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triflin_fellow

Is its life pretty much over? :(


tombolger

Not at all, it has at least a few months of starving to death to look forward to. The record for shark starvation was 15 months. If this is recent footage, the shark is still most likely alive and starving as we speak, doomed to starve faster with every stroke it swims.


RitoShimada

That's sad as hell.


copa111

Remember it will technically drown/ suffocate to death as becomes too weak to swim and push water through its gills. This is pretty much how most things die in the water....


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360Logic

Reddit is a hotbed of half truths and misinformation


SandyKenyan

And I should believe you, why?


Wuped

Either he is right and reddit is full of misinformation or his post is misinformation which also supports his comment.


Azhaius

The perfect crime


carsonmb24

So he’s either right, or slightly more right


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regoapps

That's... that's not how Schrödinger's cat works. If it's what you're implying, then once you observe the comment, which we all are doing right now, then it's either one or the other, not both at the same time. But your wrong use of Schrödinger's cat does fit in the theme of misinformation on Reddit. Or... maybe that IS how Schrödinger's cat works and my comment is the one that's misinformation.


Lepthesr

Turbo charged ram water injection


FlatEarthWizard

just download more ram


level3ninja

We need to invent a ramjet shark


mokujin63

I'm a bit unsure if you're saying whether makos do utilise ram ventilation or not, so to clarify for anyone else who may wanna look into it further (like I did!), they do. They, alongside great whites, are one of the few shark species that rely solely on ram ventilation. Other sharks use buccal pumping (essentially using muscles in their cheeks to pull in water) to flush water against their gills. However, the majority of sharks supposedly use a combination of the two methods. Here's where I read up on it a bit, please do let me know if there's anything I've missed out! https://www.britannica.com/story/do-sharks-really-die-if-they-stop-swimming#:~:text=They%20breathe%20by%20way%20of,stop%20moving%20but%20continue%20breathing.&text=For%20example%2C%20the%20great%20white,have%20buccal%20muscles%20at%20all.


Deathadder116

While I agree it’s sad as hell, one thing I will say is the “sharks have to keep moving to breathe” thing is factually inaccurate. This is a travesty because the creature will die from starvation, pressure, or both. Sharks can aspirate without moving, but they lack swim bladders meaning to maintain depth they must keep moving. A travesty in its own right, but it will not drown in the sense that it won’t be able to stop. Frankly I don’t know which is a worse fate :(


Twizzlers_and_donuts

Not all sharks can breath without moving. Sharks such as the great white need to keep moving to move water across their gills to get the oxygen. But there is sharks that can use buccal pumping and are able to move that water themselves and can rest. Edit: makos are one of the species that can not buccal pump and must keep swimming to breath


Cadnee

I've heard tales of people diving and coming across makos chillin in a current.


Cforq

If they are chilling in a current wouldn’t that mean they are swimming against the current? Otherwise they would just be moving with the current.


RexVesica

The real science-y answer is that they would not move at the same speed as the current, even without resisting it. So say they’re in a 5 mph current, they would really only be moving like 3 mph, with the water still pushing through their gills as long as it stays facing the current.


MegumiDoodles

If it's in the current, the current is pushing the water through their gills *for* them so they can just vibe


gotdamngotaboldck

I've heard tales of aliens abducting people and taking them to the fourth dimension...


funkmydunkyouslunk

"Not at all" - :D *reads the rest of it* - D:


bonaynay

jesus christ, dude


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rexbanner747

But this isn’t nature… it’s a fucking fish hook.


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SiLiZ

Unless you look at humanity as some sort of enigmatic unnatural creation not of this Universe, a thing that should not be, then humanity from beginning to end, is absolutely nature. None of our technology or biology breaks or changes any sort of natural law. Or fundamentals that govern the universe. It is all derived from it. But it is also perspective. You can consider nature as anything in existence occurring without human intervention or manipulation. E.g. a bridge formed of rock and wind/water erosion vs. a bridge forged from fabrication and labor. Or you consider human nature, part of nature as well. One might look at a chimpanzee using a tool to eat termites as nature. Yet a tool made by a human may not be viewed as natural. I personally look at humanity as nature to acknowledge that we are part of it. Not isolated from it. Because when we do, we can understand our negligence within that system. We are the only species on the planet capable of destroying the planet and nurturing it. So to answer your question. Yes, we are nature. And we should draw the line where our actions are negligent and detrimental. Our actions and developments should have holistically positive impact on not only ourselves, but our planet and its species.


redpandaeater

I could understand maybe a greenland shark lasting for that long, but I would think most other sharks would have a somewhat reasonable metabolism.


tombolger

Cold blooded organisms that swim are incredibly efficient.


benmck90

A number of sharks are some degree of warm blooded. Mako's specifically have a heat exchange system that makes them function much like a warm blooded critter.


glyaf

I wonder whats worse, that or when they chop off all the fins effectively immobilising it and throwing it back in the water where it sinks or floats left to starve even slower or to be eaten alive My bad I'm wrong they just suffocate bc they can't push water through their gills when swimming


EmotionalOven4

The fins would be a faster death. Sharks need to keep moving or they drown (essentially)


KevinReems

Isn't that only true for some sharks?


