Why no aquarium has a great white shark

Many have tried to keep a white shark in captivity. Here's why that's so difficult.
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[@tubbymontana7090]

It’s good to know they stopped for the safety of the animal well that and probably how much it cost 💲 to get them and maintain them

[@Alphahydro]

I thought so myself

[@m_lies]

You can completely delete the part “for the safety of the animal ", because most somewhat bigger saltwater fish do not live long in captivity, and also often show severe body deformations within weeks of captivity… But even thought they are deformed have pain, begin to root while still living, they are still on display and just pumped full of antibiotics...

[@mickeystime2873]

No animals should be put in aquarium, they’re all locked away for our amusement forever. We call it cruel for locking people who have done nothing wrong in a cage yet we do it everyday for animals. They’re never see freedom and are locked in a 20ft cement room if they’re lucky.

[@micah2936]

No they lose money because they pay so much for the animal only for it to last a few months

[@augusts1]

​@@micah2936doubtful they lost money. Keeping a great white in captivity brings lots of people in to the aquariums that wouldn't necessarily go in the first place so they make a bunch of money.

[@mckaylapaddock9319]

I was a volunteer for the Monterrey Bay aquarium and have a degree in marine biology. The reason they started keeping white sharks are for a research project. There's still a lot we don't know about great whites and sharks in general, but learning more helps us promote conversation efforts. During their stay, the health and will being was a main concern. Each shark was released as soon as he began to look stressed. Since the aquarium wasn't able to ensure the sharks could stay safely, once the project ran it's course, they have not attempted to capture it keep any more white sharks. Also, the one that died shortly after release was killed, I can't recall if by a predator or humans, but was believed to likely be unrelated.

[@sahardaves]

Why do y’all have to find out everything !?? Leave animals be !!! How would you like if someone prodded and poked at you?

[@odiechan]

@@sahardaves Like she said, knowing more helps conservation efforts. The more we know about their behavior, habitat, etc, the greater our ability to help these animals in the wild by preserving habitats, ensuring they have plenty of hunting grounds with food, and preserving habitats where they lay their eggs and where their young thrive best during their early stages of development. Just for a few examples. Knowing more is always a strength. Edited to add: Oh my god please stop responding to my comment. I don’t care what little jabs you want to get in. I don’t want to hear it. I’m trying to help educate but if you all want to be upset about one shark that died for the sake of research, go for it. If you want to say that sharks should go extinct, believe what you want to believe but know that science says you’re wrong. We know the effects of an entire species going extinct and it’s NOT GOOD. Please leave me alone, I’m not a scientist, I’m just an autistic person with a love and passion for sharks and conservation.

[@lesterine77]

​@@sahardavesi had a really good message in response to rude opinion, but it didn't save so I'm going to be way briefer and hope you understand. The ocean is an ecosystem with everything playing a vital role. And there are ecosystems everywhere on earth. They are all interconnected. Sharks are an apex predator. Anything that drastically effects them will affect all the other parts in that ecosystem all the way down. This in turn will affect other ecosystems, which would have a potentially catastrophic effect on you and your family. Using that logic, it's important to understand their behaviors and what can cause problems in order to react appropriately if there are drastic changes in behaviors or numbers of great white sharks. Your question of why is not very complicated if you think about it. Ecosystems are incredible delicate and the balance needs to maintained. So yes, it is important to study them. Hope that helps.

[@mckaylapaddock9319]

@@sahardaves I fully appreciate your feelings on the matter. And if every human being on the planet felt the same sort of respect for every animal, then we probably wouldn't need to research as much. But that isn't the case. For generations, humans feared, hated, and didn't value animals as sentient beings. Studying then shed light on the fact that they are beautiful and important, and not mindless monsters. Sharing these discoveries have done a great deal to help change hearts and minds to improve conservation efforts. Far more effectively than simply pleading with people to understand. Thankfully, the more we learn, the more we try to improve husbandry (the care of animals in captivity) efforts. I'm the case of the white sharks, since it was determined that they couldn't be kept happy/healthy, the program was ended, because the people involved do care. But they learned a lot to benefit the species as a whole, and to work towards conversation for the entire ecosystem. So keep advocating for animal welfare! But I also hope you can understand the overall benefits of research, and that those involved are always striving to do better.

[@deehyatt5173]

@@mckaylapaddock9319- research can and does happen in the ocean. So what was learned by capture these precious lives ? They died for nothing … 😢😢😢

[@MSheen-ef3ly]

the marine biologists in Monterey noticed the great whites kept honing in on certain areas of the tank. The suspicion was that the sharks were detecting and electromagnetic field at that location. One large shark kept ramming into the area, they let her go. It's possible that the tanks mess with the sharks ability to detect EMFs and even after release they have difficulty readjusting. The sharks use multiple methods of detecting prey sensing the distressed animal through changes in the emf is one of them. And yes, my degree is in marine biology with and emphasis in shark behavior.

