreaux]

Shark fin fishing is the most criminally wasteful human practice since bison fur hunting. Makes my stomach churn.

[@YujiUedaFan]

Don't forget rhino horn hunting and elephant tusk hunting. No-one actually eats the meat.

[@martyg6753]

Not to say the over hunting of bison isn't bad, but more of the bison was used. The comparison to elephant and rhiino hunting for tusks and hors is more accurate.

[@larsgadell5016]

Hmm not the same thing at all. The Bison extermination was a way to get revenge on the Lakota tribes for defeating the "great" general Custer. Yes look it up they tried to exterminate all bison's out of petty revenge for a general known for his slaughter of fierce women children and elderly. (while the men were on bison hunt)

[@larsgadell5016]

@@martyg6753 Nope I am sorry you are miss informed most of the bisons killed in the great slaughter were left to rot the only thing taken was their tongue. Now they tried to come up with all sorts of stuff to sell buffalo parts but it was 40 million bison in about 3 years so most just rotted.

[@martyg6753]

Okay Snowflake. Got your Boomer butt hurt?

[@frederickstabell3796]

The pictures of the finless sharks laying helpless are so depressing

[@Wolf10media]

Reminds me of Felidae.

[@depressedgojisaurusrexandc5372]

I know, fishermen are dicks.

[@mursuhillo242]

@@depressedgojisaurusrexandc5372 No. The CHINESE. And ONLY the Chinese.

[@WaterShowsProd]

@@mursuhillo242 Another misconception. Shark finning is rampant in The Gulf of Mexico off The U.S. coast and The U.S. failed to impose restrictions to protect endangered hammerheads. In fact, at 2:52 in this very video you supposedly just watched the depletion of sharks due to overfishing is particularly bad in North American waters. This isn't just limited to finning, but finning is a factor in that.

[@groudonmario]

@@mursuhillo242 The issue is that people all over the world buy shark fins for soup, Hong Kong ships them globally and no one is going to stop if people buy them.

[@mikeor-]

Sharks are amazingly fascinating animals, and we must do everything in our power to save them from extinction.

[@mikeor-]

My favorite Shark, by the way, is a dogfish.

[@buddythemoth]

I sir, salute to your statement.

[@mikeor-]

@@buddythemoth Do you now?

[@depressedgojisaurusrexandc5372]

Sharks were built for being the apex predator of the oceans. Without them, the oceans would just not be the same.

[@KK-bt6nc]

Depressed Guy what about sperm Wales pretty sure they can fuck up a shark

[@sharkdoesstufff]

Sharks are honestly underrated and so misunderstood, I wish people would educate themselves on sharks instead of fearing them or hunting them,

[@LURKTec]

I'd rather misunderstand sharks and stay the fuck away from them.

[@istvansipos9940]

that would be great. although no amount of information could defeat my fear. They are useful, yes. They don't really have us on the menu. They are obviously not evil in any way. But I have only 1 healthy leg on each side. If 1 is gone because a shark was curious, that's still one leg gone. It probably adds to the fear that a human has no way of knowing about an incoming test bite or whether a big enough shark is near. Those afraid of dogs (f.e.) have way more control when they try to avoid dogs swimming or not swimming would be a tough choice for me, if I were a coastal guy

[@NobleS1236]

@@istvansipos9940 if it makes you feel any better a shark will usually spit out anything it bites off of you since humans have too many bones for their liking.

[@luckyblockyoshi]

@@LURKTec you would rather support the extinction of sharks?

[@charlestonho6733]

@@LURKTec Shark Hater!!!

[@joecrammond6221]

the images of sharks without their fins is sickening, what a ridiculous thought that their fins grow back

[@redlizerad8268]

Many of those fishermen probably didn’t even graduate from kindergarten. How would they know. The real culprit is the people who organize these business.

[@nickz1487]

Sharks always have to be moving

[@SrChang-fy7cq]

Nick Z14 did you watch the first minute of the video my guy?

[@redlizerad8268]

Sr. Chang ikr

[@redlizerad8268]

Nick Z14 most of em starve instead of drown.

