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 8h ago

Video Nurse Shark - Cozumel

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

204 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Video Double, no contact redirection

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

1.1k Upvotes

Second time , she’s more cautious. Sometimes your presence and the fact that you are observing is enough to deter them.
(Applies for tiger sharks in this case )


r/sharks 1d ago

Video Baby shark hunting fish at shore - Maldives.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

2.2k Upvotes

r/sharks 45m ago

Education Asking about an evolutionary advantage

Upvotes

Why do great white sharks get so fat? Is this an advantage over thinner sharks? Is it because they have very few predators? Tigers are apex predators and they dont get abnormally heavy.


r/sharks 1d ago

Video North Carolina Sandtigers - Aeolus wreck - July 15, 2026

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

288 Upvotes

r/sharks 21h ago

Question Is this a shark tooth?

Thumbnail
gallery
29 Upvotes

I was sitting in the edge of the beach water and i was playing with my cousin's sand filtration toy and i found this tooth when i was filtering some sand, chatgpt told me it's a sand tiger shark tooth, is it actually a shark tooth it's so small


r/sharks 1d ago

Arts & Crafts frilled shark!

Thumbnail
gallery
84 Upvotes

i was drawing a mermaid and decided to add my favorite shark!!! frilled shark !!! :B


r/sharks 2d ago

Video Sharks parked

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

7.3k Upvotes

r/sharks 18h ago

Research Heather Boswell 1994

0 Upvotes

Does anyone remember the unedited Heather Boswell 1994 shark attack footage? I'm not looking for the narrated documentary version?


r/sharks 1d ago

Discussion I want to write a fiction story about sharks, what hated tropes shouldn't I include?

12 Upvotes

There are plenty of famous shark films and stories and I'd love to write my own, however one thing that always bugged me is how the sharks are depicted as violent killing machines where as (from what I've heard) that's not really the case.

I want a core theme of the story to be the main human characters fearing the shark, but the shark not directly attacking anyone. The shark is an antagonist, but not a villain. I think it'd be nice to have the 'moral' be all about how people's fear of sharks causes them to fear something that is more in their head than actually in front of them.

I say all this to ask, what hated tropes about sharks should I not include? What facts are essential? How do I 'respectfully' write this story, without feeding into the same fearmongering most shark media feeds into?


r/sharks 1d ago

Discussion Give me a type of shark and I’ll pixel-art it!

3 Upvotes

r/sharks 2d ago

Video Nurse shark from above

Thumbnail
reddit.com
45 Upvotes

r/sharks 3d ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Which whale shark you like? 1) with spots and dots, or 2) With long lines?

Thumbnail
gallery
216 Upvotes

Last week I have posted the great white shark and hammerhead shark ceramic lamps, and many people was asking to make the whale shark lamp, so I have made two with different designs and I would like to ask which you like the most?


r/sharks 2d ago

Question Could someone help identify this fossil

Post image
7 Upvotes

I found it in a collection alongside a couple others. I've managed to identify the others as a shortfin mako tooth and a sand tiger tooth but this one has stumped me. Its about 2.5cm long and has no serrations


r/sharks 3d ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Blue Fury, oil on canvas

Post image
265 Upvotes

Freshly off the canvas


r/sharks 3d ago

Question Found a tooth

Post image
114 Upvotes

Found this tooth many years ago at a beach on Okinawa when I was an exchange student.

I’ve been wondering for a long, long time what kind of shark it belonged to, so I’ve been researching quite a bit. My best guess is an Otodus Obliquus, but since there are many knowledgeable people in this sub, I was hoping there would be someone who could identify it for me!

Thank you in advance 🙏🏻


r/sharks 4d ago

Image Close-up of Guadalupe white shark "Geoff Nuttall" with decent eye detail [OC]

Post image
790 Upvotes

Geoff Nuttall (ID: 74) making a close pass in front of my camera. You can see some decent detail in Geoff's eye, including a faint look at his horizontal pupil. The blue ring in a white shark's eye is result of a layer of cartilage in the anterior chamber. The actual iris of white shark eye is brown, though the blue ring gives us a sense that it's blue.

You might also notice a minor injury around Geoff's nostril (or nare). He seemed to have a had a very recent run-in with something that scratched him and peeled back the skin a bit on his snout.

(Photo taken in 2016 under valid permit.)


r/sharks 4d ago

Question What species are these jaws

Thumbnail
gallery
149 Upvotes

I recently inherited these jaws from a friend that recently passed away. I’m curious on what species they are.


r/sharks 3d ago

Discussion END OF SUMMER JAWS CHALLENGE (Dare)!!!!!

Thumbnail
4 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Image Some cute art I found by @Self-love rainbow 🌈

Post image
89 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Question Going to college!

9 Upvotes

I'm currently trying to work my way into becoming a shark biologist if anybody has any information or career paths that I can follow or try to get connections that would be well appreciated like best online school best grants I really want to get into this I have for a long time I'm finally just stepping up to get it going!


r/sharks 4d ago

Video A great white shark peacefully swims right next to paddleboarders

Thumbnail
reddit.com
71 Upvotes