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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There are several aquariums around the world, including one in Georgia, that house whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea. But not one has a great white shark on display.
Aquariums have made dozens of attempts since the 1970s to display a captive great white shark. Most of those attempts ended with dead sharks.
By the 2000s, the only group still trying was the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which spent a decade planning its white shark program. In 2004, it acquired a shark that became the first great white to survive in captivity for more than 16 days. In fact, it was on display for more than six months before it was released back into the ocean.
In the following years, the Monterey Bay Aquarium hosted five more juvenile white sharks for temporary stays before ending the program in 2011. It was an expensive effort and had come under criticism due to injuries that some of the sharks developed in the tank.
Responding to those critics, Jon Hoech, the aquarium's director of husbandry operations, said: "We believe strongly that putting people face to face with live animals like this is very significant in inspiring ocean conservation and connecting people to the ocean environment. We feel like white sharks face a significant threats out in the wild and our ability to bring awareness to that is significant in terms of encouraging people to become ocean stewards."
Check out the video above to learn why white sharks are so difficult to keep in captivity and how the Monterey Bay Aquarium designed a program that could keep them alive.
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[@BryanTorresdey]

In the early 1963s The Bronx Zoo had a display labeled "The most dangerous Animal in the World" it was a just a mirror.

[@veve2484]

*applause*

[@reneecatagnus2344]

So true!!

[@shino4242]

I mean, its true. We've completely dominated the planet and are THE apex predator.

[@erin8133]

😳😳 it’s true though!

[@noyes8882]

False. Technically bacteria phages are the most deadly

[@xisumavoid]

Why can't we just leave them in the ocean?

[@Tryhardfann]

$$$ (That's why.)

[@Tryhardfann]

ILikeWaffles A lot _I feel like they shouldn't have to take them out of their habitat just to do that._

[@jimgorlett4269]

+try hard fan scientist shouldn't. Taking an animal out of its natural habitat to research it leads to weird behaviors that never would've happened in the wild

[@kendrick6259]

Odd seeing you here

[@homemadepizza3351]

Cause they kill you

[@ethansomer7362]

I like how people say that sharks are the most dangerous animal, but I don’t think that sharks can catch us and put us in tanks so we can be observed and suffer

[@RodrigoroRex]

Sharks aren't even dangerous to us. They'll only gonna eat you under VERY specific circumstances

[@nagapandian]

Sharks don’t know it’s a human when they attack one, their vision isn’t that good and most of attacks are when they see their feet and think it’s a fish

[@Storse]

they dont even eat humans, either. they only bite when they think we're something else.

[@anp1609]

Man is the most cruel and dangerous animal on this planet.

[@jenniferb4949]

@@Storse there’s proven to be more deaths in a year from dogs than sharks.

[@ethanhery4923]

so “large animals that have to swim long distances to survive won’t survive when held captive”….. makes a whole lot of sense

[@geko9214]

i live a few blocks away from the Monterey bay aquarium. i didn't know they stopped having great whotes

[@milansvancara]

but why

[@chellefell1331]

we should let sea world know. i dont think they got that message. and yes, i know sharks gill breathe and need flow, however.... i still stand by my point

[@maddiewatts8565]

Jjjijjjp

[@MrPoppshot]

But aquariums have succeeded to display whale sharks which are bigger than great whites.

[@starmunching]

I'm not against zoos, as long as they're more like rescues. But if it doesnt work out more than once, it's best to stop trying in instances like this.

[@stephaniemiller5034]

I agree that zoos and aquariums can be vital for animal recovery and many have breeding programs to establish species in the wild. I also agree that there are instances where you just need to stop.

[@Mo9kh]

I like the balance in this comment.

[@user-bm9fo5kr1l]

@@stephaniemiller5034 Yea like the dolphin from Dolphin Tale movies.

[@starmunching]

@@Mo9kh thank you haha

[@alexander9703]

@@stephaniemiller5034 The problem is is, most zoos and aquariums are not about conservation and animal recovery. No one can, or should, ever think the best place for breeding programmes to take place is in Europe or the Americas, potentially thousands of miles away from their natural habitats

[@kabar123ar]

These animals simply are too active for captivity, its not like a reef fish that lives its entire life in a square mile, these things road trip across the seas.

[@blankuhaku12]

Preach. Humans are sick sometimes

[@actuallypanda696]

Danny debatable for some

[@elceemusic9650]

Dr Suezz productions its not fair

[@EngelsLawliet]

Yeah, leave these sharks alone.

[@Olivia-W]

I wonder- someone mentioned thet sharks may have other senses. I wonder if the reason the keep dying isn't the lack of space, but rather the tank walls inhibiting or overwhelming those senses by distorting the signals, and if we could make different tank walls that didn't do that...

[@jedithekitten8891]

“Hey this animals keeps dying every time we try to keep it in captivity, oh well let’s try again”

[@emmestein]

Pretty much sums up our humanitarian views on other species.

[@Anonymous-md2qp]

It sounds like occupations that have high rates of depression/death. Just recruit more.

[@yogipratama3583]

That's what science does. If they never done that we would never have answer. Now there's an answer for this matter so we can't keep specific fishes on tank.

[@ExiledProphecy]

Animals in zoos are prisoners don’t go to zoos

[@Legendaryium]

@@ExiledProphecy pets are also prisoners. dont get pets

[@TheBaumcm]

They also has issues with some of them ramming the tanks because they were so sensitive to electromagnetic signals which they use to hunt prey and geolocate.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Omg... Imagine the poor things, with all the electricity and whatnot we use now :(

[@TheBaumcm]

@@StonedtotheBones13 yeah. There are a lot of strong signals, most of which they don’t encounter. I would think their tendency to approach cages in open water might indicate the same issues. They’re just really sensitive

[@manend2]

perhaps they could try putting strong magnets in the glass the would help deter the shark from bumping into the walls constantly. Sharks are attracted to magnetic signals, but strong enough ones will make them run.

[@tanman49]

yes to them not having very good vision.

[@Ahmadpunchofnumbers]

Chuck McGill

[@lulumaryyy]

Seriously these places are creepy. It’s like kidnapping someone and asking why they’re deteriorating. I swear humans are disturbing sometimes.

[@frustatedhooman9323]

Exactly! Really disturbing...

[@armageddon5158]

Sometimes?

[@bremsstrahlung2306]

Sometimes? Really?

[@miller0079]

Yup

[@udaykiranpanjala2710]

Most humans torture animals for fun Just like kids

[@emip.4299]

“These sharks keep dying whenever we put them in the tanks!” “Ok, so stop catching sharks” “...yeah, but-”

[@zainuuuuu614]

@longstrongdong sharks are misunderstood. They usually only eat fish but when they see humans swimming they mistake them for fish. They do not like the taste of humans

[@rokukou]

longstrongdong i bet you are the type who abuses animals, one who would hit a dog that bit you.

[@kosherburger]

@@rokukou If a dog bit me I would slap the sh- out of it.

[@dogezillathelegendary2695]

longstrongdong they think we are different things.

[@dogezillathelegendary2695]

tableswereinventedin1935 I don’t think that’s abusing them, just yell at them is was I believe though.

[@andreidinu7316]

"The audience increased by 30 %". If you were wondering why they kept trying over and over again.

[@rumory]

for the shekels

[@polo-pr9ln]

i hate capitalism

[@AllanRoberto2711]

@@polo-pr9ln its not capitalism, its people. Stop blaming an idea. Blame the evil people. The idea its just there, its not good or evil.

