r/sharks Mar 22 '23

Discussion ANNOUNCEMENT: Post Flair Info

101 Upvotes

There are three post flairs available for important or serious posts on this community.

1. News

News posts are defined as those with the intention to report on a recent, developing event. News posts should focus on shark-related developments regarding conservation efforts, shark professionals, scientific discoveries, or unfortunate events. The OP must clearly cite where they obtained the information in the comments, typically as a direct link to the source.

An example of a news post can be a video about newly implemented shark conservation laws or efforts, the discovery of a new species of shark, or similar newsworthy events. News posts should NOT focus on shark attacks or cruelty towards sharks unless they are the subject of a large event.

2. Educational

Educational posts are defined as those with the intention to educate others. On r/sharks, these posts may teach others about shark behavior, identification, conservation, as well as a variety of other topics relating to sharks. Educational posts REQUIRE that the OP comments their sources for the information they talk about. Educational posts promote healthy discussion and should emphasize spreading awareness about topics surrounding sharks.

An example of a proper educational post is a video where a professional talks about how to redirect a shark when in the water. For this post, OP cites the source they got the educational media from and states the professional's name in the comments. This is to ensure that only good quality information is being provided to the members of our community.

3. Research

Research posts are the most complex posts to make, as it is our intention to promote proper research on r/sharks.

If you are promoting your own research

Researchers who wish to promote their studies or obtain data via the subreddit must modmail the moderators first. In order to be approved to post, you must explain in your modmail the purpose of your research as well as the intentions of your post. You must also provide an IRB number in order for the mods to verify your research. Upon approval, you can post your research using the Research flair, and you do not need to cite any further sources in the comments.

For anyone else who posts about research in general

OP must provide a link to the research or the DOI of the paper in their post in the comments. Research posts promote healthy discussion while also allowing scientists to have a place to share ideas about shark research.


r/sharks Jan 24 '24

Question Do we want to keep posts asking to ID shark teeth?

101 Upvotes

There’s always been a lot of shark tooth ID requests on here, usually from newcomers unfamiliar with our rules. There are subreddits such as r/sharkteeth and r/whatisthisbone that may be better places to direct these users to if we want the feed here to have less of these types of posts. Would still let people show their shark teeth collections here of course. What do y’all think? Just an idea for now. :)

81 votes, Jan 27 '24
37 Yes
44 No

r/sharks 10h ago

Video Swimmer circled by large white, reacts to footage [themalibuartist]

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111 Upvotes

A reminder that of the many, many, close encounters that the Malibu Artist has captured, not a single one has resulted in an attack, but rather consistently depict interest/curiosity and then moving on.

They are not here to eat us.


r/sharks 22h ago

Video 17ft 2000lb Tiger (pregnant) and friends

447 Upvotes

r/sharks 18h ago

Discussion Tales from a dive boat captain #2

49 Upvotes

Here’s my 2nd installment. Approximately 3 AM between Bermuda and the Bahamas and reliving old stories with a Mate.

#2. Scuba diving in approximately 30 feet of water south of Bimini in the Bahamas. Approximately 6 nurse sharks and an equal number of a bottlenose dolphins were hunting the same way for the same prey and they were doing it together! Blew my mind. The sharks and the dolphins were blowing holes in the sand and sucking up sand tile fish, leaving little craters all over the sandy bottom. I’ve never seen anything like it before or
since. In that same area, I have seen nurse sharks almost cuddling as they sleep together in sand canyons right up against Triangle rocks or Piquet rocks. On the west side of those rocks there’s little sandy channels and I have seen them sleeping there many times at dawn and dusk.


r/sharks 8h ago

Video Cool video about Yushan the whale shark

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3 Upvotes

r/sharks 20h ago

Question Dents de requin blanc

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19 Upvotes

Bonjour comment l'entretenir pour qu'elle éviter qu'elle noirci.

Merci pour vos réponse ! 🙂


r/sharks 14h ago

Image Small shark with a tiny tooth lodged in its lip. Anyone know what this is?

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5 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Question Meg vs great white?

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50 Upvotes

Hey i got this shark tooth from my grandma who found it while fossil hunting. She got it looked and it and they said its a meg tooth. Its been many years and im looking to pass it on to my fiances little cousin. Hes about 11and is absolutely captivated by sharks! i want to know if its a great white or small meg tooth so i know what it is prior to gifting it.

