/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
Related Subreddits:
/r/seacreatureporn (SFW)
/r/sharksporn (SFW)
Resources:
/r/sharks
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Is this the right species classification
Is this a Bull Shark or a Tiger? Stop me and my mate arguing
09:13 UTC
What type of shark is this?
In Cairns and found this abandoned fishing net, anyone know what type of shark it is?
04:28 UTC
Made this in a neon class
Just one of many shark art pieces I have made (I’m definitely not obsessed)
23:52 UTC
Without a doubt one of the games I loved most in my childhood
16:45 UTC
Great White Shark Penny is on the Move!
14:37 UTC
Saddest looking shark contest??
What shark do you guys think looks the saddest?
11:02 UTC
Kinda true ngl…
18:47 UTC
Shark sizes
There seems to be many different answers to this question but give me your thoughts on this topic! I know that the great hammerheads, GWs and a tiger can reach up to 20ft ish with gws being the heaviest of those course but what would the upper estimates for sharks like Bull sharks, Oceanic whitetips, Makos, the three Sleepers or sixgills be in regards of their length and weight?
18:34 UTC
Up close with a large great white shark
16:25 UTC
I made a video about Zebra Sharks!
I’d love to get some feedback, I’m new to this whole editing thing but wanna work towards educating the populous about threatened species.
13:54 UTC
Was I attacked by a shark?
Hello, I know the title is funny. If a person was attacked by a shark, he would know that, right? An incident I experienced years ago stuck in my mind. The presence of great whites in the Mediterranean is well known. On the Turkish coast, especially in the Edremit Gulf, juvenile great whites have been caught in fishing nets many times (I don't know why this region is not the subject of international research). In the days when a juvenile was caught alive (I have attached the video), something grabbed my leg and pulled it down while returning to the shore from the artificial reefs (about 800 meters off the shore). When I reflexively shook my leg and turned around, I saw a very large fish skin on the water for a very short time. I didn't see a dorsal fin. I don't remember how I swam that distance in fear. There were only very small scratches on my leg. I did not feel any pain and there was no bleeding. Is it possible for a shark to bite without cutting or bleeding? I remember reading something about sharks being able to sink their teeth into their palate.
A study about great whites in Edremit Gulf: https://blackmeditjournal.org/volumes-archive/vol-26-2020/exploring-a-possible-nursery-ground-of-white-shark-carcharodon-carcharias-in-edremit-bay-northeastern-aegean-sea-turkey/
09:27 UTC
I drew this shark. What do you all think?
02:35 UTC
Think someone wanted something like this
02:09 UTC
Survey for parents/caregivers to children aged 2-12 - looking at what children know about sharks
Hi everyone,
I am a scientist from Australia + I am looking for participants, around the world, for some new research I am doing.
Are you the parent/caregiver of a child aged 2-12 years? If so, we kindly invite you to participate in our short online survey about sharks. We are interested in what children know about sharks, so this survey involves you completing a couple of questions about sharks, and then asking your children some questions about sharks. You will then be asked to write what your children say or what they do (e.g. if they use hand gestures).
LINK TO SURVEY:
https://research.unisa.edu.au/redcap/surveys/?s=XYPHMNMKFEJR7H4P
Please also feel free to send to any one you know who might be interested.
The survey takes approximately ten minutes per child to complete, if you have more than one child aged between 2-12 they can all participate.
This study has received ethics approval from the University of South Australia (#206267). If you have any queries, please contact the lead researcher: Brianna.lebusque@unisa.edu.au
00:18 UTC
So true
20:14 UTC
Relatable
20:13 UTC