[@ApEx1HP]

@@polo-pr9ln If you read a history book you would hate communism even more.

[@laurafedora5385]

Vote with your feet

[@johnladuke6475]

I can't even finish watching this. The very people who should most love and cherish these animals are proudly talking about the immense effort they went through just to torture one.

[@jonnyhawt8973]

Just Exploiters.

[@유형석-d9r]

I felt same way. why couldn't they just let sharks go as it have lived over 100 million years but tried to torture them?

[@ezyryder11]

The “immense effort” wasn’t to torture. They were putting in a lot of effort to make the environment as hospitable for the shark as possible.

[@lukenelson1931]

@@ezyryder11 and that immense effort added up to little more than a torturous experience for the sharks. For what? To sell more tickets? Garbage idea, garbage outcome. Shameful.

[@ezyryder11]

@@lukenelson1931 they didn’t know that at the beginning. Unless you think zoos and aquariums shouldn’t exist, there will be times when people do their best to try something and it doesn’t work out.

[@jnl3564]

“All these captive sharks were merely in the process of dying with some taking longer than others.” That basically sums it up. It wasn’t even mentioned how living in a tank would mess with their sensory organs which I would argue is the most important reason they can’t survive in walls.

[@MsAMP1981]

Humanity reasoning...🤦🏼‍♀️ And for humans viewing pleasure. Especially when they're not thriving. I get zoos but you can't keep animals where they're miserable.

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

@@MsAMP1981 but its entertaining tho. thats just how nature works. cat kills mouse for fun. we are just smart enough to contain it.

[@toachieveitall]

@@QWERTY-gp8fd not messing with the ecological balance is smarter

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

@@toachieveitall nah. nothing wrong with genociding few species for our amusement. it dont effect our daily lives.

[@Vergil....]

@@QWERTY-gp8fd yes it affect but bc you have a iq negative you don't know

[@whittenaw]

They need to stop trying. This is too sad. As terrifying as these sharks can be I also admire them for their wild, unbreakable spirit

[@advocatevarunrathi2831]

You are very beautiful...

[@dohk1105]

varun rathi why does every Indian man on earth try to pick up white women in the internet

[@inova-]

@@dohk1105 they want to see bobs

[@americagarcia3207]

@@inova- and vagene

[@TerryFromAccounts]

I'm not sure unbreakable spirit is the right phrase considering most of them broke quite soon and refused to eat leading to their deaths

[@zyxwut321]

So putting a massive marine animal used to swimming up to hundreds of miles a day inside a tank to live doesn't work out? Who knew?

[@MkSupra]

They put whales into an aquarium they are a massive marine animal and swims hundred miles a day basically those people thought that it would be the same but seeing what happened to them they stopped.

[@beka2825]

@@MkSupra you can‘t quite compare them to whales though. Whales will rise to the surface to breathe, sharks need movement ro do so.

[@TheAdiFans]

FOR CONTENTS AND DEM BUCKS YOU SILLY

[@anon2916]

You didnt know before you watched this video

[@beka2825]

@@anon2916 But imagine the amount of research possibilities these companies have, they just dont want to deal with the confrontation of murdering those animals for our amusement

[@cherylcorbett5829]

The guy from the Monteray Bay Aquarium mentioned “our success”. What success? How is 6 months for a animal that should be living decades a success? The ocean and nature in general is a very complex system that we just can’t affectively replicate. Especially for animals who travel so many miles a day.

[@jasonpeacock9735]

What’s preventing they sharks they kept from living for decades? Aside from the last of the six they had.

[@cherylcorbett5829]

@@jasonpeacock9735 sharks naturally migrate and travel extremely long distances over the course of a year. Migration is critical for a lot of animals and when they cannot do that, it may take a toll of their body. Also it’s possible that their diet was not able to be replicated/varied enough to keep them healthy. They don’t have enough space in those tanks to reach their top speeds and really hunt the way they naturally do.

[@jasonpeacock9735]

@@cherylcorbett5829 so, what’s preventing the sharks Monterey Bay Aquarium released from doing any of that?

[@Rachel-fi4sc]

The fact they died shortly after they were released due to long-term damage. It's very hard to live for decaded when you're dead.

[@jasonpeacock9735]

@@Rachel-fi4sc when you say “fact”, do you have any evidence that the first five released great whites died “shortly after they were released”?

[@shrimpyy420]

''mmh, it seems like the sharks are dying if we catch them - LET'S TRY AGAIN!'

[@sologuy9590]

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results"- Albert Einstein

[@vaxrvaxr]

The definition of intelligence is trying once and never again. -- Thomas Edison

[@srinivasdadi3873]

Lets try it again so we can do it right this time

[@kshatriya1414]

Sologuy 95 - Far Cry 3 - Vaas*

[@potat099]

@Kate I agree with you, except for the first sentence. We learn from failure, but when it's a life in the game, the failure leading to death, I think is better to get all the information posibile before atempting. Those poor sharks died because the people that captured them didn't know their needs, they didn't know all the information they could get about white sharks. If there are more persons that are trying to do the same thing, that can lead to the extintion of the species. This is a really serious problem.

[@elihu.5836]

"We'll need a bigger tank" That tank is the ocean...

[@IamSandman]

My thought exactly. Why aren't we doing more tagging of the larger creatures and building submarines that can take people to the environment. Imagine going from your currently life to being in a 2x6 cell 24 hours a day. You would probably die pretty quickly too.

[@moderation5591]

+IamSandman It's called prison

[@TheWolffBro]

A 2x6 cell is an overexaggeration. More like a 10x12 foot cell. Which I'd be fine with, because that's pretty close to the size of my room right now.

[@alexmckenzie2954]

Amen.

[@ashlieghsteviemarie-hope1043]

IKR...like wth...why don't we see GW in aquariums..hmm..CUZ THEY DON'T BELONG IN THEM!! UGHH None of these animals should be...wake up people!

[@BeastFormal]

I love this video because it didn’t moralize or lecture the audience, it just showed the events for what they were and let us decide. I think the circumstances really speak for themselves.

[@sirabrix8040]

Not sure who would watch this and be like “yeah let’s try this again!” Just get a bigger tank next time

[@mbbroe2731]

@@sirabrix8040 more food, bigger tank. problem solved

[@kumarvedansh9147]

@@mbbroe2731 No. The problem still won't be solved. Haven't you watched the video? Great White Sharks only change directions when they feel like it, they don't like to be forced to change it's direction using artificial walls.

[@MsAMP1981]

@@mbbroe2731 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@Arcaryon]

@@kumarvedansh9147 You are not very imaginative in terms of what we can do if we want to and is at all possible from a physical point of view. Have you looked at this planet? We may not be gods but someday, we will create things that will come very close. An artificial ocean only sounds like madness until you look at a satellite image of our planet alone at the current age and then at a map of our galaxy. We will colonize the universe. Keeping a shark in a special aquarium should be no issue in the ( probably fairly distant ) future.

[@Geospasmic]

I got to see one of the great whites at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. You could always tell where she was because the other fish were all in the other end of the tank.

[@sonictemple2925]

I was able to see a couple of them since I live here. The other fish would scatter if it came near. It was pretty amazing to see how the great white moves through the water. It was like no other shark I’ve seen.

[@stevefletcher4349]

Shame on you both!

