1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,160 You're listening to Deep Dives With Sharks, the Shark podcast 2 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,360 focused on shark species. Sharks saved you both for you 3 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,280 and the sharks and news in the past couple weeks? 4 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,320 Sit back, relax. It's time to take a dive. 5 00:00:25,340 --> 00:00:28,500 Hello, and welcome back, Shark. Here is to another episode of 6 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:31,260 Deep Dives with Sharks. I am the host here. 7 00:00:31,260 --> 00:00:34,260 My name is Alex, and life decided to life again. 8 00:00:34,260 --> 00:00:37,340 But here we are, finally getting this episode out to you guys 9 00:00:37,620 --> 00:00:39,820 once again. I do appreciate all the patience 10 00:00:39,820 --> 00:00:41,300 and support that you guys have had. 11 00:00:41,380 --> 00:00:44,420 And I also wanted to mention that right now we're about half 12 00:00:44,420 --> 00:00:47,860 the listeners are in the US and the other half are outside of 13 00:00:47,860 --> 00:00:50,740 the US, but the US number's been dropping simply because we've 14 00:00:50,740 --> 00:00:54,700 been gaining so many outside of the US Shark heroes, which is 15 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:56,900 amazing. You guys continue to listen, 16 00:00:56,900 --> 00:00:59,500 share, support and it's it's been so amazing. 17 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:01,860 Also, in case you're wondering, Texas is still the most listened 18 00:01:01,860 --> 00:01:05,140 to state, which has absolutely throttled me and is amazing. 19 00:01:05,140 --> 00:01:07,380 So thank you guys so much for all that. 20 00:01:07,780 --> 00:01:11,140 I am really close to reaching one goal that I set when I 21 00:01:11,140 --> 00:01:14,020 started this, which was to have this podcast reach every state 22 00:01:14,380 --> 00:01:18,540 and we're currently too short. We do have DC and and everything 23 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:21,740 like that, but we are currently missing both of the Dakotas. 24 00:01:22,070 --> 00:01:24,990 So if you guys know anyone that lives in North or South Dakota, 25 00:01:24,990 --> 00:01:26,350 just send it out to him, see if they'll listen. 26 00:01:26,350 --> 00:01:28,590 Then we we can make that goal and I'll be sick. 27 00:01:29,310 --> 00:01:31,910 But I also can't thank you all enough for how much you've 28 00:01:31,910 --> 00:01:34,230 listened, how much you've shared, all the messages you 29 00:01:34,230 --> 00:01:37,150 sent, any topics, any jokes, anything like that. 30 00:01:37,150 --> 00:01:39,950 I've loved all of it. Also, people sending in 31 00:01:40,550 --> 00:01:42,630 different sharks that they're wondering what they are and they 32 00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:45,070 want me to help identify, which is kind of wild because I didn't 33 00:01:45,070 --> 00:01:48,200 think I'd be in that position. I'd also know that I've done 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,040 this sappy bit before, but I really just can't believe that 35 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,400 this is where we are. It's been so nuts and I 36 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,440 appreciate all of you so much for listening and and being so 37 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:58,680 involved. It's been amazing. 38 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,280 But I'd also like to take a quick second to shout out 39 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,520 science saved sharks on Instagram. 40 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,840 They do great work posting shark information, interesting 41 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,240 stories, tips to help the environment and sharks as well 42 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,770 and also so much more. They also help me find other 43 00:02:14,770 --> 00:02:17,010 shark podcasts and YouTube channels, which has been 44 00:02:17,010 --> 00:02:19,290 amazing. So go out and give them a follow 45 00:02:19,290 --> 00:02:22,050 it's science, under score saves under score sharks. 46 00:02:22,050 --> 00:02:25,410 It's a great page to follow. Also, real quick, I'm stealing a 47 00:02:25,410 --> 00:02:28,930 bit from John Oliver who when he started Last Week Tonight, he 48 00:02:28,930 --> 00:02:31,650 said that he wanted to get a koala center named after him in 49 00:02:31,650 --> 00:02:33,490 Australia and he succeeded in that. 50 00:02:33,850 --> 00:02:38,010 So I had a kind of lifelong goal that anytime there's been a 51 00:02:38,010 --> 00:02:41,580 shark that needs a name at an aquarium, I send in either my 52 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:43,900 name or one of the many nicknames that I've had. 53 00:02:44,180 --> 00:02:48,060 So I want to see if there's a possibility that eventually a 54 00:02:48,060 --> 00:02:50,500 shark gets named after me because of this podcast, which 55 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:54,460 would be absolutely nuts. So I have had a lot of nicknames 56 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:56,460 growing up. So of course, aquariums, if you 57 00:02:56,460 --> 00:02:58,860 don't just want to name a shark, Alex, there's there's plenty. 58 00:02:58,860 --> 00:03:01,740 Just hit me up, I'll give you many of those nicknames and I 59 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:04,740 will be more than happy to go to that aquarium and meet the shark 60 00:03:04,740 --> 00:03:06,100 version of me, which would be so great. 61 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:09,320 But, you know, wishful thinking. We'll see if it happens, but of 62 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,080 course, follow along on Instagram at deep dives with 63 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,240 sharks or on Twitter at deep dive sharks to participate. 64 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,320 Ask any questions, send in suggestions, anything like that. 65 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,960 The shark that we're going to be doing for this episode is the 66 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,400 basking shark, and this one was requested by quite a few of you, 67 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,880 pretty much right around when people would listen to the whale 68 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,280 shark episode. I'd usually get suggestions on 69 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,920 either that episode or also on like DM's or just sending it on 70 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,980 comments, things like that. So this one's been a long time 71 00:03:39,980 --> 00:03:42,180 coming and I was really excited to do this shark. 