1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:04,480 Hello and welcome back Shark Curious to another episode of 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,080 Deep Dives with Sharks. I am the host here. 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,760 My name is Alex. For all of you who did not know, 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,920 and for those of you who did, good to see you again now. 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:17,520 Also happy Spotify Rap Day to all those who celebrate. 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,320 I really cannot thank you all enough for all the listening, 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,640 all the sharing. I almost ugly cried on my walk 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,320 home from work looking at it. So that was really cool. 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,080 But yeah, no, it was. It was a lot of fun to look at 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,200 and see how many of you reached out to show me that it was your 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,960 your top podcast. The fact that there's over 100 12 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,400 of you who this was the number one podcast for in the fact that 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,960 there's over 700 of you who had it in your top ten, it's 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,400 completely nuts. And I cannot believe that that 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,600 has happened. So I I cannot thank you all 16 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,120 enough. You guys are all amazing and I'm 17 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,800 looking forward to continuing to do this for as long as I don't 18 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,040 run out of sharks. But I also used the polls again 19 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,760 a couple weeks ago after I got a suggestion to watch some shark 20 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,960 movies and talk about how accurate or inaccurate the 21 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:09,120 creators were with shark behavior and different shark 22 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,600 information. And the good news is that that 23 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,680 episode is coming, but the bad news is that was supposed to be 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,560 couple weeks ago and then my schedule changed. 25 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,840 So that will be coming soon and for now we have a regular 26 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:22,960 episode. But keep an eye out for those. 27 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,800 They'll be coming up, and probably more polls as well. 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,760 I'm trying to be more active on social media, of course. 29 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,000 And thank you all for voting, participating, sending all the 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,640 messages, questions, recommendations, anything else? 31 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,120 Yeah, follow along on the Instagram at deep dives with 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,800 sharks or on Twitter at deep dive sharks to participate more. 33 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,160 All righty. So the shark for this episode is 34 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,920 going to be the Lantern shark, and a lot of the information for 35 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,800 this episode came from oceaninfo.com and 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,720 oceanconservancy.org, so check them out if you're looking For 37 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,800 more information. But they are believed to be 38 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,360 about 50 species of Lantern shark depending on who you ask, 39 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:09,120 which would include the velvet, smooth dwarf, and fringe fin 40 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,039 Lantern sharks, just to name a couple. 41 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,040 Now the Lynn Ninja Lantern shark was the one that was requested, 42 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,560 so I will try to tailor this more towards that one, but I'm 43 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,880 going to cover the species as a whole as there wasn't a whole 44 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:26,520 lot of information on every of the 50 species, so kind of 45 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,120 buckled it down a little. But the Lantern shark is a 46 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,920 species of dogfish and is also the smallest in the world. 47 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,920 Now the length depends on the species, but as a whole they're 48 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:43,600 usually found to be around 6 to 8 inches or 15.24 to 20.32cm. 49 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:49,640 Largest individual caught was 12.8 inches or 32.5 centimeters. 50 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,120 Now ninja Lantern sharks, similar to the other Lantern 51 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:59,800 sharks, prefer the deeper waters and will stay around 836 to 1143 52 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:07,280 meters deep, which could go to be about 2742 to about 3750 53 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,760 feet. The Ninja Lantern Shark is a 54 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,400 black color with white markings around their eyes and mouth. 55 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,720 They look similar to a cookie cutter shark, but they have a 56 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,440 very thin body after their anal fin and a tail that resembles a 57 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,640 nurse shark, so it's got a longer top than it does bottom. 58 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,200 These guys tend to have solitary lifestyles on the bottom of the 59 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,560 ocean off the coast of Colombia and Venezuela, although some 60 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,120 species can be found around the Caribbean waters as well as in 61 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,680 the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. And some species will be found 62 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,560 throughout the Atlantic as well. So they're kind of peppered in 63 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,320 pockets all throughout the ocean. 