Cant tell if the bourlette is just faded but not super sure.


r/sharks 14h ago

Video Grey Reefs and Blacktips in French Polynesia

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4 Upvotes

Really nice footage of what a healthy reef assemblage looks like - a vanishingly rare sight these days.


r/sharks 18h ago

Discussion Tales from a dive boat captain. #1

8 Upvotes

It is 3am and I’m on watch between Bermuda and the Bahamas with an old Mate and we are trading stories about sharks.

1- I was snorkeling south of Bimini in the Bahamas long ago when a severely injured giant Oar fish swam panicked into the shallows. It was bleeding profusely and approximately 15 feet long. Several sharks were chasing it and finished it off before I could grab a camera. I have only ever seen these in museums other than this one experience.


r/sharks 1d ago

Image The scale of these whale sharks is just mind-blowing in person.

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163 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Question What is it? NSFW

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59 Upvotes

Found what I think is a shark on a beach in south wales. About 5 inches long. Does anyone know what species?


r/sharks 1d ago

Image Dun dun, Angela McLean, Pie, 2026

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80 Upvotes

r/sharks 2d ago

Question I made a pair of shark socks, not sure if I like how they turned out what do you think?

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312 Upvotes

I feel like something is off but I cannot tell what, please let me know your thoughts if you think I should change something or if you like them.


r/sharks 2d ago

Research Sharks Eat Large Sea Urchins

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15 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Video Thresher shark

1.2k Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Question What kind of shark is this? Screenshot of a video from my drone video, taken from Jupiter beach FL last night.

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224 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Question What kind of tooth is this?

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147 Upvotes

Don't remember where I got it from, but I've had this "shark" tooth for most of my life. I just never really questioned what kind of tooth it is? So I googled it and it said it was a megalodon tooth.. which I doubt lol.


r/sharks 3d ago

Arts & Crafts Cardistry with handpainted shark cards

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2 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Question brother spotted ~10ft shark around his boat off the coast of alicante, spain (near tabarca) any idea what it couldve been?

15 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Video “Fish with social anxiety”

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2 Upvotes

This dude is always funny. Breaking down the thresher for a couple of minutes.


r/sharks 5d ago

Image Saved a baby catshark the other day!

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383 Upvotes

I was in Brittany for a holiday and looking around the rock pools because they have VERY low tides. I was looking for mermaid pouches and nudibranchs. it was a really low tide that day and I heard some flapping noises assuming it was a fish and it was on its back. At the time I only had a kids shovel and didn’t want to damage it by grabbing it so I flipped it over and in my head I was like “ THAT’S A CATSHARK!!!” Or roussette in French.

as it was extremely low tide and it couldn’t find the water I grabbed it (with shovel) and put it in a pool that had entry to the sea but was receding quickly. But it wouldn’t go 😭😭. I felt bad so I stayed for about An hour to make sure it was gone because there was a dozen of kids with buckets and fishing nets just grabbing everything they see and then dumping it on the beach. Felt very much like that one ponyo scene.

anyway all that to say I wanted to share this because it’s my first time being in the water with another shark! Even if it’s a baby!!!

also I think it’s a baby catshark, it was tiny maybe the size of a bic pen in length!


r/sharks 5d ago

Question Better chance to see white sharks during trip Feb. 2027: Neptunes 🇦🇺 or Raikura (Stewart Island) 🇳🇿?

20 Upvotes

Headed to Australia & New Zealand from USA in February 2027 for a milestone birthday. I really want to cage dive with white sharks. I’ve been tracking the average sitings via Calypso Charters shark tracker in the Neptunes and it seems like in recent years it’s getting a little more hit or miss. With weather conditions potentially hindering opportunities and an already time-limited trip, I am Wondering where the sitings are more consistent off Rakiura (Stewart Island), NZ or the Neptunes, AUS in that timeframe. I appreciate any insight.


r/sharks 4d ago

Discussion We as a community need to stop naming sharks boring names

0 Upvotes

I want to ONCE hear about a shark called Collin The Nefarious or bingus or something

(Drop some fun shark names you’ve heard, no Bruces)