72 00:03:42,860 --> 00:03:46,340 Also, I did realize that pretty much every episode I do say that 73 00:03:46,340 --> 00:03:49,980 the shark is either very neat or I was very excited to do that 74 00:03:49,980 --> 00:03:52,020 shark. So this one is par for the 75 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:54,380 course. But these are the second largest 76 00:03:54,380 --> 00:03:56,500 shark. They measure in at around 26 77 00:03:56,500 --> 00:04:01,540 feet long or about 7.9 meters, which comes in just behind my 78 00:04:01,540 --> 00:04:04,500 personal favorite shark, the whale shark, which is around 40 79 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:08,780 feet or 20 meters. Now these guys have a lot of 80 00:04:08,780 --> 00:04:12,340 names which include the bone shark, elephant shark, sailfish 81 00:04:12,380 --> 00:04:14,900 and the sunfish, which is probably very confusing to 82 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:16,980 actual sailfish and actual sunfish. 83 00:04:17,420 --> 00:04:19,579 For those of you that don't know what they look like, the sunfish 84 00:04:19,579 --> 00:04:22,420 kind of looks like a big disc that swims to the ocean that 85 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:25,700 have fins on top and bottom. And sometimes seagulls landed 86 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:29,100 them land on their sides and will like Peck at the the 87 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:30,940 parasites on them and stuff. So it's a nice little 88 00:04:30,940 --> 00:04:34,200 relationship there and sailfish are super fast, they have that 89 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,040 long fin on the back of them and they also like kind of look like 90 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,400 swordfish. I think they're they're very 91 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,320 similar, but I'm I know more about sharks than than sailfish 92 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,320 and swordfish, so I don't know if they're actually the same or 93 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:48,020 if there's very similar. But in Orkney the basking shark 94 00:04:48,020 --> 00:04:52,020 is referred to as the home mother or Homer for short, which 95 00:04:52,020 --> 00:04:54,100 means the mother of the picked dogfish. 96 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:56,740 Kind of adorable. You imagine basking sharks are 97 00:04:56,740 --> 00:05:00,140 just dogfish parents, especially since dogfish are very small and 98 00:05:00,140 --> 00:05:02,420 Orkney is just South of Scotland, for those of you that 99 00:05:02,420 --> 00:05:05,300 do not know that myself previously included. 100 00:05:05,860 --> 00:05:08,980 But basking sharks exist in most of the oceans outside of the 101 00:05:09,020 --> 00:05:13,460 tropics and the Arctics. They like warmer waters, but not 102 00:05:13,460 --> 00:05:16,370 quite as hot as the tropics and definitely not as cold as the 103 00:05:16,370 --> 00:05:19,370 Greenland shark likes it. So the Arctic is pretty much 104 00:05:19,410 --> 00:05:21,690 out. But to rattle off a couple 105 00:05:21,690 --> 00:05:23,890 countries where you can find them, or at least find them 106 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:27,410 around, they're not typically in countries but the United States, 107 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:31,730 Canada, parts of Mexico, South America, just South of Ecuador, 108 00:05:31,730 --> 00:05:34,770 all the way around the tip to about the South of Brazil. 109 00:05:34,770 --> 00:05:37,890 So they're not actually in Ecuador or Brazil, just South of 110 00:05:37,890 --> 00:05:40,530 those. From there you can also find 111 00:05:40,530 --> 00:05:45,870 them in the continent of Africa, but minus the Central Coast, So 112 00:05:45,870 --> 00:05:49,830 Northern Africa and Southern Africa, and also all of Europe. 113 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:51,950 Essentially there weren't many parts of Europe that they 114 00:05:51,950 --> 00:05:53,590 weren't a part of. But to get a little bit more 115 00:05:53,590 --> 00:05:57,750 specific on some areas, they were found around New Zealand, 116 00:05:57,750 --> 00:06:02,510 Taiwan, China, Japan, Norway, Denmark, the United Kingdom, 117 00:06:02,550 --> 00:06:05,470 Ireland. The list continues on and on and 118 00:06:05,470 --> 00:06:08,200 on. They get their name because 119 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,120 these sharks tend to hang out near the surface when feeding 120 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,840 and basking in the warmer water. So basking sharks like to bask 121 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:17,040 in warmer waters. They tend to stay at the 122 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,160 surface, but they can also be found as deep as about 2990 123 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,880 feet, or about 910 meters. So they do get to pretty deep 124 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,080 most of the time. They prefer temperatures around 125 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:34,040 9 to 14 1/2 degrees Celsius, or around 46.4 to 51.8 degrees 126 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,480 Fahrenheit. They have been observed crossing 127 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,060 the equator though during migration, so they can exist in 128 00:06:40,060 --> 00:06:43,380 warmer waters, but they tend to stay near shores, around bays 129 00:06:43,380 --> 00:06:46,460 and sometimes heading into brackish water, which is water 130 00:06:46,460 --> 00:06:49,900 that has a lower salinity level than the ocean but isn't quite 131 00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:53,140 fresh water. Basking sharks can often be 132 00:06:53,140 --> 00:06:56,700 found following where plankton go as as their main source of 133 00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:58,660 food. Historically, the size of 134 00:06:58,660 --> 00:07:01,780 basking sharks was largely debated, as some links came in 135 00:07:01,780 --> 00:07:06,820 around 40 feet or 12 1/2 meters around 1884 and 1905. 