1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,600 Hello and welcome back Shark. Here is to another episode of 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,120 Deep Dives with Sharks. My name is Alex. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,440 I am the host here and I cannot ride my bike with no handlebars. 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,720 I just end up falling, you know, kind of like the song Handlebars 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,040 by Flow Bots. You know, we're off to a good 6 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,760 start. So a quick update, my caseload 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,760 at work doubled in size and I now essentially am trying to 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,840 help about 100 patients across an area that is roughly 40 miles 9 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,440 across and 50 miles long. So it's rather time consuming 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,400 and tiring but I'm trying to manage that on top of planning 11 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,880 another move keeping up with my mental health. 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:37,840 So it might be a little bit more sporadic. 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,120 Again with posting, I have been live on Saturdays on Twitch and 14 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,080 YouTube playing games and talking sharky things with the 15 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,480 shark Kieras. So feel free to tune in there 16 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:50,360 for weekly content. I may do some more filler 17 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,680 episodes in between like movie analysis or aquarium reviews, 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,280 but I want to try to keep it as shark focused as possible and 19 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,560 not get too sidetracked doing a lot of the shark related but not 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,400 actually shark things. So we'll try to limit those as 21 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,080 much as possible. Now I do also want to give a 22 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,800 quick heads up to anyone that is heading to Florida for spring 23 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,040 break or over the summer or traveling anywhere. 24 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,200 Tropical sharks are also migrating through these waters 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,680 back to the Northern hemisphere. So just keep an eye out as the 26 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,680 seasons change because they're usually moving through the 27 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,280 water, so you might encounter some. 28 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,360 So once again, back to the safety side, just keep your head 29 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,120 on a swivel. Just make sure you know what 30 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,920 you're jumping into, ideally not a school of fish and you should 31 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,040 be fine. Now I do want to try something 32 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,440 just a little bit different. Don't worry, we will in fact get 33 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,360 to the sharks. But I myself have felt rather 34 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,240 stressed recently. I've been working, podcasting, 35 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,080 spending time with friends and family, and a lot of current 36 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,880 events going on could use a little break and I feel like 37 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,440 everyone could as well. So get ready for some guided 38 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,520 meditation, you stressed dorks. Now I'm going to take a second 39 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,840 here to switch into calm Alex's voice. 40 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,560 And what I want you to do is we're just going to start by 41 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:08,080 taking a deep breath. Just breathe in and then breathe 42 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,360 out. Just let the air fill your lungs 43 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:17,200 slowly and then exhale. You want to try pausing on the 44 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:21,960 breathe in just to let your mind clear and then breathe out. 45 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,600 Feels nice, right? Just keep breathing in. 46 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,680 Feel that tension leave out of your neck, out of your 47 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,240 shoulders. Just keep breathing. 48 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:38,560 Now I want you on this next deep breath to give your legs a 49 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,840 little stretch. You know, you've been sitting 50 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,080 for a while. Stretch your feet out and 51 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:50,640 breathe out and breathe in. Then notice that your shoulders 52 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:53,040 and arms are going to feel a little little relaxed too. 53 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,880 And then breathe out. And then I want you to keep 54 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,400 doing that. By these next few breaths, I 55 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,840 just want you to focus on your favorite shark. 56 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:16,160 Just having a swim, chasing some fish, doing a nice breech, you 57 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:21,440 know, kind of nice. And finally, one last breathe in 58 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,560 and then breathe out. Hopefully you're feeling a 59 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,200 little bit better. Appreciate you being here with 60 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,280 me on that. Sharing that moment with me 61 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,280 always feels nice to breathe for a little bit. 62 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:34,920 Just get through everything there. 63 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,520 Things might get a little rocky, might seem scary, but in the end 64 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:39,600 it's going to turn out all right. 65 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,440 So of course, if you all want to do more of this in the future, 66 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,160 I'm definitely down to do that. Let me know in the comments or 67 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:47,800 anywhere on social media as well. 68 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,640 I am pretty good in the field of mental health and it's as 69 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,360 important as the physical health as well. 70 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,960 And I'd love to help the shark. Here's with an area that I know 71 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,000 a decent bit about. Well, also sharks, clearly. 