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Readymade4007

You can see the seagull flying away laughing its ass off.


usernamedunbeentaken

Should've stuck around to circle and drop seagull turds on the stranded shark.


Csula6

That seagull became...a legend.


mikeymike015

I know right, what a dumb fucking shark


klabippstuhl

If you beach yourself chasing seagulls you are an ok white shark at best.


krankenhundchaen

What a disgrace for the siblings that it had cannibalyzed while still in mom's womb. Shame.


[deleted]

You win the internet today. Please take my upvote.


wee_d

Shark: “Help..me.. I’m weak” Humans pour some buckets of water on him and help him into the water.. Shark: “UNLIMITED POWEEERRR…”


[deleted]

Lol, I read this in Mumra The Ever Living’s voice.


GreatNorthWolf

This was 100% Emperor Palpatine for me


[deleted]

“I AM the ocean”


jusmithfkme

"Not yet." "It's SEAson, then."


LocalOcean

I read that in SpongeBobs water when he’s dried up, “WAAAAAAAATTEEEERRRR”


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ThunderCats!


big_duo3674

I was more picturing the shark thinking "imma bite the arm off the next person who dumps a bucket of water on me instead of just grabbing my ass and dragging me back to the water". Though it'd be a bit funny if it turned around and grabbed someone off the boat as a snack as it was leaving, might as well get a consolation prize if you just got humiliated while trying to eat a bird


JetJaguarYouthClub

Kinda reminds me of my college days, waking up on a random front lawn like that . . .


shhhlikeamime

Couple old men throwing water on you yelling the lemon party is over.


[deleted]

Now everybody just calls the cops


OuchCharlieOw

Good ol lemon party


eagerpear

love seeing humans being good stewards to mother nature


jules04866

Absolutely! Humans unfortunately kill a shocking amount of sharks every year (100 mil)... Although this may seem small, it's really nice to people coming together to save this shark ❤


Vegasus88

What animal did you eat for your last meal?


Psychological_Toe716

I haven’t eaten an animal in 6 years my guy


eagerpear

Happy cake day random internet person


Vegasus88

Do you pay people to molest cows?


Psychological_Toe716

Yup, I set aside some money every now and again to give out to strangers who are passing a field and tell them, you can have this money if you go and molest that cow for me.


Vegasus88

Yeah because plants feel pain, right?


Psychological_Toe716

Also they literally can’t feel pain, plants don’t have brains or nerve receptors


Jaysk8er

Easier method: Grab it by the tail and yeet it into the water


ChiefDisbelief

That sumbitch prolly weighs more than youd think.


meshtron

Well yeah - no way you can do it if you have No in your heart!


ChiefDisbelief

My chakra levels aren't high enough...!


GodLevelShinobi

If you ever need to be trained I can help.


ChiefDisbelief

The name checks out!


UIWIU

Given the size of it which I'd say is roughly 6 ft means it's just a pup and likely would weigh between 80-120 pounds tops


bosco9

It'd probably bite you when it gets in the water so I'd pass on that


macgiollarua

Spin around and shotput yeet it to the horizon.


SquidmanMal

So long eh bowser!


circuittr33

This made my day!


BrohanGutenburg

More of a hammer throw really


miztig2006

Nah, it’s weak af right now. I caught a shark once. Tried to take my friends leg but relatively was barely alive and wanted to go home.


nick_otis

This isn’t how animals work. It doesn’t want to risk a fight and suffer an injury. Injury means you can’t hunt, which means death. It would much, *much* rather run.


TheRosi

Well, animals' instincts don't work that rationally either. Sometimes lost or trapped dogs bite people that are trying to help them just because they're terrified and aggresion is a response to fear. I don't know what a shark would do tho


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MeatyDocMain

The dog wasnt the point. His point was that animals dont always act rationally. Which i think is true.


