Tiger Shark vs. Hammerhead Shark | National Geographic

Rare footage shows an attack on a hammerhead shark by a tiger shark off the coast of Louisiana. A sport fisherman had gotten the hammerhead on the line only minutes before the other, much larger shark approached the fishing boat and seized its prey. Sport angler Ryan Willsea and his brother Aaron captured the footage using a selfie stick to submerge an action cam.
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[@Viteri7]

“Tiger shark eats helpless captured hammerhead” Human species...

[@theotherside931]

*NATGeo, change the title of this video.* *"A hammerhead shark was offered as food to a tiger shark by fishermen"* *That's the appropriate title.*

[@XIAXCI]

hard to watch.

[@nicklabellarte2390]

The Other Side oh my god Exactly !!! Wtf was that !!!!!! I mean I’m very upset at the least !

[@nicklabellarte2390]

Willi C.K dude cut the line , I am a fisherman and it’s very rude to keep a fish on the line that you legally cannot keep , even if it’s a gorgeous record king salmon in Alaska , be an adult and cut the line

[@dewoitine5209]

okay boomer

[@dewoitine5209]

@@willic.k5052 not millennial sorry

[@muhammadlee8628]

Next NatGeo video Title: Horse vs. Alligator Actual video: A person lassos a horse and holds onto the rope as the alligator eat the horse alive

[@ChristianProtossDragoon]

True

[@Misto_deVito6009]

My eyes are burning from all this salt in the air

[@whagtg5250]

True

[@manbo14]

True

[@pavlova7408]

I dunno if I wanna watch this video after seeing these comments edit: I think ima just dislike the video and leave. probs best for mental health lmao

[@scrimmy1980]

So the hammer head gets completely tired out fighting the line and at the same time dodging a tiger shark. Not a fair fight at all and pretty cruel not cutting the line imo.

[@maestria5640]

@@fanta6285 Chances were really high to the hammerhead just swims away.

[@supreme__badger2362]

fentatemi I clearly have more knowledge in sharks

[@ryzgaming37]

@@maestria5640 exactly, chances of Hammerhead shark to swim away to save itself is extremely high

[@greyth8h84]

Ryzenx jeh it wouldn’t have gotten far with that much injury

[@chargeentertainment2981]

@@maestria5640 still counts as a loss smh

[@weslerat6093]

This is not a fight. It's not Hammerhead vs Tiger Shark. That's a Hammerhead getting eaten alive because it can't fight back.

[@richfoster4369]

Wes Lerat that tiger shark would have destroyed it ether way the tiger was twice the size and there know for having the strongest bite of all sharks hook or not the tiger was gonna eat that thing if it felt like it

[@juvitcharlesvaleriano3055]

Richard Foster Richard Foster the strongest bite of any shark is actually bull shark

[@richfoster4369]

Juvitcharles Valeriano not true a tiger is known for eating turtles something a bull shark would not do because it’s teeth are to fragile and it couldn’t bite through

[@juvitcharlesvaleriano3055]

Richard Foster dude its been stated,plus bull shark are known for killing crocs remember brutus

[@DOOMLORDHOKAGE]

Richard Foster You're an idiot if you think that the hunted never gets away from the hunter lol most predators are more unsuccessful in hunts than they are successful.

[@joegriego3091]

Theres no "versus" in this clip. Its a tethered hammerhead with no way of defending itself against a bigger predator. Shame on NatGeo for posting this video.

[@cheddarchemistry7332]

Nature is cruel. Deal with it.

[@juhaszsc]

It's not nature it's dumbasses not following good fishing protocol.

[@vincenttroost2652]

Thomas Juhasz fishing protocol?

[@dane2313198]

@@juhaszsc we are a part of nature lol.

[@MDHDH-iy7nm]

​@@dane2313198 I disagree. We act constantly act like we're above other animals on planet Earth. Mass farming isnt a part of nature, global colonization isnt a part of nature, we are completely abnormal and if anything a mistake in nature that got us here

[@mitchyboy1397]

It would have been a natural fight if the hammerhead wasn’t on a line

[@jamiecash6985]

Wouldn’t hammerhead was way smaller

[@markhow3428]

The line should have been cut to give the hammerhead a fighting chance. Clowns

[@carlomagallanes8247]

I freakin' agree

[@antoine6760]

IKR the whole video I was like cut the line it can't flee. And when the line was finally cut it was too late. They were just filming and looking. Clowns

[@zzzteiuq8196]

A fighting chance? even if it had the line cut it would've still died form the tiger shark

[@Falconer710]

Anything for views !!!! Me I would of cut the line

[@suijuris7921]

I just made the same comment before I saw yours. Hope these scumbags get their karma sooner than later.