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,320 But Speaking of the sharks, we should eventually get into this 73 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,280 episode. So to stay up to date on 74 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,160 everything Deep Dives with Sharks, hit the follow button on 75 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,960 Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram, Twitch, YouTube, Amazon Music, 76 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,960 or anywhere else that you get your podcast. 77 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,120 And of course, you can follow along at Deep Dives with Sharks 78 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,279 on any of those. Feel free to ask any questions, 79 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,600 share any comments or any shark related content on the social 80 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,120 medias and in the comments. Now I know that I just said 81 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,080 we're going to get to the sharks, but a while ago I did 82 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,600 ask you guys for some of your favorite shark facts and jokes 83 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,600 and I did get a couple of them. So we're going to go over those 84 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,080 now. A really cool shark fact that 85 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,480 was shared by a shark themselves, That was that sharks 86 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,360 are considered vertebrates despite being made of cartilage 87 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,480 because they have a vertebral column, which I did know that 88 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,560 they were vertebrates, but I'd never considered the fact that 89 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,560 they don't actually have vertebra, which is rather crazy. 90 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,080 Isn't that vertebrae? I don't even know how I'm 91 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,080 supposed to pronounce that. I'm not very good at science if 92 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,600 we can't tell. But I did get some great jokes 93 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,640 from Francis, which they were too good not to share. 94 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,680 So the first one, of course, is what a sharks and computers have 95 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,000 in common. It's megabytes, you know, 96 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,840 because like data and like biting. 97 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,880 I'm expressing this for the younger shark here is don't 98 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,360 judge me. And of course, the other one 99 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,560 that we have is unfortunately that a shark went to court. 100 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,040 We're not quite sure for what though, But the judge asked him 101 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,920 what his plea was and he replied he was not guilty. 102 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:32,560 That's fun. I like that one. 103 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,280 I don't care what you all say. That's pretty great. 104 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:36,240 I do love that. So feel free to send more that 105 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:38,160 way. But finally, without further 106 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,640 ado, we are actually going to get into the shark for this 107 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,040 episode. I think that was probably one of 108 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:47,320 the longest intros I've done. But anyway, so to get started, 109 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,600 we're going to be going over the Gray reef shark today. 110 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,400 Now there are 5 species of reef sharks and those include the 111 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,200 black tip reef, Gray reef, white tip reef, Caribbean reef, and 112 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,280 the Galapagos shark. The Galapagos is a little bit 113 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:02,000 different. It does not have the reef name. 114 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,920 The largest of the reef sharks are the Galapagos shark and the 115 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,520 Caribbean reef shark, both coming in at average length of 116 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,280 three meters or 9.8 feet. The smallest are the white tip 117 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:15,440 and black tip reef sharks coming in at 1.6 meters or 5.5 feet. 118 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,120 So I decided since everyone else is buddied up, we're just going 119 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,440 to go with the Gray reef shark because sometimes when people 120 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,680 say reef sharks in general, they're usually thinking about 121 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,080 this one. And I would like to quickly 122 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,960 apologize to the shark here that requested all the reef sharks. 123 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,080 But I want to make sure I do these sharks well. 124 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,160 And if I try to put five in an episode or even the remaining 125 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,080 three, I normally end up missing a lot, crossing up information 126 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,080 or squishing it all together in a jumbled mess. 127 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,560 And I wrote this paragraph like weeks ago, and could you imagine 128 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,960 how bad this would be if I tried squishing everything into the 129 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,560 one shark that I did this time? So yeah. 130 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,560 The good news is though, that that does mean we do have two 131 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,680 other reshark episodes we can do, the Galapagos shark and the 132 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,120 white tip reef shark in the future. 133 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,760 I've already done the black tip reef shark in episode 34 and the 134 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,120 Caribbean reef shark in episode 15. 