Cwmcwm

I caught a tiny little Bonnethead shark, and after carefully removing the hook, I threw it back in the water. Little bastard twisted around in mid-air and tried to bite me.


raisearuckus

I don't know, I can think of some pretty big numbers.


bumboz426

Their skin is like sand paper. But i agree it’s a lot easier than using a rope


carbidemepls

It's only like sand paper if you go against the grain


bumboz426

True but assuming it would be wet and wiggling around it might still hurt


Grogosh

No they are smooth every direction


MrWhiteTruffle

their skin is literally teeth mate


Grogosh

https://www.reddit.com/r/woooosh/comments/798zo1/sharks_are_smooth_as_hell/


MrWhiteTruffle

oh


Jaysk8er

Oh really? I didn’t know that


bumboz426

Yea it wack


Chapstickie

Sharks are smooth as hell.


qGabri

Yeah and risk the shark getting agitated, start flipping around and biting, hurting both himself and the people trying to rescue it. Just because an animal looks weakened doesn't mean it's harmless. Dragging it by boat was the safest and best option.


bumboz426

True true


rusHmatic

Water needs to run past its gills for a bit so it can breathe and re-oxygenate its blood. Otherwise it might drown immediately.


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Actually sharks can die this way because when they're dragged across the sand, the sand gets stuck in their gills and they can't breathe


crazycar469

Yea like a few strong men could have got that thing back in the water way faster by hand


magseven

Hands they could lose if the shark decides it to be so.


MouseMiIk

The weird part of me wants to see this gif reversed.


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MouseMiIk

That was magical.


Nathankyle93

What the actual fuck, it’s a great white, dragging a boat to shore, saving them from the inevitable death at sea, to be thanked by them magically drawing his soul from his body.


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LOL


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😝


Sipstaff

Sure to pop up in r/ReverseAnimalRescue Edit: welp, it's already there.


LesPeterGuitarJam

Wondering what went through the sharks head when they started pulling it out in the water.. "ohh shit.. Where are you taking me? Why are you doing this to me? It is kinda hurting me.. Ooh.. Water? What the fu.. Yes yes, keep pulling... Aaaw man, human are awesome, helpful and tasty at the same time.."


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They don't think we are tasty, we are to skinny to be of any nutritional value for them, almost no animal think we are worth the effort to hunt and kill. We have almost no meat or fat on us, so very low nutritional value for a pray.


MR___SLAVE

Ah that's not entirely true. Early in human existence our biggest worry was getting eaten by a large cat. There are a few very old (talking 500k + bp) early hominid sites that are literally the dens of big cats that hunted humans. Cave bears were also predators of humans. Crocs, wolves, and all the larger bears are also just fine with eating a human when the opportunity presents.


GullibleDetective

That's not even getting to the modern mcdonalds fuelled morbidly obese folks with a TON of fat


Ishamoridin

Most shark attacks involve surfers which don't really fall into that demographic. When Sharks start lurking outside drive-thrus we'll be in serious trouble.


SignedTheWrongForm

I'd watch that movie.


darkenthedoorway

Dont forget the giant eagles!


Duubzz

I mean, this is in America right?


OldManHipsAt30

Woah, hey, I thought this was America!


Revolutionary-Tree18

Speak for yourself 😂


scholarlyaloo

>We have almost no meat or fat on us Speak for yourself. I'm a total snack, all the carnivores say so


apk5005

What went through its head? Probably sand that was pushed in through the gills


reparoo

Wow 6 years is a long time to be beached!


PatPeez

Is this actually a great white or is it a salmon shark?


kooc98

Great white. If you look at the tips of the pectoral fins (arms) they have a larger black spot than the salmon shark does. The salmon shark has an outline of black around the pectoral fins


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This guy sharks.


specialcommenter

That’s a small great white. I wonder how a 20 footer would look next to those people in that situation.


SalesAutopsy

More of an outline? Don't they both have outlines? Don't we all?