[@zenebean]

Imagine if people walked a city, screamed it was infested by people who might shoot them, and decided to start slaughtering and robbing the inhabitants to both eliminate and profit from a perceived threat.

[@cookeymonster83]

That actually happens though

[@rattyeely]

That's basically the history of the Americans

[@zenebean]

I am just hitting my head in a corner thinking about how true these replies are

[@F0X_H0UND]

@@rattyeely The history of the world really. Humans can be really fucked up sometimes.

[@GermanLeftist]

What do you think European settlers did during the colonial age? Or basically every empire in human history? The excuse was always "they are different and hence dangerous, we have to kill them first before they kill us".

[@vee1267]

“You know what separates us from the animals? Shark week. Sharks don’t even observe shark week, yet we do... because humans can connect with anything!” -Jeff Winger

[@cookeymonster83]

They have Human quarter-of-a-lunar-cycle in which they get together and address the lack of humans swimming in the ocean

[@purplehaze2358]

2:06 I could have gone my entire life without seeing that. Thank you Ben!

[@mikifauns]

5:30 I find it really cute that sharks are just curious about a new thing in the water. It's like a giant puppy nip.

[@jasonvoorhees5180]

I’m glad you tackled the misconception about swimmers/surfers and seals. If a shark _genuinely_ mistook you for a seal in the water attacks would probably be much more common and much more gruesome.

[@eyeln9ne696]

Thank you for this video. The ignorance about sharks has got me into many arguments with friends and family. I end up giving up the debate, lacking any way to explain it in a relatable way. I feel like I'm always having to stand up for science around my family. To me, there's no logical reason NOT to trust the scientific process. Everything we use, eat, wash, and communicate with is all thanks to science! Ok, I'm sorry for the venting. You guys rock, keep it up.

[@randomuser5443]

Listen, I don’t want to get into a fight with a shark The videos of sharks getting belly rubs are so cute so a fight is a bad idea

[@bobbymilo2820]

I would love it, if we could get this kind of video for more Animals!! Like a "Misconceptions Series". Because I feel there are a lot more Misconceptions about a lot more animals out there

[@Robert399]

Are you telling me that eating a person who doesn't have cancer won't cure my cancer??

[@WaterShowsProd]

The US release of the French documentary film Oceans had the section on the horrors of shark finning removed by Disney.

[@BL3H-]

Of course it's Disney

[@WaterShowsProd]

@@BL3H- Many foreign films, both documentary and fiction, get "edited" (a.k.a censored) for release in The U.S.; not only ones distributed by Disney.

[@speedracer2008]

I saw the original French version of Oceans when I was 11. It was haunting, but great.

[@purplehaze2358]

I just love the idea of being curious as to what something is, so you casually walk (Or in this case, swim) right up and take a bigass bite of it. It’s hilarious to me.

[@gildedbear5355]

That's kind of what human babies do though. "what is this thing here?" *stuffs in mouth* Adults don't because we've stuffed enough into our mouths to have a pretty good idea what things are without the mouth stuffing.

[@purplehaze2358]

GildedBear I didn’t say otherwise. Still funny.

[@gildedbear5355]

@@purplehaze2358 you are absolutely correct.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

It's the only body part sharks can use to investigate things with isn't it?

[@thomasneal9291]

@@ANTSEMUT1 yup.

[@bigslurpee2078]

I've always loved sharks, and it makes me very sad that we're seeing so many of them die.

[@sharkybunkle]

As a proud land shark myself I can indeed confirm my fellow sea sharks need more love. They are precious beans that need protecting

[@SinsOfOrigin]

Sure thing, anything you want, just please stop eating us out of curiosity

[@melvinshine9841]

Sharks fins grow back? I have never heard that nonsense. On a somewhat related note, I really wish we would stop calling *all* instances of a shark injuring someone shark "attacks". If a two ton great white wants to actually eat a 160 pound human, then their ass is dead.

[@irkendragon]

I think historically they were called 'shark accidents' or just 'shark bite', then Jaws came out, and 'attack' started replacing those in the news.

