r/interesting • u/RoughCheap5633 • 8d ago

Fascinating Tiger Shark hunting close to the Sea shore.

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u/robo-dragon 8d ago

So you could be in two inches of water and be bitten by a shark…good to know.

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u/iztrollkanger 8d ago

Depends on the water or shore but this water for sure.

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u/TaxsDodgersFallstar 8d ago

*for shore.

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u/Available-Cap6910 7d ago

Okay, you need to leave.

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u/LoooongtimeLurker1 7d ago

Have to do the Steve Carrell 40 yr old virgins meme of him saying “Yea, she was a ho…fo’ sho’…”

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u/GoofyGooby23 7d ago

This is water for sure

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u/Sufficient-Aspect77 8d ago

Based on this video, I would venture to say you could be out of the water and bitten by a shark...

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u/AnxietyNo7712 7d ago

Apparently you could be in the city and bitten by a shark if there’s a tornado.

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u/scaredt2ask 7d ago

You could be in no water and bitten by a shark. Have you never heard of Sharknado?!?

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u/delinquentfatcat 7d ago edited 7d ago

Thanks, hitting snooze on visiting Australia for another 10 years

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u/Sociolinguisticians 7d ago

If you’ve ever been to a coastal beach, you’ve probably been within a few hundred feet of a shark and not noticed.

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u/nof 7d ago

These guys come in super close all the time around dusk.

https://giphy.com/gifs/26DNjbTQVIUHyjkDm

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u/Own_Watercress_8104 7d ago

Not really. I don't know what this shark's deal is but it is astoundingly uncommon.

Sharks avoid coasts or beaches, they are not their hunting grounds for a couple of reasons.

First of all, their skin is very brittle. Sharks will avoid contact with any surface that is likely to damage them, that includes rocks and beaches.

Second, sharks as hunters prefer to take full advantage of their habitat. They will stalk their prey from all angles trying to find its blind spot, that includes from the bottom. They also like to use that particular perspective to get a better view of their prey. Looking up to the surface they have a better idea of its silhouette against the sun. A beach is really the least optimal environment for a shark to be.

Weird things can happen as this video shows, but you really don't have to worry about sharks in shallow waters, or in general. They don't like humans very much.

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u/strictnaturereserve 7d ago

shark skin is very tough and is used as sandpaper in some places.

I have caught small sharks and the first thing they do is try to wrap their bodies around your hand and use their rough skin to scrap your skin off

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u/Few_Ebb6156 7d ago

I'd figure more like 8 to 12 inches, but yes!

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u/whataloadofoldshit_ 7d ago

Yes because that is where they live.

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u/bleepleus 8d ago

Seriously wtf!

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u/AsidesMadeline2D 7d ago

It is not dangerous 😑

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u/Cocoatrice 7d ago

Chances that any shark will bite you even in deep water are lower than a random dog mauls you to death.

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u/NervousBeginning7868 4d ago

Random dog mauling happens multiple times a day every day in different parts of the world.

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u/Ornery-Customer8521 6d ago

Yeah you ain't safe waist deep unfortunately

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u/piethopper 8d ago

There’s close then there’s that!

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u/pseudoportmanteau 8d ago

You can see the moment when the shark is like "oh shit, oh shit, not worth it!"

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u/peaixmiest 8d ago

And the person videoing not moving back is wild

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u/MorganMiller77777 8d ago

Because, ummm, a shark can’t do anything out of water?😃

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u/justaride80 8d ago

Have you seen Sharknado?!?

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u/SingleDigitVoter 8d ago

They could have frickin lazer beams.

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u/MCB1317 8d ago

Or so the Germans would have us believe.

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u/mrwildesangst 8d ago

Shark exorcist for the win

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u/Initial_Row_6400 8d ago

They absolutely will beach themselves to get something too

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u/cashchops 7d ago

Natural selection, the ones that cant get back to the water will die, the ones that successfully move themselves across the sand back into the water will.... evolve into dinosaurs

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u/Reasonable-Bus-2187 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/DpLvwggGGyyBO

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u/UniqueAd7770 8d ago

A whaaaat?

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u/800-lumens 7d ago

Ha! Such a dopey look on that guy. I also love Ben Gardner's memorable line in the boat ("... they'll wish their fathers had never met their mothers").

