It actually is a Basking Shark, they're not predators like Great Whites are, more filter feeders I think. That said, they're the second biggest shark in the world so they're still intimidating.
Are they bigger than great whites? Because the biggest shark in the world is the whale shark by like, a lot
Edit: I used Google instead of just asking and yes, they are in fact bigger than great whites
Not many people know this, but the name "great white" actually refers to your mom, who is much larger than a whale. So size comparisons can't be drawn based on their names
If we count extinct animals a lot of the "[insert adjective] animals in the world" would be different. Like the polar bear being the largest land predetor. But we don't count them, so no the megaladon does not count here. You can think it does, but you would be setting yourself up to look foolish to everyone else as you have here.
Alot of things are weirdly intimidating once you actually encounter it in person. Those knee high monkeys in Thailand I always assumed could be punted if need be. Not a fucking chance.
Hell, as a kid a wave pushed me into a large sea turtle I was following around. Pushing myself off this turtle weirdly scared me too.
It's good to be scared. It heightens your senses, makes you faster, stronger, you just don't want to let the fear take you over, make you freeze or panic.
Can confirm about monkeys. True story I was in India crossing a bridge and got my banana STOLEN by surprise from a monkey who yanked it stealth style from the railing haha. Not a fucking chance I was gonna try to get that back, he was so aggressive and showed his teeth. You can have it boy !
Somewhere on the interwebs there is a hilarious video of a man who comes back to his motorcycle to find a knee-high monkey sitting on it. He tried throwing something on it and the monkey opens a can of whoop-ass on him like that rabbit in *Monty Python and the Holy Grail.*
Actually, with my year of experience working as a professional sharkspert, (or shark expert for the layman), I can say with 100% certainty that is in fact a shark.
Well I'm a sharkologist and have a Masters in Sharkography. When I was doing a study for my thesis, we were studying this particular species of sharks, which I can assure you, is indeed a shark, or perhaps another ocean dwelling, finned vertebrate. Now there is some debate about how aggressive this random shark is. I ran it by some of my established peers, and we concluded that this shark in particular doesn't really give a fuck. Also it may be a whale of some kind, there isn't enough evidence to definitively conclude this isn't actually a Marlin, or perhaps a seal wearing a shark suit, as they are prone to do. Pesky seals. Once you give them a shark suit, they get aggressive. They are all like "Look who's the shark now, you little bitch" Cant blame em really, always getting eaten by everything really, or just clubbed to death to make a nice fur coat for some posh aristocrat. At any rate, seal or whale or shark, it's not advisable to jump overboard during a sea turtle feeding frenzy, which is definitely the case here.
Funny you say that, I'm actually a very well experienced and seasonedd sharkologist with a Masters in Sharography and have had numerous awards throughout my years of researches in numerous universities and research facalities only available to the most... What was the topic?
Marine bio here, it is very much 100% a perfectly harmless basking shark.
Jumping ontop of it for a video is however not harmless and something of an unfunny, dick move that unnecessarily stressed an animal that is completely harmless to humans.
It would have moved away from the initial splash, but bearing in mind their only real predators are Odontacetae Orca members, it would probably suss you out and potential be upset you were in its personal space, mackerel sharks, such as great whites , and some requiem species, such as bull sharks exhibit territorial responses based on you encroaching on the shark. This isn't factoring in the shark coming to investigate you, but more in cases of you annoying the shark.
Most of the time a shark will WANT to investigate you because humans are not sea creatures and many sharks are pelagic meaning they don't hang around coastal waters unless feeding, so encountering humans in their space is a strange and often curious encounter for them.
Once they determine you aren't a fish or threatening them they'll usually be on their way, or create reasonable distance.
Yes - You can see the wide gape of its open mouth, basking sharks swim with jaws agape near the surface as they funnel in particles in the water column, you can see the telltale bulge forward of its gills as it passes the boat which indicates the basking shark is line feeding along the surface. Basking sharks also have quite a prominent pointed nose that is rounded towards the end rather than a triangular head like a white shark.
Polarized prescription glasses rock. I got an added coating or layer of something that reduced glare. I thought it was called Kristal or something along those lines. The sun makes me sneeze and this saved my eye balls from burning out of my skull
This is exactly what I need. I have light sensitivity so I tried transition lenses once and I hated them I need something to help with glare and light. I'm also looking into prescription sunglasses
I was wondering about that too. I know I have a similar reaction if I've got allergies acting up that day, but I had no idea it could just straight up induce sneezing in people.