136 00:07:07,150 --> 00:07:09,550 But these do not have good amounts of evidence to support 137 00:07:09,550 --> 00:07:13,710 these claims and current lengths are about 26 feet or 7.9 meters, 138 00:07:13,710 --> 00:07:17,470 so quite a bit less it's not. It is possible that these 139 00:07:17,470 --> 00:07:20,910 species have shrunk over time, but there's not a whole lot of 140 00:07:20,910 --> 00:07:24,590 evidence to support that. So it's a possibility, but not 141 00:07:24,590 --> 00:07:27,470 concrete. These sharks sometimes are 142 00:07:27,470 --> 00:07:30,710 confused as great whites though, which in my opinion they don't 143 00:07:30,710 --> 00:07:34,350 look very similar, but I can see where the similarities lay. 144 00:07:34,350 --> 00:07:37,800 So just to help, here are some factories that can help to 145 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,640 easily identify a basking shark versus a great white. 146 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,680 For one, basking sharks have massive circular shaped mouths 147 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,040 when fully opened and feeding, which is a lot of times when 148 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,640 you'll see them up in the upper columns of the water. 149 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:55,080 They also have a longer, more rounded nose which looks very 150 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:56,960 different from great whites which are definitely more 151 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,400 pointed and straight. So it kind of looks like a 152 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,240 basking sharks nose would be squishy, but great whites tends 153 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,200 to look like it'd be more firm. These sharks also have more 154 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:10,040 textured skin, smaller teeth, and they also look like they 155 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,200 have a severe overbite, so they do need to see an orthodontist. 156 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,600 These guys are also incredibly slow. 157 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,760 They only move about 2.3 mph or about two knots or 3.7 158 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,560 kilometers per hour. Now because that doesn't hold a 159 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,000 lot of weight for a lot of people. 160 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,080 Just for reference, Michael Phelps, the most decorated 161 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,160 Olympian of all time, also from Maryland. 162 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:32,200 But you know, whatever, it's fine. 163 00:08:32,870 --> 00:08:36,309 He swam at about 6 mph. So if Shark Week would have put 164 00:08:36,309 --> 00:08:38,950 Michael Phelps against a basking shark, he probably would have 165 00:08:38,950 --> 00:08:40,950 won. Instead, they put him against a 166 00:08:40,950 --> 00:08:43,590 great white, which was much quicker, and he lost. 167 00:08:43,789 --> 00:08:47,270 So you know, whatever. But these sharks also have 168 00:08:47,710 --> 00:08:50,630 massive livers that run the length of what would be their 169 00:08:50,630 --> 00:08:54,630 abdomen or midsection, so that kind of like chest to stomach 170 00:08:54,630 --> 00:08:57,670 area on a human. Researchers believe that it does 171 00:08:57,670 --> 00:09:01,160 account for 25% of their body weight, and their total body 172 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:07,040 weight is about 4.58 long tons. These sharks greatly adapted to 173 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,240 filter feeding by having a massive mouth that is circular 174 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,760 in shape, unlike the whale shark, which has a flatter 175 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,320 mouth. These guys also have gill rakers 176 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,080 that help with filtering plankton from the water so that 177 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,080 the gills can process gases such as oxygen from the water without 178 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,000 getting all gunked up by plankton. 179 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,760 Whale sharks also have this adaption, and so do many filter 180 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,070 feeders. But unlike whale sharks, basking 181 00:09:29,070 --> 00:09:32,590 sharks do not actively filter feed, meaning they can't suck 182 00:09:32,590 --> 00:09:35,230 the water into their mouth and force it through their gills. 183 00:09:35,230 --> 00:09:37,790 Instead, they do ram ventilation, which is where they 184 00:09:37,790 --> 00:09:40,190 swim with their mouth open to collect the plankton that way. 185 00:09:40,190 --> 00:09:41,750 Which whale sharks can do that as well. 186 00:09:41,750 --> 00:09:44,590 But typically when you see them feeding, if they're sucking in 187 00:09:44,590 --> 00:09:48,750 the water, spit it back out. They can filter about 450 tons 188 00:09:48,750 --> 00:09:51,670 of water an hour, which equals a lot of plankton. 189 00:09:52,070 --> 00:09:55,310 They did not give me an actual number, so we're going with a 190 00:09:55,310 --> 00:09:58,250 lot. They have been seen in groups of 191 00:09:58,250 --> 00:10:02,170 up to 1400 in the northern US around Maine during high 192 00:10:02,170 --> 00:10:05,050 plankton blooms. They have some interesting 193 00:10:05,050 --> 00:10:08,250 social behaviors as they typically are solitary animals 194 00:10:08,250 --> 00:10:10,450 during the summer months, but during the winter when the 195 00:10:10,450 --> 00:10:13,530 plankton are dense, they form groups of about 3:00 to 4:00 196 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:15,090 based on the gender of the sharks. 197 00:10:15,090 --> 00:10:17,610 So males stay with males, females stay with females, 198 00:10:17,930 --> 00:10:20,570 although some groups can jump up to about 100. 199 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,400 Now I know that that might be a little bit confusing since I did 200 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,240 just say they can be seen in groups about the 1400s. 201 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,800 So just for a little bit of clarification, you typically 202 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,720 find them in small groups about 3:00 to 4:00 based on gender, 203 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,160 but that can also jump up to 100, which is more common to 204 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,920 find three to four. Sometimes you find 100, but when 205 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,280 you get all those groups together around Maine and the 206 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:44,410 winter, then that's when you get about 1400 individuals there. 