[@K124B]

you like the only person who gave a good legit answer on why they cant be kept in captivity for long ... THANK YOU!!!

[@Dice-Z]

It's been confirmed that they detect (and produce?) electromagnetic field, last time i checked.

[@meghan253]

This is so interesting!! Thank you!! This video didn't explain anything I didn't know already lol. But THIS is news to me!

[@michaelscott5653]

That's very interesting. Never knew sharks could detect emf radiation

[@BostonsF1nest]

Strange I’ve never met anyone with a degree in marine biology yet suddenly everyone in the comment sections appears to have one

[@_ninthRing_]

Pelagic species like Great Whites travel enormous distances every year. Sharks GPS tagged off the East coast of Australia have repeatedly travelled out beyond New Zealand, before coming back, then going almost up to Japan & back. They really just aren't adapted to one of those (relatively) tiny tanks.

[@michellebyrom6551]

On that scale, keeping them in a large tank is like telling a human swimmer to practice for the Olympics in a bathtub.

[@tezzanoia]

Honestly, compared to those gigantic distances an aquarium, even the biggest tank possible, is like shoving a hamster in a shoe box for like toddler shoes

[@deehyatt5173]

It is truly sad 🥲.

[@Ragingbull299]

​@@michellebyrom6551more like a bowl of water

[@_DMNO_]

​@@tezzanoia That's a bad example. People do keep hamsters in small spaces. I don't know what kind of hamster cages you've seen, but most aren't very big.

[@lessoriginal]

Worth noting: while they sharks WERE on display they weren't being kept merely for display purposes. They were being actively studied.

[@joel3683]

Good to know, sometimes it's just more than what appears on the surface

[@johnburke6332]

​@@joel3683Like a dorsal fin?

[@jacobviator3118]

​@@johnburke6332 haha!! I see what you did there good sir!! 😂😂😂

[@PsychoKupcake]

Still not ok. How can you accurately study them in an environment that is foreign to them?

[@lessoriginal]

@@PsychoKupcake That IS one of the reasons they stopped. Some animals can be held with little adverse affect, but great whites simply cannot. They learned all they could from those that were kept in captivity, including that they cannot be kept in captivity. All research on great whites is now carried out in the wild.

[@scorpioninpink]

We don't need to put every animal in a cage to appreciate them.

[@beatriz1036]

We don't need to put any

[@bobolobocus333]

I think zoos (and probably aquariums) have stopped being like animal prisons and are now more focused on preservation.

[@yanikkendler]

​@@bobolobocus333nope absolutely not

[@lastsong7159]

​@@yanikkendlerask zoo keepers from responsible zoos (which is most of them). Modern zoos are first and foremost rehabilitation and research centers. They are secondly entertainment areas, and even then, a lot of animals aren't on display. People just love to be holier than thou and know more than zoologists and decades long experienced researchers.

[@yanikkendler]

@@lastsong7159 ​ I dont know where you get that from. It is next to impossible to study imprisoned animals since their behavior is wildly different from actual wildlife. This results in missunderstandings like the alpha wolve . This issue is even worse with intelligent social creatures (especially those that travel huge distances) Orcas for example are known to get suicidal in captivity since they miss their family and suffer from boredom so they drown themselves. There is centers that do actually research that have similar enclosures like the ape initiative but those are donation funded and do not allow random visitors. Zoos are a terrible enviroment for research or protection, actuall research sites like tamandua are based in huge protected areas andrelease their animals into the wild again. I have not heard of any zoo that has the primary objective of helping animals(feel free to link it to me if there is one) and I think that would be a paradox. To anyone reading this that wants to help consider donating to missionerde, wilderness-international, any of the ones above or similar organisations.

[@Marines_Memelevolent]

That ending is a little deceptive. The last shark was killed in an incident unrelated to the stay at the aquarium. Also probably a good idea to mention that all of this was for a project focused on learning about white sharks in order to further conservation.

[@Amy_The_unbearded]

This was the comment I was hoping to find. Thank you. They should have included that information, they lead it to sound like it was related to the stay in captivity, when in reality it was an unrelated incident from my understanding.

[@AJthe13th]

True, that hurts overall credibility

[@MrDanny1145]

Source?

[@Marines_Memelevolent]

@@MrDanny1145 KZbin doesn’t allow external links but you can just google Monterey Bay White Shark Aquarium program and you’ll get it all. There’s also a former employee of the aquarium in these comments, and everything they say correlates with what you can look up.

[@_DMNO_]

​@@MrDanny1145 Too lazy to use Google?

[@Kiwwer.]

