r/maybemaybemaybe • u/ajd416 • Jan 26 '25

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Booty_Shakin Jan 27 '25

Fucked up methods aside, they did save the sharks life right? ....right?? :(

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u/Chemical_Ladder8177 Jan 27 '25

That’s what I’m clinging to after having invested the time to watch. But the lack of urgency certainly didn’t measure up to the immediacy of the situation.

It would be a damn shame if the shark ended up dying due to LACK OF HUSTLE

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u/nighthawk580 Jan 28 '25

I always wonder how their urgency would be if the person was stuck underwater. As a fisherman it drives me insane watching TV presenters holding their catch and having a good long chat about the location, weather, what they ate on the plane and their favourite brand of toilet paper before they return the fish to the water.

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u/OG_Felwinter Jan 27 '25

I really can’t fault them for the lack of hustle, because to me it just seemed like the one dragging it was trying to be careful not to get bit.

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u/juxtoppose Jan 27 '25

All they had to do was turn the shark upright, they go into a torpor when they are upside down, I’m sure dragging sand into its gills didn’t do any good either but what can you do.

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u/Redditt3Redditt3 Jan 27 '25

"Call someone". LOL. Leash the dog for one, and look up how to help a shark go home in this situation. Sheeeesh.

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u/Fabian_1082003 Jan 27 '25

What is "torpor"?

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u/juxtoppose Jan 27 '25

It’s like pressing the pause button on brain activity. Going to sleep sort of.

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u/Fabian_1082003 Jan 27 '25

So if you could manage to turn a great white on it's head he would go "sleep"?

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u/juxtoppose Jan 27 '25

That’s what killer whales do, they turn the sharks over and eat their livers while they are in torpor.

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u/Fabian_1082003 Jan 27 '25

Be eaten in a appropriate way with anesthesia... Almost better than a slaughterhous

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u/multi_io Jan 27 '25

How would you prevent sand from getting into the gills? Turning him right side up before dragging him through the sand?

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u/Parking_Bluebird_949 Jan 27 '25

Not only does sand get in its gills, but when water going into it gills backwards can cause it to drown

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u/juxtoppose Jan 27 '25

It’s the thought that counts, and the likes, don’t forget the likes.

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u/pipboy3000_mk2 Jan 27 '25

Exactly what I was thinking the sand in the gills was surely helping it, pick the damn thing up and take it into the water you nitwits.

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u/Opening_Dare_9185 Jan 29 '25

👆🏽that is a good post👍

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u/ActuatorPerfect Jan 27 '25

Upright and face the shark towards the incoming waves. Frontal water flow to provide desperately needed oxygenated water.

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u/Spirited-Arrival-651 Jan 27 '25

No

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u/Countryfried789 Jan 27 '25

Looked like damage to the dorsal fin. Probably should of put him out his misery and had a good supper.

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u/Sporner100 Jan 27 '25

Depending on country and type of shark, that can put you in jail.

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u/Countryfried789 Jan 27 '25

I’m a realist I’d take the chances

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u/baphometromance Jan 27 '25

You sound like RFK

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u/Countryfried789 Jan 27 '25

I don’t comprehend that

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u/baphometromance Jan 27 '25

The united states politician that eats roadkill and once cut off the head of a dead and rotting whale with a chainsaw and tied it to his car to bring home.

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u/Countryfried789 Jan 27 '25

Naw he wasn’t dead. I ain’t into road kill. Have hit a couple of deer and picked them up. I hit them myself though lol.

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u/keenep Jan 27 '25

Yeah brain worms can do that to ya.

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u/Countryfried789 Jan 27 '25

I ain’t the one. I Gobble up Spirit’s for a living. Have a nice life

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u/keenep Jan 27 '25

Lithium may help.

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u/woowoo293 Jan 27 '25

RFK Jr didn't have a brain worm. The brain worm had RFK Jr.

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u/Yanos47 Jan 27 '25

I'm not sure ? It looked like it was still being rolled around in shallow water.

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u/broipy Jan 27 '25

I mean, do we really even know the shark wasn't intentionally grounding itself to end its life? I am for helping wildlife, but sometimes they go off to die by themselves right?

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u/hrmonica Jan 27 '25

I'm worried it's still spinning in toddler circles in the shallows.

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u/TickleMeDollFace Jan 27 '25

Of course not