207 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:47,650 So the same way that whale sharks travel down to Cancun and 208 00:10:47,650 --> 00:10:51,450 you see about 400 whale sharks around that area in like the 209 00:10:51,450 --> 00:10:55,850 springtime, it's the same thing, but it's not all 400 whale 210 00:10:55,850 --> 00:10:58,770 sharks just in a ball. Same way you're not getting all 211 00:10:58,770 --> 00:11:02,410 1400 basking sharks just on top of each other. 212 00:11:02,410 --> 00:11:04,370 They they're in the same area but there's there's space 213 00:11:04,370 --> 00:11:07,770 between the groups in southern Canada, near New Brunswick in 214 00:11:07,770 --> 00:11:11,760 the Bay of Fundy and the head brides around Scotland. 215 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,920 I am so sorry if I'm if I'm butchering these. 216 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,880 I've not been to these places and I I've never heard these 217 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,960 places said so I'm terribly, terribly sorry. 218 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,200 Basking sharks have been observed swimming nose the tail 219 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,200 in circles and scientists believe that this is a form of a 220 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,880 mating ritual which is actually rather neat because a lot of 221 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,800 sharks don't really have a mating ritual besides just 222 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,320 biting each other which is absolutely violent. 223 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:37,150 They do or they don't have many predators, but they have been 224 00:11:37,150 --> 00:11:40,350 seen to have lampreys stuck to them, which is stuck to their 225 00:11:40,350 --> 00:11:42,070 thicker skins. They're kind of like eel like 226 00:11:42,070 --> 00:11:45,710 creatures that like the latch on whale sharks or sorry white 227 00:11:45,710 --> 00:11:48,950 sharks feed on the remains of basking sharks and killer whales 228 00:11:48,950 --> 00:11:51,510 have been seen feeding on them as well off the coast of 229 00:11:51,510 --> 00:11:54,190 California. Another reason why orcas are 230 00:11:54,190 --> 00:11:56,230 jerks. First they're eating 6 gill 231 00:11:56,230 --> 00:11:58,990 sharks, livers, now they're taking out basking sharks. 232 00:11:58,990 --> 00:12:02,070 So it's on site. Orcas I will lose, but it's on 233 00:12:02,070 --> 00:12:06,810 site. They are O viviparous O Ovo Oh 234 00:12:06,810 --> 00:12:10,210 my goodness, I cannot say this word to save my life again, Ovo 235 00:12:10,210 --> 00:12:12,650 viviparous. There we go, my goodness. 236 00:12:12,650 --> 00:12:15,130 Which means that the eggs develop internally until they 237 00:12:15,130 --> 00:12:18,290 are ready to be born into the water, and this can take over a 238 00:12:18,290 --> 00:12:21,890 year, maybe up to two or even 3 depending on the individual. 239 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:26,490 Mating begins in early summer and popping in late summer when 240 00:12:26,490 --> 00:12:28,450 the mother moves into shallow waters. 241 00:12:29,330 --> 00:12:32,170 Scientists do not have an accurate number of how many pups 242 00:12:32,170 --> 00:12:37,920 are born at once, but they are often around 4 foot 11 inches to 243 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,680 about 6 foot 7 or 1 1/2 to 2 meters. 244 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,600 Easy enough. Now these sharks are listed as 245 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,560 endangered for a variety of reasons. 246 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,240 Being a larger shark, their fins are incredibly valuable to 247 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:55,240 certain people who are also lame as hell, but these sharks will 248 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,480 be caught and finned. They also are used as fish meal 249 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,620 oil from their liver, as the hide for leather, and they're 250 00:13:02,620 --> 00:13:07,580 also used as medicine and as an aphrodisiac, which does not work 251 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:11,780 and to keep it PG. That is all I have to say about 252 00:13:11,900 --> 00:13:15,740 that, but that is what I have about the basking shark for this 253 00:13:15,740 --> 00:13:18,260 week, if you guys have any questions or anything like that. 254 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:21,540 One little fun fact that I remember from a couple years ago 255 00:13:21,540 --> 00:13:25,580 but I couldn't find any update on was that basking sharks 256 00:13:25,580 --> 00:13:29,180 around Maine had been observed breaching the water at about 5 257 00:13:29,180 --> 00:13:33,170 meters a second, and scientists really weren't sure why. 258 00:13:33,170 --> 00:13:35,290 If it was like to help get parasites off them or any 259 00:13:35,290 --> 00:13:38,810 anything like that to this date, I believe it's still a mystery. 260 00:13:38,810 --> 00:13:42,210 So if anyone has an answer for that, send it my way. 261 00:13:42,210 --> 00:13:43,690 That'd be so sick to figure that out. 262 00:13:43,690 --> 00:13:46,570 Finally, because it's been bounced around my brain for 263 00:13:46,570 --> 00:13:49,370 years, it's like my one of my favorite shark facts to tell and 264 00:13:49,370 --> 00:13:50,730 everyone's like, oh, you ever figure it out? 265 00:13:50,730 --> 00:13:52,890 I I didn't. So maybe you guys can help me 266 00:13:52,890 --> 00:13:53,730 out. That'd be kind of sick. 267 00:13:54,210 --> 00:13:55,810 But of course. You guys have any questions? 268 00:13:55,810 --> 00:13:58,940 Anything like that, send them over to me on the socials and 269 00:13:58,940 --> 00:14:00,620 I'll be so happy to read about that. 270 00:14:01,020 --> 00:14:04,700 But going on to shark safety now this week we're going to be 271 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:06,940 covering what to do if sharks are investigating you while 272 00:14:06,940 --> 00:14:10,300 doing water activities and this is kayaking, paddle boarding, 273 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:12,660 surfing, etcetera. And this one comes from 274 00:14:12,660 --> 00:14:15,820 surfline.com if you want to find the actual article. 