[@thatonenerdwhoreadsbyhimse5429]

Bruh, someone who has been bitten by a shark and was being pulled out into the sea could still very well call that an attack.

[@Djuuugarn]

Also I would like to see a ”feline week” or ”big cats week” or a ”canine week” or a ”carnivores of the world week” (or if youre feeling ambitious ”carnivores of the world month” that would have me so frickin psyched!! Im getting all hyped just thinking about it!!

[@HiopX]

Ungulate week (first entry cetaceans)

[@Wunderwaffles-nz1bh]

I want whale week

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Thank you so much for this, it’s a wonderful addition to my Shark Week!

[@titanofserpents4315]

I'm pretty sure I always thought that sharks attacked surfers because they mistook them for seals. But now that you've said that it's just because they're curious, it makes a lot of sense. Thankyou!

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

Sharks are mega cool. Great point about not mistaking seals for surfers, I didn't know that.

[@breaden4381]

"Sharks can smell a drop of blood in the water from 1km away" "Sharks can't tell the difference between a surfer and a seal" Where'd the sense of smell go?

[@Rexog90]

good point

[@dashdash4582]

They either smell us and are still curious of what we are or their scent system works differently than ours

[@NeonSand0917]

@@Rexog90 Hi Rexog

[@caius9971]

They have good vision, they're able to see, and if you're close enough to a shark to be bit, it was close enough to smell you, also detect your feint electric signal

[@thomasneal9291]

white sharks are primarily ambush hunters. that's why there are so heavily countershaded. they tend to hang out near the bottom, where their dark dorsal coloration hides them from being seen easily by seals on the surface. then they rush up to grab whatever takes their fancy. point being, they are entirely relying on their sense of sight here, not smell. most attacks on surfers are by curious juveniles that haven't yet properly honed their hunting skills. Hell, most juveniles (1-4 years old or so) are still mostly eating fish.

[@carrier2823]

Alternative medicine is repugnant, and a disgusting mold spot on the fabric of intellectualism.

[@Thurston86]

Agreed. “Traditional Chinese medicine” is also disgusting. Especially when considering just how many animals are close to extinction because of this bullshit.

[@zacharieelfali3401]

Traditional Chinese Medicine doesn't mean anything. The term was invented by the PRC as a way to capitalize on absolute bullshit, with a soft power effect of propaganda.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Zacharie El Fali there are still lots of traditional beliefs in China that relate to killing mass amounts of animals for “medicines” with negligible to no effect. Sure whatever semantics you want to use. That’s still a thing.

[@zacharieelfali3401]

No yes that's what I meant, they advertized folklore and stuff as "tradiitonal medicine".

[@tagrisaj3344]

I mean if you weren't educated on it and you suddenly had a "miracle pill" offered to you that could cure your dying mother's cancer you'd probably buy it too. The people buying these items are desperate. The people supplying them also believe it works and think that they're saving lives. We need to combat this with education and better modern Healthcare and not hate.

[@creditsunknown7974]

The shark medicine one is so stupid, like you said even if they do how good it will be to eat its skeleton like structure Like Lobsters dong and but you wont gain immortality by just eating a few roasted lobster's

[@ShanineJackman]

The finless sharks & the shark "medicine" hit me in the feels,poor creatures 😔🦈

[@Jasonwolf1495]

I worked at an aquarium before Covid, and could genuinely spend my whole day just answering shark misconceptions.

[@thomasneal9291]

which aquarium?

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

Much like sharks the Greek gods specifically Hades have been heavily influenced by films causing people to have misconceptions which is annoying

[@cookeymonster83]

I think Hades can handle it. The sharks need help though.

[@rattyeely]

Interesting comparison, yet very fitting

[@chanbricks4461]

Shows how dangerous broadcast can be. One misinformation can lead to disastrous consequences

[@rainpooper7088]

Hades is actually one of the least awful people in Greek mythology. Even when he kidnapped the girl he had a crush on, he only did so after Zeus had told him that it was cool with him. Don’t take romance advice from Zeus, people, it’s not gonna end well.

