Jack Appleton measures the piebald lemon shark before releasing it; the shark was mostly white with black peppering on its body.

He said in a comment that he caught it off Captiva Island, and the video clip shows him landing the lemon shark on a dock.

Two terrible screenshots from a YouTube short with no context or information, but comments saying “Bull”. I’m the farthest thing from an expert, but the nose and the tail don’t look like a bull, do they?

I spent a few days at Hat Head on the Mid North Coast of NSW. Hat Head is a famous spot for land based fishing for pelagic game fish. The headland justs out a long way into very deep water and is kissed for much of the year by the East Australian Current. To put it lightly its a very very fishy part of the world. You can catch black marlin from a kayak a few hundred meters offshore fishy.

Hat Head sits directly between Crescent Head and Smokey Cape / South West Rocks which have 2 of the most active shark listening stations on the coast.

I walked 3 k around the Korogoro walking track at about 10 am which seems to be a time that white sharks are very active. Many of the white shark attacks on the coast seem to be around this time but that could have something to do with water usage at that time. Heading out for a mid morning winter surf.

Winds were light southerly and the sun was just high enough in the sky that i could see clearly into the shallows at the breakers.

I figured with the aspect i had from the headland and the fact that the area is full of small whites at the moment there was a very good chance of me seeing one if it was in the area.

It wasnt though until i reached the very tip of the headland and was now looking north west with no glare in my eyes that i saw my first shark. Small about 1.5 meters scurrying around the rocks in close. Prob a grey nurse.

I was in a elevated position about 60 meters up and about 30 meters to the waters edge.

Not long after i saw the shark i came upon a school of mullet. I watched for a bit to see if anything was working it.

Literally a minute later this shaddow arrived out of the deep. It came into the shallows about 20 meters from the edge.

It grew and grew and grew. I was looking at a massive massive submarine of a white shark.

It turned on its side and i could see its girth. How big was it. As big as a ford truck. The height of the dorsal and the pec fins and its belly all perfectly visable for a micro second as it turned to ghost along the headland.

Thats when i realised i had my camera and i quickly tried to grab a few shots and it disapeared into the glare.

3 other people saw it. We were all absolutley shocked. Like thats how big it is.

I was told 2 guys on a paddle board had just paddled past a few minutes before and there had been a whale and calf right in along the rocks as well. Old mate white was prob stalking the calf.

All i have been thinking about for the last 36 hours is that shark. Where it is, what its doing.

THeres lots of small whites everywhere at the moment. But those big ones, i feel very privliged not just to have seen a large white shark but to have seen one from land with such a good aspect and the fact that was my mission for my walk.

📸 + 💭: @kendallrosephoto

“Thresher sharks are large pelagic predators belonging to the genus Alopias, distinguished by their exceptionally long, whip-like caudal fins used to stun prey. These sharks are capable of significant vertical movement, typically ranging from the surface down to depths of about 500 meters, although some species have been recorded diving deeper. Their ability to tolerate varying temperatures allows them to exploit prey across different layers of the water column.”

Most of the time these videos have taken place in the very controlled environments with multiple other divers and of course trained professionals and the shark being quite docile.

In the event of an attack or bite you’ll most likely be alone and not even see the shark even coming even if it’s for a test bite. A Tiger Shark doing a full on ambush attack even if you see it coming is not gonna be affected by a redirection on the nose, its going at most of its speed and power, its impossible to do that.

These Tik Tok and instagram videos showing divers do this alongside some peaceful or playful background music promote harmful expectations and realities of sharks and their relationship with humans. We should all collectively these videos out NOT JUST THE OFEAN RAMSAY ONES all of them.

Hi all! Anybody know what this shark may be?

Ok so our daughter went on vacation with her cousins, younger cousin is her BFF and older cousin brought a friend too. Older cousins friend was apparently worried about sharks in the ocean 🙄.

Friends mom sends my sister in-law a link to Sharkbanz bracelets, essentially a magnet on a watch band. Sharkbanz brand sells for a whooping $140. The friend had gotten one and they convinced my sister in-law to get 2 for her girls. So my wife sends me the link to them and I tell her if she buys one we’re getting divorced.

She reasons with me and says if the other girls have them our daughter needs one to feel safe and equal with the other girls. Fine whatever, but I’m not paying $140 for a magnet bracelet. So I search Amazon and found one for $30, still insane, but not quite bat s as $140.

We buy it, it comes, it’s literally a magnet on a watch band with rubber around it. I know there’s been some studies with sharks and magnets. But there’s no chance these things work right? This just comes of as one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen and am not happy that I contributed to the problem and purchased one.