On my 10th birthday I went to that exact place and got to see one of their great whites on display, and absolutely gorgeous animal, I was so enamored to see one so up close, I was obsessed with sharks at the time so it's a great memory of mine

[@HeckaS]

When I went to the Monterey Bay aquarium, this worker lady there came up to me and my group and pointed to a tank we were walking by, and she told us this info about great whites. She said the way they were able to keep them alive was the shape of the tank, that was in a figure 8.

[@kangaroot_]

Did she tell you about the otters? One of them is one of the oldest ever

[@IzameBirb]

@@kangaroot_As a Dougdoug viewer, I stan Rosa.

[@kangaroot_]

@@IzameBirb finally someone gets what i mean

[@theredraider3860]

I went there as well

[@MrCites1]

@@kangaroot_or the trans movement?

[@arandomgamer66gamez69]

whalesharks are also extremely friendly and just the chillest dudes, they literally have other critters hanging onto them just to hitch a ride and dont care. man i love sharks

[@artsyidiot4754]

This sounds like a trap and I don’t believe you’re not a whale shark.

[@NebulaRanger]

​@@artsyidiot4754What are you, a krill?

[@bumbleprime7713]

shark supremacy

[@tour9655]

Shark typing this up hoping I’ll fall for it and be his next meal

[@neil2099]

remoras do this with other sharks too, great whites for example so the logic doesn’t make sense on just because fish hitch rides with whale sharks = chill and extremely friendly. they are chill and friendly but wrong reasoning

[@rhaynehowlette5621]

I'm glad they realized they can't keep something like that in a tank and stopped trying.

[@OXSkuldream]

Lol

[@josephschultz3301]

One of my rules is: If keeping it in captivity actively harms the animal, then we shouldn't even try.

[@user-jc3gc6yo9h]

Totally agree with you, this concept applies to Orcas as well. Orcas do just as bad as Great White Sharks in captivity. Both Orcas and Great White Sharks belong in the open ocean where they can thrive.

[@castleanthrax1833]

An aquarium in Sydney (iirc) kept a sick great white in an aquarium for about 6 days to allow it to recover. It was only a juvenile (less than 5 feet in length), but it changed the whole dynamic in the tank. Every other fish suddenly began following it around the tank. When someone asked why everything was following it around, they were told, "If you were in a tank with a great white, you'd want to know exactly where it was at all times. If it's in front of you, it can't sneak up behind you."

[@MrsznewyawkRN]

Lolol genuinely love the lil story at the end of your comment 😂

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

Better for it to be in your path, than to find yourself in it's.

[@blessingecoma9233]

This is very hilarious and educational at the same time. Thanks❤😂😂

[@chumps7974]

Makes sense to me

[@MSheen-ef3ly]

They are an apex predator and they definately change alter the behavior of those around them. It's very cool to watch. Happens on a small scale too, introduce a larger animal into the ecosystem and all the others adjust around it.

[@yoshitheonly]

When you see that they're built to travel between continents, it starts to make sense why putting them in something comperable to a fishbowl would be catastrophic.

[@user-dk5ig5kq6w]

See; Orca.

[@charmaineskaggs9193]

That’s exactly how I feel about Sea World n different places having Orcas/Killer Whales in such small pools like they are. 😢😔😪

[@Danny-ii6jn]

Not gonna lie so brutally iconic for this shark to also not allow it’s self to be captured and studied either.

[@pavloszimbrakos4410]

They need to constantly be in motion and they have a high prey drive too so that’s another set of reasons

[@s.r6331]

Now only if they did the same to the orcas

[@HercadosP]

They aren't breeding more orcas nor are they capturing more. The last few remaining, most of which were born in captivity and have never seen the ocean and its inhabitants (hence why they wouldn't survive in one) are all that will ever be in display

[@ms_ch]

It's very profitable to keep torturing them.

[@Teeftlis]

monterey bay aquarium doesn't have orcas

[@Donnyshmegma]

​@Teeftlis they are talking about more than Monterey Bay. Just orcas in general

[@Teeftlis]

@javen43 it's a fair thing for them to point out, but their wording was ambiguous

[@AndreaLikesMusic]

I kind of like that their vibe is freedom or death ❤ quite the creature

[@demp11]

I'm the same honestly

[@djkinetic2020]

Same as Ukranians. Freedom or death but unfortunately they will face death.

[@SJ.1988]

And Orcas are freedom or murder. Mammal vibes

[@kimiko_ella3092]

Just like New Hampshire lol

[@Fabian......]

Its not like its a choice, I'm sure it would choose life in a tank over death if it could.

[@jennifervasquez]

Wish the video included the fact that the Monterrey Bay Aquarium isnt just some entertainment aquarium but actually a research and education facility that does a lot of great work for conservation. Its a favorite field trip location for schools in the area for a reason, its fun and very educational.

[@lothean2099]

You can't cage an apex predator and expect it to live.