[@mikemoo5343]

Great job guys, set the hammerhead up for failure nicely.

[@martbarnav1787]

@@Misto_deVito6009 Are you dumb? The sharkw as hooked to a fishing line the entire 'fight'

[@samstapes7471]

@@Misto_deVito6009 if they unhooked it, it could’ve swam away there was multiple chances to flee before it was bit also but it was stuck on the line cause those dumb monkeys on the boat wanted a show

[@aidanfrancis6456]

fr those idiots just wanted to see it get eaten so they kept it on the line

[@thecatthatgoesahh291]

Rip my homie hammerhead he always kept it true in the streets....

[@aliceexo-l1353]

OH MY GOD!

[@tammyking-robinson3112]

HE DID HE REALLY DID 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@paetaufaiumu2683]

In the seas u mean😂

[@Bogdog-ew8gq]

Rip homie hammerhead

[@theformernihilist9891]

F

[@alexanderwilliamson7375]

The poor thing didnt even had a fighting chance smh

[@mr.eryder9445]

Surely by being lower on the food chain, you mean?

[@oceanic2542]

That life in the ocean

[@abhishekpersad4127]

@@mr.eryder9445 The Hammerhead is actually higher

[@gabrielgranberg9154]

No it isnt

[@sthui2866]

Abhishek Persad tiger sharks always win in a fight with a hammerhead

[@smiggles6963]

This is incredibly cruel and unfair. That hammerhead was minding his own business and you put him in harms way with no chance of defending himself

[@agentacronado]

They just found it they didnt do anything

[@ahmadsherbeny5609]

It was hooked to a damn line and you call this a (vs) fight -_-

[@jvong8860]

Exactly

[@lilithgarnet6226]

YEAH FOR THE HAMMER HEAD IT WASNT FAIRRRR

[@Living_Legacy]

+Ammanuel Retta They weren't fishing for hammerheads, it clearly said in the beginning that they were fishing to tuna but a hammerhead happened to get caught

[@blazinggllama8974]

anonymous what is your point? nobody said they were fishing for hammerheads LOL! Do you always just blurt out random made up comments? Moron!

[@ahmadsherbeny5609]

Um not talking about what were they fishing, um talking about the name of the video o_O what is wrong with all that cursing !!!

[@IWallbangHeadz]

Absolutely amazing footage, but a shame the hammerhead shark dies thanks to being hooked on a line and tired out...

[@MikhaelAhava]

Tiger sharks eat a wide variety of prey, including other sharks

[@rawbearmeat4899]

Yeah, I agree

[@ImperiaGin]

Even if the hammerhead wasn't trapped it would have still lost to the tiger shark tho it might not have been in the same area. Since it probably could sense the other shark.

[@rawbearmeat4899]

+Abe I don't think the Tiger Shark would've even found the Hammerhead if it wasn't caught. Sharks can sense whether an animal is struggling in the water, so if the Hammerhead wasn't caught it wouldn't have struggled and attracted the Tiger.

[@shahulhusman]

+Raw Bear Meat yea kind of sad, if they weren't fishing and caught/tired the hammerhead, it wouldn't have been killed by the tiger. Tigers are opportunistic

[@MrDannyboyFL]

Why on Earth would national geographic post a video like this?

[@neetunarwal7961]

I agree with you

[@Uboyla]

Should we start a petition to ban national geographic ?

[@neetunarwal7961]

@@Uboyla I don't think so 'cause there is nothing on the Earth who hasn't done a mistake .

[@Uboyla]

@@neetunarwal7961 ye true btw I was being sarcastic there

[@crusadingweeb5429]

Survival of the fittest 🤡

[@anadero5458]

Oh good. Next week can we feed a dolphin to the sharks and call it a fight?

[@Yupppi]

The next week we have another shark held in fishing line unable to escape, because a group of dolphins is one of the biggest fears of sharks. Usually they beat the shark up until it escapes.

[@america692]

@@Yupppi Actually orcas are they Torture their pray they eat their livers while their still alive

[@michaelc.8518]

Dolphins are smart enough to kill a shark.

[@starify1829]

Dolphins are smart enough to kill a shark (2)

[@v-a-n4857]

Next we can have human vs the megalodon maybe that would be a fair fight

[@motorob94]

A real sportsman would have released the drag instead of baiting the bigger shark for footage

[@tikonius]

I totally agree

[@Tat2ist_Chris]

agreed

[@ANJROTmania]

I agree, but I kinda love my hand, you know?

