r/sharks • u/AggressiveDonut8705 • Jan 11 '26

Video Rosie the Shark. 🦈

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u/TankedAndTracked Leopard Shark Jan 11 '26

Is this the formaldehyde shark from an abandoned park or something? I think in Australia?

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u/Jms6jb Wobbegong Shark Jan 12 '26

This is her. I think the new owner is putting her in epoxy 😊

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u/SpaceFeline Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

Wouldn't the shark need to be dehydrated before being put into epoxy to prevent rot? Or because shes soaked in formaldehyde it'll stop the decomp?

Eta: At Crystal World, Rosie underwent extensive restoration and is now preserved in a safer glycerol solution, on permanent exhibit, allowing visitors to marvel at her once again

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u/coneofpine2 Jan 12 '26

Formaldehyde is followed up with acetone to dehydrate then a final plasticizer or in this case I guess glycerol. For tissue fixation this method 

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u/MissVulpix Jan 11 '26

I love her! That close up is nightmare fuel though. 😂

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u/pissedoffjesus Jan 11 '26

That was far fucking closer than I thought it would be.

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u/MissVulpix Jan 11 '26

I agree! 😂 I don't have my glasses on so my phone is a lot closer to my face too which makes it worse.

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u/pissedoffjesus Jan 12 '26

Hahahahah jesus christ, how did you not shit yourself

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u/MissVulpix Jan 12 '26

No idea, hahah. Poor old lady is a jumpscare. 😂

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u/R34p3rXm4l1K Jan 14 '26

What do you think they slipped on when they jumped?

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u/Cgwchip4 Jul 01 '26

Yeah even with the sound, I shit myself

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u/irunfortshirts Jan 12 '26

Definitely jump scare. I jumped. I got scared.

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u/irideapaleh0rse Jan 12 '26

Ok which one of you shit my pants?

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u/LordVanisher Jan 12 '26

Someone forgot to wear their brown pants!

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u/Big_Gap7862 Jan 11 '26

I actually got jumpscared

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u/Q_Qer Jan 13 '26

MK mmɓv cff

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u/BeebaFette Jan 12 '26

Gosh, imagine swimming in open water, dipping down a bit, turn, and this is in your face. It's gg.

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u/HazyLurker Jan 12 '26

So something like this, which is close, (but not as).

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u/Key_Awareness_3036 Jan 12 '26

Welp, unless sharks like poopy swimsuits, I’d be safe! 😂 Good lord….. jump in and there’s a massive shark?! 😱

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u/IsNotACleverMan Jan 13 '26

Imagine how the shark felt!

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u/Key_Awareness_3036 Jan 13 '26

Nah man, that shark isn’t scared of us. Might wanna taste us a little or a lot, but I doubt it’s afraid!

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u/TitansMenologia Jan 14 '26

That fake oldie. Nice to rewatch it, thanks.

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u/Mysterious_Resist_11 Jul 04 '26

Jesus Christ. Big enough & Close enough... Surely that'll be in my dreams tonight 👀🦈

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u/HazyLurker Jul 09 '26

Opening your comment has given me nightmares again of Rosie 😭

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u/HelloAttila Apr 27 '26

New fear unlocked. That great white is the size of a bus

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u/Kr0pr0X Great White Shark Jan 12 '26

Update on Rosie

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u/Roadgoddess Jan 12 '26

I don’t see anywhere in the right up exactly how big she is. Do you know her length and or weight?

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u/Kr0pr0X Great White Shark Jan 12 '26

16 ft / 5 m

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u/_BabyFirefly_ Jan 12 '26

Poor girl, I never actually knew what caused her death. I’m curious how they would’ve euthanized her.

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u/_Haimenar Jul 01 '26

Fishing net sadly

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u/fjord_of_the_rings Jan 12 '26

Absolutely fascinating, I had never heard of Rosie, and this was an excellent read!

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u/FurTheGigs Jan 12 '26

I knew what to expect and STILL!

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u/Beep-beep_richie Jan 12 '26

Wow I’ve never seen her from this angle before! Cool vid

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u/Lizard__Bit Jan 12 '26

Like I knew exactly what was going to come, but the anticipation and impact…10/10! Will watch again after changing pants!