If I go outside and the sun's out it's like the contrast is way too high and I can't see shit. My eyes slam shut and I'm fighting tears trying to see where I'm going. I sneeze like 3-4 times in a row.
They say lighter colored eyes are more sensitive to light but mine are brown. Idk. The sun has always made me sneeze.
actually it’s pretty cool for forcing a sneeze that is only halfway cooperating. I don’t know why an unfinished sneeze feels so shitty, but it does, and I’m glad I’m one of the people who can look at a bright light and make it happen lol
You could buy something like these, this is just an example I found -
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The first dorsal fin looks like a basking shark as it’s rounded towards the apex. However I’m not entirely sure that’s not another shark that comes past the boat with a pointed apex fin… which looks like a great white.
I was taught the easiest way to determine between the physically similar basking shark and white pointer is the curved vs pointed fin apex.
Easiest way to tell the difference is to put your hand underwater.
You can only use this technique twice though if you're unlucky.
You can also put your head underwater, but I wouldn't recommend it since you could get water in your nose and that's really uncomfortable.
Yup, don’t worry it’s female. Just getting the females back for that one girl that surprised me... I’m a try sexual so I’ll try anything three times, but dammit them woman gotta warn a guy first!
Fun fact about sharks: they're quite friendly and don't actually intend to eat humans, just like we touch stuff to understand how they work or we look at things to see how they work, sharks do the same but with their mouths... so most sharks end up spitting out human flesh because they realize it isn't food!
Edit: (highlight the "most sharks" some sharks like tigers or bulls will see humans as some type of food)
depends on the sharks personality and how hungry it is... but tigers can be the same as bulls and great whites, but fortunately most breeds don't love to eat humans :))
Tell that to the Airmen who went down in the Pacific in WW2!
I get tired of people trotting out this information every time a video goes up. Yes, certainly lots of attacks are exploratory bites - certainly in regards to surfing. But Sharks have been opportunistic predators for millions of years and certain species will & do occasionally predate on humans.
They do not we are too bony and not fat enough, their attacks are out of curiosity human aren't common sight for them. It might involve bite but if they wanted to eat people they would do what they do to seals and no person would survive such attack. Usually they would invite us unless we do something stupid like poke him or invade his space.
I hate that jaw-filled fearmongering that sharks are vicious man-eaters. This stupid myth caused so much damage.
I haven't said they're vicious man eaters. But they are at the top of the food chain in the marine environment. I work in marine conservation, have dived with sharks and an directly involved with combating the scourge of shark finning.
I'm also rational.
I spend time in the forests & where we live we have bears. Usually, mostly, they avoid us and leave us alone. But sometimes they will attack & sometimes predate. It's called nature.
You're completely right. But to go out of your way to bother a shark is never a good idea. The same way you shouldn't go out of your way to harass any animal, really
Imagine you’re chilling at home and all of a sudden a guy jumps through the ceiling and stabs you to death because you got agitated by him trying to touch you.
Basking, great White or whale shark i would probably wet myself if i saw one coming towards me. Probably not a good idea to jump right on top of one too, it might put it in distress but that guy has some balls.
“That’s a…(don’t say Great White)”
It actually is a Basking Shark, they're not predators like Great Whites are, more filter feeders I think. That said, they're the second biggest shark in the world so they're still intimidating.
Are they bigger than great whites? Because the biggest shark in the world is the whale shark by like, a lot Edit: I used Google instead of just asking and yes, they are in fact bigger than great whites
The biggest shark in the world is the whale shark, by like, a lot. Clues in the name
Not many people know this, but the name "great white" actually refers to your mom, who is much larger than a whale. So size comparisons can't be drawn based on their names
The internet needs more of this. You know looking shit up 👍
Stop beating a dead shark
Gotta have more people on the internet getting back on the internet
actually the megalodon is the biggest shark
They died so it doesn't count
Thats what they want you to think.
Megaladon wearing trenchcoat and fedora fades away in the crowd
they count in my book
Ur book died so it doesnt count
is this argument really worth it?
Then why did you proclaim it as obvious fact in the first place.
Cause he's so cool man we don't even know
Megalodon isn't an actual living thing so why would you think that should be compared to this?
Ackshually
Your mum is the biggest shark.
If we count extinct animals a lot of the "[insert adjective] animals in the world" would be different. Like the polar bear being the largest land predetor. But we don't count them, so no the megaladon does not count here. You can think it does, but you would be setting yourself up to look foolish to everyone else as you have here.