[@samkon3148]

Hence they released it

[@bombpwr]

Sharks are beautiful creatures sad to hear majority of the sharks if not all didn’t make it but on the bright side they stopped trying to do this anymore than they have

[@josephham]

No it's not that's a glorious death it's unfortunate that most of these animals get imprisoned by these worthless parasites some people are just for destruction. I hate to see these animals trapped in their greedy hands

[@timohara7717]

​@@josephhamsuckerfish and shark parasites arent sentient stop taking drugs

[@Euro2005mc]

You’re gonna love to hear that over 100 million a year are killed in fishing nets.

[@lassenker07]

At least they stopped doing it. Some animals are simply meant to be free and nothing else.

[@adamroberts9243]

Incorrect; no living Great White...

[@amoose8439]

I saw one of the sharks at Monterey. It was amazing when it turned and swam towards you, it looked like a sentient murder bus gliding along. It wasnt until it turned that you realized how much closer it had gotten to you. It was really small and the staff / signage said it was accidently caught and injured by a fishing trawler or something and was there to recover. It was gone a month later iirc.

[@kairinase]

They're doing it wrong... They forgot to put some Nurse Sharks in there, in case the white shark got sick!

[@YeeterMcBeater470]

I think the people working there would have realized this considering most of the people researching probably have hard bachelors or masters degrees.

[@TheArchanaRaj]

@@YeeterMcBeater470 that was a joke

[@TheWorldsLargestOven]

​@@YeeterMcBeater470It's a joke

[@kairinase]

@@YeeterMcBeater470 Although we have people with high degree of education, health care has been neglected. People (and fishes) aren't getting their basic medical needs taken care of, because politicians think other stuff are more important than health.

[@kairinase]

@@TheArchanaRaj yes, but it's also the reflection of the lack of health care in the world.

[@Mr.Glidehook]

No animal deserves captivity. Period.

[@theredbluegamers9106]

What about dogs. They are Captive and cant really live a good life without humans do to the fact they were breed for a Long time to be pets. In a Way thats the same with zoos most of Them treat the animals good and are non profit. Atleast in th western world. Now most animals in zoos have been raised and breed there on in a diffrent zoo. So they have never know anything related to surviving. Sure some Might be able to adapt Quick if released. Most wont tho. So its better to keep Them in the zoos in other to be able to teach kids about Them. And among other things.

[@innosyde7188]

she obviously means wild and non-domesticated.

[@fourcatsandagarden]

Sounds almost like it was inhumane to try in the first place when they already knew better.

[@trader2137]

who cares about some sharks health LOL

[@elevatedeli]

@@trader2137 people with empathy

[@markelman198]

It’s a fish, nothing human about it. They don’t understand or feel pain the way week as humans EMOTIONALLY do.

[@noonebutme]

@@markelman198what does physical pain and suffering have to do with emotions

[@tydunnam8114]

The ocean is filling up with plastic how long until the waters are uninhabitable

[@samtaylor5699]

Something to think about - unlike other animals, Great Whites won't be able to be saved from extinction via zoos/ aquariums, if it ever got to that point.

[@totalCoolerUsername]

Zoos save nothing from extinction, genepool is too small; that's the last straw beside 'education' they hold and we should take that from them

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

Gene bank for them. Preserved tissue, genomic sequencing, and eventual cloning if they ever vanish.

[@arminxvs3372]

But seeing that sharks existed for that long, I'm not afraid for them. They know how to surf evolution for millions of years.

[@adammiller9179]

@@arminxvs3372 But humans have the ability to completely negate evolution. In less than 100 years, we killed more than 90% of the whales on the planet. Evolution takes millions of years.

[@garg4531]

@@arminxvs3372 But they never encountered humans before, which actively hunted and killed them Of course it's still likely that some species of shark will inevitably survive for many millions of years to come, but particular species like great whites may not be so lucky

[@greenflame8398]

Sharks swim while they sleep. They can't do that in an aquarium.

[@joenuhhh]

I remember seeing that white shark in Monterey back in the early 2000's as a little kid. While it's super sad that they didn't do well in captivity-- I can say even as a child I learned a ton and genuinely appreciated seeing such an amazing animal up close. The silver lining being It wasn't for nothing, I'm sure there was a generation of children like me who appreciated it equally so. That being said, I'm glad everyone stopped trying to cage them.

[@ReaperEOD]

​@fudgyboo I've had a totally opposite conversation recently, in that seeing a video of something doesn't nearly do the subject matter justice. Doesn't matter if it's extreme weather events, disasters, large animals, national parks with beautiful vistas etc. It really just hits different when you're there experiencing the moment in person rather than sitting behind a screen, but one thing to always keep in mind is safety while out in nature. It's definitely not good to keep things in captivity, but seeing things in person is something you appreciate more when you actually see it and were there.

