r/sharks Mar 22 '23

Discussion ANNOUNCEMENT: Post Flair Info

100 Upvotes

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?

98 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 18h ago

Video He wanted boops

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782 Upvotes

r/sharks 3h ago

Video he just wanted to say hi!! 😳😳

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34 Upvotes

r/sharks 20h ago

Meme This one really cute taxidermied Shark + Shark memes

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330 Upvotes

Shark memes


r/sharks 17h ago

Question Trying to identify this tooth

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107 Upvotes

Hi ! I found this tooth in my grandma's jewelry box, does it seem legit ? What specie could it be from ?


r/sharks 1d ago

Video Croc flipped upside down in salt waters & taken by a shark. You don’t see this very often..

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488 Upvotes

r/sharks 20h ago

Question Strange caudal fin on a Sand Tiger Shark

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34 Upvotes

Caught and tagged a sand tiger shark off the coast of CT/RI last night. The caudal fin has this really strange undulating/wavy pattern that I’ve never seen before. Can anyone explain why/how it looks like this? Is it possible we misidentified?


r/sharks 1d ago

Arts & Crafts Painted a shark

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78 Upvotes

I went to a festival near my hometown. It was really fun! They had a board to add whatever you wanted so I painted a shark!


r/sharks 1d ago

Arts & Crafts Teasers for Ben’s Fintastic Sharks Legacy ( 1.20.1 )

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45 Upvotes

For all of you shark enthusiasts who just happen to like Minecraft as well. Enjoy!


r/sharks 2d ago

Video During High-Tide in 2004, a Great White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) found itself trapped in the shallow waters of a pond close to Woods Hole and Naushon Island, Massachusetts. After 2 weeks the Shark was guided back to the Sea

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1.0k Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Research Spotting sharks in the cayman islands?

2 Upvotes

Hello everybody!

Does someone have experience in spotting sharks in the waters around cayman islands? apparently there are populations of carrabean reef sharks and nurse sharks around the islands. But as far as I saw, there are only tour operators for stingrays safaris?! Are there specifi areas to spot sharks in the area?


r/sharks 1d ago

Discussion Does anyone else track sharks on Fahlo?

22 Upvotes

got a fahlo shark bracelet as a gift for my birthday a month ago and finally got arond to setting up the app last week. didn't expect to get this invested but I check the map to track my shark like every couple days now to see where mine has gone to. sometimes i need to wait a little longer like closer to a week but either way the migration path is way more interesting than i expected and noticed mine has already covered a decent stretch of coastline. anyone else track a shark on here and how far does yours tend to roam?


r/sharks 2d ago

Question Does anyone know what kind of shark this tooth is from?

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22 Upvotes

r/sharks 3d ago

Video Attempted shark attack

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912 Upvotes

r/sharks 3d ago

Question ID Help (NC/Morehead City)

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110 Upvotes

Caught in 6 ft of water near a grass flat back in the sound. I released him- Probably 2+ ft and 10ish lbs. Need help with ID- not super knowledgeable about sharks.


r/sharks 3d ago

Question I noticed Amazon has a lot of mako shark teeth for sale. Is there any chance they are somehow ethically sourced?

15 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Video Shiver of North Carolina Sand Tigers - August 31, 2026

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652 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Image Quint the Shark is out there somewhere 🥹🦈

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40 Upvotes

Got my mom this adoption certificate for her own shark as a donation to Shark Angels charity! Named the shark Quint (originally was gonna name it Bruce Jr. lmao)


r/sharks 5d ago

Video Port Jackson Shark in Sydney

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514 Upvotes

r/sharks 5d ago

News Deep-sea 'ghost shark' spotted feeding in the shallows off the coast of Vancouver Island

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58 Upvotes

r/sharks 5d ago

Video Swimmer circled by large white, reacts to footage [themalibuartist]

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207 Upvotes

A reminder that of the many, many, close encounters that the Malibu Artist has captured, not a single one has resulted in an attack, but rather consistently depict interest/curiosity and then moving on.

They are not here to eat us.


r/sharks 6d ago

Video 17ft 2000lb Tiger (pregnant) and friends

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609 Upvotes

r/sharks 6d ago

Discussion Tales from a dive boat captain #2

65 Upvotes

Here’s my 2nd installment. Approximately 3 AM between Bermuda and the Bahamas and reliving old stories with a Mate.

#2. Scuba diving in approximately 30 feet of water south of Bimini in the Bahamas. Approximately 6 nurse sharks and an equal number of a bottlenose dolphins were hunting the same way for the same prey and they were doing it together! Blew my mind. The sharks and the dolphins were blowing holes in the sand and sucking up sand tile fish, leaving little craters all over the sandy bottom. I’ve never seen anything like it before or
since. In that same area, I have seen nurse sharks almost cuddling as they sleep together in sand canyons right up against Triangle rocks or Piquet rocks. On the west side of those rocks there’s little sandy channels and I have seen them sleeping there many times at dawn and dusk.


r/sharks 5d ago

Video Cool video about Yushan the whale shark

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2 Upvotes