[@theskyworrier]

@@stevefletcher4349 riiiiight go away karen

[@kyleag86]

@@stevefletcher4349 huh

[@twocathome399]

@@stevefletcher4349 it’s not like they captured them lol they just saw them

[@Mediazzzzzz]

As much as I would love to see a great white shark ,I would never threaten its life just to see it .

[@Hugh.Manatee]

Go cage diving in South Africa. Little more effort and more expensive, but definitely something you'll remember the rest of your life.

[@gekyume7374]

Ya, maybe they just aren't meant to be in captivity so just let them do as they please in the wild.

[@Hugh.Manatee]

Chris Conaway New Zealand is on my list of countries I still want to visit and I'll definitely make some dives when I eventually do, but I've had a great experience in South Africa with white sharks up close. I got recomended to go to Gansbaai, because there had been more sightings there in the past weeks, but I've heard people who were positive about Seal Island...

[@The15secondsOfame]

+AdenineMonkey Appreciate that bit of info. :)

[@AlinaGarib]

Google pictures ;)

[@DIVAosborne]

It’s almost like sharks weren’t meant to be in aquariums.

[@yipyip3173]

How weird

[@timothyodeyale6565]

almost

[@onlyludmi11a]

ikr!! but it kind of makes sense , they don’t ever stop swimming so being in captivity sends them into a depression. so sad really that people don’t leave them alone

[@jellytoes6143]

no shi

[@foodog777]

Why keep a goldfish? They are much happier in the ocean.

[@vophie]

I wish this was more about why the shark couldn’t survive that about how they caught and kept it

[@SVAFnemesis]

Sophie Williams I agree

[@gwiltl]

That's what I was hoping for

[@bahaman19901]

ilovepancakeswithjam stop enabling the extinction of animals by not allowing captivity.

[@tomah28]

@ilovepancakeswithjam Some animals do need to be in captivity until there are enough to save their species like he says, would you rather some species dying out instead of saving them even if it implies putting them in captivity? Maybe other non endangered species arent supposed to be there but endangered species do need to be in captivity.

[@tomah28]

(Until there are enough to save that species)

[@usagi18]

When you make a person who is terrified of sharks go "nooo... poor babies!! 😰" you not only failed as a marine biologist, but also as a human being

[@कनलदअ_गनगयव]

being scared of sharks =/= wanting them to suffer

[@usagi18]

@@कनलदअ_गनगयव person terrified of sharks going "noooo... poor babies" = has seen too much

[@iceyyl3mon]

Yes

[@turalmirzaliev1232]

They study the sharks They didn't fail at nothing

[@memogalva2639]

It’s almost as ifff the sharks are supposed to be left in their habitats to survive

[@friggincanvee]

ifffffff

[@boraxguy8302]

Memo Galva what you you mean if

[@hildazcampos3182]

😃😃👌😉

[@serinadelmar6012]

Borax Guy whoosh

[@DroppinJewelzz]

Borax Guy The comment was meant to be sarcastic...

[@foxmoonxix741]

How about leaving them where they belong, the ocean.

[@otemachi4317]

@Sir Auryn yo sharks are not pets

[@DiegoZapaterTV]

@Sir Auryn no they're not pets. A shark would eat you if he could, just like a lion would.

[@nickelisblind]

your right they should be free not catch them leave the animals alone jesus help us out plzzz

[@sundeww]

DiegoƵapaterTV sharks do not eat humans

[@まり-e7c6h]

THANK YOU

[@dundee6402]

*Living thing gets kidnapped and put in a small cage* *Dies of stress, boredom, depression, lack of space, injuries and bad diet* Humans: Gee I wonder why it died??

[@augustgreig9420]

Clearly more testing is needed.

[@vendetta2163]

Nice pfp

[@littlepatriot8482]

Dundee those answers came after your question smart one we only know this because it died in a tank 👌🏼 not before

[@spacer-guy5017]

The things you've said in bold came after your question, so now we know why they died, and I feel this is a very pointless comment.

[@chopinfrederic5040]

Glad you aren't one?

[@Ferret-v8r]

Much respect to this VOX video for being a bit ahead of the game. Since its release endless and inferior copycat uploads have polluted KZbin far and wide.

[@Gwreag]

I can’t help but think this whole process is an absolute nightmare for the sharks

[@samantharosepillay3962]

All the creatures in captivity

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

@@samantharosepillay3962 Have you met a dog? Or any domesticated species for that matter?

[@bunny1730]

I am sorry for my bad English it's not my first language.

[@goten339]

@@Amy_the_Lizard There's obviously a world of difference between dogs and white sharks though. Domesticated animals have gone through literally thousands of years of human-controlled selective breeding to make them better suited to being domesticated, making them friendlier and often smaller, more docile and easier to tame. Even less intensely breed creatures that we have as pets like various lizards and birds are smaller and easier to take care of, yet a lot can go wrong with them too. In fact essentially all domesticated creatures can still massively suffer mental and physical issues from improper care. The only exception probably being like, insects. So imagine trying to adapt a great white shark, even a relatively small or young one, to living in captivity in a small environment, after being corralled and transported which is often a hugely stressful thing for them. The whole process is an absolute nightmare for those sharks, they're massive, incredibly powerful creatures, it would take centuries of breeding to get them anywhere near naturally ready to live in such small, controlled environment, by then they'd have to be much dumber and docile, it really isn't worth it.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

@@goten339 I wasn't saying that it wasn't horrible for the sharks, nor was I denying that animal abuse happens - obviously the animals being abused or improperly cared for are miserable. I was simply pointing out that plenty of domestic and captive bred animals are in fact perfectly happy, because it makes me mad when people act like ALL the animals in captivity are miserable because it simply isn't true.

[@otaku_ugh2134]

Why can’t we just stick to documentaries and studying them from the ocean? Most of us don’t even care after seeing them for like 5 minutes at most. Just leave them alone

[@illumi._.]

There’s a thing called money And people are willing to give it up to see some fish in a tank

[@maddie-kg8bz]

ILLumi ._. Or they can spend money to study them in the ocean

[@lillafachilla]

some aquariums and zoos are actually for conservation and preservation of species.

[@fogkunatta]

its still going to mess with the environment

[@evilhutdug4665]

Arson Barn I don’t think it’ll work

[@4581-z8w]

Okay, you need a large tank? I got an idea, HOW BOUT YOU LEAVE THEM IN THE OCEAN? WORLDS BIGGEST SHARK TANK!

[@someonewhoexists7350]

Lol. You aren’t wrong, but they did have good intentions, you know. They were trying to see how to keep it in captivity to give it a healthier, longer life. Sadly, that just isn’t plausible for some animals. Many, many animals do amazingly in captivity because there are many less hazards, and because their habitats and diets are easier to recreate. Great White Sharks just don’t have a habitat that we can recreate in captivity. People are now, instead of keeping them in captivity and killing them, tracking them in the wild instead. This means we get to learn from the sharks, and they get to keep on living their lives.

[@4581-z8w]

@@someonewhoexists7350 In the end, Mother Nature will always win. Some animals thrive better in their own, natural environment. It's best we leave it that way

[@someonewhoexists7350]

@@4581-z8w 458 123 I agree, and I think that in the end they really were just trying to get more visitors because they had a great white shark. But the first shark was to see if they could take care of one. Because if they didn't try, they wouldn't know whether they were the types of animals that did good in captivity or not.