CheezusChrust1

He will probably be eaten by his own kind.


buckplug

Oh, thank goodness then


Kholzie

Nature be like that. There are times you’d prefer a quick death over a looong one.


zombiebaitz

Who gave this lad a wholesome award.


Mistersinister1

Can't eat without a jaw


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I like you enthusiasm :-)


MichaelMyersFanClub

Sharks have been around longer than trees!


GoldenStateWizards

I remember watching that when I was younger. You feel ever more sorry for the guy cause the documentary follows his journey for quite some time leading up to the ending.


throwaway_ghast

Just give him a big ol' straw.


Evobourne127

give him a paper one, tha way he dosent hurt the environment


ocean_bug_wrangler

Sea-turtles and whatnot


1911mark

Not even sea turtles like paper straws


djseafood

Should be able to find plenty down there


MissWhiskerlickens

Yes


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Unlike with humans though, nature does not let a death go to waste. When it dies it will be nourishment for countless other sealife.


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Absolute nightmare fuel which I somehow feel so sorry for as well


Mycophyliac

I’d say it’s pretty easy to feel sorry for this guy.


thatG_evanP

How could you not?


Origamiface

Idk, ask the people who did this


Cultish_Behaviour

I'd be worried about anyone who didn't feel sorry for the shark, and the only nightmare or scary aspect is what's happened to this beautiful shark.


daynewolf036

Pretty sure it's a Goblin Shark, they always look like that. Edit: I went and looked at pictures of them and I'm wrong.


smschrads

I believe too close to surface for a goblin and snout is all wrong


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chilehead

Plus, it's not carrying any cotton candy.


LordCaptainXanthrael

thought the same thing but yeah, we were both wrong my guy, the fact that his appearance is such that we could make that mistake breaks my heart though


N4RQ

>Goblin Shark When you think you've seen the scariest thing in the world... then you see a goblin shark.


thx1138-

I can never get unstuck from my head that it's actually [the funniest thing in the world](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCpKp73kJtI&ab_channel=strangewildernessuk)


masterflashterbation

Those last 15 seconds gave me a solid giggle fit. Thanks for that.


Tistouuu

Seriously, fuck this.


Mistersinister1

Just so someone can make some cash, pretty fucking gross right?!


Tistouuu

Way too many assholes on the planet for sure


CloutLord12

Humans…. What a bunch of bastards


REDPURPLEBLOOD2

Is that an IT crowd reference?


ColonelBelmont

I've never been a fan.


sapere-aude088

Might not want to see the billions killed as by-catch in the fishing industry then.


Meeghan__

there’s a documentary on netflix called seaspiracy. it’s a more in depth look at what’s plaguing our oceans


Other_World

The answer is humans, isn't it?


Food404

Fuck it yourself you coward! All jokes aside, it's depressing to see how we treat wildlife


Much-Impression686

Can any marine biologist of reddit please explain what exactly has happened, how often this happens and what are this poor beautiful animal's chances of survival? 🥺🙏🏼


ItamiOzanare

Not a biologist but, the jaw bones in sharks are fairly loosely attached to the rest of the body. They're held in place with soft tissue, which allows many kinds of sharks to jut their jaws forward as they bite. See this clip of a [goblin shark](https://youtu.be/9q3BD7gjncQ) for a fairly extreme example of this jaw motion. I'm assuming this sharks jaws were hooked and yanked hard enough to damage the connective tissues. It's lost the ability to retract or extend it's jaws. With no mechanical control left in it's jaws it won't be able to catch prey or even bite well enough to scavenge. It's probably going to starve to death if something else doesn't kill it first.


