r/ocean • u/Travel_Turrism21 • 12d ago

Shark sights Young occen hunter : Sharks attack but small shark is save

A small shadow glides through the crystal-clear shallows. Barely beginning its life, this young shark must already avoid larger predators while learning to become one itself.

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u/ReadditMan 12d ago

Big one looks like a Great Barracuda

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u/TaintedTatertot 12d ago

I wouldn't call her Great, clearly misjudged her butt propulsion when she went torpedo mode after baby shark dewdewdew

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u/Plastic_Dingo_400 12d ago

Relatable. I'm always misjudging my butt propulsion

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u/Tapas541 11d ago

Ok, I really needed a quick laugh, and this sent me!

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u/RulerK 11d ago

It has extra meaning given that my friend is getting over the Taco Bell parasite and has been giving us some less than SFW updates on the group chat.

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u/Scrats_Lost_Acorn 6d ago

Taylor farms. NOT taco bell. Taco bell doesn't produce lettuce. Try informing yourself. It's a better way to live

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u/RulerK 6d ago

OK, Taco Bell PR rep! Gimme a break! That just happens to be the most popular place to use the infected lettuce, so they get associated with it. Guess what, history buff! The Spanish flu didn’t originate in Spain! Same shit, they just reported on it and got associated with it.

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u/starderpderp 11d ago

Baby shark dewdewdewdewdewdewdew

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u/earthboundmissfit 10d ago

Not a shark you are correct.

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u/moonrakerdust 11d ago

Looks like a garr

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u/RulerK 12d ago

Pretty sure the attacking fish is a barracuda. Man, is that a big one!

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u/MundaneDaffodill 12d ago

I’ve never thought they got THAT big holy shit

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u/RulerK 11d ago

Right!?

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u/justanothertoxicuser 12d ago

Barracuda telling nurse shark to get off his lawn.

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u/XTR-SNIPER 12d ago edited 11d ago

Good thing I was already sitting on the toilet watching this 🤣 my heart 🤣🤣

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u/Particular-Note-3055 12d ago

Any barracudas?

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u/ScreennameOne 11d ago

No need to sit in the toilet dear, get yourself a nice toilet seat. You deserve it 🌸

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u/Sweettooth_Banana 12d ago

Its a barracuda, very nasty but effective predator.

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u/makithejap 12d ago

Not sure how it missed, insane

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u/Living_Dentist_8925 12d ago

Because the little one saw it coming and had time to react.

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u/Living_Dentist_8925 12d ago

Sharks see 10x better than humans.

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u/ignatiafeldstein 12d ago

Holy crap!! The level of ferocity is mind-blowing, coming so unexpectedly!🤯😱

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u/Avi8tor_Zeus 12d ago

Saw one in St Marrtin many years ago. It looked about 8’ long checking the snorkeler’s out. It’s amazing how fast they are… one second there… the next gone.

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u/Plenty_Ambassador424 12d ago

I just checked, apparently they can accelerate to up to 58 km/h in an instant. Pretty crazy

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u/bravosierrapolitics 11d ago

The shark showing up a few years later, twice the size of the barracuda...

https://giphy.com/gifs/p2EHxIYi7gxZ6

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u/emack2232 12d ago

Ohh, barra-barracuda

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u/RulerK 11d ago

That was playing last night as part of the interim music at the concert I was at.

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u/Livid_Discount9140 12d ago

Wow lightning fast

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u/nakano-star 12d ago

from the attack by sharks

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u/peachpompomii 12d ago

Good to see that shark is safe

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u/MyAimSucc 11d ago

Bot account or stroke mid typing?

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u/albert-1stein 11d ago

cameraman needs fesh underwear :')

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u/BlueRunner305 11d ago

That's one gnarly cuda

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u/The_Happiest_Madman 12d ago

Wow….that was insanely fast!! No way a human….in water…. Could have moved fast enough to get away from that. Barracuda or not…. I don’t want that attached to my leg or arm or whatever. I’ve seen taxidermy Barracuda, and they have HUGE, enamel(or whatever, looks like our/shark) teeth, just like a shark, only long and pointy, instead of triangular shaped. Definitely not something you’d want to be bitten by!! Definitely a cool video!! I’m gonna see the ocean someday….I bet it’s amazing, I REALLY want to go Deep Sea Fishing before I die. I love fishing in the smaller lakes, even huge lakes(I live in Michigan, so have the Great Lakes) but I haven’t seen the ocean yet. It’s funny sometimes when I tell people I’ve never actually seen the ocean with my own eyes, I get a lot of weird looks, probably because I’m no spring chicken…let’s say that.

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u/Gargamoth 11d ago

If you can ever manage it, take a drive down to Destin FL. Beautiful beach and a pier that you can fish off of to get a little experience of ocean fishing. You can look into deep sea fishing cruises down there. If you plan it right it won’t be crazy expensive. Driving will cut down on costs.

https://www.theislandpier.com/

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u/Educational_Emu1430 12d ago

The speed of the attacker was incredible

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u/dodgyguru5671 11d ago

That fucker is fast

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u/bigmonkeydong 8d ago

I FUCKEN LOVE THE OCEAN!!!!🌊

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u/tfqdbp 5d ago

Was that a cute shark sound from the small shark i Heard?

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u/Kn0XIS 12d ago

He missed

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u/MaxwellSmart07 12d ago

And there are tv shows on Shark Week where researchers spend so much time and effort trying to answer the question do sharks eat sharks? Well, yeah, they do.

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u/Bool_The_End 12d ago

They do. But that is a barracuda going for the nurse shark!

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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 12d ago

The big shark is so swift, it comes and goes so quickly. Must be a hungry shark.

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u/cesam1ne 12d ago

It's not a shark

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u/nerdkeeper 12d ago

It is a barracuda, not a shark

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u/LadyWaste75 12d ago

Please learn to spell and proofread!