135 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,080 So if you want to learn more about them, you can always check 136 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,600 them out over that way. Now Gray reef sharks grow to be 137 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,520 about 1.88 meters or 6.2 feet long, which is just bigger than 138 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,400 the black tip and white tip reef sharks. 139 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:19,000 They were first discovered in 1856 by Peter Bleecker who was a 140 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,920 Dutch. It's theologist, which I just 141 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:23,800 learned. It's theology is the branch of 142 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,280 zoology that studies fish, which I'd be honored if anyone ever 143 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,160 mistakenly called me. And it's theologist as I do not 144 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,080 consider myself one since I simply look up sharks online and 145 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,680 watch them on TV. I don't really conduct studies 146 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,120 or look into them much further, but I do like seeing them. 147 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,920 So I feel like I'm disqualified though, but it works. 148 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:46,520 I'll go with Fanatic now these sharks are known by a few other 149 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,280 names around the world, including the black V whaler, 150 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,120 the graceful shark, Fowler's whaler shark, graceful whaler 151 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,480 shark, Gray shark, Gray whaler shark, school shark, long nose 152 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,360 black tail shark, and the short nose black tail shark, which 153 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,960 some of those are rather contradictory. 154 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,160 I don't know how you're both long nose and short nose, very 155 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,160 confusing there and also some are just mean because if someone 156 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,920 calls me long nose I'm a be upset. 157 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,960 But the Gray reef shark is a rather normal looking shark 158 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,120 which makes it hard to describe since usually I focus on what's 159 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,480 different about them. So I'll kind of do my best here. 160 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,360 They do have a longer face with a blunt nose that sticks out 161 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,320 further than their lower jaw and they have big eyes that sit 162 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,920 above their mouth. Their gills are further back and 163 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,080 they have 5 gill slits similar to many other sharks. 164 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,200 They are Gray on top and white on their bellies with a clear 165 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,840 line in between the two. They have a tall dorsal fin, 166 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:41,320 somewhat sickle shaped pectoral fins, and they also have caudal 167 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,559 and anal fins. Now their tail is slightly 168 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,600 longer on top than on the bottom, as similar with many 169 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,680 reef sharks as well, and their fins also sometimes have white 170 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:51,800 or black tips on them, but often will be Gray. 171 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,840 Now this differentiates before between the white tip and the 172 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,840 black tip because all of their tips tend to be the same color. 173 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,560 Gray kind of gets a little bit of all of them. 174 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:03,560 If it wants to, it's, it's, it's not a phase, it just does what 175 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,120 it wants. Now these sharks can be found 176 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,800 all over the world and this is one of the longest lists I have 177 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,320 seen, which is not uncommon of other reef sharks as well. 178 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,640 I'm also going to apologize in advance if I completely butcher 179 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,200 a pronunciation as I did try to go through and get the 180 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,880 pronunciations right beforehand and I guarantee I'll still have 181 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,280 some wrong. But they can be found in the 182 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,440 Indian and Pacific Oceans, including around South Africa, 183 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:32,680 Madagascar, India, the Red Sea, Maldives, southern China, New 184 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:35,920 Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Gulf of Thailand, 185 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:41,040 Indonesia, the Chagos Archipelago, American Samoa, 186 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,640 Easter Islands, the Cook Islands, Christmas Island, the 187 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:50,360 Marquesas Islands, Guam, the Tuamoto archipelago. 188 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,080 I feel like I'm pronouncing that wrong. 189 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,600 I've tried very hard. Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, 190 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,400 Nauru, Micronesia. New Caledonia, the Marinas 191 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:06,480 Islands, Pulao, Samoa, the Pitkarian Islands. 192 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:09,320 I think I missed that one. Up to the Solomon Islands, the 193 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,440 Hawaiian Islands, Tuvalu and Vanitou. 194 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,600 I'm not going to lie, I cannot pronounce most of them or point 195 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,200 to them on a map. Mostly the Hawaiian Islands. 196 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,280 Clearly that's a joke. The American education system 197 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,200 likes to teach us about us and not much else. 198 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,360 Evidently because I'd be able to pronounce them otherwise. 199 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:27,520 But you know, it's fine, whatever. 