[@peruface]

YUP

[@dinosaurfan899g2]

yeah the hammerhead was used as bait

[@frozeneternity93]

this made me sad. The hammerhead might have faired better if it wasn't on the line

[@kyledixon6239]

The hammer head was half the size of the tiger shark though so the best thing it could've done was swim away

[@frozeneternity93]

Kyle Dixon yes which it couldn't do as it was caught in the line

[@mattt3830]

They should have cut the line as soon as they saw the tiger shark. Kind of a shitty thing to do.

[@doyousuckdik1724]

+FrozenEternity it wouldn't of gotten away even if it was free

[@ejay11000]

well obviously these people needed entertainment

[@darthsenate5733]

Hammerhead: shark not kill shark Tiger shark: hammer not shark

[@rustykilt]

Great video of some low life fishermen.. As a fisherman, I would have cut the line to give the Hammerhead a chance..

[@ahmedrizk300]

Yes...Lowlifes...Honestly, this comment section is bloody awful. Alright, it wasn't sport what they did, I'll say, but how is it low life? They're fish. It's not the end of the world and it's not as if this wouldn't happen naturally. This, of course, was not natural, however, it seems they were caught in the moment and didn't do much about it. It's not particularly great, but I wouldn't go down to call anyone doing it a "lowlife", whether I'd do it or not. Lowlifes are awful human beings, and while this isn't a great thing to do, it certainly does not lower you to robbers, murderers, and other nice folks. And, once more, they're fish. I understand it might've been cruel, but they're fish. It's not THAT big of a deal, in my eyes, anyways.

[@rustykilt]

@@ahmedrizk300 What gives Humans anymore right to life than Animals?..who decided all other forms of life were dispensable at any whim of Man's. The human race is the most destructive and aggressive of all animal life. To wantonly kill or torture is man's special gift...and this applies to animals and humans. No,. The life of an animal should not been at the whim of some human who gets a kick out of killing.

[@ahmedrizk300]

@@rustykilt The logic that applies here is their sentience and sense of pain, which makes killing humans significantly worse than animals. However, many mammals also feel pain and have a certain degree of intelligence, which makes killing then needlessly a terrible act unless you're under ten in which case you'll get a time out. The difference with fish that they're simpler. I don't needlessly kill fish, though I sometimes catch fish and throw them out to cats if they're small. The logic here is that fish have a short memory, a limited understanding of pain (so far as a I remember reading) and are often not endangered (though this does not apply to the Hammerhead in question.), which makes them rank a bit low on the scale of 'Worth Saving'. Once more, I am not saying that you should kill fish needlessly, I am saying that fish aren't that important, so an act like this, even if it wasn't sport, does not equate them to hooking a live human/cat/dog in the water, if anything because the Hammerhead hooked itself by biting and was thus in that difficult situation and because cutting the line, while possible, is a bit difficult with a mechanical teel that is most likely getting dragged more and more by the second.

[@rustykilt]

Ahmed Rizk appreciate your response. I fish and hunt, but respect life in all its forms. To kill for fun is beyond my understanding. Yes, all animals have different levels of sensitivity and their senses may be very basic if nearly nonexistent, but, It does not make them any less important in the scheme of life.

[@ReamedRissole]

@@rustykilt Not quite true mate, plenty of examples of nature playing with its food. Eg orcas

[@wakaka2waka]

Fisherman should have released the line.

[@gishathosaurus6828]

I know right ? Heck, that's what I would have done -.-

[@darylsapinoso615]

even if theres no hook it is easy to the tiger shark zzz

[@nickdreezy2457]

No doubt it'd be way harder for the tiger shark if the Hammerhead wasn't practically crippled being hooked to that line and tired out lmfao

[@64Magick]

SHOULD'VE THROWN THE FISHERMAN IN THE WATER!! LOL!!

[@robertjensen1048]

Oh please.....STFU.

[@princessshep4454]

Totally unfair fight. You held the hammerhead down with the line the entire time. By the time the hammerhead was freed from the line it was already heavily wounded. It's like if there were two fighters fighting, but then someone holds one of them down the entire time

[@sthui2866]

Princess Shep it is like saying that a sardine can stand a chance against a mackerel

[@borgerchainsaw1016]

well it wouldn't have won anyway but it could have swam away

[@rizzler-he1ul]

you can not be talkin with your pfp💀💀💀

[@gamensch2629]

The people who hooked the hammerhead and didn't even free it from the line when the tiger shark appeared are straight up monsters! You really should be ashamed of yourselves!

[@BleekXD]

why would they

[@virtzrl]

I mean...its just life. The tiger shark needed to eat something and it eats other sharks anyway. It would have happened like this either way. The fishermen just made it a bit easier for the tiger shark. The Tiger was probably preying on it for a while considering it showed up so fast after the hammerhead was caught.