[@MrCMaccc]

​@@fudgybooMBARI (monterey bay area research institue) actually did a ton of work with the great whites. A lot of what we know today about their mating paterns and the ecology of the open ocean as a whole was because of the great whites brought into captivity. You can learn a lot about any ecosystem by studing its top predators, from chemical content and temperature shifts. Additionally the newer ones werent captured for display but because they had health issues and needed treatment or because they were posing safety risks and were captured as an alternative to just killing them. As for what you could learn from them that way vs a book or video honestly a lot. Presentation matters. The level of connectivity and engagement the dosents at the aquarium created was astounding. Its not just about how much you can learn, but how invested you can get people to learn. I remember seeing adults swarm the aides asking questions about diet, migration patterns and even growth rates. Laat time i was there i literally spent 20 minutes talking to one of the demonstrators after a video just asking questions. Everyone ive met from MBARI has been a genuinely passionate person who cares about the oceans ecosystems and spreading awareness. And that made a huge impact. While I agree that in a perfect world I'd much rather the sharks had been healthy enough to have remained free you cant discount the sheer amount of awareness that comes with the notority of having a great white on display. All in all I was able to see 3 of the whites they had and those memories still encourage me to visit every couple of years and help with local projects and donate to preservation efforts.

[@weeb1742]

​@@fudgybooits not that deep lil bro...

[@saladslugger]

​@fudgyboo I mean, it's not like there's thriving industries built from going to see things in person. The most ironic example BEING a zoo or an aquarium. Who wants to see animals in person when you could just stare at your phone? Why visit an Arboretum or a Botanical Garden when you could just look at a book, right? Why go anywhere or do ANYTHING when a computer screen is clearly just as good?

[@Scarshadow666]

Agree with OP (as one of the generations of kids that got to see one of the sharks in Monterey). Seeing these guys in their own habitat is a better experience and hopefully there's some easily-accessible scuba diving training to help make it easier for people to see sharks (or, at least, ways to go on a ship to spot them).

[@ConvictedFelon2024]

I grew up in Salinas in the mid-2000s. I visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium many times during that period, so I almost certainly saw one of their captive Great Whites in their "Outer Bay" exhibit (now called "Open Ocean") -- although I cannot say I specifically remember it. Some creatures are just not meant to be kept in captivity and must be observed in the wild.

[@jessehunter362]

They’ve still occasionally got captive great white, but they’re always juveniles, from what I understand usually unhealthy ones caught initially for tagging, and they’re released after one season of stay.

[@pakde8002]

I think that's pretty much every creature.

[@jessehunter362]

​@@pakde8002 Not really. Many small, relatively sedentary animals are able to have much better quality of life in captivity than they would in the wild, and even many large animals can do well in captivity in the right circumstances. Even beyond that, many individual animals would have much better quality of life in captivity than they would in the wild: domesticated animals, birds that have imprinted on humans, and bears that have learned that garbage cans are high quality food sources are all not likely to survive well in the wild, and live better/longer lives in captivity.

[@timohara7717]

​@@jessehunter362small fish maybe even small sharks and small ram fish like the tanks a lot

[@jessehunter362]

@@timohara7717 Yeah, given that they’re big enough. All about the size and the requirements of the animals in question.

[@v3ngence138]

Movies and the media in general antagonized sharks way too much. These are magnificient animals that doesn't deserve their reputation

[@Ready2rollLlc]

Baby Shark?

[@SukhdevSingh-ge5rj]

Ram ventilation. That's like the ramjet. 😅😅😅

[@SamuraiBonesie]

Finding out that they Monterey bay aquarium did it makes me so happy; I went there as a kid, and I still go when I can, and I know no matter what, their goal was to keep it for educational purposes, but also keep it happy & healthy, which is why they haven’t attempted it since.

[@ts3858]

Too little too late ....😓😓

[@RedScrolls]

glad they haven’t tried it again. Honestly every creature deserves the freedom to go wherever they please, that’s why i’m against TRUMPS WALL! not trump 2024 let’s go

[@michaelchapman1258]

I saw it!

[@Dice-Z]

@@RedScrolls By creature i hope you mean actual animals 💀

[@theredbluegamers9106]

@@RedScrollsnow im not American and i cant see no reason to talk politics but i do know that Wall was to stop illegal immigration and to keep immigration within the laws that excist

[@Gmi40]

As a dougdoug fan, Monterey bay aquarium is cool. Edit: as of June 5th 2024, Rosa the sea otter has died. They euthanized her due to her quality of life being very bad due to her age and it kept deteriorating. R.I.P. Rosa the sea otter, you will be remembered as the most influential sea otter of our time. o7

[@antoniocorsetti3222]

W

[@refusingtoconform]

Happy birthday Rosa!

[@BiggieL123]

Happ Birtda Ros!

