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Sharks are amazing, important, and often misunderstood animals. We welcome enthusiasts, experts, and curious minds to dive in and explore the fascinating world of sharks!

Sharks

A place for selachimorphaphiles to share discussion, experience, questions, photos, videos, research, original content, artwork, articles, and fashion. Pretty much anything relevant so long as it abides by our few rules.

Sharks should be appreciated, understood, and respected. Not feared, disregarded, and poached to extinction.

Shark Facts:

  • Sharks belong to the class Chondrichthyes meaning they have skeletons made of cartilage. Contrary to popular myths they do get cancer.

  • There are more than 470 species of sharks split across thirteen orders, including four orders of sharks that have gone extinct

  • Fossil records indicate that ancestors of modern sharks existed over ~420 million years ago, making them older than Dinosaurs! (~240 million years ago)

  • If you're incredibly lucky 1 in 11.5 million are the odds of a shark attack, and 1 in 264.1 million to die by a shark. In a lifetime, you are more likely to die from fireworks, lightning, drowning, a car accident, stroke, or heart disease.

  • For every human killed by a shark, humans kill approximately two million sharks.


Citations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Rules

  • DO NOT submit posts or comments that PROMOTE or ADVERTISE the following:
  • Shark fishing, culling, or poaching
  • Photos that exhibit sharks in unnatural environments.
  • An extinct species (Megaladon) is extant

Related Subreddits:

/r/awwducational

/r/conservation

/r/fossilid

/r/lifeaquatic

/r/marinebiology

/r/oceans

/r/OceanLife

/r/scuba

/r/Shark_Attacks

/r/seacreatureporn (SFW)

/r/sharksporn (SFW)

/r/species

/r/whales

/r/WhaleSharks

Resources:

Keys to Shark identification

Identifying Shark Teeth

International Shark Attack File 2014

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is this a shark?

8 Comments
2024/11/16
16:09 UTC

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Warning signs posted after after 8-10-foot Tiger Shark was spotted at Nanakuli Beach Park

Warning signs have been posted after an 8 to 10-foot Tiger Shark was spotted three yards from the shore at Nanakuli Beach Park on Friday afternoon, Nov. 15, 2024.

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2024/11/16
16:04 UTC

164

What shark are you? I’m a Port jackson

43 Comments
2024/11/15
21:42 UTC

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It’s Frilled Shark Friday!!!!!🥳🦈

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2024/11/15
12:06 UTC

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Found this..thought it was cool

32 Comments
2024/11/15
08:54 UTC

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What are your favorite diving stories to tell people?

9 Comments
2024/11/15
03:26 UTC

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I love these lol🥰

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2024/11/15
03:22 UTC

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Cutie patootie :3

16 Comments
2024/11/15
03:11 UTC

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Does anyone have any recommendations for podcasts about sharks?

Thanks so much!!

9 Comments
2024/11/14
14:59 UTC

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Some sharks I drew a few weeks ago

8 Comments
2024/11/14
10:11 UTC

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Shark teeth

Hi! I live in Australia and for a while I've wanted a shark tooth necklace but idk where to get one thats real? A lot of places online look fake and I don't want a fake one. Would anyone know where or would my best bet be the beach and find one there? I also wanna see if I could get a thresher shark tooth if possible! Thanks!!!!!

0 Comments
2024/11/14
05:45 UTC

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Guys we need to talk about Wingheads more(they’re so cool and yet I never hear anything about them)

14 Comments
2024/11/14
02:40 UTC

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Fun fact for Winghead Wednesday: Winghead sharks are the only creatures in their genus.

12 Comments
2024/11/13
23:24 UTC

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What an absolute beaut ❤️

24 Comments
2024/11/12
15:28 UTC

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We love Lil Timmy sm🥰

11 Comments
2024/11/12
03:10 UTC

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Two cartilagenous fish and a primate

A drawing of a Helicoprion and a large great white with a person for scale, despite what some sources say, helicoprion and it's relatives were not sharks, but are more closely related to rat fish than true sharks

2 Comments
2024/11/11
22:43 UTC

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Behold, yet ANOTHER megalodon and livyatan drawing

Since i got my hands on the new art supplies, ofc i had to re re REMAKE these two animals

Otodus megalodon

Livyatan melvillei

Homo sapiens (aquaticus), not a real sub species, lol, need to clear that up incase someone actually thinks its real

2 Comments
2024/11/11
16:48 UTC

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ACTUALLY ME

19 Comments
2024/11/11
14:43 UTC

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Why do great whites have the most recorded attacks when tiger and bull sharks are more aggressive?

I always hear people, either in real life or in videos online, talking about how tiger/bull sharks are more aggressive and therefore more dangerous than great whites. Why is this the case even though great whites have the most recorded attacks? Do great whites simply have a broader range of where they live and therefore more chances for attacks to occur? Or are they actually more aggressive than the other two species?

2 Comments
2024/11/11
10:12 UTC

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saw this on google maps

do you guys think its just a shadow/ ocean stuff or a shark?

spotted on one of the islands surrounding fiji

3 Comments
2024/11/11
09:13 UTC

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I asked GPT the following: Orcas hunt and kill a whale. A megalodon is attracted to the hunting scene by the blood in the water. What happens?

It answered: Orcas, the apex predators of their time, have orchestrated a coordinated attack on a massive baleen whale. Their sophisticated hunting techniques and tight-knit social bonds are on full display as they encircle their colossal prey. With calculated precision, they strike repeatedly, exploiting the whale’s vulnerabilities. The water churns with the tumult of the struggle, and finally, the whale succumbs.

But the orcas’ triumph is short-lived. From the abyssal depths, a new challenger is drawn by the scent of blood—the megalodon. This colossal shark, the largest ever to have existed, emerges like a shadow from the deep. Measuring up to 60 feet in length, its immense jaws house rows of serrated teeth, each the size of a human hand.

The orcas sense the looming threat. Their clicks and whistles intensify as they communicate the impending danger. While formidable in their own right, they are no match for the sheer size and power of the megalodon. In a rare display of deference, the orcas retreat, ceding their hard-earned meal to the ancient leviathan.

The megalodon claims the carcass, its massive form dominating the seascape. It tears into the whale with unmatched ferocity, consuming vast chunks with each bite. Smaller scavengers gather at the periphery, hoping to seize remnants left behind. This is the relentless cycle of the ocean—a constant contest for survival where even the greatest hunters can become the hunted.

What are your thoughts?

5 Comments
2024/11/10
15:47 UTC

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Three marine predators (and an aquatic ape)

I finally got my hands on some better quality coloring pens and thicker completely white paper

Animals from top to bottom

Human (Homo sapiens) obviously

Orca or killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Otodus obliquus

Temnodontosaurus (species not specified)

9 Comments
2024/11/10
15:44 UTC

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