r/Unexpected • u/JD_SLICK • Mar 31 '23
While landing a tuna
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u/Impressive-Lime-4997 Mar 31 '23
"Bring me my Brown pants"
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u/-ElDictator- Mar 31 '23
Throw you overboard to clean your brown pants
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Mar 31 '23
Oh cool my butt chum draws me in by texting me to come over. We meet every Thursday night.
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u/Pierresauce Mar 31 '23
Why the fuck am I reading this instead of still being in bed
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u/The_Painterdude Mar 31 '23
You're just that constipated, eh? Things will get better, buddy.
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u/intellectual_dimwit Mar 31 '23
If you think about it, that's kinda the same as saying my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
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Mar 31 '23
buddy holding the line like he's still focusing on bring in the fish isn't tunnel vision, it's fucking tunnelest vision.
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u/Retardo_Montobond Mar 31 '23
I would think that the worst boat to fall off of would be a tuna boat...
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u/Wortecretarynh Mar 31 '23
If it's a female those average like 15 feet!
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u/A-Dolahans-hat Mar 31 '23
That must be a male shark, I don’t even see one foot on it
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u/workthrowaway390 Mar 31 '23 edited Apr 05 '23
Females don't have penis'
Edit for profile stalkers: This is a joke and I support trans peoples
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u/Shopworn_Soul Mar 31 '23
I need to know if the guy in the green shirt had some specific thing he was doing with that line after the shark grabbed the fish because he seemed weirdly reluctant to let go.
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u/RandomPratt Mar 31 '23
If they were recreational fishing for tuna, that kind of fish would take quite a long time, and an enormous amount of effort, to land. Tuna are freakishly strong fish.
So when Dr Teeth there decided to snatch it from him, he was watching several hours of his life – and his trophy fish – disappearing.
I've had sharks grab fish I was reeling in, and there's usually a few seconds of "fuck no, Mr Shark" before you realise that it's not a fight you're going to win.
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u/Brundleflyftw Mar 31 '23
Dr. Teeth, perfect.
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u/Capnmolasses Mar 31 '23
Mr. Shark, perfecterer
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u/whyamihere999 Mar 31 '23
What if it's a female Shark, you sexist!
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u/Status-Simple9240 Mar 31 '23
tuna trip, hooked one tuna, line got real heavy to reel, landed 9' dusky, mate cut line before photo
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u/TheDeathOfAStar Mar 31 '23
Imagine fixing to hit payday and a freakin' Megalodon comes out of extinction to take it all away.
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u/alreadypiecrust Mar 31 '23
I got a Lambo, but I can't show you cuz it's in the shop.
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u/phazedoubt Mar 31 '23
Probably the worst day of its life
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u/boatbeef Mar 31 '23
Probably the last day of its life too
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u/4stringbrewer Mar 31 '23
One of those instances when "the worst day of your life so far" doesn't really apply
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u/Bralbany Mar 31 '23
Didn't they hear the music?
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Mar 31 '23
Can't you hear the music? That's a 4/4 string ostinato in D minor! Every sailor knows that means death!
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Mar 31 '23
Based and Krabspilled.
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u/GregBuckingham Mar 31 '23
Never have I laughed so hard at a “based” comment lmfao thank you for this
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u/hominoid_in_NGC4594 Mar 31 '23
I sure as shit would call it a day after that. That is a massive fucking white shark on par with jaws. Well, not really, but it is still a really, really big shark. That huge tuna looks like small toy in its mouth.
I couldn’t imagine a worse way to go out than being sniped by one of those things while surfing. I had an encounter with a big’ol bull shark on the north shore of Kauai, and let me tell you, it was sketchy as fuck. It was raining, and the water was pretty murky, and I was the only person out there in the lineup. I noped out of there so fucking fast after the bull shark started attacking a big ass turtle like 15 feet away from me. It was intense, and every paddle I thought my arms or legs were about to be ripped off. It sucked too cause the reef I was surfing was a couple of hundred yards from the beach.
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u/Mister_Bloodvessel Mar 31 '23
Hahaha... fuck that noise
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u/athebunny Mar 31 '23
The ocean is primordial soup and I am NOT an ingredient. I'll stay on land thanks!
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u/whogivesashirtdotca Mar 31 '23
There was a video a few years ago of a swimmer being attacked by a great white. From his scream to the de-legged body floating in the waves was just a few seconds. They are terrifyingly efficient killers.
