I'd rather they be mindless killers. I'm tired of the stat , as a percentage, that you're more likely to be killed by "X"... Well of course I am! I live where there are bees, snakes, 🌪️, lightening, etc... I don't live in the ocean. For once I wish I could hear a REAL stat about the people who engage in high risk behavior: surfing, spearfishing, abalone harvesting, and have it weighted for time in water. I bet their chances of being killed by a 🌋 instead of a 🦈 go waaaaaasyyyy down! And can they please trust that after hearing the truth I won't commit a shark genecide, just because someone I don't know got eaten doing something they knew full well came with the risk??????
They mean respect them. They don't mean swim up and pet them. They mean calmy keep your distance and don't do anything to provoke them. Think about leaving the water and return when they have went on their way. About 10 people die in shark attacks per year. About 150 people die in peanut allergy attacks per year. They don't go running out of the store when they come across the peanut butter shelf..
I had a very near miss in spring 1976 off the Turkish coast. I was 17 going on 18 and was snorkeling in 20/25 feet of water. I was chasing a octopus from one coral outpost to another coral outpost, perhaps 30 feet away when the rubber seal on my goggles twisted slightly and started to let some water in. I kept moving eith my flippers but stopped using my arms as I lifted my hands to my goggles to settle them right. In that instant of stopping moving my arms, I slowed slightly. In that I second, perhaps 2 or 3 seconds, a massive great white, moving from my right to my left, passed my head, jaws open. It missed me by literally 2 or 3 inches. It was really moving fast. It was huge. It totally filled my field of vision and its water displacement buffeted me. All I remember is twisting back to shore along the sea floor and stepping out of the water, in shock! I've never been swimming in water again deeper than 3feet or further from the shore than 10 feet. I remember it like it was an hour ago
Also remember most shark attacks happen in 3 or less feet of water less that 10 feet from shore best way it a swinging pool to avoid shakrs because they are in fresh and salt water and grow much bigger than scientists are willing to say
@@alextabet9247 my near miss happened in 1970's, many years ago. Since that time i gave discovered Grest Whites are in fact VERY common in the Med and over the years there have been hundreds of attacks and many of those Fatal. Also, the Med is a birthing ground for the large females. Also, the largest Great White ever caught/recorded was caught of off Malta in excess of 24 feet in length. The info is out there.
@@ablejohn58 That is scary. I always felt comfortable taking my family to resorts on the Med because I had never heard of shark attacks. I know the Red Sea is a breeding ground for Tiger Sharks, and the Atlantic, Pacific, Particularly the Floria, California, South African and Australian coasts, are home to many Great Whites. You often hear of attacks on humans in those areas. Perhaps the tourist-dependent communities in the Mediterranean area mute the attacks to not alarm tourists. Good thing we avoid sea water and flock to the swimming pools! ;) Thanks for informing me.
My Dad moved to Florida and when we would visit, we loved playing in the Gulf. I never worried about sharks, just loved all the fish, dolphins, etc. A few years later, my brother ended up going on a helicopter ride over the beaches. When he came back, he was so freaked out about all the sharks he could see. He said some were just feet away from where people were playing/swimming. And some were huge.
@@SharksHappen yeah the python issue is no joke ... they are endangering.Florida gators. Mostly from humans not wanting to feed their "pets" anymore. If you want it screwed up leave it to us....we will screw up whatever we are given.... not all but many/most are clueless ignorant fools. We breed em yet wonder why the worlds so messed up... proof is in the pudding...
Yeah l lived there awhile in the late 70's and used to swim pretty far out. Though never at night.. We never gave sharks a 2nd thought. I was young and dumb l guess. Now l would be leery 😳
Many years ago, while on vacation with my husband, we thought it would be fun to 'fool around' in the ocean off the coast of South Carolina. It was well after midnight and no one else was on the beach. We swam out about 30 feet from shore, kissed one time and then looked at each other with wide eyes. We were both overcome by fear that a shark was close by and that an attack was imminent. We swam back to shore as fast we could, absolutely terrified. We never saw a shark, but the feeling of doom that hit us at the same time was incredible. You couldn't pay me any amount of money to enter the ocean at night again. Great videos! 💜
That likely was your shared intuition. Other people report this. Or maybe it’s something primal in us which we don’t have a conscious perception of when it comes to predators.
I was cured of ever wanting to swim in the ocean or be a diver at an early age when I first saw Jaws in the movie theater when it came out. I have had many many people try to convince me to go surfing or scuba diving or swimming in the ocean and I am perfectly happy on land.
Yeah but you ride your car, fly planes to other countries an so on and so forth. It's not a fear, it's a phobia. I don't say don't think of sharks, trust your Instinct. But if you never take a risk in your life you don't live it the right way...
The movie Jaws didn't scare me. It fascinated me. What scares me is jellyfish. I was free diving in the Philippine Sea and when I couldn't hold my breath any longer, I shot up to the surface to get back on the boat and ran smack dab into some long tentacled jellyfish. There was no escape. I got sick from the poison in their tentacles, threw up violently and my body turned jet black...for a while! NEVER again. Boy was I young and dumb.
“Cured”?… it’s not a disease to swim.. what an odd way to describe it. Were you also cured of wanting to fly after 9/11? And horror movies must have you “cured” of ever leaving the house! 🙄
I was sailing on a big racing catamaran in Daytona Beach FL back in the mid 90’s and we had stopped out on the ocean just to chill out and relax. I was sitting next to my girlfriend (now my wife) on the canopy portion of the vessel with our feet hanging in the water. I happen to look straight down and see this thing swimming straight up towards our feet. I instinctively pulled my feet out of the water and that fish turned on a dime and headed back downwards. That thing scared the hell out of me, it was definitely a big shark not sure what kind other than it was big and surely had a mouth full of teeth. Now when I vacation I no longer go in the ocean unless I’m in a regular boat.
