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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.
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/seacreatureporn (SFW)
/r/sharksporn (SFW)
Resources:
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🔥 Shark feeding on Sardines (Sardine Run - South Africa)
19:11 UTC
Please identify.
Caught from a beach in Sarasota FL 11/20/23 Short fight, hook removed, safety released. Was thinking Bull shark.
08:37 UTC
Help with ID
My father in law caught this shark (and safely released it) while fishing from the beach near Naples, FL (gulf side) and I was hoping this group could help identify it. We are debating between a spinner and a bull shark, but I figured I would go to the experts for help.
03:18 UTC
Once I did saw a giant Bull shark in Galapagos
For context I did saw from a pier and a tour guide follow the large fins that everybody could see and it was a large 13 foot Bull shark harassing a group of Sea Lions
18:42 UTC
Shark off Palm Beach coast video link below
17:06 UTC
For Giving Tuesday 2023 let's help some sharks in need and support the organizations that research and protect them! (Photo by Chris Fallows)
09:01 UTC
Lemon sharks
What are your favorite facts or knowledge about lemon sharks?
05:06 UTC
Sharks in lakes
Since bull sharks are known to travel some rivers what would happen if you put some sharks in a lake?
23:52 UTC
Found this tooth, im struggling to find out what kind of shark it is from
19:48 UTC
Marine Life Monday
08:08 UTC
Any cool shark games?
Hey, I have been looking for games with friendly sharks and all I have found is Abzu. Do any of you know a game where I can vibe with my sharkie friendos in peace without them being demonized?
05:48 UTC
Anyone knows the details of the shark accident in Bahamas?
Heard that there was a fatal incident on Tuesday involving a diver . Anyone knows any other details?
04:53 UTC
Basking Shark / Spotted these gentle giants offshore in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, this summer. They were magical ✨
09:54 UTC
Found this guy swimming around in a walmart, any name ideas?
07:47 UTC
Can somebody identify this shark
it was caught in the gulf mexico (Madeira Beach Florida) there were no black markings anywhere on its body
sidenote the education tag is for myself mostly lol
20:49 UTC
Nurse shark slurping down an octopus
12:34 UTC
have you ever read Shark Wars series and what do you think of it?
I like the shark fiction series, Shark Wars. It is about a young megalondon shark named Gray teamed up with other sharks and fought against many enemies. I love it.
09:24 UTC
tagging of Deep Blue
04:54 UTC
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