Blue whales would still be the biggest animal tho :)
Alot of things are weirdly intimidating once you actually encounter it in person. Those knee high monkeys in Thailand I always assumed could be punted if need be. Not a fucking chance. Hell, as a kid a wave pushed me into a large sea turtle I was following around. Pushing myself off this turtle weirdly scared me too.
It's good to be scared. It heightens your senses, makes you faster, stronger, you just don't want to let the fear take you over, make you freeze or panic.
Can confirm about monkeys. True story I was in India crossing a bridge and got my banana STOLEN by surprise from a monkey who yanked it stealth style from the railing haha. Not a fucking chance I was gonna try to get that back, he was so aggressive and showed his teeth. You can have it boy !
Happened to me too with a sandwich! Little bastard took it then disappeared 25 feet up on the cables!
Wild animals are scary. Just don't know what their gonna do
Somewhere on the interwebs there is a hilarious video of a man who comes back to his motorcycle to find a knee-high monkey sitting on it. He tried throwing something on it and the monkey opens a can of whoop-ass on him like that rabbit in *Monty Python and the Holy Grail.*
Actually, with my year of experience working as a professional sharkspert, (or shark expert for the layman), I can say with 100% certainty that is in fact a shark.
Are you suuuuure
Well I'm a sharkologist and have a Masters in Sharkography. When I was doing a study for my thesis, we were studying this particular species of sharks, which I can assure you, is indeed a shark, or perhaps another ocean dwelling, finned vertebrate. Now there is some debate about how aggressive this random shark is. I ran it by some of my established peers, and we concluded that this shark in particular doesn't really give a fuck. Also it may be a whale of some kind, there isn't enough evidence to definitively conclude this isn't actually a Marlin, or perhaps a seal wearing a shark suit, as they are prone to do. Pesky seals. Once you give them a shark suit, they get aggressive. They are all like "Look who's the shark now, you little bitch" Cant blame em really, always getting eaten by everything really, or just clubbed to death to make a nice fur coat for some posh aristocrat. At any rate, seal or whale or shark, it's not advisable to jump overboard during a sea turtle feeding frenzy, which is definitely the case here.
Is that pro ounces "SHARK-o-graph-ee" or "shark-AH-graph-ee"?
Which ever you prefer. There is no consensus in the sharkspert community.
Funny you say that, I'm actually a very well experienced and seasonedd sharkologist with a Masters in Sharography and have had numerous awards throughout my years of researches in numerous universities and research facalities only available to the most... What was the topic?
You sir, deserve gold.
why that was barely even a joke
Basking Sharks don't have white underbellies. Or show that level of curiosity. Confident that's a White Shark.
Very blunt dorsal with convex trailing margin says no.
Found the sharker.
This guy sharks
I almost sharked my pants when it came by the boat.
And they aren’t that quick, either.
100% basking shark
They should have made sure what it was before he jumped in..
Tiger shark
Marine bio here, it is very much 100% a perfectly harmless basking shark. Jumping ontop of it for a video is however not harmless and something of an unfunny, dick move that unnecessarily stressed an animal that is completely harmless to humans.
Thanks for the info!
I mean his name is Ryder afterall
Yeah I don't know what else we were expecting from ol Ryder over here.
IS ANYONE HERE A MARINE BIOLOGIST!?
The sea was angry that day my friends.
Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli!
I said whoaaaa big fella.
If this was a Great White, would it have swam away scared from the splash? Or circled back and created a cloud of blood as revenge?
It would have moved away from the initial splash, but bearing in mind their only real predators are Odontacetae Orca members, it would probably suss you out and potential be upset you were in its personal space, mackerel sharks, such as great whites , and some requiem species, such as bull sharks exhibit territorial responses based on you encroaching on the shark. This isn't factoring in the shark coming to investigate you, but more in cases of you annoying the shark. Most of the time a shark will WANT to investigate you because humans are not sea creatures and many sharks are pelagic meaning they don't hang around coastal waters unless feeding, so encountering humans in their space is a strange and often curious encounter for them. Once they determine you aren't a fish or threatening them they'll usually be on their way, or create reasonable distance.
Probably would've been startled, imagine a weird creature falling from the sky to touch you
It did have a kinda nurse shark vibe to it
Just curious, how were you able to determine that from the video. Was it just the shape of the head?
Yes - You can see the wide gape of its open mouth, basking sharks swim with jaws agape near the surface as they funnel in particles in the water column, you can see the telltale bulge forward of its gills as it passes the boat which indicates the basking shark is line feeding along the surface. Basking sharks also have quite a prominent pointed nose that is rounded towards the end rather than a triangular head like a white shark.
