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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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Hay all! I was wondering what kind of shark this is... it probably told me on a sigh but I forgot lol
23:39 UTC
what is this
found this in clearwater beach in FL and wondering if this is some kind of tooth from a shark or smtg
20:20 UTC
The absurdity of shark nets
20:05 UTC
Sharks jumping to sound: What made the sound?
Back around 2005 I went diving with a tour operator off the SE coast of Australia. We went down around 30m and watched as grey nurse sharks circled us which was absolutely magnificent.
However, there was an incredible sound: very much like a gun shot. All the sharks jumped, we all jumped and the dive master watched us all and concluded all should carry on.
When we got to the surface, he told us that he believed that one shark bumped into another and gave a warning sound by whipping its tale so fast to create that sound. I just always told the story and never really understood or questioned it until now but…
What do you think caused the sound?
07:34 UTC
Free diving with Galapagos sharks north shore Oahu
April 14 2024
05:45 UTC
Quick shark sketch I did this morning. Hope you enjoy
16:41 UTC
Be Sure to Head Over and Check Out My YouTube Channel @DivingWithTally. My Complete Diving Highlights form my August to the Maldives is Now Posted. Tell Everyone.
13:39 UTC
Pointer in Twilight beach, Esperance
Love looking for sharks with my drone. Really eery how it just disappears under the silt as the wave breaks.
09:51 UTC
been watching some shark tied content and upset at media that portrays them as evil :(
In the educational context btw, not the fictional context. They're just lil guys, they don't know that humans are not food. They need to eat and they mistake us as seals or other prey. They're just lil creatures....
(Also as a documentary rec, Sharks At Ghost Island is good! Treats them very respectful and the basis is them trying to figure out if Great Issac is a migrating shark hot spot)
05:19 UTC
WHITE POINTER - Meet Bloody Mary
03:58 UTC
Tooth my bf found on the coast of North Carolina today
21:01 UTC
Rare megamouth shark found in east Africa for the first time
17:26 UTC
Shark!
23:53 UTC
what type of shark is this?
hi i’m just wondering what breed of shark please
16:43 UTC
is there a specific name for what this is called??
i've seen this little "thing" on the tail fins in lots of shark images but i can't seem to find what it is called. can someone please help?? thanks
14:09 UTC
Under The Sea ft some creepy ass sharks
13:52 UTC
For those that use your drone at the beach, how often do you see sharks swimming around people?
I wasn't sure if this should go in a drone sub or here.
There are so many videos showing sharks swimming near people in the ocean.
I grew up around the beach and realize that sharks are all over the ocean.
For those that use your drone at the beach do you see sharks near people in the water every time or just some of the times?
05:54 UTC
06:37 UTC
Squatina californica, the Pacific Angelshark II, OC
04:22 UTC
Higher predation rate?
Is there any data that’s been compiled of sharks that are more likely to consume victims in an attack? For instance, for every 100 attacks X amount have involved predation/consumption? I’m assuming it’s either Tiger or more likely, White sharks, but curious if anyone has thoughts?
12:40 UTC
Fossil teeth on eBay
Hi all I'm tryin to find some fossil teeth to make a small collection, I already bought some directly in Aquariums or flea market (not sure if this is the correct word) and now I want to find new ones from different species on the Internet.
I've seen various reddit posts about wich website people should use and apparently eBay would be my best option.
The thing is that, despite the fact that I know how a tooth look like, how can I be sure that I will not be scammed.
I've found some cheap ones but most of them are selled by "private" user and I really don't know what to think, I can't even tell what would be the correct price (approximately).
So here I am, not asking to expertise what I found, but to know some "methods" that would help me every time I see a post for a tooth.
Anyway, thanks for your help guys :)
09:24 UTC
South Africa's Missing Sharks Have Been Found
08:28 UTC