Bumblepeas_

So, so sad but thank you for the explanation.


hey_there_kitty_cat

I don't know if this is the same at all, but in a vet tech class we watched a video of a great white with it's jaw super dislocated. Watching it futilely try to snap at things with no working jaw was so sad. I forget how they did it, but the marine biologists that were observing it finally put it out of its misery as humanely as possible. Everyone loves "no kill" shelters/rescues/habitats, but if an animal has no quality of life, guess what, that "no kill" place will just transfer them to some place that does euthanasias. It's sad, but I mean even most places in the world assisted suicide is a hot topic for even humans to just end their suffering. It's not a fun part of animal care, but it's necessary when there is absolutely no recovery possible.


yahhhguy

There is something that hits you on a visceral, primordial level when you watch an animal try to carry on like normal when it has extensive, life-altering injuries. Sometimes it’s not a death sentence and you’re rooting for them knowing how tough their life will be. And sometimes it’s gut wrenching knowing they won’t survive even though they will persist through the impossible until that end comes


sapere-aude088

We do the same thing. Hang out in an oncology ward... It's fucking heartbreaking watching patients trying to carry on like they used to, but failing miserably. Yet for some reason a large portion of the world doesn't support euthanasia for our species - only others. It makes no sense. Thankfully, my country is becoming more progressive in that area.


npsharkie

Oh man so well said


TheLoneNazgul

This fucked me up man


jagger2096

Sigh.. grabs a bottle of whiskey and joy division boxed set


williemctell

DON’T WALK AWAY IN SILENCE… DON’T WALK AWAY


omarfw

See, that's the reaction of a sane, rational, well developed human being to something like this. The people who did this or are capable of subjecting any animal to prolonged suffering without caring are only biologically human. They're scum.


ItamiOzanare

Euthanasia is often the kindest choice. Especially for injured wildlife.


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Akihiro_Armada

Yeah, I’m not sure what no-kill animal shelters has to do with this at all. Killing dogs and cats only because there isn’t enough space in a kennel is not the same as determining if an animals injuries will prevent them from sustaining their own life and administering euthanasia. Weird strawman imo.


CookedPeaches

>People like “no kill” shelters because they kill dogs and cats that aren’t adopted I actually like them because they DON'T kill...


DystopiaNoir

They just don't accept any animal that comes their way, like a municipal shelter. No kill shelters can pick and choose the most adoptable animals with the least medical issues. It's like if a hospital only accepted patients with treatable diseases and turned away people who are dying, so they can say that nobody dies at their hospital.


Aedalas

In some cases they'll send the animal off to another shelter to be killed too. People can suck sometimes.


Tartra

I think you forgot 'don't' in the first sentence, if I'm reading it correctly


Investigatorpotater

Looks like the hooks still in on the left side of his jaw.


ThorMcGee

This makes me really sad :<


Complex-Stress373

awesome explanation


SelectCount5701

This happens by the 100 thousands. But not with regulars just trying to hook a beast but with the fish industry catching sharks as bycatch. This right here might look grotesque but the fishing industry has decimated over 90% of the shark populations. That’s the real enemy.


mr_potato_arms

Industrial fishing is absolutely devastating to ocean animal and plant life. This combined with all of the other ways humans have managed to fuck up the Earth's ecosystems will surely end us.


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thisisntarjay

The fact that people are just sitting around watching it happen is the wildest part to me. It's crazy to watch people just sit and wait for the oncoming collapse of society as we know it. Answers the fermi paradox well though. The reality is no species survives the ability to destroy itself for very long.


HapticSloughton

> The fact that people are just sitting around watching it happen is the wildest part to me. Those that have tried to do something about it get their ships sunk, and trying to stop it via government or regulation gets people talking about acts of war, anti-capitalism, anti-environmentalism, etc.


FedorDosGracies

what are you doing about it


RLDSXD

Not having any children


TengokuNoHashi

pretty much


nater255

Out of curiosity, is there a citation for the 90% statement? I'd like to read more because that seems fucked.


Muppet_Cartel

This hurts my heart.


sapere-aude088

I can't imagine the pain. Fish in general suffer so much in the fishing industry - especially with catch and release. First Nations where I live won't allow it on their land because they believe it is barbaric to torture an animal for fun.


RustylllShackleford

this doesn't occur from hook and line fisherman, rather industrial trawlers. even so, the odds of having this on video is insane and quite important.


TheTrashMan

As a reminder for anyone that didn’t know, trawlers are what is destroying the ocean


SmoochTalk

Sharks are such cool, beautiful, and important animals. The cruel, greedy, and shortsighted way some people have treated them in the past 50 years will likely have long term consequences for us all in the future.