64 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,200 So it's it's neat you can find them almost anywhere but in 65 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,920 specific spots of anywhere. They were first discovered in 66 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:56,000 1974 by Perry W Gilbert, who was a great shark researcher and 67 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,920 focused his work mostly on spiny and smooth dogfish in the 1950s. 68 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,080 Eventually, he helped to create a shark anesthetic called Ms. 69 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:08,480 222 that can be sprayed into the gills during examination to help 70 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,160 sedate the shark while they are checking it out now. 71 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,800 The Lantern shark got its name because of its ability to 72 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,560 produce light that helps with camouflage when in shallower 73 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,360 waters, helping to mimic sunlight while using the 74 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,640 bioluminescence to attract prey in deeper water so to get them 75 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,000 to come closer so they can have a nice little snack. 76 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,840 Now, because of the scarcity of food in deeper waters, Lantern 77 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:32,080 sharks aren't very picky in their diet. 78 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,080 They eat pretty much anything that will fit in their mouth, 79 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,360 which includes shrimp, squid, cephalopods, crustaceans, and 80 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,920 worms. Sometimes they'll even get other 81 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,520 cartilaginous fish as part of their diet. 82 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,800 But being rather small, they're also prey for a variety of 83 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,080 organisms, including other sharks, dolphins, seals, and a 84 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,560 variety of other fish. But as with every shark species, 85 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,320 researchers are still learning a lot about the shark, and 86 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,160 different aspects will vary on different species of Lantern 87 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,160 sharks. Now, this is very true in the 88 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,960 case of reproduction, as believed that most species of 89 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,800 Lantern shark are ovoviviparous, meaning that they have eggs that 90 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,520 hatch internally and will be born into little baby sharks 91 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,880 after. Typically they're about two to 92 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,040 three pups or baby sharks at a time. 93 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,440 That can range from around 2.2 to 5.5 inches depending on the 94 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:27,760 species, which is about 5.5 to 13.97 centimeters. 95 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,480 Maturity will also depend on the size of the species as a dwarf 96 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,040 Lantern shark, which is the smallest of all the sharks, 97 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:40,840 becomes mature between 6.3 to 6.9 inches for males and 6.1 to 98 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:44,520 7.9 for females. Now the velvet belly Lantern 99 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,760 shark becomes mature at around 13 or 14 inches. 100 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,320 Now I forgot to do the centimeters for that one, but 101 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:53,160 imagine more centimeters. There we go. 102 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,240 Sorry about that. But each species will also have 103 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,920 different conservation levels as some are listed at least 104 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,640 concerned due to being at the bottom of the ocean and away 105 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,840 from many threats, while others are listed as near threatened as 106 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:10,840 the scarcity of food and lower reproductive numbers limit their 107 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:15,280 ability to repopulate. So they're not really 100% OK, 108 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:18,720 but others get a little bit closer due to their habitat and 109 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,920 the lack of food. But the Lantern shark possesses 110 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,160 a small threat to humans, as they have the ability to bite, 111 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,720 and can do so if they are at the surface, but they're not found 112 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,680 there very often, and also they're very small, so if they 113 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,480 do happen to bite somebody, they're really unlikely to do a 114 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,800 lot of damage. You know, smaller teeth tend to 115 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,920 lead to smaller bites. A very common question asked 116 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,960 about Lantern sharks, especially of the Dwarf Lantern shark, 117 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,960 which is the smallest of any shark species, would be if they 118 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,360 would make a great pet, and the answer is absolutely not. 119 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,480 Now the depth that they live at and the range of the habitat 120 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,520 cannot be replicated easily in captivity, which raises a larger 121 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,360 concern about sharks in captivity, especially migrating 122 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,960 sharks. But sharks tend to migrate for a 123 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,640 variety of reasons, one such reason being they want to find 124 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,920 food. Secondary reason typically tends 125 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,960 to be mating. So food or love one of the two, 126 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,200 sometimes both. But if the need for food is 127 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,600 eliminated by consistent and constant feeding schedules, then 128 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,520 the need to migrate will not be there. 