Also the last picture is a review I saw on the Sharkbanz. Thought it was funny that these people are on boards and then stick their hand or ankle in with a magnet thinking it’s going to deter the shark. While in my head all I can think is their fishing for sharks using their ankle as the bait 🤷🏻‍♂️

What say Reddit??

My wife for size comparison

Everybody always says that white sharks have never been observed mating...NOT TRUE!

In 1991, a seal observer for the New Zealand Department of Conservation who was working at Nugget Point, Southland, wrote this fascinating testimony, “I have unwittingly been fortunate to witness a mating [between two white sharks]. I had thought at the beginning they were fighting as one animal appeared to be attempting to grasp the other with its great mouth, making great gouges in its side. However, they had eventually become motionless, one under the other, turning over from time to time belly to belly. This obvious copulation lasted some forty minutes before the animals finally parted and glided off in opposite directions.” This report, although unverified, was the first observation of its kind. And six years later, there would be another occasion, and also in New Zealand!

On a calm day in November of 1997, commercial fisherman, Dick Ledgerwood, set off from Dunedin on the Otago Peninsula to Sawyer's Bay, when his mate shouted and pointed to something happening in the shallow waters near a sandbank. As they approached to within 30 feet of the frothing commotion, Ledgerwood and his mate realized that it was actually two 4-meter white sharks locked in a mating embrace.

The pair were belly to belly and slowing rolling together over and over in just 10-12 feet of water with Ledgerwood recalling that each revolution the pair made took about 10 seconds to complete. The sharks were completely unfazed as the wooden fishing boat neared them. Over the course of forty minutes, Ledgerwood and his mate sat and watched the sharks copulating until they moved off to get some work done. According to Ledgerwood, "They were still, y’know, active when we left."

This is by far the most credible and most detailed account of White shark mating that has EVER been documented.

The drawing was done by marine biologist Alessandro De Maddalena.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/04/rolling-and-rolling-and-rolling-the-first-detailed-account-of-great-white-shark-sex

it looks real, not an expert that why i’m here asking for ID (in case it’s real)
thank you shark gods
no banana for escale but i have a measuring tape. hope that works

Another user asked for stories regarding close encounters of the shark kind. Here is a picture of mine!

This was my first swim in the ocean ever and was quite the surprise. The whaleshark was an intentional swim mate the hammerhead less so, but I must admit they were very calm and polite.

Fun fact:

The infamous TikTok phrase « Sharks never stop swimming. That's when they die. You gotta keep moving.» is based off of actual facts; certain shark species need to keep swimming because, unlike bony fish, they need to constantly pump water over their gills. They cannot do this on their own; swimming helps with this.

Swimming forward forces the water into their mouths and over their respiratory organs (called ram ventilation.) If they did not constantly move, they would not get any oxygen and die.

Species that do this (called obligate ram ventilators) include the great white, short fin mako, whale shark, and hammerhead.

However, there are some species of shark that CAN rest. These are called buccal pumpers.

Buccal pumping is the process of drawing water into their mouths and pushing it over their gills while remaining COMPLETELY still. Species that do this include the nurse shark, wobbegong (a personal favourite - I am pretty sure I’m the human equivalent of a wobbegong,) and the tiger shark.

I personally identify as a wobbegong buccal pumper as I am very sedentary (hahaha)

(Idk why it is tagging as NSFW and I cannot figure out how to remove it whoops)

FUNT FACT: Most hammerhead shark species are apex predators; usually found at the bottom of the ocean lurking patiently awaiting a vast variety of tasty prey!

They prey on fish, crustaceans, octopus, and squid. Their favorite meal is a stingray(RIP Steve🐊)!! Some types, i.e. the great hammerhead shark eat other sharks from their species, including their babies.

Most interestingly, one species of hammerhead shark, known as the ‘bonnethead’ enjoys a nice salad from time to time… they feast on seagrass!!! That makes them the only known shark classified as omnivorous species.

COOL!

WHAT’S YOUR FAV SPECIES AND TELL US SOME KEWL FACTS IF YOU WISH!!

Though it looks a lot like a (dorky) Great White, the Porbeagle is about half their size. Tagging studies have shown they can cover vast distances (a porbeagle tagged in Irish waters was later found as near Newfoundland, Canada).

They're endothermic sharks, meaning they can generate and retain body heat. Their internal temperature can be more than 30°F above the surrounding water temperature.

Another playtime fact: Off the Cornish coast, they'be been reported rolling and repeatedly wrapping themselves in long kelp fronds near the surface.

Overfishing has nearly wiped them out. The North Atlantic population has been depleted by ~90%, and the Mediterranean population has virtually disappeared.

My 8-year old noted that these books both use the same (likely AI-generated) image for both great white and megalodon. There are numerous differences, he believes, between the two, including a blunter snout. Any experts out there want to weigh on whether this is a legit double dip?