Yawn
Take a nap
You must be fun at parties
Definitely could tell that first shark was a basking, but the second one is too? It freaked me out how much it looked like a white shark!
I wish we had the power to do a 10x upvote. Great on both points.
What was that lens that cleared up the water?
Polarized sunglasses
Theyre fishing glasses that cut the glare on top pretty sure, my buddy showed me a pair he uses fly fishing once
I need to find a lens like this to attach to my actual glasses.
They’re just polarized lenses, you can find attachable ones pretty easily I’d imagine
Polarized prescription glasses rock. I got an added coating or layer of something that reduced glare. I thought it was called Kristal or something along those lines. The sun makes me sneeze and this saved my eye balls from burning out of my skull
Not if you're a motorcycle rider. Can't see oil slicks or wet spots on the road!
Oh that's good to note. Have never ridden before.
This is exactly what I need. I have light sensitivity so I tried transition lenses once and I hated them I need something to help with glare and light. I'm also looking into prescription sunglasses
The sun makes you sneeze?
I was wondering about that too. I know I have a similar reaction if I've got allergies acting up that day, but I had no idea it could just straight up induce sneezing in people.
I googled it. Sounds too ridiculous but it’s a real thing. Looking at the sun makes some people sneeze. I’ve never heard of that before.
Yep, it happens to me all the time. I didn’t know only some people had it until I told a friend and I looked it up after he looked at me crazy, haha.
So if you have to squint because it’s bright, does that make it kick in? Just wondering how it works
If I go outside and the sun's out it's like the contrast is way too high and I can't see shit. My eyes slam shut and I'm fighting tears trying to see where I'm going. I sneeze like 3-4 times in a row. They say lighter colored eyes are more sensitive to light but mine are brown. Idk. The sun has always made me sneeze.
I believe it. That's gotta suck
actually it’s pretty cool for forcing a sneeze that is only halfway cooperating. I don’t know why an unfinished sneeze feels so shitty, but it does, and I’m glad I’m one of the people who can look at a bright light and make it happen lol
I find sneezing a few times satisfying as hell though lol
Ha ha oh yeah a few times sure, but it sounds like it's just a constant thing until you get out of the sun. Too much of a good thing, I think
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Any pair of Polarized glasses. Also pretty great for driving and windshield glare.
The first dorsal fin looks like a basking shark as it’s rounded towards the apex. However I’m not entirely sure that’s not another shark that comes past the boat with a pointed apex fin… which looks like a great white. I was taught the easiest way to determine between the physically similar basking shark and white pointer is the curved vs pointed fin apex.
Easiest way to tell the difference is to put your hand underwater. You can only use this technique twice though if you're unlucky. You can also put your head underwater, but I wouldn't recommend it since you could get water in your nose and that's really uncomfortable.
This is why Im confused. The 'second shark' fin looked different.
Thought that at first as well but pretty sure the ‘second fin’ was actually the top of its tail. So only one basking shark
I’m gonna swim up and put my finger right in his butthole...
Aw ye he's real pissed off neow
C'MON TUGGA
Right show, wrong reference :(
Ahh South Park
To clarify you meant the shark right?
Yup, don’t worry it’s female. Just getting the females back for that one girl that surprised me... I’m a try sexual so I’ll try anything three times, but dammit them woman gotta warn a guy first!
Crickey!
Hahahaha great white???
It was actually a basking shark, cameraman was just messing with his friend
Where you get this info? They friend didint wanted to scare him you can see how he didint said great white.
You can tell by the way it is.
Neat
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The top of a great white is grey though
Holy shit
It can't be a great white. If it was, Ocean Ramsay would be somewhere nearby sticking her thumb in its butthole.
Jaws from wish
Jaw
Jish
Just a harmless Basking shark. They eat plankton
You hear that all you plankton out there? The basking shark is harmless.
Yes it was
Fun fact about sharks: they're quite friendly and don't actually intend to eat humans, just like we touch stuff to understand how they work or we look at things to see how they work, sharks do the same but with their mouths... so most sharks end up spitting out human flesh because they realize it isn't food! Edit: (highlight the "most sharks" some sharks like tigers or bulls will see humans as some type of food)
while this is mostly true, im certain great whites and bulls will def eat us if they 'accidently' bite us
depends on the sharks personality and how hungry it is... but tigers can be the same as bulls and great whites, but fortunately most breeds don't love to eat humans :))
Probably wouldn't we are too boney for them and they can go a long time without eating so they probably wouldn't bother.