[@Demonanimator]

458 123 i think youre missing the over all point. Don’t you find it the least bit interesting that some species can be captivated while others like this can’t? Don’t you kinda wanna know why?

[@qwertysysysyysysysyzz]

@@Demonanimator some can be bored

[@MermaidMusings7]

Great White sharks cannot be caged or tamed. The Devil's Teeth : A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey is a great book, I highly recommend it.

[@pandawan4]

Being in quarantine really makes me feel for animals kept in cages and tanks

[@coughodemon8592]

Yeah they be lucky lil feckers I'm having the time of my life I don't got to go anywhere

[@umar7632]

@@coughodemon8592 your grammar sounds like you're a 9 years old. Or less. Go to KZbin Kids, lil bud.

[@roryhalliday8254]

@@umar7632 that was unneeded

[@umar7632]

@@roryhalliday8254 sorry 😔👁️👄👁️

[@elceemusic9650]

Sasha same. This is so sad

[@alexwhelan1246]

To quote Jurassic park “A T-Rex doesn’t want to be fed it wants to hunt” except in this scenario the t-Rex is a great white shark

[@johanapramana5030]

Yea but the t rex can easily broke out

[@teddysalkeld1584]

@@johanapramana5030 yea but that is not the point

[@johanapramana5030]

@@teddysalkeld1584 I know

[@teddysalkeld1584]

@@johanapramana5030 do u thi

[@GOJOpacklmaoo]

Yea but the t rex can easily broke out

[@LucresntBlade]

You Wasted Millions Just to Stare at a Fish ... And it Still Died...

[@danl5501]

Mohammed Islam yay sushi

[@SuperDidact]

uhh no sushi don't have shark meat on them

[@sillybeanthing]

I Am The great actually I concur. I've had shark sushi before, it was cooked with a citrus smoke, much like eel. Super tasty!

[@SuperDidact]

oh then i learned something new. i just thought they just have soloman fish( what ever its called) on sushi

[@sillybeanthing]

I Am The great yeah, that'd just a very popular fish to have :3 Eel is super good too!

[@riibuns]

i adore all sharks and they've been my favourite animal for a very long time. i feel as though some sharks just arent fit for captivity- but this sentiment isnt just for sharks alone. it should be said though, the effort taken that first time to keep them alive is nice. its very sad about how they continued to get injuries in captivity. i really hope everyone just stops trying to display big and fast sharks, they arent able to survive... its better if everyone focused on placing protections for sharks and not spread false negative information about them.

[@crygun22]

I’m not against animals in zoos, apt of them are endangered and zoos bring their numbers up. But seriously, if it’s tried multiple times and still fails it’s obviously not gonna work

[@yellow6264]

It will, no one ever found a cure for a disease on their first try. They failed and tried again. Though this one is kinda sad for the future when sharks starts to go extinct it will be helpful

[@megburrows2810]

Yellow but sharks will only start to go extinct because of humans?

[@slyseal2091]

@@megburrows2810 Yes, but not because of the ones that put them in Aquariums, so if we stopped doing that then the only thing we'd achieve is great whites ceasing to exist in general instead of outside of fish tanks.

[@megburrows2810]

Illegal Aliens you mean not JUST the ones that put them in Aquariums.

[@user-ph9oy1fp3q]

Yellow dude they’re going extinct bc of us

[@mari-lm4ox]

"they have trouble with walls" I WONDER WHY

[@terryprofitt6902]

sharks have small brains

[@teth.]

Epic Remarc He has a point

[@terryprofitt6902]

@@teth.small brain

[@sara.rae08]

@@terryprofitt6902 a wall is not a natural thing a shark comes across daily.

[@terryprofitt6902]

@@sara.rae08 and they have a small brain

[@colorx3025]

its simple why they run into walls... they are asleep and running into a wall every 5 minutes while asleep could rlly f*ck with your head and they possibly could be dying from lack of sleep...

[@drin7886]

Color X do sharks move while sleeping?

[@colorx3025]

Drine Peci great whites must constantly have water (oxygen) flow through their gills so they must constantly be swimming including while they sleep

[@tdodge29]

Color X all sharks are like that, not just great whites.

[@colorx3025]

tdodge29 there are hundreds of species of sharks... many of them sit on the ocean floor...... breathing

[@luqman1120]

Color X well they could put strong water jets that prevents the shark getting near the wall

[@edwardralston1517]

Project "Aware" foundation is one of the leading shark conservation groups. This video totally made me cry and we should definitely try to support some of these organizations to save our brothers and sisters in the ocean.

[@eniab4616]

"(...) Even then, the sharks didn't quite fit there" Wow! A shark that normally belongs to the ocean doesn't fit in a small tank! I wonder why...

[@Lillukkainen]

i think the question is why dont white sharks fit, but other fishes and sharks do fit. its not something really obvious. get off your highhorse tbh, i really do wonder why they dont survive because others do.

[@skafu9229]

@@Lillukkainen you have a good thinking there

[@ellaa5986]

exactly!

[@esthersue3403]

Castyell_ the video clearly said that the shark kept bumping into the walls

[@bravodefeated9193]

zoos and aquarium actually serves a purpose in conservation,at least the good one does. Not only do they provide educational means the staffs are actively engaged in the endeavor

[@t_mursp8195]

never noticed they didn't have white sharks in aquariums, i didn't really acknowledge it, now that this video randomly shows up in my recommendations, im suddenly interested...

[@MAFDOMiNUS]

the world works in mysterious ways. a very strange world indeed

[@jawsplayz]

T Mursp ikr

[@avrilcardenas8351]

T Mursp sameeee

[@Darealking49]

I always thought the Georgia aquarium also had white sharks

[@noblesix4459]

Mackenney Mackall you live in Georgia?

[@mothmaiden4413]

"We can't seem to stop trying though." Yes. Yes you can stop trying.

[@AstroHierarchy]

she meant "we" as people, not that she takes a part in that

[@mohamedsefiani1813]

They are trying to make more money...

[@fuwa1276]

Oh wait we humans already do that don't we.

[@jamesjemo4954]

I'm limited by the technology of my time

[@TheStarkman123]

@@AstroHierarchy nah, she meant the organisations in charge.

[@mindelo23]

I like that their motto is "Freedom or Death"

[@joermnyc]

“A relationship is like a shark, it has to keep moving or it dies... and I think what we have here is a dead shark.”

[@saintflip]

This comment.

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

Great Woody Allen quote! I’ve always wondered if Woody ever learned that some shark species have evolved to retain their buccal (cheek) muscles and are perfectly able to stop moving for as long as they want without any ill effect...? 😂

[@koala201211]

@your name huh?

[@sadsal2942]

@@koala201211 Politics have to be involved in any and everything now lol

[@warwickwagner4797]

@your name But aren't republicans advocating for conserving traditional values? Those on the left are the ones who want progress

[@jimmyclimer594]

me and sharks have an agreement they stay out of my home I stay out of theirs it's been working so far lol

[@ttwba2618]

jimmy climer you copied that from the bug video

[@fashionablyme8518]

jimmy climer true lol

[@briannawellnitz978]

jimmy climer true

[@SharkByteOfficial]

That's right Jimmy... step in my home you finna get lit up fam

[@marye.5486]

jimmy climer same.

[@lavender_queso]

Or, you know, you could just leave the sharks alone and not interfere....

[@plumeater1]

Here, have a cookie.