200 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,920 But these sharks like staying in shallower waters, typically 201 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,720 about 200 feet, 60 meters or less, but they do go real deep, 202 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:39,240 as far as going 3300 feet or 1000 meters, which is rather 203 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,880 crazy deep. Now these sharks will be found 204 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,200 around reefs of course, but they enjoy resting facing Leeward, 205 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,880 which means they face away from the direction of the current, or 206 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,000 at least being on that side of the reef. 207 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,040 They have been found in the open ocean though, because they too 208 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,280 want to see some whale sharks. They just look so cool. 209 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,240 Now I would like to point out that there is no evidence that 210 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:03,280 the Gray wee reef shark actually goes out to look at whale 211 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,560 sharks, but I can dream. Now, the Gray reef shark is kind 212 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:09,760 of a jerk as being slightly larger than other sharks, they 213 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,280 will force other sharks out of their preferred locations. 214 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,520 Some sharks will work together and live together and that 215 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,720 sounds like they are making a shark city or something. 216 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,000 But what I mean is that they can inhabit the same areas and will 217 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,080 even both benefit from their hunting methods. 218 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,720 Gray reef sharks aren't really about that, they just forced 219 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,240 everyone out of the quiet hilltop where it sings when the 220 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,840 sun hits it just right in order to build Cusco Topia. 221 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,800 Shout out to anyone that enjoyed that Emperor's New Groove 222 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,800 reference. They do vibe with black tippery 223 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,040 sharks though, but only a little bit because they will allow 224 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,880 black tips to inhabit the shallow flats, but they'll stay 225 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,240 in the deeper waters so there's still that degree of separation 226 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,760 between the two. Now there is one shark that 227 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,120 stands up to these guys and that is the Mighty All Feared. 228 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,400 So scary you cry with a second you see him. 229 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,920 Sandbar shark, Now that is clearly an overhyping of sandbar 230 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,840 sharks. As many aquariums have sandbar 231 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,040 sharks as they are about the size of a sand tiger shark and 232 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,960 they're not very temperamental, but they eat a similar diet to 233 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,200 the grey reef shark. So if you're hoping to see both 234 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,600 in the same area, it's probably not going to happen. 235 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,400 Usually if there's an abundance of one, the other will be 236 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,880 elsewhere. Now this doesn't mean that if 237 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,520 there's one around that the other one won't because they 238 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,480 might be able to in smaller numbers, but I didn't see 239 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,360 anything that said that one way or another. 240 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,720 On top of that, these sharks do have a positive relations with 241 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,840 some fish such as rainbow runners. 242 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,960 They will rub against the sharks to get parasites off their skin 243 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,400 which would damage the parasite instead of giving it to the 244 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,600 shark, which is rather cool. There have been rare occur 245 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,800 occasions where the Gray reef shark will swim with marine 246 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,000 mammals or pelagic fishes like sailfish. 247 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,720 A group of Gray reef sharks were once observed following a pot of 248 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,840 dolphins and silky sharks were also along for the fun I guess, 249 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,280 not quite sure why. And then a silver tip was also 250 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,640 just hanging out, which I'm guessing it was just a nice 251 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,640 little party or their ulterior motives, which we'll discuss in 252 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,640 a minute. Now there is always a bigger 253 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,880 fish and the bigger fish in this case would be great hammer heads 254 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,560 and silver tip sharks because they enjoy feeding on Gray reef 255 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:11,200 sharks. So they were most likely waiting 256 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,800 for any of those Gray reef sharks to stray away from the 257 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,120 group and then they would go in for the kill. 258 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:19,280 Now Gray reef sharks have a smaller diet compared to a lot 259 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,800 of other sharks, possibly why there is competition between 260 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,120 them and sandbar sharks. They like eating cephalopods, 261 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:29,000 especially squid and octopus, and crustaceans such as crabs 262 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,200 and lobsters. But they also will sometimes go 263 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:32,800 a little bit further to get some snapper. 264 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,560 And if there's a group of them around, they can sometimes also 265 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:38,000 take down another shark. But their teeth are kind of 266 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,760 small, but they can still do damage. 267 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,440 It's just more of a hunting in numbers mentality. 