That mother of quadruplets was probably having trouble equalizing. I'm a diver and have that issue from time to time. That is truly sad that they are hiding a lot of information about these shark attacks. I have NEVER believed the story that sharks don't attack humans intentionally. I believe they will eat pretty much anything they can get into their mouth!
90% of shark encounters are unnoticed by humans. simply watch the following video and you will see that far majority of shark encounters in open ocean are sharks being inquisitive of what we are. If you encounter a a shark that is old, injured and starving it may take a bite or if a shark doesn't identify you quick enough. Sharks do not want eat us as prey though... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ile5NS7ucec.html&t
I have a dear friend who was born and raised on the coast of NC. She told me that people were regularly bitten and occasionally killed by sharks but the press always lied, saying they were "big fish ". They are terrified of hurting the tourist business.
You’d believe a marine biologist would have a lot more common sense to tempt “the laws of probability” by doing nightly swims? And a half mile out? If that’s not asking for trouble, I don’t know what is? Wow 😯. Mind blown 🤯.
Marine biologist ??? Say no more! Probably has the 'I know every damn thing' arrogance. probably thought well If I ever get bit I will know what to do and wont panic. Shit I bet he was screamin like a 3yr old little girl!.....like ME! :)
You come across really well, no sensationalism or bullshit involved. It is quite obvious that you spend an awful lot of time checking the facts before informing us with a really great narrative. Have subscribed to your channel. Regards from old Blighty.
As a surfer in Kauai Hawaii we all avoid river mouths because the massive amount of small and medium size sharks ,black tips ,tiger ,greywhite and lots of hammer sharks swim in the areas , smaller shark are real curious and they are known for attacking . Some surf spots are so good for surfing that we surf with the sharks slaying smaller fish 8 feet away from you , we never do alone tho , either theres 3 people out or 50 people out. I love your channel , just started watching today and already watched 6 complete videos and subscribed ,ALOHA
My husband was in the Navy & the closest we were stationed to home, Tampa, was Mayport Naval Base. The two of us & one of his friends decided to go night fishing off of the bridge leading to the old fishing village. It was just one of the many freshwater creeks that spilled out into the ocean. We weren't catching anything, so I decided to go to other side of the bridge just in time to see a 6' to 7' Bull Shark cruising up the creek. Glad we were on the bridge!
Hi Hal about the Bull shark, over here in Queensland Australia there certified Examples of bull sharks 40-45 kilometres up stream in fresh water. They are caught on a regular basis . There is an instance when we had a large flood due to the effects of a large cyclone. The water in the Brisbane River overflowed into a medium sized lake and deposited between 8-10 Bull sharks around four feet into the lake, where most of them live today. I think a few were removed but I’m not too sure about that. If you need confirmation I am certain our main newspaper has the story and photos. This is in case you are interested. Keep you videos coming although some are rather ghastly, most are interesting. No I don’t swim in the ocean any more.Cheers from Australia
Same here in South Africa, Iain. In fact the largest Bull ever caught, was caught here in the Breede River (Breede means 'Wide'), a massive female. A few of them have also been trapped in the St.Lucia estuary for many years now and it was a regular occurrence seeing Bulls, Crocs and Hippo's have a go at each other, in the estuary.
I'm sure Hal is talking about the April Fools joke about a shark in Lake Pepin. Lake Pepin is part of the Mississippi River. Another April Fools joke is about the bull sharks in the area breeding and pupping in the small streams. They did big articles about them and had the "Gotcha" sentence at the end. People recirculating these jokes remove the "Gotcha" sentence at the end and push them as fact to troll people. Since these look like scientific articles released by the DNR or other sources Hal has convinced himself that actual biologists and zoologists are intentionally trying to mislead people for nefarious reasons. Just google Bull shark in Lake Pepin. After reading the article add this sentence at the end of it. "Any resemblance in the above story to actual fact may be coincidental and could be disregarded, depending on your mood. April Fools!"
No doubt. Bull sharks can live in fresh water. However, his point about them living in the Great Lakes in the U.S. is correct. Those lakes are cold water lakes in the northern hemisphere. I can't imagine bull sharks getting their. However, they come up the Mississippi River, but not that far.
You'd have to be nuts to go swimming in the ocean at night. I used to do a lot of offshore fishing at night in the Gulf of Mexico, the sea monsters are all out at night. It's amazing how much yellowfin tuna a shark can eat in one bite.
One of the most scary stories I heard was when these two men took their fathers in a plane over the Gulf of Mexico, crashed at night and the one had to try and swim to land at night while it was storming and find help. He made it and the dad’s and his friend were rescued by other people. He suffered some bad jellyfish stings but made it to land and had some fisherman help him, and go to where they crashed where they found they had been rescued, and I thought oh my God that took guts or not knowing what’s out there to swim in.
It's not that bad. But you definitely should be a strong swimmer, with a partner, and know the currents, tides and other things that are sharing the water with you.
When you enter the Water, you become part of the food chain but not at the apex preditor position. The last story about the dead shark still biting an unsuspecting Victim reminds me of those freeze dried diamond back rattlesnakes that were the craze back in the 80s. Well, the fangs are left in tact in the striking position and the venom in the glands is Freeze dried as well. What could possibly go wrong??
There was a shark attack and death today off Sydney beach in Australia. First such attack in over 6 decades. Can you shed any light on this tragedy? Details too? You can’t always trust the press on anything these days. Thank you Sir. George
The guy was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Used to live in that area called little bay, used to swim and surf the same area practically everyday. Saw a few sharks, but they never bothered us. But this day, this guy , who apparently was a diving instructor encountered a big and hungry Great white and he was eaten alive. Shit happened sometimes.