[@TheKyle0812]

Nima Anjam not "imprisonment". Zoos and aquariums donate millions upon millions every year to conservation which in fact saves those species' in the wild. Without zoos, we wouldn't have the California condor, the golden lion tamarin, and many other wonderful creatures.

[@robertowagner3462]

Vladimir is right

[@kalebh3419]

We could do the exact same thing, but replace traditional zoos that house perfectly healthy animals for literally no reason, with animal sanctuaries and breeding programs for animals in danger or impaired in a way that would leave them to die in the wild.

[@vids4u_164]

Lav Queso why is your profile pic of Donald Trump

[@ponderouslydreaming]

This video was excellently made! Well done to all involved. Thank you for your research. 🦈

[@RiverDogRun]

I am glad that "Finding Dory" made a point about sharks bumping into the edge of the tank while in captivity, and the pair had the "Selma and Louise" moment at the end, in a good way.

[@baileystowe893]

good movie

[@straiks8083]

Thelma*

[@Panj0]

*Thelma* and Louise

[@HELLHOUND200SRT6PROJECT]

The shark was blind

[@tigger5207]

+Nmalicia Lgn Lol

[@the_venomous_viper1234]

I find it hard to imagine how people who dedicate their lives to studying these animals still repeat failed attempts to put them in unnatural captivity

[@JLiangYolo]

I think the people who are trying to put them in unnatural captivity are the ones trying to make money off of them. The people who are actually studying them usually study them in their natural habitat.

[@haleyg8387]

Money is a powerful motivator. Being able to house a great white would drive a lot of visitor traffic and money.

[@Arunnn241]

You can't study something without a controlled environment or a large enough sample size. You have neither of those with sharks. The fact is, having something in captivity to study is infinitely times more efficient and successful than long term (many generations worth of time) uncontrollable study.

[@dafuqmr13]

Its about moral and ethic, you can study law not for the sake of justice, but gain advantage of knowledge to gain personal goal from it

[@Arcaryon]

@@Gulonine Nearly impossible sounds like a very subtle way of saying "not yet". The captivity is not the problem. The tank size and available recourses are.

[@dn-dk2ei]

KZbin recommends this when everyone is trapped at home. No chill

[@angeldenning4062]

Aditya Nilacantan ikr

[@DrAdityaReddy]

You searched for it

[@daisy-rm4sb]

no actually it recommends what you sometimes watch like sharks

[@jovaan07]

That doesn’t make any sense

[@Matt-np3wk]

"Died shortly after being released" Because we took it out of its natural habitat for months and took vital survival instincts away from it. Zoos and aquariums are just prisons for our entertainment, and it saddens me.

[@totesgene]

They are pure evil.

[@turalmirzaliev1232]

Zoos have research programs that help expand our knowledge about animals, especially the endangered species. The information gained by these programs can help protect, and treat the species in the wild, as well as determine what affects if any climate change may have on the regions needed for the species to flourish. Many zoos also have breeding programs for all kinds of species, endangered or not, and learn even more about the species during the breeding, and rearing process. All this knowledge and information is shared with visitors, organizations, and other programs alike. There are certainly zoos that do nothing but display animals, but so many have broadened their exhibit goals, and expanded their species scope of responsibility, that each zoo really needs to be judged on it's own merits. Zoos should not be banned because they help endangered species, give people experiences of a life time and they is a hole lot more reasons and I could goon for ages but I won't. So please stay with Zoos should NOT be banned.

[@blackNblu08]

So let's not put them in tanks. Problem solved.

[@owainreed6549]

Genius

[@raunnnak]

Brittany Reed great idea genius

[@Aaron-mv1kd]

Brittany Reed sharks have a right to freedom. and let's think of why sharks die in tanks: depression, boredom, lack of movement, lack of respect and a horrible diet. if sharks have a Moses I'm going to be really scared.

[@michaelhalman21]

king ghidorah y

[@Aaron-mv1kd]

Moses freed the Jew's old-time imprisonment at the hand of the Egyptians.

[@BehruzbekOtayev]

I don't need to see them. Let them live in their oceans.

[@desert_storm8747]

@xo Lynn Do you ever heard the word "Ecosystem" ???

[@ermaltheball9604]

Oh you don’t want to see them let’s put them all back🥺

[@af2954]

we*

[@Mars-mp6yz]

@@ermaltheball9604 oh someone wants to see them let's make them suffer in a tank for your 5 minutes of awe 🥺🥺🥺

[@shaelynowens8591]

@@ermaltheball9604 if you really think looking at a shark for 2½ minutes before not caring anymore is worth killing these animals you are soulless

[@lexisweeney10]

It's almost like the Sharks don't belong in cages...

[@Prod_Lucidity]

Yolo Lexi they don't belong in cages ^_^

[@LaGollum7A]

You're right, as well as the rest of the animals we humans are caging :(

[@harrislam]

who the hell belong in cages anyway?

[@d3moskrat0s58]

Harris Lam Criminals.

[@harrislam]

Only because law makes it so. And humans made the laws up.

[@adams3627]

Gotta love the shark rolling up to the sunfish for an exploratory nibble like “hello, may I eat you?” “…no.” “Ok…”

[@jimmychui6349]

scientists: if you put sharks in aquariums they will die. just don't do it sea world: hold my beer 🍻

[@jarelljames4423]

jimmy chui lmao.

[@anthonyrymer4391]

LOL xD

[@HeilRay]

Sea World has beer now?! *Buys season pass*

[@ninabambinaaa]

jimmy chui more like "hold my heart & my morals."

[@Ali2k71]

jimmy chui soooooooooo funny

[@Aycore2011]

You cannot contain greatness

[@ryanschick9882]

I HAVE A CAN OF MILLER LIGHT RIGHT HERE

[@Aycore2011]

That pretty much says it all does it not?

[@theholysnacc]

My shark bros deserve to be freeeeeeeeeee!

[@mainman4799]

Donald Punk your the type of person who I need lol

[@meaghanfabiani1737]

eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@whogavehimafork]

I think aquariums are cool but I don't believe in captivity of migratory animals. I'd love to see a whale shark but I can't bring myself to pay to see such an amazing and majestic beast in what's essentially a prison.

[@paulisnotonice]

Come tothe philipines theres a place in cebu where you can swim with them... Atleast thats what i heard of my uncle who lives there

[@lokddhci3487]

go to the ocean then

[@Horus71]

Go to Broome in Western Australia to swim with the Whale shark.

[@nateythepanda3335]

+The Questionable your right I live in Philippines

[@carlosjones9107]

whogavehimafork plus we all know 40% of the tank water is the tears of the whales and sharks and fish...

[@woocheongan1437]

I feel so bad for these sharks, even if they are scary up close or interesting to look at , they didn't deserve death. This video was excellently made! Well done to all involved. Thank you for your research.

[@savasey2640]

you just copy 2 another comments....

[@annyaw6233]

The general public doesn’t need to see a live great white

[@Thestin]

@Lovely Wahu ever

[@Thepizzaboy60]

Wht not?

[@borealernadelwald]

I think they do need to see one. It would probably help it's image, not to be seen as monster anymore, but as the fascinating animal they are. Though since they don't do well in captivity I'm glad they didn't keep trying.

[@aidanzuber4026]

Tiger this ^

[@stezzytato]

Tiger no animal should be in captivity not just sharks . Only animals that are near extinction and need human help get the pass

[@heidi681]

Interesting, but very sad for the sharks. They need their freedom to move about.