129 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,520 Thus whale sharks in captivity are treated rather well and do 130 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,120 not have a need to migrate like their wild members would need to 131 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,920 do. Now other sharks, such as the 132 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,800 basking shark, they're not in captivity, they are rather 133 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,760 large, but it's hard to replicate their environment and 134 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,920 the patterns that they would need in order to be able to make 135 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,840 a habitat for them. Now I of course could go on a 136 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,400 whole rant and debate on whether or not any animal should be kept 137 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,440 in captivity. There's plenty of information 138 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,520 out there both for and against, and you are very much welcome to 139 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,120 have a different opinion than I do. 140 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,720 I of course can explain my side if you would like a little bit 141 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,480 more. I wasn't really planning on 142 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,240 doing that this episode, but if you guys do want more on my 143 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,680 opinion on that, I am more than happy to share it either in the 144 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:09,360 DMS or on Spotify or on an episode either way, Anything 145 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,960 like that. But that is what I have for the 146 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,000 Lantern shark. There wasn't a whole lot of 147 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,120 information on them as they they're not the newest shark 148 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,360 species discovered. But it's it's kind of hard to 149 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,560 know a lot about a shark that lives about 3000 meters down, 150 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,720 you know, but they're working on it. 151 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,880 As more comes out, maybe I'll revisit these guys in the future 152 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:29,800 to give you a bit more information there. 153 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,960 But of course, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, 154 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,960 you want further information, anything like that, feel free to 155 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,080 send it over to me on the social medias. 156 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,320 Or of course, you can always check back and send a question 157 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,800 on Spotify and I'll answer it in the correction corner portion. 158 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,720 But going on to Shark Safety this week, we are going to go 159 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,920 over how to respect sharks while diving or snorkeling. 160 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,760 This comes from live aboard or liveaboard.com. 161 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:01,880 I'm not sure exactly how to do it, but it's liveaboard.com so 162 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,640 if you want more information definitely check them out. 163 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,720 Now this topic was requested on Spotify by Izzy and I am more 164 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,840 than happy to cover more requests that you shark here. 165 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,440 As have so feel free to comment on Spotify or send them in Adm, 166 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,520 but there are a lot of do's and don'ts while snorkeling and 167 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,440 diving when it comes to sharks as they can be both predictable 168 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,600 and incredibly unpredictable pretty much at the same time. 169 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,880 Now First things first, you want to research the area, Want to 170 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,520 know what you could encounter which could be certain fish 171 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,000 including sharks. Now Barracuda for example. 172 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,960 They really scare me and that is because my Barracuda knowledge 173 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,440 is just that they ate Nemo's mom and siblings in Finding Nemo, 174 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,000 which six year old Alex really did not appreciate. 175 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,840 But there is so much more to those fish and I have not looked 176 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,560 into them. So hopefully I will not be 177 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:51,920 snorkeling and or diving with Barracuda anytime soon. 178 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,640 It's not in the plans, but past just knowing what's going to be 179 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,040 in the area. Look at the behavior that sharks 180 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,000 might exhibit, such as great, aggressive, or territorial 181 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,160 behavior compared to relaxed behaviors. 182 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,040 You also want to see the best way to interact with them so you 183 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,680 are less likely to get into a dangerous situation. 184 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,280 Great example would be that people frequently interact with 185 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,080 nurse sharks, and if they only observe them, there's very 186 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,760 little chance of a bite. When they are poked, pooled, 187 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,000 pet, or any other sort of physical interaction, they may 188 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,080 bite in defense. You'll want to remain calm as 189 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,240 well, which can be easier said than done. 190 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,640 I'll admit for the 8 millionth time that it was very much not a 191 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,280 calming experience snorkeling with whale sharks for me, but 192 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,960 thankfully they're whale sharks and they are rather chill so 193 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,400 they don't really care that I was losing my mind. 194 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,760 Now other sharks can pick up on sudden movements and noises, so 195 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,760 limiting them will be ideal. Now that does not mean you have 196 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,240 to be completely silent the entire time you dive. 197 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,240 Some sharks you might want to come a little bit closer by 198 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,320 making noise, and some will care about the noise you make and 199 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,200 others they won't give a flying hoot. 200 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,680 So what I'm saying is just don't be making random noises, random 201 