/r/sharks
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.
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
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Got my shark art hanged up
02:11 UTC
What was your first underwater encounter with a shark?
I’d love to know everyone’s stories!
Mine was with a school of around 20 scalloped hammerheads. Pure magic. Probably the best moment I’ve experienced in this lifetime so far. They were just beyond majestic to watch as they calmly swam by.
23:36 UTC
Curious...
I've been seeing so many shark diving videos where the diver just casually pushes away a tiger shark when it's coming towards them. Do they not charge? I would be so scared they would go full speed and assault you!!!???
18:25 UTC
My “little” shark tattoo.
This was the start of a seascape sleeve. My guy at HaveHope in Rochester, NY really hooked me up.
15:53 UTC
Sharks by Michael Muller
Does anybody own this? What are your thoughts? Is it worth the investment? I would love a beautiful coffee table book filled with shark images but the reviews are quite mixed. Thanks! 🦈
02:02 UTC
We Just Discovered a Tenth Hammerhead Shark! (Clint's Reptiles)
One of my absolute favourite YouTube channels just dropped a banger of a new video about hammerheads. If you've never checked out Clint's Reptiles before I highly recommend you give him a watch!
13:21 UTC
How do yall id sharks so easily?
I see some posts asking for a shark id and EVERYONE ids it correctly. Like, how do you know so much shark species?? Best I can do is id a VEERY specific shonk :[
09:34 UTC
Best shark books to read?
Currently reading Emperors of the Deep and enjoying it! Preferably a book that is full of facts, not ones that are demonising them ☺️ TIA 🦈
00:23 UTC
My little Tiger Shark
09:26 UTC
Dive into the Devonian of Morocco
Morocco is home to some of the richest fossil assemblages in the world. On this podcast I am joined by Switzerland-based Paleontologist Christian Klug to guide us through the weird and wonderful ancient waters of the Devonian. Come join us and learn about the obscure ancient chondrichthyans and placoderms that called Morocco home!
19:00 UTC
Cage diving souvenir
I got this done at Mantra Tattoo by Dave Spencer in Port Lincoln, South Australia after my recent cage diving trip.
15:30 UTC
I’ll always respect Yao Ming for doing this PSA against shark fin soup
17:58 UTC
just found out great white sharks throw temper tantrums.
they're essentially called repetitive aerial gaping or RAG. It's a behavior they do when they're stressed/frustrated after not catching pray. they kinda swim in the surface with their mouse wide open as they move erratically on their backs, pretty much like a kid throwing a fit. it's though they do this to control they frustration and not taking it off on other Great White Sharks. pretty funny tbh 🦈 (sorry for any grammar mistakes, my first language is Spanish, not English)
02:44 UTC
What kind of shark is this? Seen on a cruise in Caribbean
00:50 UTC
Sand tiger sharks look so cute i wanna hug it
22:45 UTC
Boop
16:33 UTC
What shark is this? (Antalya, Turkey)
From tail it looks like thresher but not sure. Location : Antalya, Turkey.
08:13 UTC
Any recommendations?
I made a shark out of cardboard, but I don’t know what shark I should use to paint it. What shark does the build look similar to?
21:24 UTC
Great White Sharks Eat a Dolphin but Refuse to Eat a Sealion?
19:16 UTC
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