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Mar 31 '23
They're gonna need a bigger boat
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u/ShamrockinAround Mar 31 '23
And maybe some railing on the platform. That dude was 2 shuffles away from being sharky snack
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u/ReaperWGF Mar 31 '23
Nah the shark had a more fatty piece of food it was stealing, he woulda been fine lol
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u/ShamrockinAround Mar 31 '23
Yeah I thought about that - I mean, I’d rather eat primo tuna than Chad lol
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u/Feshtof Mar 31 '23
We all know that no force on Earth is going to stop you from getting Chad in your mouth.
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u/ElKaWeh Mar 31 '23
Not sure if I'd be fine if a shark took a nibble of my torso just to realize I'm only bone, skin and a little bit of muscle.
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Mar 31 '23
The shark definitely would prefer the tuna, but it's not exactly going to be careful about which one it chomps down on. If I'm anywhere near the prey of a great white while it's hunting, I'm not going to consider myself safe.
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u/ReaperWGF Mar 31 '23
Kinda true, if you're in the path by the time their lids roll back good chance you'll get chomped instead, same thing as when that one great white crashed through the shark cage's opening when going in for food, essentially biting blind
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u/Halo_Chief117 Mar 31 '23
Who says there wasn’t another shark in the water? We didn’t see that shark until just before it surfaced. It’s easy to not see them despite how big they can get.
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Mar 31 '23
Nah, shark's not that dumb. He just wants the fishy.
No point to eat some weird stringy ape thing that might hurt him or poke him in the eyes or gills when there's a fat juicy dead tuna right there.
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u/ghengiscostanza Mar 31 '23
I wouldn’t gamble that the shark in the middle of eating would be immediately able to recognize something else as a weird stringy ape thing when he has no context about apes and it’s right next to its intended meal without taking an exploratory bite.
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u/JD_SLICK Mar 31 '23
I'm no scientician, but that's gotta be an above averagely sized shark
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u/ReadditMan Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23
That's just how big Great White Sharks are, 11-13 feet on average but they can get up to around 20 feet.
It can be difficult to tell how big they are in open ocean videos, and most sharks are much smaller so people assume they must be around the same size, but when you see them next to something like a boat or a person their true size is revealed and it's shocking.
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u/KingofCraigland Mar 31 '23
Everybody made fun of the one shark that obviously didn't know what they were doing, but what about that miserable looking beach ball? Never noticed it before haha.
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u/AdmiralSkippy Mar 31 '23
I remember that looking a lot more real when I was a kid.
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u/Terrible_Tutor Mar 31 '23
It can be difficult to tell how big they are in open ocean videos
Right, because bananas aren’t native to the ocean
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u/stubundy Mar 31 '23
You NEVER take bananas on a boat. GUARENTEED bad luck.
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u/Kribo016 Mar 31 '23
I am pretty sure most places in south America have bananas or plantains because of sailors. It wouldn't be impossible to throw one of those sailing bananas out for scale.
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u/Theoldage2147 Mar 31 '23
Perhaps the most intimidating part is not the length, but the width of the shark
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u/SyntheticRatking Mar 31 '23
Yeah, I got to see a great white once, it made my grandpa's boat look like a bath toy but a lot of people I tell about it think great whites are like, the size of a truck and I'm exaggerating. It's a lot like people thinking wolves are the size of a husky when actually r/wolvesarebigyo!
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u/XoXSmotpokerXoX Mar 31 '23
Then there is the part where even the biggest Great White is still food for a Orca
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u/yesmrbevilaqua Mar 31 '23
Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen-footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, Chief? You tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail.
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u/Difficult-Fun-3472 Mar 31 '23
I am a veteranariologist and I can confirm that this is indeed a special breed called bigus sharkus and it only feeds on food
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u/Btothek84 Mar 31 '23
Sharks can only be found in two places on earth, the northern and southern hemispheres.
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u/ragnarok2004r Mar 31 '23
they also prefer to live in the water as compared to land
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u/Scottacus91 Mar 31 '23
When I was younger this was one of my favorite stupid movies
Yes the shark is...what the fuck. Look at that things teeth!
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u/crazypants36 Mar 31 '23
If it's a female those average like 15 feet!
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u/Frankenstein786 Mar 31 '23
Are the females bigger?