[@gamensch2629]

@@virtzrl so where was the possibility for the hammerhead to properly fight back or flee, where is the hammerheads option to not die and/or to not suffer as much?! It's just cruel

[@virtzrl]

@@gamensch2629 the wilderness is cruel. It would have suffered more if it had to keep swimming away and getting bit every minute.

[@virtzrl]

@@gamensch2629 Also the hammerhead wouldn’t be able to fight back anyway. I mean the tiger shark was like double his size…

[@miathapapaya]

This isn't a fight, fishermen fed a live struggling hammerhead to a tiger shark and looked on fascinated.

[@DBZSeanzie]

There's always a bigger fish - Qui-Gon-Jinn

[@MOOCHZ1LLA]

Stupid! Of course the Tiger Shark would snag easy prey like a hooked exhausted Hammerhead left on the line on purpose. I like to fish, but I wouldn't be this cruel to anything I was fishing especially a Hammerhead. I would have released it as soon as possible.

[@plantain.1739]

Still would have died.

[@Misto_deVito6009]

Who's to say it was on purpose

[@dracc9438]

@@Misto_deVito6009 it was.

[@dracc9438]

@@plantain.1739 if it got away it wouldn't have died are you dumb??

[@ThatGuyDownInThe]

@@dracc9438 Yeah the hammerhead that was half the size of the tiger would've gotten away

[@bima3037]

can't believe NatGeo allowed this thing on their channel

[@ahmedrizk300]

Why not? It's decent footage of sharks eating one another. The fight does not need to be fair, and while I disagree with some of what happened here, it's still good footage for documentation.

[@strawberrycow4648]

I feel bad for the hammerhead sharl😞😭😥🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@rizzler-he1ul]

ERMM EMOJI SPAMMER WARNING: 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨

[@TheJackelantern]

They should have released the hammerhead by cutting the line... Irresponsible fishermen.

[@Red-xi9fc]

He still would’ve had the hook in his mouth so it wouldn’t make a difference

[@Prestonskicks]

Willy West I agree

[@lesrach3]

Red Yes it would've made a difference as most hooks are dissolvable today.

[@Lilliz91]

It would've actually been able to swim away instead of being confined to a small area. Like use your head just a little bit.

[@DjNate911]

Path Finder really?u strike me as the shoot a lion in a cage tipe of person...give the prey a fair chance to get away

[@castlecat7913]

I see this fight, but all I can picture in my head is a literal tiger fighting a hammer....

[@dreadhaisler6054]

Appropriate title: Tiger Shark saying thank you to fishermen for free meal.

[@mrsmartahmedsulmulmul3240]

And this is posted by National Geographic? Sad. You could have saved the hammer head.

[@junkoenoshima8994]

Well....... Its nature

[@helljumper6969]

And let the tiger starve?

[@tortue3617]

@Keyboard Warrior they already did when they got the fishing line attached to that hammerhead

[@Zak-ob5ze]

And kill the tiger. It's called nature. Learn to deal with it.

[@dr.rehanamansuri5858]

@Keyboard Warrior yup tiger shark is way bigger than hamerhead, dude look at video again, you must be blind, hammerhead is half the size of that tiger shark. Bruhh watch video again.

[@MRPINKWSPHX602]

More like "Adult Tiger shark Vs. Defenseless, caught on fishing line juvenile Hammerhead."

[@noobium5333]

glad I'm not the only one who realized that hammerhead wasn't even an adult

[@SaltySoul12]

Yeah you had a great footage but what now? This is shameful. You could've just cut the line or by any means to release the hammerhead shark. It's like you were intentionally feeding it to the tiger shark despite its diet consisting of other sharks.

[@cacamurtagh9836]

Yes definitely looked like the hammerhead was the bait.

[@SaltySoul12]

+Caca Murtagh Exactly! These people makes me sick.

[@KittySYT]

+No Way I hear ya. I feel the same. Videos like this one should be reported because they make them to get hits on KZbin 😥

[@fuadrazak3522]

absolutely agree with you

[@SSemi1]

No Way "despite its diet consisting of other sharks" it was unfortunate that the hammerhead got hooked but at the point that the tiger shark got there there's nothing you could do, that tiger shark is bigger stronger and faster, might as well not let the meal go to waste.

[@codemonkeyslikeme]

These people shoulda been the ones caught in the lines. And then let both sharks "fight" them fair and square :) When NatGeo FAILS

[@erict9990]

Just when you think your day can’t get any worst, along comes a cousin to tear you apart.