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

@@rainpooper7088 her name is Persephone

[@DorsenFilm]

Sharks need better recognition.

[@t.b.cont.]

“Sharks can’t get cancer” Sounds like someone who gave up too early on their dream

[@pepperVenge]

This Video needs to go Viral.

[@SharksandDinos]

Also (which adds into the surfer misconception), Sharks don't actually attack people. Yes they bite, but that mostly comes from their curiosity since a human is something foreign to a shark. The only times they would genuinely attack people is if they are annoyed or if people are really do something stupid like the infamous guy who tried to kiss a shark, but his face ends up getting bit. There is also a video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6jNaGyuo9h2j6c) that shows the shark biting the diver after he touched it.

[@SharksandDinos]

To add into this, it was warning him to not touch it again.

[@notagainmanstop468]

Great vid. Always love standing up for unjustly feared animals.

[@squidsona8509]

I never thought of the fact that fish can get cancer till today.

[@irkendragon]

I love this video, only thing I'd change is the use of the common phrase "shark infested waters". It's a negative tinged leftover from movies and bad docs and should be allowed to die out from common parlance. You only use the word "infested" really when something is where it shouldn't be, and is causing harm or damage as a result. Sharks are in the water because they just live there, that's where they're supposed to be. It's not like they've holed themselves up in your attic or the walls of your house.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

I watched shark week for an evening this week. I got angry at how much time was wasted. I could have come to KZbin and got the same amount of knowledge in a video from people I enjoy.

[@Maffuman1]

2:35 So, all the cockroaches that I eat aren't giving me radiation resistance either?!

[@Apokalypse456]

nah, for that you need the cockroach bite you. I saw a documentary once where someone was bitten by a spider and he got spidy senses and stuff.

[@nuclearzs8615]

@@Apokalypse456 Spiderman lol

[@Mngalahad]

i hate it when an "expert" says something that anyone would also come up with and is considered a fact. he says: "sharks eat seals. the surfer was attacked by a shark. maybe it was hungry. maybe it thought was was a seal" and the interviewer believes it can be taken at face value. the poor researcher who wasnt prepared obviously only told them something from the top of their head but the interviewer doesnt care: he just wants footage of the "expert" telling him something obvious.

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

I wonder if it's not 'surfers spend more time in the water than others and are therefore more likely to experience an attack by sharks'

[@Mngalahad]

@@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer i dont get how journalists graduate and are so bad at research. with the pandemic, they were interviewing economists and asked them what was going to happen. of course, they didnt know: they didnt prepare a research to answer you one question so theyll just tell you what they know. that jobs will be lost and the economy will shrink. and they needed an economist to tell them that?

[@larsgadell5016]

@@Mngalahad poor journalism is the root to most misconceptions in the world.

[@thomasneal9291]

@@larsgadell5016 ^^ that is pure truth.

[@Markle2k]

I don't see how it is the "expert"'s (not sure why scare quotes were needed) OR the journalist's fault that laymen take a hypothesis "sharks are notoriously picky eaters. Why do they attack surfers and then abandon the "kill?" and run with it. Lay people often take a perfectly well-formed explanation and distort or selectively pick and choose the facts that they want to retain to build a 'truth' with. Blaming "poor journalism" is often itself one of those lazy 'truths' being shoehorned into a philosophy.

[@noahjohnson2459]

All of these (save for #4) I remember reading in a “shark facts” book when I was younger and have always thought they were completely true, weird to see now how entirely wrong they were!

[@alioramus1637]

The reason that shark bite surfers is usually like you said curiosity because they don't have any hands or fingers to feel objects with so they use their sensitive teeth.

[@geradosolusyon511]

That still hurts lol. Not that I have any disagreements but catching the curiosity of a shark is not good for my selfishness health

[@alioramus1637]

@@geradosolusyon511 hahahaha yeah exactly.

[@davidpavel5017]

Could you guys do a spider week pleeeeeeaaase? I would LOVE that!

[@eddiefernandez5052]

Yes

[@embyrr922]

So sharks are like parrots and toddlers. “Dunno what that is, better put it in my mouth.”