268 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,840 Now, this shark is viviperous, which means that they give live 269 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,040 birth instead of laying eggs or having them hatch internally. 270 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:55,400 Their pups are about 45 to 60cm or 18 to 24 inches long. 271 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,160 So they're still pretty big because that's two feet, which 272 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,440 that's for the Americans like myself, who cannot do 273 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,640 conversions like that because I do not know. 274 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,840 I can't visualize how long 60 centimeters. 275 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,920 And even though I just met said it, but if I say, oh, it's 2 276 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:10,000 feet and then someone goes, yeah, that's 60 centimeters. 277 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,560 My brain just did, there's a wall. 278 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:12,840 I can't do it. I don't know why. 279 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:17,080 Now unlike many other sharks, these sharks are active at all 280 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,520 times of the day, but they do have peak active hours at night. 281 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,920 Kind of how some people work night shift but the majority 282 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,320 work day shift. This shark typically works night 283 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,200 shift but has some that work in the day shift. 284 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,000 That's really dumb analogy but I mean I think y'all got it so 285 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,880 that's great. They're also one of the few 286 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,480 sharks that don't like traveling far from home as they tend to 287 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,680 stay within a mile or kilometer of home. 288 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,800 Many sharks like migrating like white sharks and Makos that will 289 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,280 travel up and down the East Coast of the US depending on the 290 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,720 season, but the Gray reef shark just doesn't do that. 291 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,240 They stay pretty where they are. Now. 292 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,680 I mentioned earlier that they don't like other sharks. 293 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,720 They do like each other though. So they will congregate the 294 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,560 other and exhibit very social behaviors, which is I guess 295 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,280 sharkist in some type of way, but they don't include them. 296 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:00,720 But I mean, shark on a shark I guess. 297 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,360 But they have seen hunting, they have been seen hunting along 298 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,000 white tip reef sharks. So I guess they do have some 299 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,680 diversity, but it's very odd to see this in sharks as typically 300 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,960 sharks prefer solidarity. They'll remain solo and those 301 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,840 that are social will work with a variety of sharks, or at least 302 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:18,760 what I've come across so far while researching. 303 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,360 These sharks are curious of divers and will come rather 304 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,320 close if to examine you, but they get bored if they seen you 305 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,600 before so you got to give them a little razzle dazzle to get them 306 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,560 to come back. I've seen people use water 307 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,360 bottles that are empty to crinkle them to get them to come 308 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,360 nearby, but I recommend you be experienced if you're going to 309 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,920 try that. Now there is risk when they're 310 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,680 hunting or if you are around their food, which is why you 311 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,200 should not spend time in a school of fish or with a group 312 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,760 of crabs because the sharks hungry, they won't care if 313 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:46,240 you're there or not. They're going to get that fish 314 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,920 or crab and even if it's a crab rave, they're not going to care. 315 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,880 They're going to still get you. Now unfortunately these sharks 316 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,840 are endangered as they are caught commercially for shark 317 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,720 fin soup and fish meal, which are two of the dumbest things 318 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,520 that they could be used for. Their numbers are also declining 319 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,440 due to coral bleaching caused by global warming and climate 320 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,000 change, which fun fact will come up later. 321 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,080 But that is what I have for the Gray reef shark. 322 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,000 If you guys have any questions or anything like that, please 323 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,200 feel free to reach out on any of the ways I mentioned before, 324 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,400 social media comments, anything like that. 325 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,040 Now, the safety bit that I have for this week is kind of more 326 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,680 focused on how to keep shark safe. 327 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,800 So I want to look at how to help a shark that you feel is not 328 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,800 receiving proper care in captivity. 329 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,320 And this one I got a lot of information from the ACA website 330 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,400 which is the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. 331 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,760 Now firstly, dear God the amount of pages I found that describe 332 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,520 zoos and aquariums as prisons that only exist to torture 333 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:44,320 animals is just insane. Now I don't believe that every 334 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,040 animal is appropriate for captivity unless further 335 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,120 research is done into properly keeping them. 336 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,560 Two examples would be great white sharks and basking sharks. 