[@Toonscles]

Happy birthday Rosa

[@salamisandwich3187]

Rest in peace Rosa

[@fishdude666ify]

I saw one at Monterey Bay a long time ago; I heard they had to release it when it started killing the big tuna, but it looks like someone in the comments worked there and is saying they released them when they stated showing signs of distress, which makes sense.

[@gund89123]

Lot of people here are furious that they kept sharks in aquarium to study them. But the same people are ok killing animals to eat them. Can you please explain this logic ?

[@owenlester3519]

It's called protecting wild-life and maintaining bio-diversity. These are serious concerns for intelligent people. Cows and pigs were not on the endangered species list last time I looked. But enjoy your tofu if that's your thing....... 🤗

[@samkon3148]

The sharks were being researched to strengthen conservation efforts. This is a vital part of protecting wildlife and promoting biodiversity. You can't protect a species without knowing about it.

[@fashionstreet1]

Did that answer your question ?

[@jonathanlacefield5066]

The Monterey bay aquarium is probably the most amazing aquarium I’ve ever been in I love going back there every time I’m in the area

[@ewanb1086]

It has rosa

[@ed_cmntonly]

​@@ewanb1086 making it the superior aquarium by far, despite it's flaws

[@cherylfox6765]

I loved the Jellyfish exhibit! Such fascinating elegance & beauty! It was such a beautiful aquarium. One of the best!

[@obolstudios5154]

I love how great white sharks are a physical manifestation of a message to humanity: you can’t have everything your way no matter how hard you try.

[@PhoenicopterusR]

You say that, but hunting them to extinction would probably be pretty easy if people got the go-ahead.

[@obolstudios5154]

@@PhoenicopterusR no as in you can’t keep them in captivity but yeah extinction for sharks is gonna happen soon.

[@PhoenicopterusR]

@@obolstudios5154 no I understood what you meant, it's just not entirely true. We get what we want, one way or another.

[@obolstudios5154]

@@PhoenicopterusR yea true just not in our time probably in the future will have more room in tanks for great white sharks or something like that.

[@cod9491]

"I was a volunteer for the Monterrey Bay aquarium and have a degree in marine biology. The reason they started keeping white sharks are for a research project. There's still a lot we don't know about great whites and sharks in general, but learning more helps us promote conversation efforts." - @mckaylapaddock9319

[@OfficialDoyLum]

They need a certain amount of room to chill properly, I feel em.

[@curtisleblanc5897]

Any animal that migrates should not be in an aquarium

[@garycastronova7939]

I saw a great white at the Monterey aquarium back in the day I think it was the first ever in captivity they eventually took her out because she was snacking on some of the other fish in the aquarium.. yeah it was the first one in 2004 that was kept 198 days.

[@AshleyNeeko]

The first was in like the 60s bud..

[@garycastronova7939]

@@AshleyNeekook it was the first one Monterey aquarium had and the one that was kept the longest

[@hannahbrown2728]

It would be just like the MBA to be only one to keep sharks for so long and then truly know better than to try again after what happened. They never dissapoint it seems, even when they fail.

[@sharndawg007]

Born wild and free! My favourite animals! ❤

[@AncientKing9197]

And they were keeping a meg in captivity in Meg 2:The Trench

[@nanobots321]

I remember seeing the great white sharks in Monterey Bay, sad to see that the last one they had died 4 days after it was released

[@sheashells]

now this should be replaced with animated holograms, like some circuses have done. as much as i love aquariums and zoos, i can't see why we need to capture any more wild animals for display. except for maybe breeding/extinction prevention purposes

[@kimiko_ella3092]

They shouldn’t capture them from the wild but I think most of the animals are bred into that environment in zoos

[@BioshockDrill]

Most zoos are animal sanctuarys

[@Iliadic]

Agreed. Once the holograms look real, they need to be the ONLY way to see IRL animals in captivity. Edit: aside from animal sanctuaries where the animals are unable to be in the wild for whatever reason/.

[@dreammaker9642]

For most species that are rather sedentary in the sense they don’t like moving much and are happy to live in their little reef Hoek most of their lives then I don’t see a problem with that… it’s win win… we get to preserver and observe a fish while it doesn’t have to worry about being gobbled up and has free meals everyday. For a fish like GW they have huge migration patterns and have literally been recorded swimming from South Africa to Austrelia… no not gonna fit

[@dreammaker9642]

@@kimiko_ella3092unfortunately you want to release them to their natural habitat and that’s great but maybe the main focus should be to make sure said habitat is still there and healthy… can’t say that for most zoo animals so we really got our priority mixed… idk which would be sadder to have no other animals to share this planet with or the only « wild » animals our children will se are either in a zoo or museum for the most part

[@ITZV2LT]

Im waiting for that one kid to say that the whale is the biggest fish😂😂

[@hyzmarie]

Ok, but zoos are actually not awful. They raise awareness for endangered animals and educate people about them. Most of them actually live longer in captivity.