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:02,200 splashes, anything like that. Try to limit that as much as 202 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,520 possible to keep the sharks a little bit away from you. 203 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,000 So you just want to really avoid mimicking an injured fish. 204 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:12,280 As I mentioned in previous safety segments, sharks like 205 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,480 injured fish because they're easy meals and anything you can 206 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,280 do to avoid looking like an easy meal is going to be very 207 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,840 beneficial to your safety. You'll want to keep a safe 208 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,520 distance from the shark as well. As mentioned a little bit ago, 209 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,600 sharks are wild animals that can be unpredictable and getting 210 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,280 right next to one is probably not the greatest idea. 211 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,160 Now this can also be seen as a threat 'cause they don't know 212 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,520 what you can do, so it can bring out the offensive behaviors from 213 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,440 the shark, which can also lead to a bite. 214 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,520 You want to stay about 6 feet away from any animal. 215 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,640 It's usually a good rule to follow, and if I remember 216 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,240 correctly, I believe it is a law in the Galapagos. 217 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,160 Not just a rule of thumb, but you don't want to disturb any 218 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,280 species and staying 6 feet away. It's going to be a great way to 219 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,720 allow animals behave in their natural manner. 220 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,160 Plus they'll probably be checking out a little bit and 221 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:01,680 they'll probably get a little closer to you. 222 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,480 But they usually, once they don't know what you are just 223 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:05,520 going to try to get away from you. 224 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,680 So try not to get too close to them. 225 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:10,120 You might spook them, might scare them and then sometimes 226 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,360 scared animals act very out of character. 227 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,360 Now a huge one ping piggybacking off the last one is to give them 228 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,560 their space. Not only does it protect you, 229 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:21,280 but it also allows them to be a shark. 230 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:24,320 You wouldn't be very happy if aliens came to visit and started 231 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,200 poking, riding, or chasing you. It's probably really weird to a 232 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,200 shark when a human just grabs on for a ride, so don't touch the 233 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,520 shark unless it's absolutely crucial to do so. 234 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:35,720 Now what do I mean by absolutely crucial? 235 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,360 If it's getting too close, push away from you. 236 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,680 Now, I'm not saying going with a full smack, but if it's getting 237 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:43,440 close enough that it's coming right up to you and you can put 238 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,200 your hand up and get it away from you, try doing that. 239 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,760 But, and this will limit the stress of the animal and the 240 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,440 shark as well, which will keep everyone very much safer. 241 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,600 Now on to some of the other don'ts that you want to do, so 242 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,240 you don't want to feed the sharks. 243 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,000 It's one thing when researchers chum the water to attract a 244 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,720 shark, It's another to go grab a burger and carry it in a wetsuit 245 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,160 to feed a shark. Not the greatest idea. 246 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,600 Sharks like easy food as mentioned earlier, and may 247 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,960 connect humans to food, which can put others in danger in the 248 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,400 future. Or even during your dive, the 249 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,280 shark could see, oh hey, this person gave me a burger that 250 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,080 came out their wet suit and I'm going to go over to Bro dude 251 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,840 over here because they probably have a cheeseburger in their wet 252 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,240 suit and I want it as well. They don't have a cheeseburger. 253 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,560 So all you've done is just get a shark to go bother someone else 254 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,240 and that's not really great. Now this goes for anything. 255 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,240 I did break this rule in the Caribbean. 256 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,240 Someone had some bread and we were trying to get fish to eat 257 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,280 it, which at the time was really, really cool. 258 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,360 But at the same time, looking back, that was really stupid. 259 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:50,920 I almost broke almost every rule I speak about in the Caribbean 260 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,000 because at one point there was a school of fish and I was like, 261 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 I'm gonna go stand in them. And then like, as I started 262 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,400 waddling over, I realized that is what I tell you all to not do 263 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,520 every every episode. So I was like, let me rethink 264 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,240 this. Thankfully my the other half of 265 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,320 my brain kicked in. But it's one of those things 266 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,080 that in the moment you'll might get caught up. 267 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,680 But hopefully you have that Eureka moment where you're like, 268 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:13,640 wait a minute, what am I doing? I'm not supposed to do this. 269 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,480 And then hopefully you'll you'll stop before it gets too late. 270 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,200 And thankfully, we ran out of bread before I realized this was 271 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,280 a bad idea and there wasn't a whole lot of bread. 