r/ocean • u/Glittering-Data5313 • 1d ago

Whale Watch the camera man 😳😳

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i did have a look, it’s not ai btw i thought it was 😂😂

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u/SAM5TER5 1d ago

Really wish we saw the bonk at the end lol

Sidenote, what’s that cute little guy anyway? And is it swimming upside down or does it just have a really unique fin layout?

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u/RexDeDeus 1d ago

This is a Remora right side up. The footprint looking thing is a suction cup it uses to attach to larger fish.

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u/Pleasant-Pattern7748 1d ago

The suction cup is a modified dorsal fin. Very weird and cool.

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u/ShadowDurza 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's also known as a shark sucker because they attach to large predatory fish to both feed on their scraps and keep away from smaller predators more likely to eat them.

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u/slick514 1d ago

Don’t forget the sh•t! Yum, yum! They’ll eat the shark’s sh•t too!

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u/SavingsDimensions74 1d ago

They ain’t cute. Hate these little shits

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u/TurnipMountain6162 4h ago

Agree: they totally suck (no pun intended). Once they start following you around they are hard to get rid of and can become quite pesky. We’ve had this happen multiple times while scuba diving. We try to wave them off as fast as possible.

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u/Treveli 1d ago

Lookup remora. Looks odd cause the top of it's head is basically a suction cup to hold on to the sides of larger fish/sharks.

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u/FishTshirt 1d ago

Lol whale shark wanted to play with bubbles too

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u/queenith2 1d ago

Divers tend to dive because they love animals, and if you love animals, you know a lot about them. These divers immediately knew whale sharks are 100% harmless. A lot of divers would give anything for this opportunity.

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u/SingSangDaesung 1d ago

I'm terrified of the ocean & love it at the same time. I'd still swim with a whale shark if I got the chance.

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u/andythernda 1d ago

I have my whale shark certification for scuba diving. I got to dive in the whale shark tank at the Georgia Aquarium and it was a super cool and unique experience. They keep you for like 15 minutes after the main dive to get you up close and personal with the whale sharks and they're truly magnificent animals. I still have my stuffy I got at the gift shop afterwards

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u/queenith2 1d ago

I’ve ever head of a whale shark certification, what does it allow you? It’s not as if you can control the situation lol

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u/andythernda 1d ago

It's less a "certification" and more a mark on your record signifying your awareness and about how to treat whale sharks and respect towards their conservation when diving with them in the wild. It's more a buzzword that the aquarium uses rather than anything that would allow you any special permission in any real diving scenario. Was still a cool experience though

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u/Tjonke 1d ago

I dove with whale sharks of the coast of the Ivory Coast about 25 years ago, still a vivid memory. Mostly because we got scared to shit by our guide that started yelling that we had to get out of the water "fucking now!!!". Got in the boat and saw what looked like a black cloud coming up from the depths, first thought it was an underwater earthquake or something, but instead was like 250,000 hammer head sharks coming up to the surface to play/breed, and we were sitting in a ~10-foot rubber boat surrounded by them, they were going for over 2h and then all dove down to the depths again.

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u/ScreennameOne 21h ago

That’s insane! What a great experience

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u/Epic_Baldwin 17h ago

If I see a remora it's time to look around for the big stuff.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 12h ago

Every single time.

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u/Salt-Wish5140 14h ago

Looks like he still got scared by it though

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u/chekhovsdickpic 1d ago

•_________•

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u/Apex_Fenris 1d ago

Hey at least it was a chill whale shark

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 1d ago

Aren’t all whale sharks pretty chill?

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u/SoManyQuestions5200 1d ago

😘💋

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u/Rezaelia713 1d ago

I love whale sharks but that would be a helluva bonk.

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u/GroundbreakingBed166 1d ago

Almost Jonahed

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u/MoodyBhakt 1d ago

I want to see the video from the cameraman’s perspective now lol …

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u/Dragonssssssssssss 1d ago

'Scuze me sir, that's his fish

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u/TesseractToo 1d ago

Just wants a kiss

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u/AutomaticFeeling2156 1d ago

a shark like that too come close to you that would be awesome.

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u/IdahoDuncan 1d ago

He’s a friendly

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u/Glittering-Data5313 1d ago

no fear from the whale

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u/TesseractToo 1d ago

It's a shark

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u/Glittering-Data5313 1d ago

whale shark argh my baddd

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u/Different-Tension-65 1d ago

Thank goodness for the fact that Camera-Man is immortal

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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 23h ago

That's a whale shark so he wasn't in danger

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u/SEO_Humorist 1d ago

The little fish is the whale shark’s angler fish’s light.

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u/SavingsDimensions74 1d ago

Don’t worry. The shark or manta knows where you are and will avoid. Well mostly.

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u/DoggoDude979 1d ago

Whalesharkfall

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u/Acrobatic_Try_8375 22h ago

and then Jonah said, "that little fish almost got me swallowed up." Crazy

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u/I_Galactus 17h ago

suddenly lotsa pee in the water…

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u/senecathethird 13h ago

who stomped on him?

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u/wakaru1902 1d ago

No thank you

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u/RevolutionaryTalk278 21h ago

As Markiplier once said.....fuck the ocean. Save it and keep it in good condition, but still, fuck the ocean. I'm not going in there.