[@SammyBabeey1]

It's a shame to see a Hammerhead be killed as you don't see many of them

[@MaxM915]

SammyBabeey1 well that’s nature

[@thecommodoresmissingfuelca1603]

see them all the time when i go fishing over here i Australia no shortage of them what so ever, theres no rules in natures fight, both those sharks would attack and eat you too

[@agentw.3413]

No it's not nature it was unfair because the hammerhead was hooked by a fishing pole poor thing :(

[@tqtq3660]

"God King Kush" Most Hammerhead Species are endangered though.

[@thesenders9857]

They’re everywhere in Florida 😂😂

[@hamishspencer]

Shoulda cut the hammer free so it had a chance but you had to try and land it. Shame

[@funnysht5093]

Hamish Spencer if they kept the line in and cut it free the hammer head will eventually die and have a painful death

[@ryan_poul757]

FUNNY SH#T no.. Hooks rust

[@diegocolli86]

Why? Are you vegetarian? Everything dies, what's the point?

[@BabaArab]

okay lets start kill people everything dies whats the point diego?

[@johnvines4875]

@ Heisenberg we already do that, its called wars, ever herd of it? we also kill each other every day by thousands.

[@HandsomeBoyGarion]

Shark is like why did you post this on KZbin

[@Mr_LeviathanEnvy]

This is truly a one-sided fight... I feel sorry for the hammerhead

[@BZCAPMOOR]

Obvious they have wore out the Hammerhead. What a hobby to hook and kill sharks for the joy of it. Sickening.

[@MikhaelAhava]

Tiger sharks have a wide variety of prey, including other sharks

[@GojiSonicFan]

Go get your dairy free coffee and calm down, they may not have intended to kill it. The larger G. Cuvier got a meal out of it, so I say they did a good job. ;P

[@Juber777]

Not OP, but you do know hammerheads are on the endangered list? and the "fishermen" are fucking idiots, you can't and are not allowed to get sharks (only for science), if it were me the moment I saw a shark on my line, I'm cutting that shit, that's a big can of NOPE.

[@GojiSonicFan]

Obviously they didn't intend to kill that shark, if it is on the ESL, and i'm pretty sure it is, or they wouldn't have been recording. Seems someone else needs some dairy free coffee.

[@Juber777]

TheroG0j1 I don't drink coffee. Never really liked it without a lot of sugar, so I just avoid having it.

[@eddiespectral]

wtf? you just made the hammershark had no chance to survive.

[@MaxM915]

Eddyjay Illich isn’t nature beautiful

[@mtrotter325]

Not fair play dudes. I don't believe in tipping the balance. 👎👎👎👎

[@crackerman5519]

what balance? nature is chaos and the imbodiment of unfair play

[@duskrev]

nAtUrE iS cHa0s 💥

[@0class605]

The Hammerhead Shark : Why You Bullying Me?

[@ronaldtelos7770]

this is idiotic, it was not even a fight, the hammerhead is hooked and attacked many time by the tiger shark.. this guys did this on purpose, if so, why they didn't even bother to cut the line

[@dqmons2202]

ronald telos the tiger shark would have won anyways, they are legitimately the deadliest sharks

[@AsadKhan-vh4iu]

ronald telos k

[@dyslexicfish3514]

ronald telos you dummy sharks dont have hands so they can't literally fight! Thats how sharks fight

[@dyslexicfish3514]

QueriiiPlayz nope bull shark is Im a shark expert

[@qiaoshengling2241]

the Emerald force 92-just because you love an animal doesn’t mean you can prove anything about the animal

[@allosaurusrca8364]

U should have cut the line and let hammerhead fight back. It still would have lost but at least it would get a few hits...

[@fishfossils8858]

Allosaurus RCA no it probably wouldn’t have, see hammerheads are among the least aggressive sharks because their bodies just don’t support aggressive nature like tiger sharks, and often the poor hammer heads fall victim to tigers like this one just because there’s nothing they can do, the most it could have done is tried to swim away but the tiger was bigger it would have caught it, they should have jabbed the tiger shark tried to kill it

[@fishfossils8858]

Steampunk Seven wouldn’t have worked the tiger shark was bigger and tiger sharks again more agro, therefore have a body built for it its got speed to compensate, I suppose they could have caught the tiger shark and given the hammer head time to run but it was bleeding the tiger would probably have tracked it down

[@DarkSektori]

Allosaurus RCA actually that would no of been necessary, the Hammhead being a faster swimmer would of been able to escape.

[@ChristianProtossDragoon]

Now even NatGeo clickbaits. LMAO

[@mohammadfaraz7329]

Everythings a gangsta until a great appears out of nowhere

[@larrytowns2422]

THIS IS NOT TIGER SHARK VS HAMMERHEAD..THIS IS A HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK BOXING MATCH WHICH IS SO UNFAIR

[@twasbrillig33]

THIS SHOULD BE THE TOP COMMENT!