272 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,720 So we were OK, but do not follow my footsteps. 273 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,240 Don't do that. But you also don't want to swim 274 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,320 quickly away from sharks. This can trigger their predatory 275 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,080 instincts and they might follow you. 276 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,760 What you should do is try to slowly back away while facing 277 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:38,400 the shark to keep a safe distance. 278 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,560 Now sharks don't know that they are much more powerful than us, 279 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,040 and I don't think I have any listeners that listen from the 280 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,720 ocean, so I could probably get away with leaking that info 281 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,680 without it getting back to the sharks, but y'all can start 282 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,520 telling them if you want. I don't know what will happen. 283 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,160 They don't know that we really can't mess them up without 284 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,720 tools, so they have to treat us with caution as well as keeping 285 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,280 an eye on them can help to keep them at a distance too. 286 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,040 They don't know what we can do, so they're going to keep us at 287 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,720 Bay. And lastly, you want to wear 288 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,680 anything. You don't want to wear anything 289 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,040 shiny or ignore signs while you are diving. 290 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,920 Now, shiny jewelry, as I mentioned in previous episodes, 291 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,960 can mimic fish scales which can draw sharks closer and can get 292 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,720 them to bite. Now if a fish is losing scales, 293 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,440 they could be injured. And more shiny means more 294 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,960 possible scales in the water, which means a higher chance for 295 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,320 a bite. We don't want to mimic too many 296 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,120 scales in the water. It's not usually the best idea, 297 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:38,080 but for signs, this can both be literal signs on the beach or 298 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,240 mentioned by the company you are diving with, as well as signs of 299 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,600 the sharks may be exhibiting if they're charging at you or 300 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,680 protecting an area you might want to back away from that. 301 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,440 Now sharks tend to be territorial over weird things, 302 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,280 so it's typically not like an alligator that is just trying to 303 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,040 protect its babies, cause sharks tend to not care about their 304 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:57,920 babies at all. They'll just kind of either plop 305 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,800 them out or plop an egg somewhere and then swim away and 306 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,600 be like, Yep, figure it out. Lemon sharks are one of the few 307 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,920 that actually try to protect their babies by putting them 308 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:10,040 into mangroves, and also lemon sharks sometimes protect divers. 309 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,800 So yeah, that's kind of fun too. Someone request a lemon shark, 310 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,480 please. Anyway, but another thing is to 311 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,880 look up the company that you are diving or snorkeling with to 312 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,760 make sure that it isn't sketchy. Now I just watched 47 Meters 313 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,280 Down since y'all voted on that and all I can say is good God 314 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,000 use a good diving company or book with a cruise and or your 315 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,560 resort or something like that because they will usually be 316 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:37,720 more reputable reputable there we go and just don't use sketchy 317 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,160 things. If you feel weird about it don't 318 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,920 go down in a cage or go or use their equipment. 319 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,800 Just just if if they're not going to give you a refund to 320 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,720 eat the money and just go with it, you know, don't risk your 321 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:53,680 own safety to have an amazing memory because chances are that 322 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,280 you could have an amazing memory or it could end absolutely 323 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,280 horrible and it'll be terrible for you. 324 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,480 So don't force anything that isn't there, you know? 325 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,920 But that's what I have for the safety portion of this episode 326 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,040 and we're going to go on to shark news Now. 327 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,839 This one to start it off is great White shark attack leaves 328 00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:16,960 tourists screaming in terror as water turns blood red. 329 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,720 This is by the Mirror UK, which is not even really a newspaper. 330 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,319 It's kind of, I don't even know what The Mirror is. 331 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:26,520 I guess it is a newspaper out of the United Kingdom. 