@@theprinceoftides6836 the shark supposedly breached the water during the initial attack. Why would anyone swim in deep water near rocky ledges? Literally all the great white hot spots during shark week are always near cliffs or rocky ledges due to seals I’m guessing. Poor guy, the videos of it are very sad. He stopped screaming rather quickly so his suffering was short lived. He was definitely deceased when it came back to grab the rest of his body. Looked like his legs were already off up to the glutes. Terrible thing to happen.
The swimmer killed was Simon Nellist. He was swimming the route for a charity swim a thon. Why on earth that Australia company would pick that route is beyond me. The Australian news said it was a huge pregnant Great White that bit and consumed him. It was a definite predation. He never stood a chance. The video is horrifying. They cancelled the swim a thon after he was killed. May he rest in peace.
Great video, this is my first time seeing your show. Liked it much! Yeah, I love sharks but I do understand and believe that a shark HAS NO MORAL COMPUNCTION regarding humans. They will eat ANYTHING that will feed them, and humans are no exception! That whole “mistaken identity” argument always struck me as some “nature hugger’s” attempt to apologize for the attacking shark. I believe in truth. Let us ALL embrace it!
I remember being so traumatized by Jaws when I was 14 that the night after seeing the matinee I wouldn't hang my feet off the bed in my room because my brain kept saying "it's not impossible there's a shark under there." Yeah. No sleep that night. Then, a couple days later, my parents asked why I hadn't taken a bath and I explained that, because we were renovating the bathroom, the lights were out and I had to get in a tub of water that was mostly dark... and that it bothered me because of the movie. They looked at me with some serious concern and said, "Just go take a bath." It was actually very stressful... again, brain telling me, "a shark could swim up the drain." AnyWHO, I always wonder if Hal had a similar experience. ;))
@@SharksHappen Despite swearing I'd never get in the ocean after the movie, I've been in about a dozen times. I feel like an idiot every time. lol! : /
Worse predators on dry land blade to the Apple, that you and all of US better be afraid of...Once a friend and i were in a sand lot ... and if that real story gets t be made, the hellish nightmares and the real psychological hurt will be unmitigable,; dont you even want to even think about it...
Hal is a great storyteller, I could listen to him talk about sharks all day, but also the comments on this channel, are always interesting & informative.
@@SharksHappen I really enjoy this channel. I've always been fascinated with great white sharks, only. Their sheer massive size is amazing. I agree with you mate, that there is probably a cover up as to the actual attacks of these cute little guppies.
I don’t understand why anyone, least of all a marine biologist would swim out at night all that way. Surely they would know more than most that is the time that sharks hunt.
People do it quite often. Like one of the attacks i covered on second beach, they returned to swimming as they were still looking for the body and the waters had swimmers the next night
I do. I've been ridiculed for pointing out that sharks do attack people with the intention of eating them. The whole new way of thinking is that they are just big salt water puppies that are misunderstood and will only bite you because they are curious and will leave you alone afterwards. This way of thinking about sharks has been pushed forward for at least the last twenty years or more. Along with the thinking that you are more likely to be struck by lightning. The problem with it is that people don't hang outside in a lightning storm, but continue to put themselves on the menu on the beaches. A guy like the biologist that got attacked has learned from the new way of thinking, and made a routine of a nightly swim that strengthened what he was taught every time he did it without getting attacked. Hopefully he learned his lesson and no longer does such things during the peak hunting time, but he might still be stuck in the new way he was taught, and might not be so lucky next time.
I was stationed in Hawaii back in the 90’s and there were many shark attacks, mainly tiger sharks. I decided then to stay out of the ocean. I live and from Florida and never go into any body of water because we have alligators also. Not sure why it matters what officials say it’s about to be 2022 and if you don’t know a shark 🦈 will kill you it’s your own fault. People continue to swim and surf in California and Florida where we know sharks are presence. No one is more responsible for my life than I am, no official or any book!
Surfer beach girl here! I had a full-time job teaching surfing in the summertime and have been surfing all my life as well. I couldn't imagine staying out of a body of water just because of a fear of a shark attack! You sir are missing out big time!!!
Don't go into the forest there are bears. Don't drive there are cars Don't fly there are plane crashes. Why don't you go live in a basement and I'll enjoy the ocean every day. With sharks.
Well there was that girl who was a fantastic surfer in Hawaii a shark ate her arm. She still surfs with one arm. ITS AN ADDICTION Its like any other addiction Its like a drug addiction. Its a psychological addiction to risk behavior. Its a very deep psychological problem . The ocean is immense and beautiful but also terrifying . I nearly drowned twice. There are RIP currents that will take you out. The ocean is beautiful from the shore but it has immense power. I remember the gigantic tsunami in Thailand .The Videos are terrifying. People engage in risky behavior enjoying cheating death a profound exhilaration. Yes like sky diving it releases a euphoria a pleasure sensation to the brain. Risking death but I understand how people enjoy the thrill and peace of nature. It can be peaceful and therapeutic but you have to acknowledge its dangerous?
@@valeriebenson8770 it's not addiction it's.chosing to enjoy life and not be afraid of nonsense. Shes more likely to die from a car crash than a second shark bite Shes literally more likely to die from lightning strike!!!!!!
You definitely have a new subscriber in me. You’re very good at telling the incident in great detail and I like the way you go through lengths to make sure the story is accurate and not just hearsay
I love this man’s channel ever since, keep up the good work! Made me more interested in sharks than before but after these stories, I think I just stay safe and continue to be educated on here.