275 00:14:15,820 --> 00:14:19,660 I did take pretty much all of it just from there, but they said 276 00:14:19,660 --> 00:14:22,300 something long line to like how to prevent sharks attacking you 277 00:14:22,340 --> 00:14:25,340 while doing water sports, which I don't like the word attack so 278 00:14:25,340 --> 00:14:26,820 I just switched the title a little bit. 279 00:14:26,820 --> 00:14:29,100 But check them out, they're super helpful. 280 00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:32,220 But a very common tip that you've heard probably every 281 00:14:32,220 --> 00:14:35,140 safety section that I've done on this podcast is to avoid their 282 00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:37,980 feeding times. Once again that is dawn and 283 00:14:37,980 --> 00:14:39,700 dusk. I know it's beautiful and 284 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:43,620 getting that golden hour surf is so sick, but it's also when 285 00:14:43,620 --> 00:14:46,100 sharks are most active and you are most likely to get bit. 286 00:14:46,380 --> 00:14:48,420 So wait a little bit, head out when it's a little bit brighter 287 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:50,460 out. More visibility to you means 288 00:14:50,460 --> 00:14:52,060 less chance something sneaks up on you. 289 00:14:52,620 --> 00:14:54,100 You also want to keep your head on a swivel. 290 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,900 I know I've mentioned this a lot as well, but you want to be 291 00:14:57,020 --> 00:15:00,460 observing your surroundings when you're on the beach the launch. 292 00:15:00,780 --> 00:15:02,620 Before you even get in the water, you want to be looking 293 00:15:02,620 --> 00:15:04,420 out for signs that sharks could be nearby. 294 00:15:04,420 --> 00:15:06,780 Now typically sharks aren't going to sneak up on you in the 295 00:15:06,780 --> 00:15:09,820 sand, but this is time to be looking rather than when you get 296 00:15:09,820 --> 00:15:12,860 in the water. This could be literal signs that 297 00:15:12,860 --> 00:15:15,220 people put there that tell you, hey, there's been a shark in the 298 00:15:15,220 --> 00:15:18,540 water, dead prey on the beach with bite marks, maybe even a 299 00:15:18,540 --> 00:15:22,890 bait ball or fresh fish frenzy. My goodness, that is not too far 300 00:15:22,890 --> 00:15:24,530 from shore. Which for those that don't know 301 00:15:24,530 --> 00:15:26,810 what that looks like, it kind of looks like the water's boiling. 302 00:15:27,330 --> 00:15:30,570 These are signs that a shark is nearby and extreme caution 303 00:15:30,570 --> 00:15:33,250 should be used. These things could also be from 304 00:15:33,250 --> 00:15:35,890 other animals. Dolphins tend to stir up bait 305 00:15:35,890 --> 00:15:38,810 balls quite frequently, especially out in Ocean City, 306 00:15:38,810 --> 00:15:40,730 MD. I remember all the times we look 307 00:15:40,730 --> 00:15:43,130 out and see a bait ball going crazy and you'd see a dolphin 308 00:15:43,130 --> 00:15:46,090 jump up and it was really cool. So sometimes it's just dolphins. 309 00:15:46,090 --> 00:15:49,090 But just because dolphins there, that doesn't mean sharks aren't 310 00:15:49,090 --> 00:15:51,080 nearby. So just make sure you still keep 311 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,200 your head on the swivel. Don't let your guard down. 312 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,200 You would like to avoid deep channels. 313 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,800 If you're on a kayak or paddle board, remember that you're not 314 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,440 a cargo ship, so you can go into shallower area. 315 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,320 Shallower areas, That's a hard phrase to say, but without 316 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:06,480 worrying about scraping the bottom. 317 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,320 Do watch for oyster patches or smaller things that might scrape 318 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,480 the bottom of your kayak or paddle board, but you shouldn't 319 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:13,640 have to worry about those too much. 320 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,280 Especially if you're watching for sharks. 321 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,180 It's probably going to be a little bit deeper than that, but 322 00:16:18,180 --> 00:16:21,540 sharks do like deep channels because fish often are forced 323 00:16:21,540 --> 00:16:24,980 into a certain area in those channels so the sharks can hunt 324 00:16:24,980 --> 00:16:26,660 so much easier. Just all they got to do is 325 00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:30,260 pretty much is go chomp and they're done, so don't let them 326 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:33,180 confuse you for a fish here. You also want to watch for river 327 00:16:33,180 --> 00:16:36,100 mouths, as that's another area where rivers dump into a larger 328 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:39,260 body of water and sharks hang out there because brackish fish 329 00:16:39,260 --> 00:16:42,180 will swim right to him. So makes it easy hunting. 330 00:16:42,180 --> 00:16:44,820 Sharks tend to go for the easy fish to get, and if you're just 331 00:16:44,820 --> 00:16:47,060 going to swim right into their mouths, well they're going to 332 00:16:47,060 --> 00:16:50,500 hang out right there. Now safety's in safety in 333 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:55,020 numbers is absolutely huge. Now, sharks don't often go after 334 00:16:55,020 --> 00:16:57,980 a group of large prey, and humans would be considered to 335 00:16:57,980 --> 00:16:59,980 look like large prey. We're not really pray for them. 336 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:03,580 They don't often go after us, but especially if they're going 337 00:17:03,580 --> 00:17:06,180 for a bunch of seals, you you don't see him trying to get 4 338 00:17:06,180 --> 00:17:09,220 seals at once, they're usually going for one eat one seal, one 339 00:17:09,220 --> 00:17:12,780 tuna, not 12. So they go for the prey that's 340 00:17:12,780 --> 00:17:15,020 isolated as well. So try not to venture too far 341 00:17:15,020 --> 00:17:17,880 away from your group. Try to stay in the nice, not too 342 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,079 tight compact group, but stay together. 