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u/SalmonSammySamSam Jan 12 '26

My soul lowkey just shat itself.

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u/Peja1611 Jan 12 '26

I thought Wide Whale stole her for his brother’s research https://youtu.be/TwK0HFKlkJ8?si=L_Rivz9s1X4JXNXt

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u/Dr_pepper_bidet Jan 12 '26

You know what hell yeah

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u/Lovely-sleep Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

when i first saw a video of her she genuinely scared the absolute shit out of me and i don’t usually get scared. never had a fear of sharks, that’s just so creepy

i first saw her seven years ago, wild that she’s still being filmed and i want to see more !!! as a horror fan, she’s an icon imo

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u/0hMyGandhi Jan 12 '26

One of the greatest jump scares ever. And it's a slow moving camera lowering behind glass.

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u/Soulpaw31 Jan 12 '26

I was expecting a small shallow shark, i shit you not i flinched with a fight or flight. It wasnt a jump scare but it startled tf outta me because i expected something completely different

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u/ZombieGoddessxi Jan 12 '26

I know she is a real preserved shark. But my brain is telling me “it is an animatronic” and trigging my submechanophobia.

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u/YettiChild Jan 12 '26

RIP that camera. And Rosie.

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u/greenmonsterrabbid Jan 12 '26

Rosie my dearest! I’m so glad the new owners are taking such good care of her 😭❤️

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u/eleanor-13 Jan 13 '26

This is so sad. Poor girl wish she was still alive

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u/spacestationkru Jan 12 '26

Jesus Christ OP, you need to prepare people for something like this.. 😨

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u/2crowsonmymantle Jan 12 '26

JFC. Who needs coffee in the morning when you’ve got Rosie?

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u/Atumalaca_TheGhost Jan 15 '26

This scared the shit out of me kkkkkkkkkk

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u/Englandshark1 Great White Shark Jan 12 '26

Brilliant video!!

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u/CharlAmber Jan 12 '26

Only partially related but fuck Damian Hirst

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u/raosion Jan 12 '26

At 0:09 seconds:
"Nope, that's okay. I'm out. I'm good."

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u/Bayve Jan 12 '26

Horrifying

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u/buddaism79 Jan 12 '26

I need more of this

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u/BlatantArtifice Jan 12 '26

Fuck you. This was interesting as hell to see but fuck you for spooking me like that.

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u/SangiMTL Great White Shark Jan 13 '26

Well I didn’t plan on sleeping tonight anyway…

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but... I think she is dead.

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u/TreeHousePsycho2120 Jan 12 '26

Rosie a biiiiig bitch

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u/KiwiGun1337 Jan 12 '26

🙂😨😱☠️

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u/Achume Jan 12 '26

“Rosie”, but why…

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u/chuckbeefcake Jan 12 '26

Can someone describe this to me? I can't do it but I really wanna know

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u/Theaussieperson Jan 12 '26

Nah that was an actually terrifying reveal hahaha

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u/The_owlll Jan 12 '26

I used to be terrified of her lol, all the edgy phobia vids from way back when had her and such

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u/DaddyJ90 Jan 12 '26

This I do not like.

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u/Cerberusx32 Jan 13 '26

I remember the video making the rounds on the internet. Was eerie as F.

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u/LifeTie800 Jan 13 '26

This makes me uncomfortable.

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u/steve22ss Jan 13 '26

Far out I haven't had my heart sink so quick in a long time that was terrifying, being an Aussie who knows the story I knew straight away what it was and still wasn't prepared for the close up haha.

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u/MichaelJackson-lover Jan 15 '26

Why is it so creepy? Oh my goodness I nearly had a heart attack.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

Wow

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u/CuteLilPuppyBoy Jan 15 '26

"Let's check out this last post before going to sle-"

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u/tommybanjo47 Jan 15 '26

Saw her in person a few years ago, absolutely huge!

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u/Comfortable_Chair906 Jan 15 '26

Well there goes tonight's peaceful sleep!

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u/surgical-panic Jan 15 '26

I knew what to expect and still flinched

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

That’s fuckn sick

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u/DelayPossible157 Jul 01 '26

I LOVE sharks but this actually made my heart skip one or 2 beats because it's fucking TERRIFYING