[@Maria-EU]

You can educate without putting them in captivity. Most learning is done without real life examples. It's purely for entertainment. And those animals are endangered because of human activity (climate change and hunting) so how about people focus on fixing that instead? We're destroying biodiversity mainly because of ridiculously selfish lifestyle choices and then argue that the way to put a tiny bandaid on it is to put a few animals behind bars?

[@f40carz93]

@@Maria-EUanimals are safer in zoos. They have nobody there to hunt them and they can live a very long time in captivity.

[@m_lies]

@@f40carz93 Do you really think that living in a prison, makes you live a happier life? Every day for many many decades always the same walls, always the same small boring activitys? And always loud noises everywhere? Most animals show sevire mental problems because of it, and even begin hurting themselfs...

[@timohara7717]

​@@m_liesyea but theres no turning back its like vault life

[@vaibhavkrupakar240]

​@@m_lies many animals don't, they are not same as humans so as long as they are fed and protected they will be happy

[@-B.A.G]

We all love Monterey bay aquarium because of rosa! WOOO!

[@smitethecanlord]

Rosa is the GOAT

[@-B.A.G]

@@smitethecanlord facts

[@imaturtle64]

Rosa's great

[@chickenhutgaming2959]

Rosa for the win

[@imaturtle64]

@@chickenhutgaming2959 its Rosa's birthdays soon 🥳

[@OneEyedJack1970]

Some animals just aren't meant to be in captivity.

[@LilAngel13578]

So, the Monterey Bay Aquarium sometimes has great whit embarks in their deep-sea exhibit. They use the massive aquarium to house it if they have been injured or need medical intervention. They also have a strict policy for how long they can house the shark. I think it's somewhere around 3-5 months max. (: they are also an amazing research facility so they take good care of their creatures.

[@sQuIShyyy37]

I’ve actually been to the aquarium many times since I live in the area. I’ve seen the sharks but I’ve never noticed that it’s not in any other aquariums

[@johnboehmer6683]

I didn't think it was possible to feel sorry for a great white shark... But I feel sorry for a great white shark.

[@Jett_Ice]

Im happy to say as a kid i got to witness one of the sharks the aquarium had.

[@nickstanton9480]

Conservation efforts are definitely more difficult; zoos and aquariums are often populated with specimens that cannot be released, are injured, or are used for breeding to preserve a species.

[@RealPeasantLord]

They also had issues with the great white eating other things in the tank too iirc. I did get to see at least one of the great whites while they were still there, they are magestic

[@Anubis_Outdoors]

But you can find tiger sharks and great hammerheads in the georgia aquarium

[@LL-wc4wn]

"and that was the last time we had physical contact"..cuts to him crying. 🤔

[@lucimitchell7273]

I was lucky to see the baby great white at the Monterey Bay aquarium when I was in highschool. Glad they set it free😊

[@Scarshadow666]

I remember visiting the Monterey Aquarium as a kid and seeing one of the Great White sharks (though it was somewhat sad to see it since it was pretty much still a juvenile/teenager shark). I'm glad they discontinued capturing them, since there's still a lot of great wildlife in the large tank it had (and it also protects the other sting rays/fish in the tank too - the sharks used to occasionally eat the other fish). They also has a large sea turtle too, though I can't remember if it's still there or not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@TheBerkeleyBeauty]

I saw the white shark in Monterey. It was interesting being that close to a white shark, but sad at the same time because we knew that these animals shouldn’t be caged up.

[@tawneenielsen4080]

That's good that they haven't displayed them again

[@yuzuruotonashi659]

"You can't find a great whit shark in any aquarium" Me: All is as it should be, moving on

[@VLFBERHTwolf]

If we discover mermaids and put them in a giant aquarium, we will never hear the end of it.

[@floridacracker_]

Soungs like we need more in aquariums

[@jimster7]

andddd....everybody all the sudden has a marine biology degree 👍

[@BladesDMaeve]

As someone who's favorite animal is the great white, hearing that they stopped trying to keep great whites is fantastic. Such beautiful, powerful creatures that deserve wilderness

[@PhoenicopterusR]

They don't really deserve wilderness, it's literally the only thing they can have.

[@ltv..123]

Back in the 80’s a great was kept at the Steinhart Aquarium in SF for a few weeks and then returned to Monterey bay…….I saw it in the roundabout 360 tank.

[@BlueJayz474]

POV: pitching the plot of Jaws 3

[@dergeradeweg1413]

Rosa killed it. That’s her terf.

[@xDyslexicRobotx]

They rage quit after being caught. Tbh I'd be the same 😂

[@RIFLQ]

Why don't make an aquarium the shape of a donut?