[@TheBuddahLoc]

The little hammerhead didnt stand a chance against the huge tiger shark.

[@ClarqueAllen]

Yeah, unlike the Tiger Shark, the hammerhead was being held captive by the fishermen. The HH was placed at a disadvantage by the fisherman just so they could get their gruesome footage.

[@skurr]

Still, the Hammerhead didn't have much of a chance to begin with. The Tiger Shark bite force is much more efficient and effective.

[@kazearaki853]

The Hammerhead wouldn't stay around waiting to be eaten, unless it got caught by some asshole's line.

[@aldotanca9430]

+skurr Not sure where you got that from? It is very unlikely a tiger shark would attack an hammerhead shark of the same size, and in general it will only attack large creatures if it senses that they are wounded or otherwise impaired, as in this video's case. I don't think the bite force is all that different. Also hammerhead sharks can grow up to 6 meters, more than the average tiger shark and not much less a great white. Perhaps you have heard that tiger sharks are particularly dangerous, but that is more because the places they live and their way of feeding make it more likely for them to encounter humans. Based on what is normally found on their stomach, they seem much more likely to eat already dead stuff if they can, and take the risk to attack living things. Conversely, while hammerhead sharks are potentially dangerous, they tend and attack when they sense you are competing with them for food. So, going fishing with a spear near a feeding hammerhead shark is a bad idea. In general, most sharks seem to prefer a safe bet, and will not attack creatures which are big or dangerous.

[@skurr]

Aldo Tanca You said it yourself in the second sentence. Tiger sharks would not attack a hammerhead of the same size. Clearly from the video the Tiger Shark is much larger than the Hammerhead and was probably seen as easy prey. The fact that it was already hooked was just a pleasant surprise. Shark's vision is fairly poor and could not possibly know that it was hooked from afar and probably was attracted due to the smell of the blood and possibly the sound of it thrashing. The Tiger took a few test bites to make sure it was a good meal and took advantage of an opportunity.

[@indianministryofilluminati3531]

thank god Sharks can't easily smell human blood

[@D05D]

"I'mma free you buddy.... Wait, you actually taste pretty good"

[@TheFixerOfAll]

This is a horrible video coming from National Geographic. The shark should have been cut loose. This was a video of some "Bro's" saying OMG over and over while holding an animal in place to be attacked repeatedly.

[@nocturne9461]

even if the shark was freed a tigershark has curved teeth so nothing in its mouth can escape unless it is relesed

[@dane2313198]

Lol, how this different from when I have a perch on the line and a pike Snatches it.

[@luigiismad]

He was fishing for tunas

[@7steazy]

lets just say R.I.P HammerHead Shark

[@luzvimindalaureta9815]

Son of the bi...h

[@susanaformoso9418]

No hamerhead kills 100 tiger Shark

[@lachysis]

@@susanaformoso9418 nah.

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

“Humans & Tiger Shark vs. Hammerhead Shark” should be the correct title of the video. Sickening.

[@willhagen3385]

I was literally thinking the same thing as Mark How. Given that this is supposed to be a National Geographic video I thought they would have given the hammerhead a fighting chance to survive by at least running from an obviously larger shark.

[@ethanbray9719]

Animal cruelty because you could have cut the line and the hammer head would have got away

[@chickenboi2452]

Not really. In the end its just survivel of the strongest. Even if they had cut the line. It would have had a hook in its jaw forever. Hammerheads are weaker then tiger sharks so it still would have lost

[@jamesathersmith2191]

simple person and when you cut the hook loose, you cut it as close as possible so that the hook comes out quicker(most hooks do that) and so that the shark doesn't get caught in the line and I doubt a tired hammerhead is out swimming a tiger shark

[@Shinigami_Ramen]

If they did cut the line the tiger shark would have still killed it the shark was tired from putting up a fight from the fishermen

[@wannabeserpento99]

"It's wrong to help, let nature take it's course", Bet you don't say that when you have a shark coming after you lmao

[@DOOMLORDHOKAGE]

Nuclear Syrup I think the point the comment is trying to make is that it wasnt much of a fight because the hammer head was already hung up on the line. Could he had still lost if he was free? Most likely, but at this point he was just hanging bait for the tiger shark. You guys don't know what you're talking about if you think that the hunted never gets away from the hunter.

[@ipolarisi2381]

*And this is why the water is a bad place*

[@PrincipledNaturalLaw]

I Polaris I After recently watching a lot of ocean wildlife docs...can't see me swimming in the sea again lol

[@myusername3689]

100x worst back when dinosaurs were around.