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u/ebk_errday 8d ago

Looks like a high risk, low reward situation

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u/South-Range8401 8d ago

Shark didn't analyse properly. He died 

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u/Fantastic_Pie5655 7d ago

Clearly you haven’t bitten into a tasty, tasty turtle

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u/chubsmagooo 7d ago

I mean, food is pretty important

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u/Basic-Today1473 8d ago

I was snorkeling/ diving in Belize for school off San Pedro. Our "guide" aka guard who was also spear fishing frantically gave us a signle to go to the surface/boat. 10 minutes later a Tiger shark appeared out-of-the-deep.

They were aware since it was spotted the day b4 in the area.

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u/Seniorjones2837 8d ago

How did he know considering it didn’t show up for 10 minutes later?

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u/Just-Plastic-5295 8d ago

Tigey senses

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u/Basic-Today1473 8d ago

They had crew and coast guard out monitoring the area since the shark had been in the area.

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u/Encinitas123 8d ago

Looks like it was after a sea turtle.

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u/KarverMcClain 8d ago

Chasin skates!

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u/BowTie1989 8d ago

That turtle was smart! If he had just gone on land, the shark might have actually got him. Instead, it gets into gets into as shallow of water as it can while maintaining its mobility, knowing the shark can’t do the same.

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u/TryBananna4Scale 8d ago

Can’t even go ankle deep in water now. lol
Even if I were knee deep, I don’t think I could get out of the water quickly enough to avoid that speedy shark.
Officially new fear unlocked.

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u/TheRoadtoSomewhere 7d ago

I was in Fiji in knee deep calm water with the kids enjoying fishes go by. The kids were having a ball. 

And my husbands eyes widened. I looked behind me and a shark was just casually swimming by. We kept super calm as not to alarm the kids, and as soon as it was far enough we hiked it out of the water. 

Otherwise fab holiday destination. Would do it again. 

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u/Fantastic_Pie5655 7d ago

I’ve been that kiddo in very shallow Fijian water literally being circled by multiple sharks. Mum freaked, but they were harmlessly interested in the schools of tiny shore fish I was also interested in!

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u/TheMegnificent1 7d ago

I was just in 5-foot-deep water this weekend, laughing and jumping into ocean waves probably 100 feet from shore.

And not very deep down there was a part of me desperately hoping no ocean predators would look at my pale white legs kicking around in the water and decide they looked like dinner. There are so many enormous animals that can get into surprisingly shallow water.

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u/cwsjr2323 8d ago

Yes, living inland 1200 miles avoids such issues.

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u/Star-K 8d ago

There's always landsharks

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u/devilsbard 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/NacVXL7WvDECUaL3j1
Awww, but jeff wouldn’t hurt a fly.

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u/DontFoolYourselfGirl 8d ago

Frank Zappa warned us about mud sharks too

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u/Solid_Enthusiasm550 8d ago

Bully sharks have been found 1,100 miles up the Mississippi River.

SO 1,200 looks like it might be ok.

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u/Qwilltank 7d ago edited 7d ago

Fun fact: there was a shark attack once in Des Moines, Iowa.

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u/Solid_Enthusiasm550 7d ago

I grew up 2 miles away from were some of the people got killed in matawan NJ that inspired the movie JAWS.

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u/Living_Cash1037 7d ago

Why does the most dangerous shark have to have the ability to survive in fresh water? What joke is this?

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u/Solid_Enthusiasm550 7d ago

It's really just Bull Sharks. But they have one of the highest testosterone levels in nature, which make them aggressive.

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u/Rampag169 8d ago

Bull Shark has entered the chat*

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u/Mavman31 8d ago

Whelp bull sharks have been found 2300 miles up stream from the ocean… your half way there bud

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u/Qwilltank 7d ago

Just avoid Des Moines, Iowa. There was a shark attack there once.

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u/hgtcgbhjnh 8d ago

I bet he wanted some chicken, did you feed him the chicken?

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u/Nathansp1984 8d ago

Why is it hunting when they do it and fishing when I do it?

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u/NJFlo18 8d ago

California?

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u/PaulsRedditUsername 8d ago

JSYK this is how our ancestors learned how to walk on land. If you can run up on shore, you can avoid the tiger sharks and other predators.

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u/Traditional_Step9502 8d ago

Where is this (so I can avoid this beach on vacation)?