332 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:30,440 But anyway, there's a lot of weird things about this article 333 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:34,080 and starting off is that the attack which I put that in air 334 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:40,440 quotes, It took place in 2019 in New Brunswick, Canada on a seal. 335 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:46,240 So I guess technically it is an attack because the shark did 336 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:50,200 want to eat the seal. Also, why is something in the 337 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:56,440 United Kingdom reporting on a bite or I guess shark hunting 338 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:01,560 that occurred in Canada in 2019? It it's, it's weird. 339 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:06,880 I don't get it anyway, but it's a very click baity title, which 340 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,360 I don't like because it makes it sound like it's going to be on a 341 00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:11,560 human. It makes it sound like there's 342 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:16,240 going to be horrible horrible like gore going on and it it the 343 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,800 shark at a seal that's that's what happened. 344 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,200 But this was all captured because people were whale 345 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:27,520 watching on a cruise, a little boat to go watch whales and they 346 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,280 were said to be screaming in the background, which it would be 347 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,640 surprising to see a shark eating a seal near your boat. 348 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,800 But usually the whale watching boats aren't like 3 feet long 349 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,640 and and the shark really can't mess up your whale watching 350 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,880 boat. And I don't know how I'd react 351 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,080 if I saw it. I mean, I can say that I I was 352 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:50,000 at the beach a couple weeks ago and I saw something rather large 353 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,720 and grey, kind of like dart by me, like a little bit away and 354 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:57,880 probably about 5:00-ish feet and surprisingly like my heart rate 355 00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,920 did go up. But surprisingly I didn't panic 356 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:02,040 or anything like that. I just kind of turned around and 357 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,400 just started walking back. Sat down on the beach next to my 358 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,920 girlfriend and she asked how it was and I was like I saw 359 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,200 something big and grey go by. Could have been a shark. 360 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,800 So I'm going to sit here for a minute, see if anyone else gets 361 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:17,200 bit or freaks out anything like that and thankfully nothing 362 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,520 happened. Never saw it again, no one got 363 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,440 bit, no one screamed. So maybe he came in to come get 364 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,920 some fish and realize how close he was and didn't like it and 365 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,400 swim away. So that's what I assume 366 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,720 happened. But I I didn't scream. 367 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,960 So, I mean, sharks are scary for some people, but you don't got 368 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,040 to scream because it's eating anyway. 369 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:40,640 That's a whole anecdote, but the video pulled in about 180,000 370 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:45,000 views and people were absolutely amazed that sharks do shark 371 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,760 things sometimes, which I would also like to put into 372 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:52,160 perspective 180,000 views. It's it's nothing to sneeze at. 373 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,640 But the article made it sound like this was an incredible feat 374 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,280 to get that many views when usually if you're scrolling 375 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,120 through a video on YouTube and it has 180,000 views. 376 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,200 Like, no one's really impressed by that anymore. 377 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,840 And that is way more views than I have. 378 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:11,240 Listens on this podcast and I'm still very proud of this, But 379 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,280 I'm really wondering why they put like how many views it had 380 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,960 overall. As if that was an incredibly 381 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:23,080 unattainable number for for any video when there's videos with 382 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,240 millions of views. It confused me as well. 383 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,240 There's this article is just so confusing. 384 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,240 I did not get it. But the description of the video 385 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,920 states that the fin can be seen slicing through the water as the 386 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,520 shark attacks the seal. So pretty regular shark behavior 387 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,320 there. And then the sharks eat seals, 388 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,280 It's part of their diet, which is why you shouldn't go party in 389 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,600 the middle of a seal colony or try swimming with one. 390 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,960 It's it's not a great idea. It's why you also shouldn't hang 391 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,520 out in the middle of a school of fish, because sharks eat fish. 392 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,480 You know? It's another another thing 393 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:57,560 there, but that's that article and then opposite end of the 394 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,280 spectrum of the next article is called The Luckiest Guy in 395 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,000 Quotes. Shark bite victim recounts his 396 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,720 quote shredded End Quote arm stranger who saved him. 397 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,880 The Palm Beach Post is the one that did this. 398 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,240 So this one comes out of Florida of course. 