337 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,440 There have been a few examples where great whites have been 338 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,400 kept for a few days up to a few months before they either died 339 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,120 or were released back into the wild. 340 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,800 But the last attempt was in 2011 I believe, and marine biologists 341 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,400 realized they need to do a lot more research before they could 342 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,079 capture these guys and have them in a in an aquarium. 343 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:15,520 Basking sharks as well. They did want to do that, but 344 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,640 then also after all the issues with the whale sharks realized 345 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,800 that they don't know how they're going to get them somewhere and 346 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,000 if they does come a case where they need to release them, how 347 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,280 are they going to get them back out? 348 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,680 Plus, these sharks require a lot more depth than the whale sharks 349 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,680 do, as whale sharks tend to like to be more towards the surface 350 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,480 and basking sharks tend to migrate down in the water 351 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,360 throughout the night. So it's kind of hard, but there 352 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,360 are a lot of shark ologists, which is not currently a 353 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:39,920 recognized field of marine biology. 354 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,000 But a shark here mentioned that they wanted to become one in the 355 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,760 comments, and I support that very much. 356 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,920 They mentioned that it's not something that could happen 357 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,800 currently and it's something that they want to continue to 358 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,800 look into, to eventually do down the line. 359 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,400 But for right now, they don't know how to do it. 360 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,960 They're going to have to look more into it now. 361 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,040 Many zoos and aquariums aim to provide the best possible care 362 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,800 for their animals within their facilities and spread awareness 363 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,080 and promote conservation efforts for these animals. 364 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,240 Of course, there were Brad bad practices over the years and 365 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,360 there are still zoos and aquariums that do not treat 366 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:12,680 animals the way that they should. 367 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,560 So that's why we're hitting on this topic. 368 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,600 The first step I always recommend is to look into what 369 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,520 type of care that animal would require, same as you should with 370 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,360 any pet. If you have questions regarding 371 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:25,880 the care of an animal in an aquarium or zoo, you can always 372 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,000 ask about it. Sometimes animals require less 373 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,840 care. It's kind of like taking care of 374 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:31,080 plants. Some need more. 375 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,360 Cactuses don't need a whole lot. If you give a cactus too much 376 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:36,080 care, it's going to be over watered and die. 377 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,320 Sun animals do not need a lot of space, nor do they want it. 378 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,280 Crabs, for example, do not require a lot of space or an 379 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,200 abundance of food. They kind of make do with hiding 380 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,920 in different areas and also kind of get in the scraps that are 381 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,800 leftover. Although aquariums will also 382 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,840 have some food for them as well. So they're not really really 383 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,960 running a marathon. A lot of them don't need a whole 384 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,240 lot of space to run around. They just kind of need a little 385 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,320 place to hide in their content. It is always good to ask 386 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,160 questions because sometimes a quick conversation makes a lot 387 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,680 of sense. When I saw the dolphin exhibit 388 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,400 at the Georgia Aquarium, I saw that there were a lot of columns 389 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,960 and decorations in the tank, and I wondered why Baltimore's was 390 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,480 essentially a giant pool. So I reached out to my friend 391 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,040 that worked there years ago, and in a short text she said because 392 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,360 they're usually more in the open ocean and they don't really 393 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,800 interact with reefs, My brain went, Oh yeah, makes a lot of 394 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,720 sense. So speaking with keepers is a 395 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,200 good way to see what's going on and what care they require. 396 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,400 Now if you know something is off and you're still sure that 397 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,720 they're not caring for the animals properly, you can 398 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,520 contact the Aza through their website to submit concerns. 399 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,360 This of course is not the nail in the coffin that will shut 400 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:43,880 down the aquarium or zoo, so you don't have to worry about 401 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,280 submitting anything that actually isn't an issue. 