[@thomasneal9291]

well, imagine if your toddler didn't even HAVE hands.

[@rattyeely]

I never thought about it before but sharks and parrots do share that same urge to explore something new by destroying it with their mouth

[@poundsofslothcigars]

I feel like this video should be played before shark movies or something

[@lowzillaofcourse360]

Trey did a great video on the damage jaws has done Trey the explainer

[@eddiefernandez5052]

Jaws did so much damage that the creator of it decided to work in the conservation of sharks.

[@elishaberry611]

Always good to clear up misconceptions on these animals.

[@myky992]

Excellent video! One small thing I would like to point out... As part of reducing the irrational fears of sharks phasing out the phrase "shark infested waters" can go a along way. I'm sure you know and you simply used it without thinking about it, but sharks don't infest waters, they just live in it. Consider making an effort to avoid the phrase, saying instead "shark inhabited waters" or "a location with a high presence of sharks"

[@Pinktieproductions1234]

You’re one of my new favorite channels!! You’d be number one but I like a little bit of everything😂😂

[@Heyheyhey0475]

Thought the thumbnail was a really weird shark lol

[@aves4081]

Very interesting and fun to watch! Amazing way for celebrating shark week.

[@bloodandempire]

Number two is maddening.

[@Reps4ü]

3:19 you’re right, that is a cute shark!

[@tophat665]

Nicely done. I recall the episode of The Ocean World with Jacques Cousteau that debunked the swim or die myth, using Nurse sharks (if that 40 year old memory is reliable) as I recall. I had always believed until I was today years old the surfer/seal myth, so that's for setting me straight on that.

[@eddiefernandez5052]

Some sharks need to move, others don't.

[@tophat665]

@@eddiefernandez5052 Indeed, and some need to move to breathe when they're moving, and not when they're not. Nurse sharks just happen to be one of the species which doesn't need to, which was mind-blowing in '74 or '75 or whenever.

[@masterspartanchief33]

Geez, I took one look at the thumbnail and was terrified of that shark with legs!!

[@frogglen6350]

Can you do a video on Blue Sharks? Very underrated animal

[@karmaarachnid8345]

1:10 The word "buccal" is an adjective that means "relating to the cheek." That muscle in the cheek is actually called the "buccinator" which is an awesome word that should be uttered more often.

[@a.l.michael6240]

I loved this video! My favorite shark is the sleeper shark :)

[@eddiefernandez5052]

My favorite is probably the wobbegong shark.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Sharks are pretty cool

[@finlockhart4572]

I appreciate this video so much as a massive horror fan and an even bigger environmentalist who feels very alone in my distaste for Jaws. 💙🦈

[@Apokalypse456]

good god. I read Jews not Jaws...

[@KC-be7vt]

I had to watch the vid without seeing it, just listening. It kills me how we treat sharks, they've been here way before us.

[@Djuuugarn]

Sharks, given a choice will prefer their usual prey over humans because its richer in fat, which is of course much needed energy. If a shark intentionally hunted, killed and ate a human it would be doing so in desperation because there was no better prey in the area. The same can be said for many predators. (Humans as a food source are pretty bad, there are many other species that make for a better meal than we do.)

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

Nonsense, humans are perfectly fatty and delicious. They taste much like pork.

[@geradosolusyon511]

@@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer are you referring am- the heavier people of the spectrum?

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

@@geradosolusyon511 No, sorry, I was just trying to make a joke about cannibalism.

[@deathbyastonishment7930]

I don’t think sharks know the body composition and nutritional information of their prey.. particularly something they have never encountered before like a human

[@eddiefernandez5052]

@@deathbyastonishment7930 look at us. We are skinny and mostly made of bone and muscle with little fat Look at seals. They are literal blobs of blubber.

[@lemmingscanfly5]

Shark misconceptions are a lot like spider misconceptions. But I think I'll stick with observing spiders up close.

[@MeTheRareBird]

the more you know, i enjoy these videos immensly!

[@Mngalahad]

a shark can smell a single drop of water in an olympic swimming pool filled with human blood.