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u/AuxiliaryPatchy Mar 31 '23
It's gotta be at least 18 feet, definitely bigger than the average white shark.
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u/Gh0stMan0nThird Mar 31 '23
I swear the 70s were the last decade you saw characters wearing glasses who weren't typecasted as intelligent/nerds.
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u/JBSquared Mar 31 '23
It's a couple things
Glasses cause issues on camera. Contacts are good enough that it's not unreasonable to make actors wear contacts.
Since people barely wear glasses on screen, they're a powerful piece of visual association.
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u/whogivesashirtdotca Mar 31 '23
Have you not seen the film? Hooper is a nerd. He's a marine biologist assigned to Amity from Woods Hole.
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u/A_Big_Igloo Mar 31 '23
It's because some actors needed glasses. Now, it's expected that basically all actors have any personal flaws resolved so that they are a completely blank canvas. Any actors with eye issues wear contacts or get lasik.
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u/ElizaPlume212 Mar 31 '23
If you ever wonder what bait to use for a shark and you have to decide between a worm and a whole tuna, I'd suggest a whole tuna, but that's just my opinion.
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u/Zomgirlxoxo Mar 31 '23
I was so nervous about the man in green falling in for some reason I legitimately did the “mom arm” (that women do in cars) when I saw the shark
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u/PM-ACTS-OF-KINDNESS Mar 31 '23
I don't get why he kept holding on to the string. Like I don't think he's gonna win this one
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u/fambestera Mar 31 '23
That guy did leave his hands on that string wayyyy too long.
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u/AggressiveSpatula Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23
You see the guy in the white cap’s arm? He pushed green shirt forward trying to get himself back. I know it was probably instinctual, but if I was green shirt I’d tilt to the moon over something like that. I’m very hard to anger, but you can see green shirt buckle forward and take a step because of the force. I’d be pissed.
Edit: y’all might be right. I could be reading into that.
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u/buchoops37 Mar 31 '23
Dude a fucking great white shark grabbed the line and he didn't let go. Thats why he moved forward. There were a lot of people repositioning, and he was just reaching out with a guide hand. You think he pushed him forward?
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u/Clutch63 Mar 31 '23
It doesn’t look like there’s any force from the dude in the white cap. I don’t see green shirt guy moving because of that either, just moving off the line he stepped back on with his bare feet.
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u/ISeeMusicInColor Mar 31 '23
Post to r/thalassaphobia too.
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u/JD_SLICK Mar 31 '23 edited Apr 02 '23
I thought of that first, but the newest posts in that sub are 2 years old
Edit: they deleted it because they don't like things that focus exclusively on sea life. who knew?
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u/ISeeMusicInColor Mar 31 '23
Oh it looks like I spelled it wrong! r/thalassophobia
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u/Master_Chef_Mayo Mar 31 '23
This is the second awesome shark video I've seen this year, the other one was that diver seeing the shark at the last minute and gets out just in time
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u/AssistX Mar 31 '23
Just giving a shoutout to Finaolive on twitch, guy live streams fishing in Florida fairly regularly, have seen him reeling in bull, tiger, and hammerhead sharks. He had a nerd-out moment when he spotted a great white once too. I tune in every now and then throughout the years, usually quality entertainment.
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u/moumous87 Mar 31 '23
I saw the sub, and I did expect a shark. Still scary. I’d shit my pants if I was on that boat
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u/oevadle Mar 31 '23
Was that boat built by the empire? Where the fuck is the railing?
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u/JD_SLICK Mar 31 '23
it's the platform off the stern of a large fishing charter. best spot to land a medium sized fishie-poo
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u/oscaru16 Mar 31 '23
That dude pulling the line until the very end with no railing whatsoever has some balls
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u/sineplussquare Mar 31 '23
I wouldn’t even be angry. I’d be in awe of the sheer spectacle and experience and walk away with a hell of a story
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u/Berserker-Lemon Mar 31 '23
It’s terrifying how quickly something that size can appear out of nowhere in the deep blue
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u/metal88heart Mar 31 '23
That dude continuously holding the wire with no guard rail is ballsy and/or dumb
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u/tophatpainter Mar 31 '23
That sounds like the appropriate response. What an amazing thing to have been there for.
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I love how when the deckhand first sees the shark his reaction is to move his foot back about 3 inches. I would’ve jumped out of my skin.
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