399 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,440 But a Palm Beach man was having his morning swim that he took a 400 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,440 few times a week when a shark decided to bite his arm. 401 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,560 Now he was able to swim the 100 yards back to the shore where a 402 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,880 shell collector was able to tie a tourniquet around his arm and 403 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,680 control the bleed. Doctor said that the tourniquet 404 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,160 probably did save his life so off RIP. 405 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,040 I love that they called him a shark bite victim. 406 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:42,520 Rather than saying shark attack or anything like that or saying 407 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:43,960 that he's horrified, he's terrified. 408 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:45,520 They didn't say anything like that. 409 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,080 They're like, hey, we're going to focus on how a stranger saved 410 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,280 him, which is awesome. Now the swimmer said he had seen 411 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,720 sharks many times while on his swim, and he accidentally kicked 412 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,720 one in previous swims, but didn't have any bites on those 413 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,160 days. He also mentioned that the water 414 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,720 was rather murky and he couldn't see his hands in front of him, 415 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,080 which is most likely why the shark bit him now. 416 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,320 Limited visibility for us also means that they have limited 417 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,600 visibility as sharks. So most likely the shark saw 418 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,840 something moving while tracking some fish and he took a bite, 419 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,200 realized it wasn't a fish and he just had it off. 420 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,400 Now the doctor said that the swimmer should make a full 421 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,720 recovery. He only had soft tissue damage 422 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:29,760 and should be able to recover through physical therapy. 423 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:35,160 He also will be swimming again future for exercise but probably 424 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,960 not going to go out as far or the beach where he was bit. 425 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,880 Now, I do really like that mentality because he pretty much 426 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,200 was like, yeah, I've seen sharks plenty of times while swimming, 427 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,160 never got bit by one until now. Probably not going to go back 428 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,160 there, 'cause I got bit there, So that's not fun. 429 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,520 Also probably not going to go as far because sharks tend to be 430 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,840 further out. So he kind of realizes that he 431 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,800 went into a shark's natural place and he's not calling for 432 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,520 everyone to get out the water. He's not calling for sharks to 433 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,840 be haunted and killed and everything like that, which I 434 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:06,960 love. The report kind of just has it 435 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,280 as like, Oh yeah, I mean, this was an unfortunate event. 436 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,400 He's going to be fine though, which is great. 437 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,720 And thankfully he didn't like the the he didn't die because 438 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,920 the person collecting shells was able to come over and and tie a 439 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:23,120 tourniquet, which is really, I don't, I don't, I don't want to 440 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:24,720 say easy to do because I've never done it before. 441 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,760 But I'm I'm, it's easy information to find and I 442 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:32,160 definitely think that everyone should watch a video on it or 443 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,640 read about it. Something like that. 444 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,960 Anything just that way in case you find yourself in a situation 445 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,720 like this, you'll hopefully be better equipped to help someone 446 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,560 out. Of course if there's already 447 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,880 people there doing their thing, don't push them out the way and 448 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,520 be like we're going to try a tourniquet and it's like they 449 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,920 broke their arm. That doesn't help like so it's 450 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,000 one of those things that it's great to know it's easy to look 451 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,080 up. But of course if if it's 452 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,200 handled, don't start going in there and say, well Alex from 453 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,760 deep dives with sharks that I need to do this. 454 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,920 Nope, Just just help as he can. But that's what I have for this 455 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:04,800 episode. Thank you all once again for 456 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:09,040 listening, for being here, for voting, for sending me your 457 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,560 Spotify raps. You all are amazing. 458 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,720 I can't believe I'm here in this position. 459 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,800 It's so fantastic and you all are the best. 460 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,720 But follow along on the Instagram, at deep dives with 461 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,640 sharks for more updates or on Twitter Deep dive sharks. 462 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,160 I run polls throughout the week, everything like that. 463 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,320 You guys get to tell me what you'd like to hear next and also 464 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,080 send in any comments or questions, anything like that 465 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,560 and give us a rating on Apple or Spotify and share it with anyone 466 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,040 who will listen. Thank you all so much and I will 467 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:37,400 see you in the next one.