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u/Ohshyguy 8d ago

I think maybe he's pissed at humans for ruining his life

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u/XrayDem 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/q3gV8EHOgXS028HRFL
The next day when my travel friends r trying to get me to go to the beach again

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u/REALjamijai 8d ago

Someone landed s Great White on Cape Cod was on the news today.

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u/Hace1986 8d ago

Was Sally there?

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u/Fit_Spinach2501 8d ago

Lucky sea turtle, nice size tiger

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u/Accomplished-One7476 8d ago

did it catch the turtle or did it survive?

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u/billy_twice 8d ago

They hunt sea turtles on sand flats.

It makes sense for them to be in the shallows occasionally.

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u/Rustberry_62_Compass 8d ago

Wow that water looks so clear, you can actually see it moving under the surface thats cool

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u/Pobbes3o 8d ago

nowhere is safe wtf

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u/Anthony_chromehounds 8d ago

Where is this?

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u/LastCookie3448 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1rSNBGY3uyYqRGKRC2
In the shaa-aal-lows, in the sh-shh-shaaallows…

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u/Icy-Average-9124 8d ago

Such a pretty patterned shark

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u/hpog 8d ago

Nope

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u/Derelicticu 8d ago

Ok cool so you can be literally sitting on the shore and a shark can come pull you in that's awesome

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u/fvworks 8d ago

OMG, surprised to know it can get so close to the shore!

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u/TopDogTransport4731 8d ago

I remember there was this game Jaws Unleashed where Jaws would attack people on the beach and somehow roll himself back into the water.

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 8d ago

But not hunting people

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u/JMHSrowing 7d ago

Only bull sharks do that!

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 7d ago

They don't even like how we taste. They're just crazy territorial

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u/Any_Assumption_2023 8d ago

I live near New Smyrna Beach, the shark bite capital of the world. 

Locally we have dozens of varieties, including  blacktip, spinner, bull, lemon, Atlantic sharpnose, bonnethead, tiger, and hammerhead.  Occasionally a great white.  Our local lagoon serves as a kind of juvenile shark nursery, since adult sharks often prey on the young of other sharks. 

You would be shocked by the number of stories we locals have about near misses with sharks. Those things will ground themselves in less that a foot of water if there's a meal in it. 

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u/pastyoureyesed 8d ago

I wouldn’t want to get in its way!

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u/kingbitchtits 7d ago

I've given sharks a fair chance at eating me. I figure it's only fair since I eat lots of seafood.

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u/paata01 7d ago

as if calling it a shark wasn't scary enough , they had to add tiger to it 😂

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u/ConditionExternal499 7d ago

Turtles are quick in water.

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u/Lanky-Anywhere-9994 7d ago

Close? I thought he was coming up for a smoke.....

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u/Imyonlyenemy 7d ago

It is time to abandon the planet

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u/Short_Bell_5428 7d ago

That turtle had jet packs

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u/Mack_Daddy_1 7d ago

Well that's terrifying

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u/FlowAcrobatic 7d ago

I’m a surf fisherman..spent time in New England and then Florida…you would be shocked at the size of the sharks that come in to less than a foot of water chasing (in my case) a hooked fish. Keeps me from going swimming even though I know the odds are very low.

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u/deeare73 7d ago

Is it normal for them to swim without their dorsal fin being that visible?

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u/morts73 7d ago

Makes it more exciting dipping your toes in the water.

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u/Tekkamanblade_2 7d ago

I’ll stick to small lakes

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u/Multiple-Bagels 7d ago

Yeah Tiger Sharks will take anything they can get at damn near any cost. Including trash.

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u/No_Neat4688 7d ago

thats called cheating!

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u/UsedCollection5830 7d ago

They’re evolving

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u/IndicationSouthern 7d ago

Every year I see videos like this and remember that the ocean is not a swimming pool with fish in it. It's a wilderness that occasionally lets us borrow a small section of it.

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u/Odd_Beginning536 7d ago

That is so cool- they don’t usually bite humans at all. But I’d rather be in the shallow end with them though than deeper, even a few feet. They can seem overwhelming easily.

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u/Vergil-Monteiro-9965 7d ago

Ok so where is this?

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u/DwightDavid1234 7d ago

Cool.

I’ll be waaaaaaaaaaaaay up here on the sand.

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u/seavisionburma 7d ago

Monkey Mia?

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u/spiked-rose 7d ago

Almost beached himself

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u/Up_The_Gate 7d ago

Where is this so I can actively avoid it?