[@TheGreatThicc]

I imagine being in a pool of blood would be the shark equal to snorting a big rail of coke

[@clothschickensogs2947]

"CAT DOGS OF THE DOGIES CATTIES THINGIES." -King FattiesDogiesManCats the Second.

[@imkyle1947]

clothschicken sogs i think you clicked on the wrong video

[@clothschickensogs2947]

A quote from King FattiesDogiesManCats the Second.

[@jamesthompson8084]

Brilliant video. I'm still terrified of sharks though unfortunately.

[@anotherasian530]

That’s completely fine as long as you’re not one of the idiots believing that sharks should be exterminated

[@hypergiant1990]

Thanks for making great videos

[@hashemkaeraky6395]

Awesome keep up the good work👍👍👍

[@NextToToddliness]

Great video, as always.

[@castielabloodwings6301]

Sharks are so cute and beautiful. I remember as a child I was on a vacation and went with my parents to buy fish for lunch and they had a small shark from the tail...it made me so sad, his eyes were sad and the corpse was full of bees and flies...it was kinda traumatic

[@austinwillson7779]

hoping to make my career all about protecting sharks and the ocean as a whole!

[@anotherasian530]

Good luck man!

[@benfubbs2432]

1. If a shark stops swimming it will drown vs 1. If a shark stops swimming it will suffocate ????

[@eddiefernandez5052]

Hmm... this is perplexing, even though drowning and suffocating are the same thing.

[@vinala67]

After seeing Mark Rober's shark video, I think sharks are more likely to be more interested to the smell of fish blood than human/mamal blood.

[@kodidane5824]

Myth Busters actually confirmed that.

[@jabberw0cky13]

I love sharks! I did my final project in college speech class on shark conservation and it got me an A.

[@LinnaV]

that thumbnail is the funniest thing I've seen all day apparently.

[@zuttoaragi8349]

I'm ashamed to believe that before this video I believed a few of these. (Cancer, blood, seal/surfer). Thankfully I know the truth now.

[@astick5249]

oh wow i actually didn't know a few of these

[@julianarloatle8831]

THANK YOU I WISH EVERYONE KNEW THIS

[@artiefufkin88]

I can't finish this video, I'm tapping out. It bums me out so hard to know what some people are doing to the sharks, and even worse to see the pictures of them wastefully butchered. I just really can't understand the motive behind that. Please Humans, Treasure the lifeforms we share with our beautiful Earth. One we are evidently polluting so badly that the ocean creatures are getting cancer

[@cookeymonster83]

But letting it play all the way through helps YT's algorithms identify it as popular and interesting so will boost it up the Recommended list. So just play it and turn the sound off to raise awareness.

[@ericweis9771]

Great video thank you!

[@julianefaria7508]

Although I’ve never heard about fins growing back I did hear about some sharks being able to swim normally after (only) the backfin was removed, is that false too?

[@bluestormpony]

Heres a shark fact. Sharks are notoriously terrible at TTT, while they are a common sight in that environment they are relatively harmless and will run away without returning fire if taken by surprise. (A generally ineffective strategy given their large hitbox) Also if you are partnered with a shark, do not revive them when they are dead as they will somply die again almost instantly and complain about the lack of available firearms

[@Skeptical_Numbat]