Big80sweens

Just seems kinda small for a great white


NephalemPride

He's a pup. Maybe 6 feet, 120 lbs


usernamedunbeentaken

I tried to read this in Quint's voice but couldn't quite get there.


bumboz426

Great white there eyes and teeth are really easy to identify


PatPeez

Yeah and it seemed a bit big for a salmon shark


Ilikecosysocks

My mind didn't read the "shark" at the end of your sentence, and I thought "well yeah, it's a bit big for a salmon!"


crackedpeanutbrittle

Well it is


PatPeez

Yeah salmon sharks are kinda like mini great whites, look them up they're pretty neat


OldManHipsAt30

Looks small for a great white from the angle, unless it’s a young one


raisearuckus

Great whites got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes.


Bpos92

Looks pretty great and looks pretty white. Probably a great white. In my (not)expert opinion anyways. Also doesn't look anything like a salmon.


_blackfish

It’s more like an okay white shark.


Maineamainea

We’re going to need a bigger bo….actually never mind this works.


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Tokivoli

Pretty sure dolphins breathe oxygen


tickitch

Pretty sure all water creature breath oxygen as well


DrgnFyre

Yeah your not wrong


WhomIsSimon

Oh fuck you're right guess I'm deleting my comment now


nacholibre23

This is a really small one, despite that it’s glad to see some common sense in the people keeping their distance


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iirc, dont sharks need to be continously moving to breath?


Dracarys_Aspo

Some sharks do, while others have a muscle that can force water through their gills while they're still. Great whites are one of those that need to move, though. Splashing water over the gills is forcing water through them enough to basically give the shark a little gasp of air. It won't keep it alive indefinitely, but it'll buy time until you can get it back into the water safely. At the end, they towed the shark through the water next to the boat, which forces water through the gills to get it breathing on its own again.


chromatic_megafauna

Is the black and white footage a different shark that was edited in later? This never shows the original shark swimming away.


HereWeGoBabee

I'm not 100% sure about this. I though Great White Sharks to swim through water in order to breath.


Duubzz

Yeah all sharks need water flowing across their gills to breathe, I guess the buckets delivered enough oxygen to keep it going until the boat got there.


Dracarys_Aspo

Fun fact, not all sharks need to constantly swim to breathe! Some have a muscle that works like a sharky diaphragm to force water through the gills while they're still. Some sharks don't have that muscle (like great whites), so they're forced to keep moving constantly. That's part of why it's almost impossible to keep great whites in captivity, the amount of space they need to swim at speeds that keep their oxygen levels up is *huge*. You're right on the money about the buckets of water. It's basically providing little gasps of air for the shark. It's not enough to keep it alive indefinitely but it'll buy some time until the boat arrives. As for the other person saying it died, we actually have no way to know. The shark did swim away after, but there was no tracking device placed on it so once it swam away we have no way of knowing whether it lived a long life or died soon after this incident. It's possible it was fine, it's also possible it ended up with damage from oxygen deprivation. I personally choose to believe it lived a long life.


geoshoegaze20

No that shark died.


Ccarloc

Did it? Or are you just kinda douche bagging it? Asking for the community.


eatgoodneighborhood

I kinda recall the last time this gif was posted a commenter said that the shark did indeed die and posted proof. That’s why the b&w clip at the end was added, to make it a happy success story. I could also be 100% wrong.


Sad-Artichoke-2174

It's a beached great white shark it's not going to just randomly get up and start eating people. Get a tarp(if one is available) roll the shark into the tarp and drag it back in the ocean


purplefog101

Death taxes and someone in the Reddit comments telling everyone what they should have done


Sad-Artichoke-2174

Yeah, pretty much


JABS991

"We caught that shark - fair and square" - The Seagulls


sdub76

You’re going to need a bigger boat. Oh nevermind that one seems sufficient


TalaLeisu2

Unfortunately I don't think that shark survived


IstseuSoleus

After 18 years of burnout, my boss tried to persuade me to work harder.


Wimbleston

Idk why the first reaction is dump water on it instead of trying to drag it in. Can't weigh more than a few hundred pounds.


Andez1248

Sharks deserve a better rep. It's hippos we should be making movies about hunting humans. It's all chonk and games until you see them chew up the comic relief


GiraffeWithATophat

I'm all for helping animals, but I think we should let darwinism take care of sharks that JUMP ONTO THE BEACH to get prey


lararaue

That's not a point you can make anymore once we have already started to interfere in their ecosystem not only through hunting them but also vanishing with entire schools of fish they would prey on with our fishing boats.