A " nightly swim". Just the words alone terrify me beyond words. Wasn't the attempt to hide shark attacks from tourists actually part of the plot of "Jaws" ?
Interesting. I’m from SA and have attended to shark bite victims when I was in the ambulance service. I actually love sharks, especially Great Whites. They are magnificent, but swimmers must always remember that they are swimming at their own risk, it’s like going into the wilderness. Sharks are not there waiting to attack people. They think they are food and take a taste usually. There are not really many shark attacks if one really counts how many swimmers there are how many shark attacks take place, it’s minimal. But very good video
~ I love sharks too. We must respect them and recognise that the water is their turf and 'swim at our own risk.' What really upsets me is how when people are attacked or killed by a shark, sometimes that shark is hunted down and killed. Apparently, it's for "our safety." Seems a lot like revenge to me. Sad.
@@LenardMilich exactly…and she didn’t have to go swimming in the ocean… at night… swimming pools do exist, much less chance of getting attacked by a shark in one of those
It’s interesting that some people just get completely consumed but many don’t. I think sharks are kinda picky eaters, but if they’re really hungry and haven’t eaten in a while, I’d bet that pickiness is subdued.
I forget the website but you can track tagged white sharks in the Atlantic ocean..they come within 30 miles of coastal Georgia for sure...dosent mean ones that are not tagged arent coming closer
Hearing you talk about how places are telling everybody that the bites were from anything BUT a shark reminds me of the famous fictional tale of the beach of Amity Island, that was the towns bread and butter from the tourists that flocked there every summer. They too kept a tight lid of the fact they had a shark problem. They needed the tourist's money no matter what. Jaws anyone? That sounds exactly what the places that you mention are doing. Hell, say she was attacked by a really hungry blue crab, but don't you dare say a shark. And you are right, you have a body with bite wounds, you know what made these wounds. This might not be the best way to say what is going on, but you get my meaning. Love your videos Hal and look forward to them.
I thought that was done with. I am stunned, i stopped payin attention to attacks about 2000, and cannot believe all the things being said about sharks. It makes my head spin. From the people about friendly sharks to the White Tip being the leader in kills in open seas which is laughable. Nobody is going to not go to these vacation spots over an attack. I dont think it would matter a bit. People bitten in groups of 3 at times per day on the mainland, but dogfish bites they will give details on. The pattern of somehow not knowing the species when a large shark in US vacation spots is glaring.
Great videos Hal. My local paper did a large write up about the 2 surfers that were attacked in SA some years ago and theorised that they were attacked by 2 different sharks as male great whites are sometimes seen in pairs. I take it this wasn’t in the reports you read but have you come across this before?
0:22 April 1965 Key West - Great White shark, 10-12 ft long 2:24 Jul 1994 Nahoon Reef, S. Africa. Great White shark. 2 surfers, one of them died 6:07 Aug 2007 Plantation Key, FL. Bull shark? Sharks from NC to Keys: Great Whites, Tiger, Bull. 10:45 Aug 2007 Bud n Mary's marina Islamorada, FL 12:45 June 1993 Tasmania, Australia, Great White. Fatality: woman, mother of quadruplets... 🦈
Yeah it's interesting what info is 'left out' in the interests of tourism. For years here in Australia we were told that great whites are seldom found in Queensland, particularly the Gold Coast. Waters are 'too warm' apparently. Nowadays, marine biologists are saying they're travelling through the Gold Coast regularly and close to shore. Plus there was last year's cctv footage showing that unfortunate fella being eaten by a great white, 150-200m from the beach. Metro Gold Coast beach. Hard to argue with that.
Keep an eye on the waters of the outer cape in cape cod Massachusetts and waters of Rhode island.weve been experiencing an explosion of the great white population.quite a few encounters are being covered up to protect tourism dollars
I had a buddy of mine who was from S africa back in the late 80s. In the early 80s I believe he was a deck hand on the Coca-Cola sailing ship. They were down in the Caribbean and he was swimming with the guests. He was attacked and bitten in the torso. They got him back on the ship and sailed to nearest hospital that could help. They saved his life. When I knew him we were bouncers at a bar in Daytona Beach called the Ocean Deck, live reggae band. My buddie had the best scar on the beach it looked just like a sharks mouth with teeth. All the girls loved this guy with that scar. I now live in az far from the sharks.
Those scars are cool. Sucks they had to get bit but the mouth scars are just crazy. Like Rodney Fox when he shows the back of his shoulder you can tell it is the bottom jaw
I’ve spent a lot of time in Islamorada and love Bud and Mary’s. I was down once and my husband wanted to jump off the dock and I yelled this guttural scream at him to stop because I’m from Miami and am aware how dangerous Marinas are (the waters are chummed with fish). I remember that he stopped dead in his tracks and I flew down that dock. As I was explaining how dangerous the water was a huge bull swam right below the dock. You don’t swim in marinas, you never mess with a Bull.
Swimming with seals?! I'm no expert (duh), but NOT swimming with seals seems pretty elementary to me. It was a terrible thing to happen, but whoever was in charge of the dive deserves to be in "What Were They Thinking?". Glad to hear you're a Cat Dude, too, Hal. We have to smash the image of the Crazy Cat Lady forever. It just ain't so! 😾 When you said "Land Shark, I thought of the classic SNL sketches with Chevy Chase. "Candygram, Ma'am!" 😺
Seals - Primary Predator - Sharks. Big sharks, with lots of teeth. Humans - have a habit of looking like slow, uncoordinated, possibly injured seals and many attacks by sharks are considered mistaken identify… i.e. we are mistaken for seals. Humans swimming with seals. 👍🏻👍🏻 awesome idea. Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong. Nope.