[@schmalzilla1985]

Unless you're an apex predator of the sea.

[@xosece]

yes, in videogames the water kills, because it is the place where the fishes shag

[@funkystickman99]

Actually dogs killed more people then sharks *BOOM* yet we think dogs are cute and think sharks are evil

[@tracywong4590]

Why is National Geographic glorifying the buttheads who caused the unnecessary death of a hammerhead shark?!?!?!?!?

[@robertandthecavalry2062]

ahhhh yes, yes. Why does Kruger National Park (a zoo) exist... Because... Probably because National Geographic love money about all else, and this video fits their sensationalized version of reality. Good call out

[@RicardoVargas-dy9tf]

It must be a terrifying feeling to know that your not at the top of the food chain and anything at any time can come and eat you one bite at a time all while your still alive

[@ChrisG1]

shame on you fisherman that was an execution...

[@nicholasdeath6744]

Chris G that is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

[@mybutt268]

Nicholas Death what is your problem

[@xxmeagerroom7xxm967]

I was an execution

[@xxmeagerroom7xxm967]

*it (I hate auto correct )

[@bigkiwial]

Chris G did you want him to jump in and ask the tiger shark to stop???

[@TheDperki]

Shame on you fisherman....thats not a fight thats just unfair!!!

[@whishiwhooshi5783]

Nature.

[@jamesmorrison185]

shut up liberal

[@matthewclements6603]

Charlie Yang yes animals eat each other in the wild, but if the hammerhead hand been hooked and exhausted from being reeled in, it might not have been caught. Not nature, live baiting.

[@Lilliz91]

Not nature when humans had the shark hooked on a line. Not natural at all. Like direct opposite of that idiot.

[@trihardcmonbruh9016]

Humans are a part of nature so it was natural selection.

[@l3gionmusic814]

Rename your title to "fisherman kill hammerhead shark because they wanted to film it being attacked"

[@agentacronado]

That didnt happen tho...

[@emmiii-ir3qe]

Tiger shark vs hammer head? You sure about that?? Seems pretty one sided to me

[@monk3ynutz42]

The hammerhead could escape normally but as you can see in most of the comments it’s frowned upon that they didn’t let it go. Normally the hammerhead would fight back or zip off dependent on size yet it was exhausted and stuck on the line making it completely defenceless

[@imranplays5619]

if the hammer was free, i think it would be different

[@Jrocc811]

To the Tiger shark, that Hammerhead was just another fish to eat. No fucks given.

[@lizardzilla]

It seems there's no sign of intelligent life...

[@bias110]

New title " Feeding tiger shark with hammerhead shark "

[@bilalzahid2459]

The fishermen meddled with the nature when they put the Hammerhead at a big disadvantage by hooking it up and not releasing it when they saw the Tiger Shark approaching.

[@jamesathersmith2191]

Bilal Zahid that would't of helped at all. Not only was the hammerhead already tired, if it somehow escaped it now has twenty foot of fishing line that is has to deal with that will probably kill it anyway shortly afterwards

[@thesauce6107]

Have you ever thought that the fishermen are part of nature? This is the same thing as a hyena taking a kill from a cheetah. The shark was effectively dead when it couldn't break free from the line itself.

[@jamesathersmith2191]

The Sauce you got a point there

[@jigenotsutsuki3102]

Exactly why are people stupid and 2019?

[@Jc-dc2jg]

Cutting the line would have been logical but then again, Americans

[@aaronbrown1638]

Jesus Morales ... Thank him for what? racial profiling? KZbin is So Stupid some times. I swear.

[@thelitfamilytaylor5621]

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[@cipher88101]

They were Canadian

[@doom_and_gloom]

cipher88101 Where did you find that information?

[@shae2330]

He was raised in New York.

[@ladman3063]

Shame on u natgeo it’s unfair for the hammerhead trying to dodge the tiger sharks attacks while trying to attack the line smh

[@gauravshinde6306]

Shark: eating food Cameras: worldstar!!!!

[@DerekGrever]

Too bad the tiger shark didn't eat the guy who caught that hammerhead

[@tsundereshark5945]

Hammerhead-san has been training really hard

[@introkiller6508]

Tsundere Shark lmao

[@robobo2226]

But, Hammerhead-san is dead.

[@GhostDcuo]

rare as in they spam the sea with blood untill something kills something else, classic national geo

[@centriphage3908]

It’s Hungry Shark Evolution all over again

[@thonypetstv3966]

TIGER SHARK: hammerhead shark where are you now??! HAHAHA!! ORCA/KILLER WHALE: wait hold my SEAL!

[@elitedaimond8232]

No worry hammerhead lover. The tigershark was later eaten by the orcas. For real.