I had a slightly surreal interaction with a shark about 20 years ago: I was swimming with my brothers near the family boat in Thompson bay (Rottnest, Western Australia). We'd only just got back onboard for lunch, when the biggest shark I've ever seen came swimming up. It was a huge, beautifully striped Tiger Shark (& which I now suspect to be a mature female) that was so enormous that you could see it's head & tail simultaneously as it went under the boat (an 8 metre / 28 foot cabin cruiser, with a 3 metre /10 foot beam). I'd estimate the shark to be at least 6 metres / 20 foot long & was astonished to see it in such human crowded (& therefore "safe") waters. It came in to the bay in a long leisurely curve that let it have a good look 'round, before swimming off for deeper waters. ~ ~ ~ When I was actually snorkeling/diving, I was far less concerned with sharks than with giant Stingrays (2-3 metres across). A couple of times they'd get curious & come in above where I was swimming, blocking me from rising. You'd be diving deep & enjoying looking at all the fascinating sealife, before everything would suddenly go pitch dark as the 2 metre ray blocked out the sunlight. I was also pretty terrified (thalassophobic) at the thought of being stuck with the ray's "sting" (actually more like a nasty multi-barbed spear made of bone). It's the smaller species of stingrays which tend to give & electric shocks), as I knew a diver who'd had a stingray spear him right through his calf muscle. He'd been dragged along with the 'Ray for a while, before he was able to cut himself loose with his dive knife. The wound ended up becoming badly septic (likely due to the Stingray's venom) - seriously infected enough to need a good chunk of the muscle removed (in several surgeries) - leaving a big "dent" & a revolting looking scar. He was lucky that he was diving with scuba & had an air tank (& plenty of O₂), I was a free diver, who had about 2 minutes before I needed to surface & breathe - so the same experience would have had a profoundly different outcome for me.

[@bkjeong4302]

20ft would be absurdly large for a tiger shark. 14-17ft females are relatively common, but 20ft?

[@Skeptical_Numbat]

@@bkjeong4302 It's a guess based on the beam of the boat (3 metres) & my perspective, so it could be a bit off, but this was a seriously huge shark + the utterly surreal sensation of "I was just in that water" & "This is Thompson Bay!" (There are hundreds of boat moorings in Thompson Bay & it's relatively shallow (6-10 metres), so it's always pretty crowded with boats & people, and considered very safe.) It was like seeing a full-grown Bengal Tiger calmly wandering through your local mall.

[@captainvanhorn773]

Man, I hope by the time I'm in my 20s and have kids sharks will be around. I would hate for my kids to never know what sutch a great animal

[@gregoryfenn1462]

20s is pretty young to have kids... but yeah I take your point

[@Mydarkarts23]

Wow wow I just learned something new wow very fascinating video that is very great video I love it. Great video.

[@dynamosaurusimperious6341]

I'm sure that some shark have been offended,due to these misconception,and I'm gald that this topic is talk about during shark week.

[@slyaspie4934]

There should be a ban on shark fishing especially just for the fins, what a disgusting waste and torture of a beautiful creature

[@EmberTheShark]

Nice Video 👍

[@spinoboy1047]

Another thing about dolphins and porpoises around means no shark is that some species of sharks eat dolphins and porpoises. So another misconception all sharks being afraid of dolphins. It is true smaller shark species avoid dolphins and pods may also scare large sharks but dolphins around doesn’t mean the waters are clear

[@bkjeong4302]

Hell even sharks similar in size to dolphins will commonly associate with dolphins, either to hunt alongside them or (in some species) to eat them.

[@Caun-88]

Glad they are mostly just curious. I don't think sharks would enjoy feeding on us anyway, very bony, heavy-land bones, bone to meat and fat ratio inconsistent, usually has non-edible things with it and/or is covered by them. So that's good. Because I am convinced they are smart and capable enough to feed on people they meet if they liked it.

[@Flyingwalrus42]

Sharks curious about a surfboard and taking a little nibble is just like a puppy curious and taking a little nibble

[@patrick247two]

Thank you.

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

Didn't realize that some people actually think that shark fins grow back. Christ, I genuinely think if I had the choice to save the great white or mankind, I'd choose the shark. Gotta protect the higher intelligence

[@Mysderdragoness]

A lot of shark "attacks" are also just curious sharks and they use their teeth to inspect. Kinda like a dog sniffing or licking you, unfortunately sharks have big teeth and so a curious encounter with a shark might lead to serious injury for a human

[@mitungui]

I saw that thumbnail and for some reason thought the guy was a shark with arms and legs

[@rileyernst9086]

Paint the bottom of your surfboard in a bold black and white dazzle scheme. Proven to work.

[@emiliohernandez6005]

"[...] One would think that the Rams would breathe through a process called Shark Ventilation but no [...]" -Sam O'Nella

[@anotherelvis]

Great video, but the music is a little loud.