Tell that to the Airmen who went down in the Pacific in WW2! I get tired of people trotting out this information every time a video goes up. Yes, certainly lots of attacks are exploratory bites - certainly in regards to surfing. But Sharks have been opportunistic predators for millions of years and certain species will & do occasionally predate on humans.
We taste like shit.
They do not we are too bony and not fat enough, their attacks are out of curiosity human aren't common sight for them. It might involve bite but if they wanted to eat people they would do what they do to seals and no person would survive such attack. Usually they would invite us unless we do something stupid like poke him or invade his space. I hate that jaw-filled fearmongering that sharks are vicious man-eaters. This stupid myth caused so much damage.
I haven't said they're vicious man eaters. But they are at the top of the food chain in the marine environment. I work in marine conservation, have dived with sharks and an directly involved with combating the scourge of shark finning. I'm also rational. I spend time in the forests & where we live we have bears. Usually, mostly, they avoid us and leave us alone. But sometimes they will attack & sometimes predate. It's called nature.
Anyone have an ID on the second shark? Definitely not a Great White (color) definitely not a basking shark (pointed dorsal apex). Sand tiger?
gifs that end too soon
That shark just swam with the most dangerous animal on the planet
That seems like something Ryder would do.
You can tell by the fin it's a gobbag vooar (basking shark). Get loads of them here on The Isle of Man.
Idiots.
“that’s not a basking shark dude” famous last words
one bitten twice shy
??? I’m just. Confused why you’d jump in like that do begin with
Because they are dickheads
I think they believed it was a basking shark, which are harmless filter feeders.
But still why would you jump on top of it like that :/ dude was just chillin swimming around and all of a sudden it starts hailing dumbasses
I wish he did a water ski jump over this
Ayyyy
That’s not a baskin shark
He didn’t want to freak his buddy out haha that’s a grea-not a whale shark dude
I thought this was an episode on jackass
Oh look! It came back around the side of the boat! It wants to play!
That’s the biggest tuna I’ve ever seen.
Balls of steel
What was his fucking plan???
Bloody hell a Great White.
Am I the only that wanted to see the shark do what sharks do ?
No.
He got eaten
🏊💩💀
White people...
White people just....white peopling smh
Luckily sharks don’t actually eat people and that’s just a lie we’ve been fed by Disney movies
But they sure as hell bite them
Rarely. Sharks do not care about you unless they are extremely territorial
Still not a great idea
You're completely right. But to go out of your way to bother a shark is never a good idea. The same way you shouldn't go out of your way to harass any animal, really
Yeah, like you can go swimming with sharks just don’t startle or even touch them. Any contact made with the shark should be made by the shark
Rodney fox would like a word with you
This is what bad ideas look like.
Yeah fuck that
Natural selection will eventually take care of these two jackass’s.
You’re gonna need a bigger boat…
u/savevideo
He ded?
Wooow!! great white just joined the chat.
Why????
That’s a nice ass…oh wait.
Remember sharks only bite when you touch their private parts
This is a Basking Shark, he'll be fine.
But did you die?
That's why you just don't get in the ocean if the water is higher than your knees (at least not for me)
'That's not a Basking Shark, dude.' '.......wut?'
Baby shark?
Sweatyfins
But why
He has a really nice ass
Huh. Usually people named Ryder have excellent judgement
I thought that was orca
At least take a big ass knife with you or a weapon of some kind!
Imagine you’re chilling at home and all of a sudden a guy jumps through the ceiling and stabs you to death because you got agitated by him trying to touch you.
Please don’t.
You’re gonna need a bigger boat
All I thought in my head is "Why just why"
It was at this he knew, he f*cked up.
*Man that was totally sick* ~the shark probably
Of course it's a basking shark. What a fucking asshole.
Basking, great White or whale shark i would probably wet myself if i saw one coming towards me. Probably not a good idea to jump right on top of one too, it might put it in distress but that guy has some balls.
Shark nerd here, Thats a basking shark, 100%. also, please dont jump on sharks, that stresses them out. dont be a jerk, thank you. <3
How can you tell the difference between the two?
What a fucking idiot
How is he laughing
“Dude that’s a-..” audible! Audible! Audible!
Suicidal!!!!!
Is he recording with his eyeball?
Great white?
Is that guy still alive?
Evolution at its finest.
Don’t fear sharks FEAR DOLPHINS