I grew up in East London just down the road from nahoon reef and that beach still has some of the most gruesome shark attacks in the world to date. Massive great whites that show no mercy there. Take a look at Shannon ainsleys story who is still the only person to be attacked by 2 great whites at once and lived to tell the tale. I stopped swimming at that beach years ago after all these incidents started happening. Also cintsa and transkei not too far from nahoon reef have some massive unforgiving great whites.
I grew up in Jhb but spent every school holiday at my aunt and uncles place in Port Alfred, I was always surfing, fishing or spearfishing...I went surfing at Nahoon Reef once, once was enough, I got out far enough to get set up and within 10 minutes saw 3 sharks that were bigger than my board...I went back in and chose not to go back out there again...very sharky spot! I also remember being at Cannon Rocks one day after there had been a big storm and there were lost and disorientated seal pups washing up on the beach, you could stand on the rocks and see the great whites patrolling up and down waiting for more to try and swim through to the safety of the land...
@@peppersander2457 Holy Mackerel ... look what I just stumbled upon regarding Shannon! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ALuCq1eB39s.html
Just found this amazing channel. The desensitizing of people to dangerous marine life (sharks, orcas, jellys, corals) is dangerous for all parties. These creatures are why I never finished a marine biology degree, I learned too much from Jaques Cousteau.
@@SharksHappen I'm still getting over my parents refusal to let me marry him, just because he didn't know me, and I was in 6th grade. Drats. But I still have every volume of "The Undersea World of Jaques Cousteau" books, hardcover, full color, first print. Some things you just don't part with. 👍😎
You’re not crazy for using logic and calling out the people who’s job it is to record these instances who clearly aren’t doing the full job if at all. Why anyone would want to fake statistics just to pad some vacation sites with safer results than they are is perplexing. It’s gross negligence at best and doing a severe injustice to science and putting people in more danger at worst. Thanks, Hal. Awesome video as always. Hope you’re well or better.
no offense but your question is silly. why would someone tell a lie in order to keep money flowing to them? probably the money. and i got bad news, the "news" and the US govt do the same thing.
It’s not only the money. The “scientific” establishment has been lying for many years about the number of attacks, as well as lying about the nature of shark attacks, in order to protect them at all costs. They have also lied about the GWS population. More and more GWS are being spotted all over the world, and scientists are now admitting that they may have “miscalculated” the numbers. I think that GWS are fascinating creatures, and understand that they are pivotal to the food chain and a healthy ecosystem. But not at the expense of innocent human lives being lost due to lying and misinformation. For those that have common sense (which is in short supply these days), it isn’t hard to figure out that when a large Apex predator that has been around for millions of years is hungry, they’re going to eat whatever is on the menu, specially when the item menu is an easy meal, since humans are not naturally aquatic beings. Some attacks are definitely territorial in nature. But many are predatory in nature. How anyone can dispute this fact is dumbfounding.
My dad did a study on sharkbites back in the late fifties early sixties. We lived at Amanzimtoti ,South Coast Natal , South Africa. There had been a spate of attacks in Toti, Hiberdene and Isipingo. The shark nets had just been introduced. Dad told us to look at the water and not to swim in certain conditions. We listened. He showed us the photos of the bites. One was a guy called Michael who was bitten in his side. His intestines were hanging out and there was no treatment for shock. He got very very cold. The medics took him to hospital and he recovered fully ...apparently because of hyperthermia. His body temp dropped drastically and it saved his life. At a place called Umgababa there was effluent from an upriver factory. There were hundred of sharks in this semi fresh and fresh water. Dad said the sharks got rid of parasites in fresh water. At Isipingo river my dad was standing in the river fishing when he saw a large Great White coming at him. He made it sound funny...he said he walked on water, but he made it to the bank before the shark reached him. Yhst was definitely a great white in fresh water.
Wow. Have seen some ugly wounds but not with intestines out. The story of your dads study and what he said of water conditions reminds me of a story i just covered. When asked the authority they were interviewing said the water was gray, murky, very Sharky water. You can reduce already small odds by paying attention to the environment.
Indeed the odds are better if you look at the water. I dont understand marine biologist swimming at night...in deep water . Thats looking for trouble Also when a shark was caught using a long pole off the beach it was normal to use an axe just behind its head and no one wss allowed to go near its jaw. The still bit.
Love your closing line. So true. If you walk out on the long fishing pier and see how close shark are to the beach you would not want to get in the water.
Wow....that lady being bitten in half is just nightmare stuff! I think she was probably trying to equalize ear pressure so she could dive down. Great video Hal!
This channel is incredibly interesting for several reasons, one is the way you tell the stories and how the attack is classified illustrates some of the politics of shark attacks. It's a little surprising how much politics are involved.
Look into bear attacks and the official policy and media coverage. Same thing, a lot to chew on. I love Hal's comment."what you learned in the 80's and 90's? Dont be so quick to let go of that". Lol. Paraphrase but the point is there. We are in some darkness. Other places like Russia, China and Cuba have gone through it.
@@saltpeter7429 and like I have said before there are HUGE swatches of the world with hundreds of millions of people who work on or in the Sea/Ocean (Africa, Latin America, South, Southwest and Southeast Asia and Oceana) that are too remote or too poor to have easy communication with the rest of the world. I only deduce that, many places that report attacks are either English speaking, Westernized or host lots of 'Western' Tourists (and their 'electronic toys')
@@hannibalbarca6308 I'm sure they're substantially higher than the 'official' numbers (maybe double or even triple) given sharks are opportunistic, but at the same time I do realize the importance of apex predators in an ecosystem--which is why I try to stay out of said ecosystem.