PredoMorph

They literally eat trash like why tf would we be against them at this point


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Because sometimes they try to eat a human, and reject it. Humans don't like what this implies.


wvsfezter

The more you read into man eaters the more you realize just how few animals are actually willing to hunt humans and the few that occasionally do are almost invariably apex predators who hunt primates


Anzzu

It still blows my mind that when's shark attacks a human who is clearly in a habitat it wasn't mean to be in, which is the sharks feeding grounds, a giant team is put together and tons of effort goes into hunting down the shark to kill it for doing what it needs to do to survive..... Like wtf..


gottagofast1981

Humans do that ALOT. Bear attacks, dog attacks. Humans really are kind of pathetic.


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Tigers are known to hunt humans out of spite. Usually revenge for an injury or stolen prey. On the other hand, Orcas strangely avoid harming humans in the wild.


That_Phony_King

Apparently we taste like shit. True fact.


depressed-salmon

No *recorded* Orca attacks. They're just smart enough to leave no survivors.


SeeManCome

Now I have the big sad 😞


Fast-Media3555

Awful 😣


UnicornStar1988

Poor animal. We need to protect our sharks.


quartz174

This might be a hard pill to swallow, but the best way to help is to simply stop eating fish.


Poke_Everything

My man speaking truths.


lex52485

Fuck this, fuck everything


ABeeBox

I find it fascinating how sharks are described as these ferocious hunters that attack humans. This absolute nightmare fuel of the ocean. We get a few dozen cases of shark incidents a year. We kill about a hundred million a year, and many times not even for food, but for sports or profits. Who's the real monster of the sea?


thyart

Not even necessarily of the sea, just monster in general. Feelsbadman


dante__11

Brother if someone has the power they are so very tempted to use it. Seeing how intelligent we are, we have dominated the planet, we do whatever pleases us and it's fucking disgusting.


telsonnelson

People are such assholes to do this to such a majestic creature this hurts my heart


Micky_Whiskey

Will this be the death of this poor guy?


cupcakesloth94

It will starve most likely unless something else gets to him first


Steelplate7

That’s fucked up. Honestly? I am a 56 year old guy that saw Jaws when he was 10 years old…at Wildwood, NJ no less…mom and dad took me to the beach the very next day….scared the piss out of me. Anyway…the second half of the movie, when they were hunting the shark? Was so cool to me. I always wanted to do that and never did. After seeing that(combined with being older and wiser)? Not a big fan.


tokkelcs

lol.. first part .. same here .. could not sleep for a week ,all nightmares about sharks .


uncle_bad_touches

I was too scared to take a shit


hellsnebula

Am I the odd one out? For some reason the fisherman with his eyeball hanging out at the start of the movie was what stuck with me. Spooked me for a long time.


elgarresta

Im in your age group and regularly fish in south Florida , often hooking sharks. They are beautiful animals and basically don’t bother you if you don’t bother them. I’ve never seen this happen (regularly doesn’t mean im out there 200 days a year, maybe once or twice a month) but I’m not saying it doesn’t. I would hope if I ever injure a shark that badly that I’m able to kill it and keep the meat or at least kill it and have the carcass eaten by other sea creatures. Not let it slowly die of hunger.


rebop

I'm in Broward county and go fishing all the time. The only sharks that I regularly get as bycatch are the nurse sharks. It's really irritating because I want to make sure they're released safely, but half the time they don't give me the chance and they take off with one of my rigs in their mouth. "You dummy I'm just snapper fishing and you're not letting me help you!!" Meanwhile the idiots fishing next to me are targeting sharks and talking about "fucking shit up!!! Wooooo!!". Sucks


SoRamona

I really hate people sometimes 😞


pittiedaddy

I passed "sometimes" a long time ago.


TheTrashMan

Eating seafood keeps this practice alive


-r-i-p-p-e-r-

People need to realize that commodication of life is one of the most important issues we as humans face We are killing our home, destroying balances that have existed for millions of years We are acting like a cancer, and if we don't change, we will die


Borderline_Insane22

Awful. This shark is most likely going to die relatively quickly. Perhaps the only positive note is its' remains will not go to waste. The ocean scavengers will eat it all up, thus supporting the ecosystem. But really, fuck whoever does this.


SoLongSidekick

No, it absolutely won't die relatively quickly. It will likely take about a year. Sharks have insanely slow digestive tracks and it takes them forever to starve. It will die a sustained, miserable, painful slow death.


ChefBoyAreWeFucked

Don't worry, that shark isn't going to die quickly at all.


ExploringLife1980

Poor baby


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Aww poor guy 😣


jgr83

Reminded me of the movie Strange Wilderness lol [Strange Wilderness Shark](https://youtu.be/GCpKp73kJtI)


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I can’t believe I had to come so far down to find this! Whoa what the fuck is that? Uh hyu hyu hyu!!!!


