/r/sharks
Sharks are misunderstood creatures - often portrayed as terrifying and dangerous they are not - here we appreciate sharks and value their place in our oceans.
We do not tolerate cruelty to sharks and will delete any posts encouraging touching animals in their native environments.
We respect that the ocean is their world - we are just tourists. There are also very few shark attacks globally - way less than you would think.
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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This female bull shark was probably wounded by a male bull shark attempting to mate with her. 27 days later it was almost healed
22:49 UTC
Where can I go to swim with sharks
I'm looking for a good place near Arkansas that would allow me to swim with sharks (preferably in the wild, but it don't matter) I love sharks and would love to learn about them in the real world by swimming with them
19:05 UTC
Bruce the Great white shark (not from finding Nemo)
18:45 UTC
Tiger doing tiger things
18:28 UTC
Whale sharks gulping down a cloud of small shrimp, with a squadron of manta rays looming below
16:22 UTC
Eddie is alive and well Fahlo trackers.
Too the folks who reached out who also track Eddie she was pinged off Andros Islands East Middle side on April 22, 2023. She is not the undortunate Hammerhead found in Alabama beached.
10:06 UTC
Is this fishing?
Saw this photo at a restaurant during a birthday dinner. Is this shark fishing?
03:22 UTC
Would you still consider the great white to be an apex predator
I’ve been wondering and wanting to know other people’s opinions on whether you would still consider the white shark an apex predator
02:00 UTC
Thought this community may like..shark tattoo!
23:50 UTC
Thresher shark tattoo freshly done.
19:27 UTC
Remember when the Internet was attacked by sharks
19:17 UTC
Nurse shark at Big Majors Anchorage located in Exhumas Bahamas
11:49 UTC
What shark is this?
found on the coast of Western Australia just past Mandurah
05:49 UTC
MARINE/SHARK BIOLOGISTS, I NEED YOUR HELP (gore warning, dissected shark)
CALLING ALL MARINE BIOLOGIST FAMILIAR WITH SHARK BIOLOGY
I’m a marine biology student, and we did a dissection on a dead blue shark that washed up on the beach. It was male, and we had this organ. The teacher wasn’t quite sure what it was and she settled on it being a kidney or spleen. does anyone know what it is because i did some digging and no spleen or kidney in a blue shark online looked anything like this
04:22 UTC
Sharks are not landfill appropriate waste according to San Mateo Recology
04:07 UTC
Beachgoers in Cape Cod band together to get this great white back in the water
23:59 UTC
What the Hell is lodged in this mako shark's Gill slit? My guess is coke can?
23:45 UTC
What species of shark is this?
Saw this shark when waiting in a drive through earlier today, thought I’d share with some shark enthusiasts.
22:49 UTC
Nat the Shark Girl and Great Hammerheads
21:33 UTC
Found this posted on Facebook. Noticed what looked to me like a prolapse near the cloaca (not sure if that is a term used for sharks). Wondering if that’s normal or harmful to the shark. For reference the shark was netted on to a pier in southern North Carolina
02:31 UTC
Saw this shark while snorkeling and took a picture with my phone, ID would be awesome.
20:11 UTC
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