I lived in Australia for 4 years. They have on average 200 people taken every year - not reported by the government due to the political view that it will kill their tourism
Hey, new photo behind you! Still just as scary. Tourism should be second place. What is happening concerning sharks and be truthful should be first place so people can be protected. Looking at the bite radius and the type of teeth is how I thought experts figured out what type of shark it was. That always made sense to me. Good stories and you do very good telling them. Looking forward to your new channel. Glad to hear you have cats. I hope you show them to us one day.
Well, if one were to decide after being bitten in a spot that the shark attack file is hiding info and need someone to prove it, i gladly will. They need an attitude adjustment in a forum they are all too familiar with, the courts
@@SharksHappen Hal, while it's not an attack, can you take a minute to talk about the great white that was found in the Pamlico sound here in eastern NC? I think her name was Mary. she was 14+ ft
@@SharksHappen @SharksHappen a good start would be to attempt to update the info on wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Shark_Attack_File (I say 'attempt' as Wikipedia is known to be run by incompetents)
You gotta wonder about the shark attack files saying that Great Whites don't attack in Florida waters; why wouldn't they? The reason I believe they aren't admitting to it is due to the tourism industry. You say Bull shark and people aren't that concerned, you say Great White and they say let's get the hell out of the water! To this day the movie "Jaws" has instilled a deep down fear of being eaten alive.
I wrote yesterday about a windsurfer being killed in Stuart, FL, back in 2010, by juvenile Great Whites. Also Bull Sharks are nasty, I wouldn't go swimming when one is spotted. When they bite you, they keep on biting you. One killed a beautiful 14 year old girl here in Florida over ten years ago, if memory serves. An older gentlemen (a surfer) who went out to help, said her body was bobbing up and down from being bitten into and the shark didn't want to let her go, as he pulled her body to shore. He was interviewed in one of those, Discovery Shark Week episodes, from years past.
I lived in Marathon Florida (Keys) in 1993 and there was a tourist supposedly attacked by a barracuda (a tourist) He was torn up and I remember thinking “that’s a shark bite” as they were trying to get him to a hospital. I’m pretty sure he died….🤷
I was snorkeling in Florida late 80s, and came face to face, like arms length apart, with a hammerhead shark. We both were in the reeds and didn't see each other. I froze, hammerhead froze. I hit the surface and into the boat without even touching the floor. The hammerhead whipped around, hit me with its tail and swam off. Never went snorkeling in Florida gulf alone again. Early 90s I was stationed on Okinawa Japan and our safety brief was being told not to dive or snorkle at the north of the Island, Hedo Point. Great whites emassed in that area. Every few weeks the heads of servicemen stupid enough to dive in hedo point would be found on the shore of the Southside of the island. That ended my relationship with the ocean. Lol
Oh man. I was surprised when i saw attacks by whites off Japan. Never hear of them. And no way would i wamt to be face to face with any shark. Would have ended it for me
Just the heads Poor men You have bad memories a Ty for doing your duty to our country I regularly pray for our military personnel My brother was in Nam. He didnt come back the same I took care of him ti1ll his death My cousin also They both developed severe mental illnesses Hope you are ok By the way how did the military explain the deaths of our men killed by sharks? It was insanity to go into the ocean anywhere on that island If they amassed. That means a large # of whites No way hozey
Most of the stuff I know about sharks and the ocean I learned from watching Jacques Cousteau on TV he was great and his boat was named calypso intact the John Denver wrote a song about him but yeah he was a very interesting man to listen to
I had a pilot fly me over Florida ocean and saw sharks right by swimmers and people. That kept me out of the water for a time. Bulls are so aggressive. I know a guy that was swimming in early morning for the iron man type marathons and he got attacked by a bull in Alabama. I have heard some scary stories of Tigers hunting humans til they got them. You don’t swim in October or November in Hawaii and so these women didn’t know that, because they didn’t ask locals, and in the morning swim they were attacked, one woman was killed, and the other made it back. I saw this guy swim with a tame tiger shark he befriended on video, and that was amazing, but I wouldn’t try it. The water believe it or not in Florida can get very cold, even in summer, because me and my papa went too far out and it dropped off like we were in the Grand Canyon underwater, and got really cold. I wanted to berate myself for not being more careful but I just told my papa we’re in trouble daddy. I said don’t splash or make any noises, and then we meditated to try and lower our heart and pulse rate so the bulls won’t pick up on us. Thank God he listened, to me cause at first he wasn’t taking me serious, plus I have seen sharks in Louisiana waters right in the shallows where a older man had a bat and I said hey Capitaine, ma Cher (Cajun for my dear) what’s the bat for?, he said hammerheads, and sure enough there they were in the shallows! I don’t like when people say you don’t have to worry about sharks, yeah you do. You should always be aware they are in the water and with the overfishing and issues with environment they are going after bigger prey. There was an Aussie guy that talked about that and was very knowledgeable about sharks attacking, one of the most terrifying videos I saw was after a women on her honeymoon was saved by her husband who saw a great white coming straight for her, so he puts himself in the path of it and pushes her away and is decapitated. She was in shock on the beach, looked horrible. I can only imagine what she witnessed. Horrifying. Felt so awful for her and I know she knew he did the ultimate show of love by sacrificing himself for her. I can only hope If I was faced with a similar situation I would save my loved one. But God almighty what a horrible way to die. And what a horrible thing to witness. I like the new suits they have for shark repellents and they seem to work and the new electrical devices you can attach to you or your board and I would really want both and they have boards too, swimming in the ocean. Some kid was bitten and complaining it didn’t work, and I thought no kid it worked you would have been bit way worse or dead if you hadn’t had it on.