[@heidi681]

***** Yes, I understand that. But sharks need to move constantly to breathe, hence the freedom of spacious waters. 😮

[@heidi681]

***** Not annoying at all, your heart's in the right place 💟 I'm pretty close to vegan 😊 How about you? 🐈

[@J1xor]

i say that they have to make a super big i mean like super big tank for the great white cause they dont like being in small places

[@jmoa5758]

Great White: "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

[@Titanic19127]

Heidi I saw a great white in an Aquarium in the early 90s, this is a lie

[@juanjaramillo9390]

How could that guy classify the shark living for 6 months a “success”?? Like how could you be so awful

[@littlepatriot8482]

Juan Jaramillo you probably support abortion too

[@emmakate5409]

Littlepatriot how does that correlate???

[@spacer-guy5017]

Hey, all the other sharks died within days after first arrival, if you didn't listen to the video. I think it is a success because what if great whites were on the brink of extinction? Human captivity has helped animals from the brink of extinction before.

[@henrijs1733]

@@spacer-guy5017 extinction isn't even a bad thing. think of it as nature's kindness to creatures incapable of survival in an everchanging world.

[@shino4242]

Because they accomplished something nobody had even come remotely close to. When everyone else can only do it for a couple days, and you do 60+ times better than that, thats pretty successful. In science, even failures are an accomplishment, so long as progress is made/something is learned.

[@Enryaa]

This was heartbreaking. So much effort, skill and energy deployed for the only sake of torturing and killing innocent animals.

[@Thykothaken]

While I don't personally mind artificial animal habitats, seeing all the comments wildly opposed to the practice actually gives me hope for humanity. Never stop empathising with our fellow animals.

[@sarahlegay7067]

Humans: kidnapping and keeping animals captive Also humans: WhY aRe ThEy DyInG ??

[@user-ko3te7oy6d]

You do realize zoos do that? We keep animals captive lol?

[@sarahlegay7067]

IlFrostIl absolutely and I think it is just as cruel...

[@user-ko3te7oy6d]

@@sarahlegay7067 you're doing the same thing to your household pets then.

[@user-ko3te7oy6d]

@Adam l. Harper well this is a point lost I don't even remember posting this.

[@siddharth2796]

@@user-ko3te7oy6d yup

[@magneto44]

imprisoning living things for human entertainment is wrong on so many levels

[@JosephBallin320]

Do you have a pet?

[@Amber-sc9jp]

@snackhydra Just because we can doesn't mean we should. Ever seen Jurassic Park...

[@calebregi5413]

It’s for education not entertainment

[@sori4ever]

Caleb Regi it’s for human entertainment not education. We can learn everywhere about them without taking them out of their natural habitat.

[@thatoneguy7495]

@@sori4ever No it's for education, We may mix entertainment values when teaching others, but I'll learn more from being entertained then simply being bored and waiting, we can learn limited info when they are in the wild as it would take resources to continue tracking an animal for study. Hence aquariums and zoos, plus it makes it easier for the public to learn about them

[@anna.1910]

When they showed the pic of the shark's injured nose :(

[@arthas640]

he booped his snoot to aggressively, snoot boops gotta be gentle.

[@miriamdragon5327]

Sharks don't have noses😂😂😂

[@misteranthropy7082]

@@miriamdragon5327 yeah they do?

[@zouafrioldchannel8216]

@Taylor cockett 3;33

[@reminderoftheday122]

@@zouafrioldchannel8216 3:33

[@Heavywall70]

Their echolocation needs to be in a limitless field. I’d imagine the vibration they perceived was an ever increasing cacophony bouncing off the walls of the enclosure, akin to severe vertigo

[@jasonpeacock9735]

Sharks don’t echolocate

[@melisad591]

Actually there's this one place where I know we could safely fit thousands of sharks! It's called the ocean! Crazy right??

[@Whydoineedahandlepissoff]

melisa d not to sure about the safely part

[@kingswagoncat6251]

Rip of failure safety for the sharks.

[@gibyaxnntt6275]

melisa d WHAAA REALLY No WAY

[@neilmeyer4549]

Killer whales? They eat sharks for breakfast. Lol. Not against you though, the ocean is better and safer but not completely safe ;)

[@FreshAsianSwagg]

Please stop. Also most zoos hold animals that can longer live in the wild, or else they'll die. As for aquariums, most if not all aquariums make it so that their tanks are similar to the great open sea the animals they'll hold are used to. They live comfortably. The sharks did not, of course, so this is why they stopped holding great whites.

[@klairapullyblank6000]

Here is what their thinking- They're not dying as fast. it worked.

[@GEES44DC]

So you get they're right the second time but not the first?

[@scinary7052]

Yes that is a success, extending the captive life time of a shark 10 fold is pretty impressive.

[@GreenTurtle261]

I remember seeing that great white shark at Monterey Bay Aquarium as a kid and never knew what happened to it now I know.

[@antoniocoleman9200]

Dang

[@shrubmongeau6499]

Me too

[@bfg2600]

and knowing is half the battle

[@54silent70]

Same goes for me, I was just happy that I got to see a Great White up close and didn't realize what was actually happening to it.

[@thecharm1588]

The Monterey Bay shark was returned to the ocean.

[@Xeceo]

This was deeply troubling to watch. Those animals deserved so much more

[@evangelineconstance1832]

Great white: *gets captured* I guess I'll just die instead

[@ChillavaKirby]

The samurai of the sea

[@truthboom]

Their noble bloodline is indeed honorable...

[@fuzzywuzzyangel7646]

SEPUKU

[@swamplife3148]

cant be tamed

[@toddhoward7649]

Evangeline Constance not funny.

[@CaitlinBloodyMary]

This upset me far more than I expected. How horrendous :(

[@theluschmasterinc]

I truly thought this would be like an action movie, where the sharks are just frolicking in the tanks and breaking them etc .. but the way it got so sad, it's terrible ..!

[@animalcol1]

@Alex Torres Sociopathic maybe?

[@guigo6892]

@Jim Elliott what?

[@geriibra1645]

@Jim Elliott There are 7 bilion people. I wished it ate some more, specially the people trying to put him in cage!

[@briandeankeh9326]

Wow, it's almost like this animal shouldn't be in captivity! Who would've though!?!

[@cakeonaplate]

let's keep trying to put it in captivity though!!

[@Hedgpig]

Yeah cmon guys let's go get a shark for my toilet's upper tank! ! I think I saw one in a van outside the walmart!!

[@applesauceiloveyou]

Who would have thought until they tried it...? Duh, you have to try things before you make conclusions.

[@haZedxClanz]

+applesauceiloveyou obviously, but the fact that they kept on doing it is what is wrong about it.

[@techjunkie133]

+Denilson 415 to be fair they needed to make sure it wasn't an issue like the shark was ill or some other issue happened

[@godofspacetime333]

End aquariums and zoos, transition to natural history museums. You’ll learn just as much about animals from taxidermy as you would from looking at an animal in a cage. Sanctuaries for rescued animals that can never return to the wild are a different thing, and so is keeping endangered animals in captivity in the hopes of breeding for repopulation. But if you want to see some exotic wild animals just watch the BBC docs, they’re amazing.