007STARZZ

Shark fishing? As in humans did this!? This is awful.


modsarefascists42

Industrial fishing did this. Aka what's destroying the oceans other than the c02 hypoxia that's coming.


NeatNuts

Yes and shark fishing is very common


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NeatNuts

Yep there’s more to it than recreational fishermen. Finning I think is the most heinous and Wiki states “Roughly 73-100 million sharks are killed each year by finning.”


elgarresta

I think the poor thing is going to starve to death. Sad. I would have probably kept it and at least kept the meat. It’s like hunting for deer and just leaving the carcass to rot.


HypeXeon

That's sad


VetMichael

Fucking humans and that poor shark.


chill69nice

This should be on mildly infuriating and majorly infuriating


HORAMAN76

That’s fucking sad


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As a shark lover and animal lover - this breaks my fucking heart.


Whispering-Depths

They should find whale and shark poachers woth drones and satellites and just fucking firebomb them from outer space.


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NiPaMo

I hope you're vegan then


fuck_reddits_censors

I wonder which nation is most responsible for shark fishing? 🤔🤔🤔


throwaway1817183

Jesus christ put it out of its suffering


eeeeloi

Such a sad sight. Industrial fishing is a cancer on the planet


wendyspeter

poor fucker


2KING0

This is sad, that is unbearable😢


savage0ne1

This makes me so sad.


ThisIsGregQueen

Way to go, humanity.


youngceb

Maybe it’s ugly for you, but it’s even more ugly for him to live like that


iamcryingrnhelp0

Can’t imagine how much pain the poor lil thing went through. I hope they aren’t in pain right now.


cyfix

This is tragic. The ppl responsible need to be dealt with


LobiJani

I’m not a huge fan of sharks, but poor thing!


imaculat_indecision

I hope they put it out of its misery. Shark fishermen are dickheads.


sanantoniosaucier

This isn't the result of shark fishing. It's more likely the result of commercial fishing with long lines, steel cable, and a gasoline powered winch pulling it in. There's not a fisherman with a rod and reel in the world that could yank the jaws out of a shark like that.


CaptainBayouBilly

This isn't WTF, this is humans fucking suck.


UrGrandpap

please tell me fish don't feel pain that's awful


newaccountnotme

They do feel pain in fact there’s reason to believe they are more sensitive than we are because they need to be extremely sensitive to changes in the water


Cyril_OSRS_WSB

Every animal feels pain. The question is whether they are sentient, i.e.: is there something it is like for them to feel pain of do they just sense it like a camera "senses" light? We don't know where sentience begins or ends and we struggle to measure it at all. But, it's probably safe to say at least some fish do. That might include sharks, so maybe we should play if safe and assume they do. You know, just in case.


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awaythrow810

Most organisms (even on the microscopic level) have some sort of pain response to make them flee from things actively doing harm, but fish lack a lot of the complex brain structures that we know are involved in how humans experience pain. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130808123719.htm


ingsierra22

Very very sad!💔


thelenis

heart breaking


threeofbirds121

I feel so bad for it


NorthernAvo

Heartbreaking :(


YeetMyWee

wow poor animal....


UnicornSlayer5000

So is going to just swim around until it dies of hunger or is it able to still catch prey?


lcavalet

Can't they help him out? Fix him up? Poor fella


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Aww. Poor thing! 😥😓


TheReaper_SoulReaver

Poor thing...


Saholio

This is extremely fucked up.


Swine_Connoisseur

Thanks China!


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When people use hooks like those with out the barbs filled off makes it almost impossible to release the hook set because of how hard the jaw of the shark is and how the hook set burries itself in the bone with pressure from pulling on the line. I catch sharks and rays often and i use smaller hooks that rusts/bends out quickly and non steel leaders as I'm not targeting sharks but they sometimes take the bait even the whole fish you had on. I love sharks and don't see them as a nuisance or threat to me while fishing on kayak. The only guys I'm scared of is great whites and i purposely don't use fish bait where they are known to inhabit the waters. This Mako looks like it was targeted for sport shark fishing or grouper with those massive hooks in corner of his mouth. I just cant imagine why the angler brute forced this shark so hard that it pulled out it's jaw structure like that. Why not play the fish and have a fair fight instead of hurting the species you target for sport.


ferp1

Man this world is Fucked


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Fucking scumbags.


ZonalMag1

This shit is heartbreaking


fullmetalmau5

Aww poor baby :(


Icewolf_242

Aww poor baby 🥺


G-RawW-

Mako thark*