No such thing as a "tame" shark, ESPECIALLY a tiger shark. Lemon sharks can get used to divers and expect feeding from them, but tigers just eat and eat and eat.
Just the thought of being in the water at night where sharks reside gives me the eebie jeebies. I wouldn’t even jump in a freshwater lake at night. I would feel incredibly vulnerable. That biologist either has balls of steel or is downright nuts.
Great show! I agree with everything you said! People can try to “cover up” what really happens in the ocean, but unless you’re an idiot, the proof is there in your face. You can’t cover up a shark attack, you just can’t. Great show 👍👍
That barracuda cover up stuff is absolute nonsense. I’m so glad I was in the first 10,000 subs because this channel is going to blow up really fast. Fascinating work!! 🦈
Yes sir! I was born and still live in Florida on the West Coast South of Tampa. In my lifetime there have been a massive amount of shark attacks. Mostly Bull Sharks which is now known to be the most dangerous to humans as they DO eat humans. Most of those incidents were covered up and as of around 2004 not only were Great White Sharks reported on the Atlantic side but also in the Gulf of Mexico as far up as New Port Richey. USF has adopted a do-not-tell approach following political and tourism pressures as well as totally ignorant scientists saying all Sharks are to be protected and especially the most deadly to us...the Bull shark. We fishermen, divers and swimmers ALL know this fact, we are most alert as to possible Bull Sharks and Tigers.
Honestly this is my worst f+cking nightmare!! Swimming out there and to see that giant ass shark coming towards me I'd be dead from a heart attack first.
Hi Hal. Like your videos and your straight forward presentations. Have been enjoying this channel since subscribing. A recent History Channel video featured a bull shark sighting in a Bayou. Bayou expert brought in a shark expert and together they caught a bull shark in the bayou. Unanswered questions were how that one bull shark got there and whether it was the only shark.
Great episode Hal. Those shark attacks were horrific and actually very sad to hear, but those accounts should be heard! It's good to hear the UK is still being discussed, Aussies fighting off Great Whites with surf boards, Americans trying to fend off attacks with spear guns, and the British falling over trying to carry a dead shark or showing one to their mates in a pub and being injured. Nice to know we're still in the mix. Heart felt condolences to the friends and relatives of victims of shark attacks...what is striking though is that there is often no pain...just a sensation of compression...
My brother and I used to swim off the coast of Georgia from sand bar to sand bar. Once we were in between sand bars treading water approximately 8 ft. from each other when we both felt the infamous bump. We knew exactly what it was .I've never swam so fast in my life we were swimming so fast that we were practically on top of the water. I can still hear my brother screaming at me "DO NOT SWIM LIKE A BABY SEAL !!!" I told him if I died that I was coming back to haunt him.
Hey Hal great video. I'm with you on the misinformation about shark attacks these days. I've been ridiculed for pointing out that not all are mistaken identity. But I'm wondering about the bull shark in the great lakes. I too think it's to cold for them. That said, I think a more plausible case would be a Greenland shark. I do recall a show that was trying to find one in a river in Canada. If I recall correctly they did get it on video for a few seconds. I know you don't buy into the whole fresh water deal, and I'm not sold on it either after you pointed out the problems with the cases that were recorded. But I don't think we know everything about sharks, and I do know of a few fish species that go from fresh to salt, so maybe some sharks can. Anyway, the Greenland shark would make more sense for the great lakes to me, but until I hear of a confirmed attack or a confirmed fishing catch, I'll stay skeptical.
I saw that video. It has been seen at the mouth of a river in Canada i think it is, so that should be less salinity that ocean waters. Will b interesting to see if they spot them in the river in moderate brackish waters
@@SharksHappen yeah it will be. I don't know if I'm right but the temperature of the water has an effect on the salinity I think. Just not sure if it's more or less. Guess I need to research it.
@budliite Yes they have filmed Greenland sharks in the St Lawrence Seaway. The divers just swam along with them, but they were pretty 'sluggish'. Some folks guess they swim in lower salinity water to 'kill off' those skin and eye parasites
I have been into sharks ( no pun intended ) lol , since I was a kid !! Love your channel ! Obviously, as with any money making endeavors , that are dealing with s threat to the revenue stream, there's BOUND TO BE PEOPLE LYING TO COVER Stuff UP !!
One of the reasons those places down there in Florida don't want to report those shark attacks cause its a resort area with shark attacks by word of mouth will kill off the revenue by ppl not vacationing or will not come at that resort area
The sentiment that all shark attacks are mistaken identity perhaps would help reduce fear mongering towards sharks but isn't true. I'm sure some of them actually are mistaken identity but most are not. They have pretty decent vision. It sucks for us that when they encounter something they think might be food or foe they close their eyes and explore with their teeth. They aren't indiscriminate killers and human/shark encounters that result in injury or death are thankfully somewhat rare. Most of the time you will never even know that you were approached by a shark.
I agree on the fear mongering. But i think if honest and people know these things happen they could normalize the behaviors in peoples minds like it is in mine. Not everyone is out to get sharks after an attack, and many feel there is conservation efforts needed to control populations. Great to have the discussion but how can you with no information. Time to take off the kid gloves when it comes to sharks being sharks and way past time i need to be talked to like an incoherent child by academia
@@SharksHappen I like the way you worded that. I totally agree, It's impossible to have a productive conversation on shark conservation if the public is going into the discussion misinformed or uninformed. Far too much of that going around. I appreciate your no nonsense approach. Love the channel, keep up the great work!