343 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,480 That way the sharks not going to try to get you if you're 344 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,800 isolated. Now this one was a funny title 345 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,240 for me, said don't wear a lure, which at first I was like, well, 346 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,000 yeah, who's going to tie a fishing line to their leg and 347 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,720 just dangle their foot in the water with the lure on the end? 348 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,640 That's that's kind of weird. But then I realized they were 349 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:40,040 talking about jewelry and so some lures do have shiny bits on 350 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,920 them that tend to catch the sunlight and mimic fish scales 351 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:46,090 to get other fish to bite. Your jewelry will do the exact 352 00:17:46,090 --> 00:17:48,210 same. So smaller sharks may come and 353 00:17:48,210 --> 00:17:51,170 investigate and determine that your finger, ankle and neck, 354 00:17:51,690 --> 00:17:54,650 anything that has a shiny on it, is a tasty fish and you could 355 00:17:54,650 --> 00:17:56,930 get bit. So try to leave all the shiny's 356 00:17:56,930 --> 00:17:59,650 back on the beach. You also want to stay away from 357 00:17:59,650 --> 00:18:02,410 Dead Sea life. First of all, it's gross, could 358 00:18:02,410 --> 00:18:05,210 have germs or diseases on it to get you sick and you don't know 359 00:18:05,210 --> 00:18:07,250 why it died, so just don't touch it. 360 00:18:07,650 --> 00:18:10,410 But also, sharks do tend to eat dead stuff sometimes. 361 00:18:10,910 --> 00:18:13,470 And if you're trying to use Mr. Dead Seal or Dead Fish as a 362 00:18:13,470 --> 00:18:16,350 puppet, well, now you smell like fish or seal and a shark could 363 00:18:16,350 --> 00:18:20,270 get confused and or think your ventriloquism is just terrible 364 00:18:20,510 --> 00:18:21,910 and they'll bite you for that reason. 365 00:18:21,910 --> 00:18:24,310 They're rather judgmental now. That of course, is a joke. 366 00:18:24,550 --> 00:18:26,670 So they're not going to bite you because you do bad 367 00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:28,550 ventriloquism, but just don't touch dead things. 368 00:18:28,550 --> 00:18:31,390 It's just not a good idea. You also want to try not to 369 00:18:31,390 --> 00:18:34,350 flail about. This one is one thing that if 370 00:18:34,350 --> 00:18:37,870 you're falling and you're trying to regain your balance, that's 371 00:18:37,870 --> 00:18:39,190 fine. You know, sometimes you got to 372 00:18:39,190 --> 00:18:41,230 do a quick motion. You don't have to be methodical 373 00:18:41,230 --> 00:18:44,870 the entire time, but also don't just start splashing your 374 00:18:44,870 --> 00:18:46,910 friends left, right and center. If you feel like there might be 375 00:18:46,910 --> 00:18:48,790 a shark nearby, that's not a great idea. 376 00:18:49,230 --> 00:18:52,030 You don't want to slap the surface jolt around just for the 377 00:18:52,030 --> 00:18:54,310 sake of flailing. This is one of the many ways to 378 00:18:54,310 --> 00:18:56,710 alert sharks to come closer and see what's up. 379 00:18:57,150 --> 00:18:59,710 It's cool if a shark swims by, but you don't want to do things 380 00:18:59,710 --> 00:19:03,030 that actively attract them to you because once sharks are 381 00:19:03,030 --> 00:19:05,350 nearby it's more likely you're going to get bit. 382 00:19:05,850 --> 00:19:08,010 If sharks aren't in the area, they can't bite you, but if you 383 00:19:08,010 --> 00:19:10,250 bring sharks right to you, they're going to try to figure 384 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:13,170 out what you are in one of those ways with their mouth and they 385 00:19:13,170 --> 00:19:16,130 have really sharp teeth, so just got to be careful in that one. 386 00:19:16,890 --> 00:19:20,450 Another tip is to gear up. Now this simply means that 387 00:19:20,450 --> 00:19:23,330 there's ways to deter sharks. One of the ways that they 388 00:19:23,330 --> 00:19:26,010 mentioned was giant eye stickers on the bottom of your board, 389 00:19:26,010 --> 00:19:28,730 making it appear like a large predator which could confuse the 390 00:19:28,730 --> 00:19:30,890 shark. There's also shark Billy's. 391 00:19:30,890 --> 00:19:33,250 Now this one I would say is probably one of the best, which 392 00:19:33,250 --> 00:19:36,660 is simply just a stick that all you need is you could really be 393 00:19:36,660 --> 00:19:38,020 anything. I know that they've said before 394 00:19:38,020 --> 00:19:41,220 that Shark Billy's could be even like an umbrella stand, like 395 00:19:41,220 --> 00:19:42,940 something like that. That just keeps them away. 396 00:19:43,980 --> 00:19:46,020 I think a lot of the ones that they use on Shark Week are like 397 00:19:46,020 --> 00:19:47,620 kind of like reinforced like foam ones. 398 00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:49,220 That way they don't hurt the shark either. 399 00:19:49,860 --> 00:19:51,140 But it shouldn't be anything shark. 400 00:19:51,140 --> 00:19:53,620 You're not trying to stab it. You're it should be very blunt, 401 00:19:54,170 --> 00:19:56,290 just so that way you can push them away from you without 402 00:19:56,290 --> 00:19:58,770 having to use your hand or your body, anything like that. 403 00:19:59,090 --> 00:20:02,250 I know I talked about them in my rant, but looking more into 404 00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:04,090 them, they actually seem incredibly useful. 405 00:20:04,890 --> 00:20:07,090 I don't bring them with me to the beach because I usually 406 00:20:07,090 --> 00:20:09,850 don't go out like past my hips, but probably wouldn't be the 407 00:20:09,850 --> 00:20:12,050 worst idea and I'm I'm not. I don't think I'm just going to 408 00:20:12,050 --> 00:20:14,650 be out there waiting and standing there with a stick. 409 00:20:14,650 --> 00:20:17,090 So you know, just just something to think about. 410 00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:20,050 But if you're going to go out deep or go diving or kayaking, 411 00:20:20,050 --> 00:20:22,410 anything like that is something you can just leave on on your 412 00:20:22,410 --> 00:20:25,300 board. Or on the kayak it it it'll be 413 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:27,060 helpful to keep the sharks a little bit away from you. 414 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:29,380 If they do start investigating now. 415 00:20:29,380 --> 00:20:32,340 There are also devices that will put electronic pulses in the 416 00:20:32,340 --> 00:20:35,700 water that keep sharks away. I'm not sure how expensive they 417 00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:39,220 are, anything like that, but they do need more research. 