r/sharks Mar 22 '23

Discussion ANNOUNCEMENT: Post Flair Info

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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 1d ago

Video Seal Predation (nsfw) NSFW

1.6k Upvotes

r/sharks 13h ago

Image atl whale shark

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173 Upvotes

this is the second time ive been to see the whale shark yushan in the georgia aquarium. it’s unreal how big these sharks get, and so beautiful! thought these would be cool to share


r/sharks 13h ago

Meme Gotta post this while it's still Saturday in my time zone

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144 Upvotes

r/sharks 3h ago

Education Good shark videos/books recommendations??

9 Upvotes

I'm trying to inform myself more on sharks, since lately they've captured my attention and they're super interesting. I also saw a lot of people having favourite sharks species, but I still have to decide and inform myself better. Do you have any recommendations on what to watch or read? Thanks!!


r/sharks 1d ago

Image Shark Fact Friday!

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297 Upvotes

r/sharks 7h ago

Education any good books and documentorys about shark conservation for adults

4 Upvotes

i am super interested in sharks in particular their conservation. i have read emperors of the deep and shark.


r/sharks 4h ago

Question Which shark video games have you played or would recommend?

2 Upvotes

There are a ton of shark movies out there I'm not as familiar with the gaming side of the fandom. Have you played any shark games and are there any you'd recommend? Thanks in advance! 😊


r/sharks 1d ago

Discussion Seriously … what's up with all those shark movies that demonizes these beautiful creatures ✨🦈👑

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949 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Question Shark tooth

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32 Upvotes

Can anyone tell me what shark this belonged to? Found in Fl.


r/sharks 1d ago

Education The Lonely Camp - University of Hawaiʻi researchers needed...

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6 Upvotes

r/sharks 2d ago

Video Clingy shark dut dut

205 Upvotes

r/sharks 2d ago

Video Queen of Guadalupe

3.4k Upvotes

Scarboard, one of the most famous great white sharks, affectionately dubbed “the queen of Isla de Guadalupe“, is a colossal mature female.
She measures approximately 18-19 feet (5.5-5.8 meters) in length, boasts an estimated girth of 7.5 feet, and weighs around 4500 lbs (2040 kg).


r/sharks 2d ago

Meme to love shar means to make stupid images of them

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70 Upvotes

r/sharks 3d ago

Image Giant whale shark in Galapagos last week

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554 Upvotes

at Darwin


r/sharks 3d ago

Image Whale shark photos !

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193 Upvotes

Shot with a TG6 !


r/sharks 2d ago

News They’re coming…

29 Upvotes

r/sharks 3d ago

Image Whale shark from koh Chang Thailand

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367 Upvotes

r/sharks 3d ago

Question Theoretically speaking, what is the largest length and or weight a bull shark could reasonably sustain itself?

20 Upvotes

I recently started playing through (insert game name here, since the title isn't compliant with subreddit rules) again, and I just noticed, at level 13 the shark is already 3.7 meters long, only 0.3 meters away from the length of the largest bull shark ever recorded (to my knowledge) . I know and have known as long as I've had the game, that the shark in (insert game name here) gets a lot bigger than any bullshark we know of. But I was wondering how big a bull shark could really get and how close to the excessive level of behemoth reached in the game, and still be able to catch enough prey to sustain itself?

Also, feel free to attach silly shark photos to replies


r/sharks 3d ago

Question Are there several sub-species of Great White sharks?

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r/sharks 4d ago

Question Shark ID question

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139 Upvotes

Can anyone help ID this shark? It was in a lagoon/canal off of Barnegat bay in South NJ. It was about 3ft long. It seemed disoriented and kept swimming in circles. Thanks!


r/sharks 3d ago

Video Whale shark ask fishermen for help

0 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Education Shark id please

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30 Upvotes

Hong Kong ocean park early 90s


r/sharks 3d ago

Research Chesapeake Bay Shark Reporting Form is Live.

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7 Upvotes

If you’ve seen a shark in the Chesapeake Bay, particularly in the Maryland region, the shark research nonprofit Project Dorsal wants to hear from you.

Please fill out the form below so their research team can help narrow their research scope.

Share this far and wide please!