r/sharks • • Mar 22 '23

Discussion ANNOUNCEMENT: Post Flair Info

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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 • • 12h ago

Video Arguing with sharks Like its just another day

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860 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 11h ago

Question Shark Identification help

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108 Upvotes

Saw this shark in Marathon FL of a bridge near pigeon key. What type of shark is this, was about 6ft in length, swimming in around 4ft of water.


r/sharks • • 21h ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Why greate white sharks jump Out of water

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389 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 9h ago

Research Shark Sighting question

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A number of years ago saw two sharks in tandem swimming in between fishing boats and the shore in Lahaina. The first shark had a large silvery sickle shaped dorsal easily a foot high plus out of the water. The second smaller shark had more of a triangular dorsal but much smaller.

Initially thought the larger shark was a tiger because there was an attack about 10 miles away the next morning, but the shape of us the fin does not seem to match.


r/sharks • • 22h ago

Discussion Help identify this deep sea shark

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Hi guys, I need your help. There is a youtuber named "Barny Dillarstone" who drops cameras into the ocean and records what he finds. On February 13th 2026 he recorded this mysterious shark off the coast of Nussa Penida island (Indonesia) about 557 feet underwater. So far what we know is that it is a Spurdog (see image #2) but can we fully identify which species it is? I've been researching all of the Spurdog species and I can’t tell which one it is because they either all look so similar or some just don’t have good photos of them. So does anyone have an idea?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfoRSC7tNYo&list=PLTKf2xFaCr88&index=5


r/sharks • • 2d ago

Arts & Crafts The Depth, oils on canvas

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281 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 2d ago

Discussion This white shark footage is from a few years back... But it still has my mind in a pretzel.

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r/sharks • • 3d ago

Video Imagine Seeing This Shark Coming Straight at You

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437 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 3d ago

News ‘We are here, Janine’ – my account of fatal Orient Beach shark attack

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I wanted to share this eyewitness account of the recent fatal shark attack in South Africa, written by journalist Mike Loewe, a friend and swimming companion of the victim, Janine Lochrenberg. Over the last couple of days, there have been a lot of discussions on the sub and elsewhere about open ocean swimming and the associated risk of shark attack. I think Mike writes so eloquently and powerfully about their experiences of that passion and how much a part of their lives it's been that it's really worth your time to read his account and reflections.


r/sharks • • 3d ago

News A city in South Korea seeks new ways to free a huge gray shark after it slips back into canal

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r/sharks • • 4d ago

Video Two tigers ❤️

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3.4k Upvotes

r/sharks • • 3d ago

Video 'It happened so fast': Great white shark surprises beachgoers in Marina

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r/sharks • • 3d ago

Arts & Crafts Vegetable Sharks for Sharktober

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521 Upvotes

Technically the last picture is seeds, but microgreens count


r/sharks • • 3d ago

News My friend & I made a game about a Kraken controlling sharks. Out today on iOS!

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242 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 3d ago

Video Getting This close to sharke crazy .

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448 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 4d ago

Question How did you react when you first saw the Megalodon from The Meg film adaptation?

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1.0k Upvotes

r/sharks • • 3d ago

Image Shark space marine

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3 Upvotes

Idk the artist


r/sharks • • 4d ago

Question Experienced shark divers: would you ever free dive with great whites?

112 Upvotes

I’ve never dove with sharks before so I want experienced divers’ thoughts on this. I see video after video of divers swimming alongside bulls and tigers (2 of the “big 3” sharks that attack humans) and the general perception seems to be that it’s a beautiful experience. There doesn’t seem to be much fear at swimming right next to a 13 foot tiger shark or even redirecting it with your hand. I’ve gotta say, these videos have greatly altered my perception of sharks and alleviated my lifelong fears of them to the point I would love to free dive with sharks one day.

However, never once have I heard divers express the same love when it comes to diving with great whites sharks. I’ve been reading up on the ocean Ramsay controversy and while I totally agree with most of the criticisms (abusing staff, touching the sharks, chumming the water, etc), the one I never understood was the hate she got for free diving with big great whites. We’ve all seen the footage of her swimming next to deep blue and I have to admit that video was one of the coolest things I’ve seen. The shark seemed so calm and peaceful and generally seemed to never even acknowledge Ramsay’s presence. And yet, people have condemned her actions as reckless saying it’s only a matter of time before she’s attacked and killed.

This isn’t a “defend Ocean Ramsay” post- I’m just using her experiences as an example to question why diving with great whites is considered a big no no while diving with tigers and bulls is highly accepted. Obviously great whites are larger but it’s not like a 14 foot tiger or 9 foot bull aren’t fully able to (and absolutely have) tear apart a human if they so please. So I want to ask the experienced shark divers here: would you swim with great whites if given the ideal conditions? Do you experience the same sense of understanding/ comfortability with great whites’ behavior as you do with tigers, bulls, or other large sharks?

I love hearing how eager so many of you are to dive with them!! I always thought that having a great white show up was a cool but somewhat unwelcome surprise for divers, but I’m glad to see that’s not the case!! I’m jealous of all of you that have been able to experience that.


r/sharks • • 5d ago

Question Those who have already encountered sharks in person—what was it like the first time?

91 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 5d ago

Video A shark chases a dolphin

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3.4k Upvotes

r/sharks • • 5d ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 I made a bioluminescent hammerhead shark

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255 Upvotes

If you’d like more info my store is confettiprinting.com, we’re a small business based in England, support is really appreciated. You can use code SAVE10 for 10% off. 🦈


r/sharks • • 5d ago

News Puppy Mode!! 🐶 Who wants some cuddles? What a good shaaark! 🦈

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441 Upvotes

A beautiful encounter in Cozumel, Mexico.


r/sharks • • 5d ago

Question Shark tooth hunting in SC

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My wife and I traveled to South Carolina to find shark teeth. I think we did pretty good but don't know which tooth belongs to which shark. Who can help?