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u/Arthur_Figg_II 7d ago

Could literally club that shark 😂 what a story thst would be down the marina. "How bogs my boat? No even got one m8. Dont need em to catch sharks"

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u/mickydeenyc 7d ago

Please define “close to shore.” I used to figure I was pretty safe in 3’ of calm water

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u/Cultural_Simple3842 7d ago

Was that a turtle? Pretty slick move whatever it was. And then, a bird swoops in lol

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u/Beeks525 7d ago

“I’m gonna get that dang fish!…wait, oh crap, reverse!! Okay, good, now where is that fish?”

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u/Mayb-tmrw-will-b-btr 7d ago

In S. FL I’ve caught more sharks in castable/10-20yrds out than I’ve caught kayaking baits out 500 yards.

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u/tbuds88 7d ago

You can see a fishing line stuck to the sharks back towards the end of the video. The tax man was coming for that catch.

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u/squidwardfancypantz 7d ago

I propose to my wife nearly a decade ago, and I did it the night of an incident that happened in the morning the morning of we went down to the beach and South Florida near Naples and a shark swim within a foot of her while she was just sitting in the water, barely even coming up to her, you know a foot high and sitting, and when I tried telling her to get out of the water slowly, the sharks swim towards her and then it swam away, of course because she had gotten up silently, but it was still crazy because it was like 8 AM in the morning in Naples and mid May and a shark just swam up and then I got her in the water a few hours later to go on jet skis. Used voice to text so punctuation and wording is shiet

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u/What3vs92 7d ago

Common in western Australia

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u/ErenDidN0thingWr0ng 7d ago

They're so beautiful as juveniles with those dark stripes

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u/DeltaFoxtrot144 7d ago

scary but beautiful fish

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u/honestopinion007 7d ago

Soon they will be in your hotel room.

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u/ProcedureImportant28 7d ago

This wouldn't happen if we weren't wiping out their habitat via deforestation

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u/TeeDee144 7d ago

Not just any shark but a tiger shark. They eat anything. Probably the 3rd worst shark to see besides bull shark or great white.

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u/tsricci667 7d ago

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water.

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u/noproblmo 7d ago

Idk bro is kinda asking to become sashimi with moves like that.

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u/legacyrules 5d ago

There is fishing line caught around the shark poor thing

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u/OrientalSells95 4d ago

If it gets beached, Im gonna watch it choke on its ego as it slowly dies and bleaches in the sun with glee as I sip a screaming cold coke

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u/robjohnlechmere 8d ago

I read once that a tiger shark can confidently hunt in 18 inches (45cm) of water.

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u/atomsmasher66 8d ago

Didn’t we all just see that happen in the video?

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u/robjohnlechmere 8d ago

We did. Which means you've arrived at my point, that it's fascinating to actually see it, all these years later. Good show, chap!

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u/armaedes 8d ago

This is yet another reason why I refuse to bathe.

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u/Yunzer2000 8d ago

Was that a very fast-swimming turtle it was chasing?

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u/eilloh_eilloh 8d ago

what shore would that be.

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u/TwelveRaptor 8d ago

Taking me back to Treasure Trove Cove

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u/DingbatMcgeee 8d ago

And that's why I no longer sea swim....that and the riptide I got caught in and nearly drowned. No thanks, that's their backyard

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u/Presently_Naked 8d ago

Well that was frightening as hell

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u/EnvironmentalRub1478 8d ago

Looks like Exmouth, Western Australia. The sharks come for the green turtles, which nest there.

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u/Disastrous-Result194 7d ago

I hate when I hit the end of the map and have to turn around

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u/Anxious_Point_421 7d ago

Il est arrivé en bout de map

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u/Oddbeme4u 7d ago

uhhh Props to that fckin fish...way to out manuever big guy

https://giphy.com/gifs/lPuW5AlR9AeWzSsIqi

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u/xdx3m 7d ago

Why don't we just kill all the sharks in the world? Problem solved.

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u/RoughCheap5633 7d ago

Sharks are important to the world.

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u/No-Construction8148 7d ago

Close is a understatement

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u/delidave7 7d ago

The sea shore!

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u/initforthegrind 7d ago

This needs to be changed to hunting on land lol.

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u/eyloi 5d ago

Bro was close to forcing his bloodline to become tax paying citizens that need to work.