[@msshiny99]

how did the cameraman get so close i wouldve gotten a hartattack

[@x0tora402]

As soon as i was abt to say "Why didnt they cut the line" i already seen ppl dissing NatGeo xd

[@kylepessell1350]

It's pretty clear to even a casual viewer that this isn't a 'fight' so much as a brutal opportunistic feeding allowed by human interference. Like feeding a mouse caught in a mouse trap to a cat. At least give it a chance to try and escape...

[@JIANYM36]

National geographic . I'm shocked your showing this. Whoever decided to have NG represent this vid should be fired.

[@respiratoryfailure3780]

The thing that makes these things really scary isn't the shark itself, but the visibility under the water. You won't see anything that's 10 feet away nor would you hear anything approaching you as easy as we could in land. It's a place where all odds are against us.

[@van3741]

This is not a fight it is a slaughter.

[@das8771]

Lowest denominator in this video is the humans.

[@matthewmann8969]

Unfair advantage for The Tiger Shark

[@Misto_deVito6009]

Yeah it's size

[@ravelordnito6099]

@@Misto_deVito6009 no, the fisherman never cut the line, so it couldn't do anything

[@Misto_deVito6009]

@@ravelordnito6099 line or not, that shark would be lunch

[@moreglutesmoredudes9974]

@@Misto_deVito6009 Hammerheads can swim up to 25mph for a longer period of time, tiger sharks only 20mph.

[@rafliarya2742]

@@Misto_deVito6009 at least the hammerhead can make some damage to the tiger shark

[@tevesrhose07]

Thor will be angry after seeing this

[@Jbread456]

WOLF CHROME no. U mean Poseidon? God your stupid

[@ihateyouall1212]

@@Jbread456 no he meant king neptune

[@Bart-dg6qv]

Can we see 2nd cam footage? Clearly someone managed to keep it steady underwater.

[@parakhabhinav95]

The captions give away the whole video!

[@florian2785]

Lets be serious, the real ,,easy meal" was holding the camera 😂

[@lori5455]

why didnt the humans free the Hammerhead from the line. If he hadnt been caught he never would have been prey...

[@UseADamnCoaster]

If David is in a straightjacket, he has no chance of defeating Goliath...

[@danmoua7686]

Dude, unhook your shark so it can fight... Its like sending a unarmed legion against a heavy armour empire?

[@daniellepayne3463]

I actually thought the footage was really clear and I was impressed at the movements of the tiger shark seemingly death rolling. Incredible sharks

[@thatgirl6190]

If i would be stranded i would rather be surrounded by hammer heads because Tiger sharks are fricken SCARY

[@Yupppi]

You shouldn't be worried, no sharks want to eat human, most of the time they don't even want to attack human. The real scary thing is dumb fishermen who keep animals hooked with their fishing line to get a video and while doing so, feeding an individual of struggling species to another.

[@reelgesh51]

@ETHAN SEBASTIAN LAYANA GAMARRA true but at least you can usually redirects a love bite by gently touching the snout of a tiger and slower giving it a light push it's rare it'll ever go for the kill

[@davidjohnston2060]

Hammerhead didn’t have a chance. You just provided the Tiger with an easy meal.

[@BMG_RN]

Imagine they where really just buddy's and the tiger shark just frees the hammerhead and they just swim away together

[@janmac86]

The footage shows the opportunistic behavior of a Tiger Shark. Scientists know Tiger Sharks have a wide variety of prey that include other sharks but having a footage to show for is astonishing. We now know Tiger Sharks will attack Hammerhead Sharks ALMOST (emphasis on almost because people tend to ignore this word) as big as it is given the opportunity. We have a portion of the footage showing the part where the Tiger Shark started attacking. For all we know they intend to release it from the hook until the Tiger Shark showed up, caught everyone off guard, and delivered a mortal bite. Cutting the line won't make any difference beyond that point. Don't think with your feelings, you are presented something of a magnitude you MAY (emphasis on may because people tend to ignore this word) never witness in your lifetime and all you do is complain.

[@planktonofbikinibottom]

The most sensible comment on this video. 👍

[@ChillExpressions]

This needs more like so those overdramatic fools can see it. Nature is a part of this planet and we human were once a part of it ourselves. Sure, it is sad and heartbreaking sometimes but without it, the organisms of this planet would not evolve and WE HUMAN would not be where we are today.

[@lizardzilla]

Finally a sign of intelligence

[@carliobrien4274]

This makes me so sad

[@kristeljoyferrer5735]

Ok the stingrays got their justice.

[@CNpollo]

Wow hammer heads prove to not be a hammer lol

[@CNpollo]

Still sad tho