[@AshishMathew]

How about a human tank where sharks can come and see people

[@redhotchilipepper432]

Ashish Mathew that would be dope

[@j_h_o]

they already do this on that show shark tank

[@fuwa1276]

Exactly! What if animals and humans switch places? We wouldn't want to be treated like that, now do we? But of course, humans wouldn't think about that because we're "superior" and "have more power to do what we want". What in the world does sympathy even mean anymore...

[@keithbrown7685]

maybe have a snack as well. and I'm only *half* joking.

[@irem5971]

Love this idea

[@pincmin]

I hate to see highly intelligent creatures in captivity. A crab would eat its mother and doesn't care about anything as long as it's kept well fed, but highly intelligent and social animals in captivity break my heart. Sea mammals, dolphins for instance, social and affectionate creatures used for entertainment purposes, so that people can interact with them and take cute pictures, that has to stop.

[@someonerandominthecomments6848]

pincmin it seems like aquariums want to have A great white shark in it so no matter how many times people complain they still want to great white shark.

[@YusuphYT]

help me not true. Eventually this will be classified as cruelty.

[@inkedhigh]

we humans have to love each other first. if we hate the world it's hard to love what's in it. love what you do, where you live, who you are with, and that will radiate and change people's lives. they will follow and get better bc you loved.

[@someonerandominthecomments6848]

Britt Pomales The sad part is most, people are ignorant and greedy for money. ☹️

[@alnoso]

sharks are way dumber than dolphins, and are not mammals. the problem isn't how smart it is realistically, or if it even feels pain, that's just stories to make people feel bad for killing them by making them relate when they should feel bad for killing them because they're working towards destabilizing the entire ecosystem by killing off animals before they can get replaced in the local population. another example would be insects, which nobody feels bad for but are pretty important. squash mosquitos when they bite you, but if you go ahead and kill every single mosquito to stop the problem altogether you face a different problem, the fact that migratory birds would start dissapearing in certain seasons until they all go extinct, and then while the bird dies in some arctic region where it could've only really eaten mosquitos and other insects that can survive there, the insects from the warmer regions start to thrive by having fewer natural predators and you end up with more bugs from you solution of getting rid of bugs. and getting rid of every single bug to "solve" this problem would result in what would probably be the biggest ecological disaster imaginable so that's a big no-no.

[@TheBlackstarrt]

At least they tried to do it as safely as possible. I was surprised that they released them at all. I thought they just kept letting them die.

[@briannaharter4411]

despite what many think zoos and aquarium are for research and conservation.not for torturing and profiting off of animals.

[@FlanRoBoThEaD]

Brianna Harter i think youve only seen 1st world zoos

[@briannaharter4411]

what you are thinking of is a roadside zoo.they take the name of zoo but are in it for profit and aren't recognized as a zoo by any organization. those places are more like roadside attractions then anything resembling a true zoo.

[@katie-st8nx]

zoo's and aquariums are completely for profit, it's animal preserves that help rehabilitate animals.

[@briannaharter4411]

nature preserves just protect the land the animals live on.animal sanctuaries provide homes for animals that were once kept as pets or abused by people. zoos keep animal populations going through breeding programs.it's thanks to zoos pandas are no longer endangered just vulnerable.black footed ferrets,red wolves,ect. haven't gone extincted. zoos also provide researchers with a chance to get up close to the animals which is important to learn about animals social behaviors,breeding habitats,ect. which is really important information for making nature preserves in the first place. they also take in non releasable animals.like predatory birds that can no longer fly or polar bears that got dangerously use to people. their education programs get kids interested in animals and conservation in a way a picture on a computer just can't do. truth be told most zoos are almost broke.not going to zoos isn't saving animals it's going to cause many animals to get wiped out. zoos aren't for profit and you should probably stop getting your info from peta.cause peta doesn't want to help animals at all their agenda is to kill every single animal cause they believe animals don't deserve to live and will do anything to accomplish this goal including spreading lies about organizations that help animals,harass organizations that help,support places that do kill animals and pretty steal every animal they can and kill it.but most poeple don't know this cause peta knows how to manipulate animals lovers emotions cause they know you are emotional you aren't going to actually go do to deep into researching every aspect of the subject.

[@crazypills88]

Very informative video! Thanks a lot for sharing this. I encourage you btw to use the metric system since you are a huge channel! Love!

[@elsasartor5596]

Poor creatures... it is so cruel to keep a beautiful, fierce, wild creature in a tank, trapped, alone and dying...

[@joannlumalangcatibog]

_95% Of the ocean isn't discovered yet. You wouldn't know anything about Animals, Fishes if they wont descover it._

[@JosephBallin320]

It's not like they put the entirety of the shark population in tanks, it was just a few

[@elsasartor5596]

@@joannlumalangcatibog If you watch the video you will see that aquariums continued to capture and keep sharks even when they knew the animals couldn't survive in that environment. The best way to learn about things is to study them in their natural environment. People can easily study sharks in oceans. The sharks were kept in tanks purely to entertain people and make money.

[@elsasartor5596]

@@JosephBallin320 That is not the point. These actions don't harm the species as a whole. That doesnt change the fact that these animals were captured, exploited and kept in tanks while the people who did this knew they couldn't survive in that environment.

[@JosephBallin320]

@@elsasartor5596 It's either sacrifice a few of them or have people more cautious in water, bringing weaponry to defend themselves or them being oblivious to the danger and dying without anyone understanding what happened. These sacrifices are what brought us out of the religion is real and science is fake era of humans

[@samkirrin9776]

"None of them eat" Yeah it's almost as if they are the biggest natural predators who prefer to roam the ocean.

[@aaroniousairlines9949]

No, sharks are there for us to extract stuff out of their brain so we can cure Alzheimers. I saw it in a movie so it must be true

[@DerpDevilDD]

What would be a big unnatural predator?

[@theodoreheacock6406]

Michael jackson

[@bballdude76]

@@aaroniousairlines9949 lol how did that work out for them?

[@aaroniousairlines9949]

@@bballdude76 I think they almost unleashed a super shark in the whole ocean, and almost everybody died, except for Paul Walker & the other dude

[@ZeGermanGirraffe]

Scientists: Do not put great whites in aquariums. Sea World: Bet Scientists: SEAWORLD Sea World: Come See Our New Great White Display

[@ColaFrags]

*dies an hour later*

[@blooms613]

The next day News: There was a shooting in sea world animals where fine but employees weren't Me: HAHAHAH THATS WHAT YOU GET LEAVE THEM ALONE

[@zoen7034]

Bob Robert That's just like saying sharks lives are more valuable than humans and just because they had a great white shark, you get to laugh at them if they get shot..

[@caralaine5986]

Scientists: oh wow so cool! Sea world: uh yah Sharks: breaks tank and eats sea world employees LMAOOO

[@shadowslayer205]

Quartz Jaws meets Jurassic World

[@Porthos240]

My family's numerous trips to Marine World/Africa USA are some of the fondest memories of my childhood. It developed my adoration of Orcas for one thing. Having said that, from the second minute of this clip, I kept on thinking..."umm...leave them alone already? Do you really need to create a 'customized' tank just to bring that beast over?" I can now seriously, more than every, be content with just some online clips with no prospects of ever seeing them "live", if this is what it takes.

[@asshat1607]

and you saw sand tiger sharks.