Growing up as a child I loved researching sharks, into my teens I became more fascinated and new everything possible. Now I'm 40 and a mother to my 5yr old son. He's so intrigued about sharks that he tells me everything about them, and more passionate about them and other marine life. Well done to Sharks Happen as my son loves to listen and learn ❤️
Hi Hal I'm new to this channel, the stories from everyone here are amazing to hear. I'm a lover of shark's but.. I will not swim anywhere near them no thanks I'm terrified of the water since I watched jaws movie when I was a kid. I will never take them for granted because they don't care who you are they just want to eat. Thank-you for sharing your thoughts, I love your videos, thanks from Nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦 ❤ 😘 ♥ 💖
Hal, you are like David Paulides making records of these cases. You cover shark attacks and he does missing hikers. You should write books, Hal. I would buy for sure.
Back in the 60s and 70s as a kid we used to dive at Loo Key--used to see all kinds of sharks, but never an issue. I remember my Dad telling us to kick them in the snout if they came too close. I used to feed Moray Eels and swim with barracudas. Same with alligators in the Everglades. Never worried, we just made sure we were aware. I was taught not to worry. I would worry now.
Umm, yeah since there are so few shark attacks reported, he can only do so many videos of the ones that have actually been reported. Also he said that he only does the ones from the 1900s to now, and they are on the big sharks, so on any attacks beforehand you’d have to do your own research unfortunately. On a side note, the ISAF only goes back as far as 1958, so any stories beforehand may not be very accurate.
Bull sharks can somehow regulate the levels of salt they need in their blood and they can adapt quickly to fresh water. As for the water being cold most sharks are able to regular the levels of nitrogen in their bodies to regular body temp. I'm not saying it would thrive well for long but bull sharks have been know to pop up in inauspicious places.
Salt retention does nothing to keep them from sinking. And studies show they get dehydrated in Brackish waters. Thrive is basically finished. Survive will be done when someone tests a bull in fresh water tank, weened slowly from salt. They will sink and die well before 500 ppm salinty or fresh water.
Miami resident here. FL has a long history of minimizing bad events. In 1926 (for example) the powers that be minimized the reports of the horrific 1926 storm. Didn't want to scare off any tourists or boomtown binder buyers.And that decision affected donations and good will and aid because the rest of the country never knew how bad it was. Whatever. I love my home state and wish it had never been ruined by the invasion of outsiders.
It would be very interesting to hear your opinion about the money involved protecting great whites in Australia and around the globe. Glen lennie folkard from Newcastle Australia would be a guy with great insight as he was attacked at Readhead beach just south of Newcastle Australia. At one stage he was very outspoken but has now gone quite. Maybe you could get in contact with him through Bite Club Au
The numbers kinda do the talking. There are plenty of protected shark species that could easily be allowed recreational fishing without hurting the numbers. Its like deer here in Mi. People used to hunt all the time here. I think the anti hunt BS got to some people. But, we have way more deer than we should and cars snd deer Accidents daily. In Texas, Fl and other states it is wild pigs
I remember between 1995 and about 2002 on Long Island ( I believe it was Robert Moses Beach which is part of Fire Island, I’m not 100% sure which beach it was ) a lifeguard was swimming in the morning around dawn was bitten and all the news outlets said it was a bluefish bc it was summer time but the guy told my aunt bc he went to her church that it was definitely a shark. Also a note is that the Gulf Stream was in 10 miles closer then usual.
Wow. That is very interesting. The gulf stream moving that much. I was looking at the range of some warm weather sharks and noticed they would go up the east coast almost to NY, but not up the west coast. Made me think there is a warm water current along the east coast
Yea, I remember when that happened I was still surfing after dusk and my dad got mad at me bc around the same time someone reported over the coast guard channel that they caught a bull shark by the fire island lighthouse but on the bay side not the ocean side but it’s all saltwater anyway. My dad told me when he was a kid he saw blue sharks come into the great South Bay chasing blue fish.
Last year, I swam to the darkest part of the ocean, 1 mile off shore with a friend. We checked the news after and there had been 2 large sharks in the area an hour before and again an hour after we got back to land! I now know that beach to be very dangerous and that the locals don't swim there because of all the sharks and attacks, horrifying. I was so scared swimming out and back.
Some of those bull sharks get trapped in those rivers when they get too big to get back out past barriers they got into when they were smaller. They keep attacking people for years to come. All seasons. Those bull sharks are extremely tough and durable to many environments.
I have a Ph.D. in biological oceanography and while I'm certainly no expert on shark behavior, I know you don't swim at night in the ocean and you would never swim in a seal rookery! Jeez.
@Chandler Burse I do know other animals kill more people than sharks for instance hippos who kill more people I've always said sharks kill just to eat and actually kill hardly anyone per year compared to humans for instance
Hello mate! I'm a new subscriber and I simply LOVE your videos. Keep up the great work. Btw, I was wondering if you have had a PERSONAL EXPERIENCE with a SHARK ATTACK? I'd really love to know what brought you to this fascinating work.
@@SharksHappen really? Very awesome. Your interest and knowledge would make one seem like you had a personal tragedy or experience. Totally glad you didn't! Lol. Really appreciate the vids. I have been fascinated as well as terrified by sharks ever since my parents took me to see JAWS in a drive in theater when I was 7. If I'm not mistaken, JAWS was a loose interpretation of the killings in NEW JERSEY in the 1900s by BULL SHARKS. Please keep up the great work mate!
When I was a kid growing up in the 60’s and 70’s we went to Fla every summer with my aunt and uncle. They were friends with a couple who owned a hotel on Treasure Island, which is where we stayed every year. My uncle liked to lay on a float and just let the waves carry him out quite a ways. He might be out there for an hour or longer and then he’d paddle back in. I remember the hotel owner telling my aunt that as soon as my uncle got back in to tell him to never do that again! That EVERY YEAR there were people that disappeared from shark attacks, but it was never reported in the news because it would kill the tourism!