418 00:20:39,540 --> 00:20:43,180 So the article did mention that these need a lot more research 419 00:20:43,180 --> 00:20:45,020 to see exactly how effective they are. 420 00:20:45,020 --> 00:20:47,220 They've shown good results so far. 421 00:20:47,220 --> 00:20:50,460 But also I know that sometimes if a shark sees eyes, it might 422 00:20:50,460 --> 00:20:53,780 think, oh this is an easy meal and it might go for you at that 423 00:20:53,780 --> 00:20:56,780 point. So maybe wait for more research 424 00:20:56,780 --> 00:20:59,140 and hold off Maybe for now just go with the shark Billy, that's 425 00:20:59,140 --> 00:21:00,740 probably going to be the best gear for you. 426 00:21:01,420 --> 00:21:03,980 And also as I mentioned, not wearing the color yellow because 427 00:21:03,980 --> 00:21:07,540 sharks can see that very, very well in the water and also not 428 00:21:07,540 --> 00:21:10,180 wearing shiny things. So those those types of things 429 00:21:10,180 --> 00:21:12,500 are like the the biggest ones that have been researched. 430 00:21:13,420 --> 00:21:16,540 And of course lastly is to just get out of the water. 431 00:21:16,820 --> 00:21:19,540 There's a shark nearby and it won't bug off and you feel like 432 00:21:19,540 --> 00:21:22,220 you're going to get bit. Just head back to shore or the 433 00:21:22,220 --> 00:21:24,660 launch or wherever you are. Just get out of the water. 434 00:21:25,140 --> 00:21:27,020 It's totally fine to call it and try again. 435 00:21:27,180 --> 00:21:29,500 I I know that it might be frustrating because you're on 436 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:32,100 vacation and this is what you thought was going to be such a 437 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:34,900 great experience and this is the time you allotted for that. 438 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:39,740 But it's also not going to be really fun if you get bit now. 439 00:21:39,740 --> 00:21:41,940 You got to spend the rest of the day in the hospital and possibly 440 00:21:41,940 --> 00:21:44,100 the next couple days. Like you want to spend your 441 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:47,860 vacation enjoying your vacation, not laying in a hospital bed. 442 00:21:47,860 --> 00:21:51,900 So don't force an experience if it's unsafe, just that goes 443 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:54,780 across the board in general, not just for sharks but in anything. 444 00:21:55,020 --> 00:21:57,900 So if you've signed up for para sailing and the thunderstorms 445 00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:01,900 coming, you know, call it, just go, go do something else, play 446 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:04,140 mini golf, you know, something like that, you know, just don't, 447 00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:07,100 don't go up in the that's a fear of mine. 448 00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:11,660 So I know I am terrified of para sailing in general, but dear 449 00:22:11,660 --> 00:22:14,900 God, do not get on a para sail when it's about to storm. 450 00:22:14,940 --> 00:22:20,170 Anyway, that is what I have for the shark safety portion or 451 00:22:20,170 --> 00:22:23,450 yeah, shark shark safety portion of the episode. 452 00:22:23,450 --> 00:22:24,850 My goodness, that fell apart at the end. 453 00:22:25,250 --> 00:22:28,570 But we're going to move on to Shark news. 454 00:22:29,330 --> 00:22:32,290 And now this one. I do actually have one from a 455 00:22:32,290 --> 00:22:35,130 country I haven't actually. Both of these I haven't really 456 00:22:35,130 --> 00:22:37,570 talked about yet, which is really exciting. 457 00:22:38,130 --> 00:22:39,530 I didn't realize that till right now. 458 00:22:39,530 --> 00:22:42,860 That's awesome. But going into the shark news, 459 00:22:42,860 --> 00:22:46,780 the first one is that diver spot quote blue shadow in Kenya. 460 00:22:47,060 --> 00:22:50,380 Then amazing sea creature appears among sharks and this is 461 00:22:50,380 --> 00:22:54,020 reported by the Miami Herald. Now this one comes from Kenya as 462 00:22:54,020 --> 00:22:57,020 I mentioned, which I haven't covered a lot of stories of 463 00:22:57,020 --> 00:22:59,420 sharks from Africa in general, so as a continent. 464 00:22:59,420 --> 00:23:02,380 So I was pumped for this and if you guys have any other African 465 00:23:02,380 --> 00:23:04,980 shark stories or want to hear more about those, please send 466 00:23:04,980 --> 00:23:07,380 them over my way. I will be so happy to do them. 467 00:23:07,380 --> 00:23:09,420 I'm trying to expand as much as I can hear. 468 00:23:09,780 --> 00:23:13,740 Also haven't done too many Asian sharks so definitely should hit 469 00:23:13,740 --> 00:23:16,140 some of those. When I hit alien sharks out in 470 00:23:16,140 --> 00:23:18,220 Japan I've hit a couple so you know well. 471 00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:23,500 Anyway, I digress, but a dive team was researching sharks in 472 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:26,180 the area when they noticed a large shadow in the water with 473 00:23:26,180 --> 00:23:28,900 white spots and that's when they quickly realized it was a whale 474 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:31,660 shark, which I am also now just realizing this is a very whale 475 00:23:31,660 --> 00:23:35,020 shark heavy episode. They said it was breathtaking 476 00:23:35,020 --> 00:23:36,740 and a once in a lifetime experience. 477 00:23:36,740 --> 00:23:39,220 And I know I've mentioned it on here so many times that I 478 00:23:39,220 --> 00:23:42,660 snorkeled with whale sharks in Cancun and that's the best way 479 00:23:42,660 --> 00:23:45,380 to describe it. It's just you're there and it's 480 00:23:45,380 --> 00:23:49,340 so amazing to see these giant creatures just hanging out and 481 00:23:49,340 --> 00:23:51,340 doing their thing, especially when you're in person. 