[@Mad9977]

Sharks and whales don't belong in tiny aquariums

[@JosephBallin320]

They did put them in some of the biggest ones they had

[@emilyleepink6274]

aquariums are wrong all together

[@JosephBallin320]

@@emilyleepink6274 What if an aquarium dedicated it's existence to take in endangered fish to give them better and safer lives, like a retirement home but you're there for life

[@catlady9933]

I dont think any sea creature belongs in aquariums

[@bloodygiot3437]

Well no fish belongs to an aquarium

[@jaymiejimenez7912]

i’m from monterey bay and i remember seeing these great whites whenever i visited. it was really sad though. They swam really slow and away from the other fish.

[@blyssH]

That's unfortunately part of the problem. You can't go see them. It's like loving whales then going to SeaWorld

[@amye1642]

I lived in in that area too and you could see the whales from the trailside cliffs overlooking the ocean. Just incredible

[@retrovibes3498]

I was hoping this video would actually explain why they die

[@onepunchsaiyan3010]

Darth revan stress I guess

[@BATMAN-yl4qv]

He was shy and didn't want to pee his pants so he decided to get outta there!

[@KSOTOXP]

While they didn't say it explicitly, they kind of explained why. Firstly sharks need to be in constant motion in order to breath, so when they are being transported by truck they don't have the oxygen flow they need to survive. Therefore many don't don't make passed transportation. Secondly, since sharks need constant motion in order to live that means sharks need a wide open habitat, something that an aquarium can't really give them. Thirdly sharks move fast, because of this they keep crashing in to walls and hurting themselves. Aquariums just can't keep great white sharks,because they can't recreate the conditions a shark needs to survive.

[@Jusstjay]

Darth revan exactly! I was waiting the whole video for the explanation

[@Rando_Shyte]

The big one in japan probably died by smashing into a wall at high speed, the amount of mass behind its head probably crushed its skull or at least severely wounded it. That's my theory anyway

[@opwave79]

I saw one of those juvenile great white sharks at Monterey Bay Aquarium. I’m glad they no longer try to bring them in. Given what we know of them - that they travel great distances in their lifetime - it makes sense that they can’t adapt to aquarium life. Not even in that vast Open Ocean exhibit at MBA.

[@bakazuki]

Uh... unexpectedly got my heart broken by a youtube recommendation...

[@larsiparsii]

I thought the video was finished when the Vox logo appeared after one minute...

[@timonix2]

I was really close to closing the tab

[@thewoodenbowl9947]

Me too!

[@DarkshadowXD63]

Same

[@spacecadet2827]

what is worse is that hadn't explained WHY they can't be kept and i was writing a comment!!

[@aHondaaa]

haha yaah I was about to rage. Cause Vox usually does some pretty well done and insightful videos, but this one was just gonna end without giving an explanation?!?!

[@frederic9150]

Its almost like these huge majestic creatures isnt meant to be in cages.

[@okc3523]

Carlson smh

[@reactiegever1986]

Carlson aren't *

[@qelip]

Carlson it's almost like u read the top comment lol 😂

[@frederic9150]

Thank you. English is not my native language.

[@miniemikeimouse6720]

ye

[@Willem.1002]

So I came to learn why we can’t keep shark in tanks and still on the end of the video I don’t know why good job👍

[@carolinemanuel5996]

They damage themselves on the walls of the tank, they literally said that. It's death by attrition. It's also probably psychologically damaging to the animal to not be able to roam hundreds of miles through deep water of the open ocean.

[@ToruKurosawa]

They should just leave them be... humans always need to be bothering animals for no good reason

[@straighttalking2090]

You say "they". Why not say 'we'. You're a human.

[@hogz4660]

Straight talking maybe cause he’s not one of the people bothering animals?

[@straighttalking2090]

@@hogz4660 Quite probably, but then he shouldn't have said "humans always".

[@FiniteMan1933]

Money......and we're the human race we can do whatever we want to creatures beneath us I mean a lot of people like cats and dogs right???

[@FiniteMan1933]

@@straighttalking2090 fr

[@whatvlogz]

If I was in captivity I'd lose the will to live too.

[@josiahfalero8499]

I know that this has nothing to do with the video but look up hilltop church on google and watch some of their videos

[@theolav12]

If I was trapped in an aquarium I'd loose the will to live too.. Cus I can't breathe underwater

[@jessehall4733]

+Balzsack mcdouchwad hahahaha gold 😂😂

[@titushickman7592]

+fakeaccount8888 Well sharks arent fish are they?

[@bendervelosoc.r.f8456]

+Titus Hickman yes, they are

[@tnetennba2053]

"we are going to need a bigger tank"

[@___pphh8554]

ppl are so retarded why would they trap these beautiful creatures?? for "education"?? bullshit

[@komradetuniska2003]

Like a KingTiger or an M1 Abrams huehuehue

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

+bdN ^^this

[@In1998able]

a very very big tank

[@heronmyer3780]

for you

[@MitchellWiggs]

i’ll never be convinced that zoos care about anything other than profit

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nothing wrong with that

[@senoow4215]

What isn't?

[@MitchellWiggs]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN there is when you’re injuring and killing animals in the process under the guise of “helping” them

[@isabellehaahr1647]

I think you have to be really careful lumping all zoos together. I used to work at one, and everyone I worked with considered animal well being to be the number one priority, with the number two priority being conservation and all the efforts that are being done to increase wild populations.

[@turalmirzaliev1232]

Many zoos also have breeding programs for all kinds of species, endangered or not, and learn even more about the species during the breeding, and rearing process. All this knowledge and information is shared with visitors, organizations, and other programs alike. There are certainly zoos that do nothing but display animals, but so many have broadened their exhibit goals, and expanded their species scope of responsibility, that each zoo really needs to be judged on it's own merits. Zoos should not be banned because they help endangered species, give people experiences of a life time and they is a hole lot more reasons and I could goon for ages but I won't. So please stay with Zoos should NOT be banned

[@Haiko8]

We don't need bring these animals to us, we need to go them; create an underwater observatory directly in their natural habitat so that we can observe them without obstructing their lives.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

That seems like a good idea. They could even drop food down there sometimes to gather more creatures in busy hours.

[@iblobtouch]

Easier said than done, as mentioned in the video these species love to aimlessly roam around miles of ocean at high speed and never stay in one location for long. So a single location wouldn't see much most of the time, and most people wouldn't be willing to sit in one location staring at boring, unchanging, usually murky open ocean for hours at a time. Best we can hope for is scuba diving under strict supervision and guidance.

[@vule92994]

It exists already

[@violetaura9007]

yes!!+

[@imastud722]

That's a good idea

[@franekskywalker7216]

"We can't seem to stop trying though" GOD! WHY?! Leave them alone, why do you need to do level things for entertainment? :(

[@CulturalOasis]

Is it entertaining though?

[@saif9289]

It’s not for entertainment it’s science 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@user-jo5bj5lt4u]

@@saif9289 " yeah let’s torture an animal for science when we have better things to do "

[@strawberryfox8819]

@@saif9289 Killing an already endangered species in hopes of trapping it in a way too small tank and making it suffer is definitely not for science. It's for profit and it's nothing but cruel.

[@kaizarkthetitan0]

Animals are property

[@abandonthischannel3557]

So basically great white sharks are claustrophobic

[@Packless1]

...indeed...seems they are... :-(

[@pizzaboy1250]

Nawid Bosty they're afraid of Santa Claus?

[@ferniethewerniejaurrieta625]

can't they see from above

[@dumbidot1073]

*LOL*

[@SurrealScotsman]

I think all you need is to have a giant aquarium, like the size of the Atlantic or Pacific oceans & they will be good.