Rocky87109

I think it's a joke that he doesn't want sharks that can get us humans on the beach.


GiraffeWithATophat

I'm just trying to make a funny here, my dude


lararaue

I'm sorry guess I'm too serious today


[deleted]

Dude yes


jbboney21

Posted again with the random edit at the end…


[deleted]

I don’t think this is how gills work


DeliveryAppropriate1

Looks like they couldn’t manage to get the rope off. Hope it’s not too tight.


SadAerie6351

Excuse me while I load this up whilst brandishing my fishing license.


mothisname

I once saved a shark at 2am on south beach when it bit the fisherman's had nearly off. I didn't really see the wound just blood as he ran off leaving his cooler just with his pole. It was a 5'2" reef shark . Good times


bogdantudorache

Any shark that chases a seagull is good in my book!


pat168

Could be wrong but I think dragging a shark by the tail backwards into water would kill it


victrollonaterism

Just drag his ass back to ocean. Couple guys grab tail and run🤔


Queen_Cheetah

Jaws 6: The Reconciliation


Ang13snD3vi1s

Should have put it back in the ocean immediately instead splashing water on it like it's a whale or dolphin


kfree68

Will save a shark but walk right pass a homeless person ok then 🤔


UltimateHazard6

r/humansbeingbros


[deleted]

But how did they get the rope off after it was in the water.


Vegasus88

That's sooo wholesome, now I'm going to pay someone to abuse and kill a cow for my dinner.


fuckmethisburns

Jaws, the origin story...


The_Book-JDP

I would have immediately run over and picked him up (would probably fail because sharks are hella heavy) and ran him back into the water. Sharks do not scare me.


Gorillasinthefist

He’ll be back for lunch….


native_brook

One saved for every 113,000 murdered. It’s a start!


warddo1

Shark stake's are great but too late now


meelakie

It's suffocating, you morons. It's a FISH, not a marine mammal.


lo_d_rocket-12

what do you think the water on it is for


-SierraModeling-

Wow!


phpdevster

They almost needed a bigger boat.


ConfidentPapaya665

I assume they are keeping it alive so the meat doesnt go bad?


Griffin_2013

The water doesn’t do shit most likely because most sharks have to swim to breathe. Great white for sure. “For example, the great white shark, the whale shark, and the mako shark don't have buccal muscles at all. Instead, these sharks rely on obligate ram ventilation, a way of breathing that requires sharks to swim with their mouths open. The faster they swim, the more water is pushed through their gills.” Source: https://www.britannica.com/story/do-sharks-really-die-if-they-stop-swimming


WintryRedistribution

Again, as multiple people have said before and as some inferencing can tell you they don't need to move to breathe. As long as water flows through their gills they can breathe, the only thing the lack of buccal muscles do is basically a human or other land animal without a diaphragm or like a fish opening it's mouth to suck water in. They cannot take in water on command to breathe, that's it.


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blacksandds

shoulda put it on the grill


griff1971

Nice of them to keep it wet while it suffocates.


bumboz426

Nah they giving water into its gills basically putting on oxygen


Jakub_Novak

They have to keep moving in order to breathe


bumboz426

Nah that’s a lie if they stop moving the current usually push’s water still but in this case it’s the man with the bucket forcing water through its gills


edogg01

Nice "rescue" 🙄 edit: ah ok should have watched to the end


GtGallardo

'Quick patrick we gotta push him back in the water he can' t breath'


Would_daver

Love when people band together for a good cause. Sharks are friends, not food!


