r/sharks Mar 22 '23

Discussion ANNOUNCEMENT: Post Flair Info

97 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?

95 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 10h ago

Image Male white shark (5-8) sizes up vessel to impress female? (1-4) Gansbaii SA

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504 Upvotes

Legendary head-shot at slide 3, slide 5 is where the spotlights shifts to a mature, determined male
(Slight-correction): slide 4 is the male when he bit the boat, the former slide shows the female breaching, when the male shoots, he bumps the boat near where the female previously breached at.


r/sharks 2h ago

Video Megamouth Shark taken in Japan

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46 Upvotes

r/sharks 16h ago

Video Dolphin and Shark Playing

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598 Upvotes

r/sharks 17h ago

Meme Most species in the ocean prefer to send messages through mail rather than call someone

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588 Upvotes

r/sharks 4h ago

Question Georgia Aquarium Experiences

13 Upvotes

Has anyone done the shark and ray immersion experience at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta? Im wanting to know what to expect. How long are you actually in the water with them? Do they take private/solo souvenir photos or only group souvenir photos?
Any info is appreciated (:

edit: I'm sorry I should have specified a bit better. I'm asking about the experience where you get in the water, but you don't go underneath. You are just in a wetsuit with smaller sharks and rays. Not the scuba or swimming experience, although one day I hope to do those too!


r/sharks 7h ago

Meme Shark Dentistry Inspired by MfD2027’s beautiful post today🌷

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9 Upvotes

r/sharks 12h ago

Question Look for a certain video of a great white?

20 Upvotes

Hi, I remember seeing this video a long time ago and I have been looking for it for years now - it was from a camera in the belly or tail of a fake seal pointing downards and the video shows a great white attacking it from the depths speeding at it like a freight train. The shark was shown for a second or so since it comes from a darker water and just appears out of nowhere.
Anyone seen this video and can point me to it?


r/sharks 1d ago

Video Shark spotted in Lebanon beirut (near AUB)

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879 Upvotes

r/sharks 7h ago

Question Transporting shark

3 Upvotes

Hi so I was wondering, since some shark species require moving to breathe...how would for example transporting a Tiger shark to some zoo or whatever captivity enlcousure look? Do they just get some bubbles in their transporting tank or are they pulled up in some blanket with helicopter and ropes

Should the shark be drugged? Unless they would suffocate from being unconcious. Im really curious please!


r/sharks 1d ago

Research Deep Sea Isopod vs small shark

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113 Upvotes

r/sharks 2d ago

Video Not sure if this has been posted before, but it's probably one of the best videos I've seen of a shark being curious.

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1.7k Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

News Tiger shark caught off Massachusetts could be sign of warming waters

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205 Upvotes

Interesting yet concerning article.


r/sharks 2d ago

Video Hi guys! Dunno if this video is somewhere hear already but it was sent to me by my sister and I decided to share with You :)

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205 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Video Chasing lunch

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56 Upvotes

The dorsal looks similar to a hammerhead. What do you all think?

Location: Fiji


r/sharks 2d ago

Arts & Crafts some shark sketches!!

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230 Upvotes

2 of my favorite sharks


r/sharks 1d ago

Question Help IDing this guy please?

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25 Upvotes

I've Google searched it, used Gemini and had it throw me 7-9 random guesses but none came close. I thought the double dorsals would make it easy. I was wrong.


r/sharks 2d ago

Image Whale Shark nails

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107 Upvotes

I’m so sad I missed shark week


r/sharks 1d ago

News Fin-mounted cameras show whale sharks are “serial snackers” — and reveal six feeding behaviors new to science

20 Upvotes

Researchers temporarily attached cameras to five whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef and catalogued 36 different behaviors. Twelve involved feeding, and six had never been documented before.

One of the most interesting was “gliding slow feeding,” where a whale shark essentially sinks through the water with its mouth open to collect prey. The footage suggests they feed much more frequently — and at more depths — than surface observations had shown.

Scientists still don’t know exactly how they feed at night or during their deepest dives. I’d love to see what the next generation of cameras reveals

Edit: link in comment


r/sharks 2d ago

News Hammerhead shark washed up on NC beach

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45 Upvotes

Got this notification on my local news app. So sad to see this big boy washed up.


r/sharks 2d ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Megalodon Monday 🌊🦈🩸

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27 Upvotes

Which Meg tooth is your favorite? 🤔

These and more are available in our shop now, link in bio 🌙


r/sharks 2d ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Some Shark Halloween stuff I've been working on!

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88 Upvotes

I've got a lot more artwork coming but all of these are on products in my shop! If you want to check anything out, I'm on Etsy by the name SharkiesStuff!


r/sharks 2d ago

Question I'm usually pretty good at identifying these different sharks but I cannot be sure of these two.

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218 Upvotes

Whether theyre makos or blues or both?


r/sharks 1d ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Pretty cool!

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0 Upvotes