482 00:23:52,260 --> 00:23:55,220 In the video, the whale shark looks like it's a juvenile, but 483 00:23:55,540 --> 00:23:58,740 the Ocean's also very vast, so it it could couldn't really 484 00:23:58,740 --> 00:24:01,340 identify its size there. myself and I didn't see anything in the 485 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:04,420 article or the video that said how big it was, but it was just 486 00:24:04,420 --> 00:24:07,820 hanging out, eating some plankton and enjoying its life. 487 00:24:07,820 --> 00:24:10,060 And the divers were so excited to be around it. 488 00:24:10,060 --> 00:24:12,100 They took some videos. The guy took a selfie with it, 489 00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:14,580 which was sick. I wish I would have taken 490 00:24:14,580 --> 00:24:17,020 advantage of that, but I was freaking out the entire time I 491 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:19,220 was swimming with him, so I didn't get to do that. 492 00:24:19,220 --> 00:24:22,660 But yeah, it's really cool. I'm really happy to hear that 493 00:24:22,660 --> 00:24:24,780 the whale sharks are just hanging out around Kenya and 494 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:26,480 people are hanging out with them. 495 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,040 That's pretty sick. Now of course, I will once again 496 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,720 mention that no matter what sharks you are hanging out with, 497 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:36,120 no matter how docile or how calm they seem, don't just start 498 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:38,760 touching sharks. There's oils on your hands that 499 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,200 can potentially hurt them. And of course, you don't want 500 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,400 them to get too comfortable around humans because some 501 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,310 people just have bad intentions when it comes to sharks. 502 00:24:47,310 --> 00:24:49,990 And it's kind of the same way you shouldn't start feeding the 503 00:24:49,990 --> 00:24:52,110 wildlife in a park. You don't want bears to get too 504 00:24:52,110 --> 00:24:54,630 comfortable around humans, anything like that. 505 00:24:54,630 --> 00:24:57,870 So don't go out trying to pet the shark, no matter how 506 00:24:57,870 --> 00:25:00,870 pettable they look. I do agree that some sharks are 507 00:25:00,870 --> 00:25:02,950 adorable and they look like a little puppy that just needs a 508 00:25:02,950 --> 00:25:06,150 little boop, but they also have very sharp teeth and they might 509 00:25:06,150 --> 00:25:10,190 take your gentle pat on the head, as is the threat, and 510 00:25:10,190 --> 00:25:11,870 they'll bite you. So just be careful there. 511 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:15,520 But the other story that I have is South Africa's missing sharks 512 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,200 have been found and this is by Hakai magazine I believe. 513 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,040 I'm sorry once again if I mispronounced your name but this 514 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,080 one is really really cool. Now I I think this is the first 515 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,920 really really cool I've thrown out in the podcast but South 516 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,040 Africa was losing a lot of sharks, especially great whites 517 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,600 due to orcas which I am realizing with the Pasco. 518 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,440 I'm realizing a lot recently, but within the past couple 519 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,000 episodes this has been a very anti Orca podcast. 520 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,680 And if anyone who has an Orca podcast wants to have a 521 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,080 conversation or anyone who just likes orcas wants to come in and 522 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:50,360 change my mind, please let me know because I'm willing to have 523 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:54,160 a chat. But back on track, these orcas 524 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,520 would go after great whites, oil rich livers and leave the rest 525 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,080 of the body to either sink to the bottom or wash up on shore 526 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,600 and terrorize children because they're evil. 527 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:08,420 But Orcas Lander aside, they're crazy intelligent to be able to 528 00:26:08,420 --> 00:26:10,460 figure out that this is the part of the shark that they like to 529 00:26:10,540 --> 00:26:12,660 eat and that they all can just have the rest. 530 00:26:13,220 --> 00:26:17,020 Now Great white numbers had declined greatly, and they seem 531 00:26:17,020 --> 00:26:19,460 to disappear from the areas where they once dominated. 532 00:26:19,940 --> 00:26:22,380 Thankfully they decided that the area had gone down the drain and 533 00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:24,700 they wanted to move to nicer waters, which they wouldn't get 534 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:27,060 killed by orcas. So they moved further east and 535 00:26:27,060 --> 00:26:29,620 set up shop there. Now the numbers have been able 536 00:26:29,620 --> 00:26:32,580 to rebound, which has been great, but time will tell if 537 00:26:32,580 --> 00:26:34,980 they're able to sustain these numbers or if orcas will drive 538 00:26:34,980 --> 00:26:38,020 them out once again. So happy story for now. 539 00:26:38,020 --> 00:26:42,220 Potentially more issues to come in the future, but that is what 540 00:26:42,220 --> 00:26:44,780 I have for this episode. I want to thank you all once 541 00:26:44,780 --> 00:26:47,700 again for listening. Of course, follow the Instagram 542 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:51,180 and the Twitter once again, that is at deep dives with sharks on 543 00:26:51,180 --> 00:26:53,580 Instagram and deep dive sharks on Twitter. 544 00:26:53,580 --> 00:26:57,930 I run polls, ask questions, I do stuff throughout the week. 545 00:26:57,930 --> 00:27:00,330 Hopefully I try to keep you updated on what's going on in my 546 00:27:00,330 --> 00:27:02,850 own life and when you should expect another episode. 547 00:27:02,850 --> 00:27:05,330 And of course, I love to hear what you all would like to hear 548 00:27:05,330 --> 00:27:07,090 as well. So send those my way, any 549 00:27:07,090 --> 00:27:09,090 comments, questions, anything of that sort. 550 00:27:09,970 --> 00:27:12,970 And of course, give us a rating on Apple or Spotify. 551 00:27:12,970 --> 00:27:15,010 Share it with anyone who you think will listen. 552 00:27:15,370 --> 00:27:18,170 Thank you all so much. You're all so amazing and I will 553 00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:19,850 see you in the next one.