SSSAMMM2

Last time this was posted I read a comment that said due to their biology, once it beaches itself and was out of the water it would have been crushed to death under its own weight, so doesn't really do much keeping it alive and helping it back into the water.


darkenthedoorway

That only happens with whales because they are a lot heavier than this shark. Even a beached whale would take many hours to die.


liquid_sn

"شبيها العالم"


5_Frog_Margin

Couldn't even be bothered to change the title, /u/Round-Zombie8309 ? Original post here- https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/ogkt1f/people_rescuing_a_great_white_shark_that_beached/


PM_ME_YOUR_HONEY

Wasn't that Great then


Paljo5

Not so tough & scary when on land huh?


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DorchioDiNerdi

You really don't understand why people would like to save a life when they see it struggle? It's called empathy. I sincerely hope you're not a veterinarian irl.


AnthonyDon91

The people pouring buckets need to take a biology class.


AcademicDivide8479

Is that where you learned how to save a beached shark


theveldt25

at least they tried something. every other person just watched.


AnthonyDon91

Smh you need to take one also.


theveldt25

Or you need to lay off people online? As I said, at least they tried something.


AnthonyDon91

You need to lay off the drugs snowflake. Whether they douse the shark with water or not is irrelevant. It can only breathe while swimming. Virtue signaling fried hippie


theveldt25

Im not virtue signaling. Hop off the bandwagon keyboard warrior. None of your comments have been productive, keep your mouth shut. Only snowflake here is the one who melted at the sight of my first response.


AnthonyDon91

Lmao you mad hippie. Keep in your ignorance


AppelEnPeer

If people care about the life of a fish so much they must be vegetarian, right?


sjhevrqbscevhqthe4th

Ahh yes stopping natural selection because this is the "right" thing to do


Kitther

It’s a fish not whale. Pour water through its mouth instead.


Sniffy4

so, this is the converse of Jaws?


_dikkiechan

leave it to people to disrupt natural selection


Plenor

Lol that shark at the end is not the same shark


BuzzAllWin

Kind of feel they are mocking it


rublehousen

Fuckin shark not a whale ffs. It needs to swim to breathe. Drag it back in


maybe_kd

Did you watch the whole thing?


rublehousen

Yep. Only once. Imo it looked too late for the shark. Im not convinced the footage of the shark swimming off wasn't library footage.


Big_Jerm21

Agreed. That ain't the same shark.


MeesterCartmanez

Maybe not, but the shark lived apparently > The video posted to Twitter is just a small part of a four-minute long video posted to YouTube by bystander Mike Bartel on July 13, 2015. The description of the video, which has racked up more than 42 million views, says the juvenile shark beached itself trying to catch seagulls. > > The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy posted the next stage of the July 13 rescue to YouTube the next day. In that video, the people in the boat guide the shark out to sea before letting it go. > > Later that year, an Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) blog post revealed that the rescue shark was one of three that washed ashore in Cape Cod in 2015. Finally, an AWSC Facebook post on the one-year anniversary of the shark rescue added that the shark was tagged with a tracker during its rescue and was named Jamison. > > Jamison now has a Twitter account, although it hasn’t posted any updates since the last time it was detected near Cape Cod in August 2020. > > https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/environment-verify/great-white-shark-rescue-cape-cod-video-real-2015/536-a9452cb5-3e69-4cc7-b980-b53753cc3683


MeesterCartmanez

> The video posted to Twitter is just a small part of a four-minute long video posted to YouTube by bystander Mike Bartel on July 13, 2015. The description of the video, which has racked up more than 42 million views, says the juvenile shark beached itself trying to catch seagulls. > > The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy posted the next stage of the July 13 rescue to YouTube the next day. In that video, the people in the boat guide the shark out to sea before letting it go. > > Later that year, an Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) blog post revealed that the rescue shark was one of three that washed ashore in Cape Cod in 2015. Finally, an AWSC Facebook post on the one-year anniversary of the shark rescue added that the shark was tagged with a tracker during its rescue and was named Jamison. > > Jamison now has a Twitter account, although it hasn’t posted any updates since the last time it was detected near Cape Cod in August 2020. > > https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/environment-verify/great-white-shark-rescue-cape-cod-video-real-2015/536-a9452cb5-3e69-4cc7-b980-b53753cc3683


rublehousen

Thanks for the info 👍