[@kamiko70]

i have seen sharks in fish tanks that did not grow due to their environment, but they did live.

[@threatspitstv]

Dang Tony Hinchcliff is layered!

[@the_burning_barrel]

I love the Monterey bay aquarium. It's where I grew up

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Jurassic Park got some ideas...

[@mingb_4099]

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[@czCollins912]

OMG I SAW IT- I WAS LIKE "but ive seen one of the sharks?" BUT I HAVE BEEN TO THAT AQUARIUM

[@TheVertigoVixen]

Don't ever stop. You inspire and give others strength. ❤ Thanks for always being so honest.

[@combs3445]

Love Monterey Bay aquarium. Rosa is the best sea otter known to man and she’s housed there

[@Bbbjfkbo1]

“You can’t lock nature in a box.”

[@kenhammscousin4716]

Sure you can. I used to keep pet moths in a box with leaves and grass. They never lasted through the night tho.

[@thatoneguy_9633]

I would consider earth as nature lock in a sphere.

[@egenhen9054]

Yea you can

[@user-yg4bw3dd2x]

Think of earth as the box. What we perceive as nature is kept here on earth. All that doesn’t apply in outer space, unless same circumstances we have here are replicated on another planet.

[@Alejojojo6]

You can actually.

[@notnyce]

This is why I respect the crocodile so much. They can adapt to almost any environment

[@milliethecorgi9138]

I instantly knew which one was able to keep one, I used to go there all the time! fun parts of having family there 😂

[@johnaustinkaohelaulii8224]

*Animal Crossing New Horizons:*

[@ChristianEdge]

Bro, no creature can truly survive and thrive in captivity.

[@southernbrain691]

Before someone tries to talk about whales,whales are mammals, whale sharks are fish

[@papa_rambo]

baby shark.. do do do do...baby shark!

[@TheInfintyithGoofball]

"the Aquarium hasn't tried again since" Me out loud: "thankfully."

[@nadineo1983]

I saw it. Monterey Bay Aquarium is very into conservation and raising awareness. The tour guides are the red vests and they are all volunteers. My dad became one and it took him a few months to complete the courses to be eligible to become a volunteer.

[@Sammiejammie521]

It’s almost like we aren’t supposed to put them in captivity.

[@azharbassardien9667]

Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa has a permanent Great White display so that makes them the only aquarium to have these sharks

[@jvanvuuren8461]

They are ragged-tooth sharks, but they have info displays about the great whites :-)

[@LeonardGr]

Would it be cool if they build a shark tunnel under the ocean instead of bringing those to the aquarium?

[@Alphahydro]

I don't think there's a guarantee that only sharks would frequent it, if any

[@flyingcolors96]

Lol

[@timothyshane8921]

I went to the Chattanooga Aquarium in Tennessee immediately after the Pandemic was lifting, they had one single Great White Shark in captivity. She was roughly 10 feet in length as I recall and it shocked Me being there of all places especially considering the issues of which these acquatic beasts have in surviving within a glass enclosure.

[@drzaius844]

I saw one of the white sharks at Monterey Bay. It was incredible, to be within feet of one (while knowing it lol). My daughter saw it too but she can’t remember it, it must have been around 2006. The shark was maybe 6 feet long but it already had the classic look. So glad for that experience. The docents said that they only kept them until they started killing the other sharks in the tank, or were approaching too large for the sling/crane that hoists them out of the tank, which started happening around the same time.

[@mediumrarechickenbreast]

sometimes you have to do it to know you shouldn't in this case, they really shouldn't even have thought of trying

[@CApt-NinJA]

Calling them "White Sharks" seems disrespectful.. put some respect on its name... The Great White Shark

[@Aurora-Ro]

I hope no one tries this again, some animals belong outside the zoo. If they were born in captivity, or can’t survive in the wild, that’s when they should be in captivity

[@MrSleepparalysisman]

They also get depressed when kept in a singular location for a long time

[@_The_Phantom]

I've noticed that the bigger they are more we care and smaller they are less we care. ❤

[@claypool4208]

We have no right to study these magnificent creatures, they're simply above us and all others 😌

[@amandacrawford4748]

I’m glad to hear they aren’t trying to cage these Great White sharks 🦈 anymore but I really would’ve LOVED to see one up close . Sharks are such majestic creatures and very intelligent. Just like Polar bears. 🐻‍❄️ I’d LOVE to see one of those in person but i know it isn’t nice to keep any wild animals caged up . I have seen them on tv in captivity and they play like dogs. They had some huge toys in their water area and would play just like a dog would , except it was in water . I just love these two huge alpha creatures.

[@YT_HATES_FREE_SPEECH]

There are polar bears in a wild life park in the UK ive seen them and its true they only stay white when on snow bcz these ones were brown.

[@requiemforameme1]

“Baby shark.” No. No, not again.