402 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,280 But also try not to be submit crazy. 403 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,720 I'm sure they get messages from PETA and some Karen's that all 404 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,840 the time claiming abuse when none has occurred. 405 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:56,280 So worst case scenario they don't really do much about it 406 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,880 and best case you were right and they get something to change. 407 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,480 Of course, do not harass staff, cause a scene, or try to get the 408 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,000 crowd to join against the exhibit. 409 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:07,720 You're just being a jerk at that point, and trying to start an 410 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,840 uprising right there is not going to be helpful really at 411 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,000 all. Another thing is if you're 412 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,520 getting all your information from this podcast, I need you to 413 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,560 look into it more. I've said it a million times, I 414 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,720 have a degree in social work and I do research for the podcast, 415 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,960 but I am not the final say in anything. 416 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,800 And I swear if I get an e-mail from the Aza saying yo too many 417 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,960 of your listeners are submitting reports and all your info is 418 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,800 wrong, I'm putting you all in time out to think about what 419 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,320 you've done. But a few things to look for 420 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,840 would be if a shark is acting erratically such as swimming 421 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,160 rapidly with sharp movements, hunting tank mates, or trying to 422 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,040 leap from the tank. Now there is a small disclaimer 423 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,280 with this as well because there was a leopard shark in an 424 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,480 aquarium, which I cannot remember which one, that would 425 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,760 get really excited when he'd see his keepers that he tried to 426 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,320 jump out of the water like a dolphin. 427 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,960 But he wasn't being abused because he wasn't doing that 428 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,080 when the keepers weren't around was soon as they'd show up he'd 429 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,160 be so excited to go see him that he jumped towards them. 430 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,200 But he just liked his keepers a lot, which was adorable. 431 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,600 Now if an animal has open cuts or wounds or is missing feathers 432 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,080 or looks like they have some sort of disease, it's also not 433 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:10,760 always the aquarium or zoo's fault. 434 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,320 They might have rescued the animal and they're currently 435 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,600 helping it. Plus some animals are just 436 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,000 accident prone and might get injured more easily. 437 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,680 I mean, pandas are built like tanks because these goobers fall 438 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,360 out of trees and look like they're trying to swanton bomb 439 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:26,400 themselves from the top rope. But it's mostly self-inflicted. 440 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:27,880 They're just kind of dumb sometimes. 441 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,960 So the first steps always conversation. 442 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,120 And also a lot of these animals that are healing or have been 443 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:34,840 rescued are usually behind the scenes first. 444 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,560 So you're not usually going to roll up on him and see some 445 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,440 animal looking diseased and decrepit. 446 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,520 But I mean, right now there's a a Panther at the zoo Tampa. 447 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,600 I believe it's Michael is his name, but he he doesn't put any 448 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,520 weight on his front right paw. I believe it is. 449 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,080 And that's just how he's always been. 450 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,760 That's how they got him. But they can't do anything to 451 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,600 fix it at this point. So he's just going to be hurt 452 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,600 and he's OK with that. He gets around fine. 453 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,560 He's happy. He celebrates his birthday every 454 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,840 year. It's adorable, which I have the 455 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,080 same birthday as one of the Panthers. 456 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,680 I can't remember who it might be Michael. 457 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,280 We'll find out. I need to look at the pictures 458 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,120 again. But anyway, that's what I have 459 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,240 for the safety bit of this episode. 460 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,160 We're going to go on to the news now. 461 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,600 I will give you a little disclaimer first. 462 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,360 This section is definitely getting political this time. 463 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,640 I may get a little bit heated. I've tried to keep politics out 464 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,760 of the podcast as much as I could, but two dumb things 465 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,160 happen related to sharks in the past week and I'm going to talk 466 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,080 about them. So here we go. 467 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,640 You've been warned. But the first news story that I 468 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:38,720 have is a federal shark attack alert quote Lulu's Law and quote 469 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,480 named after Mountain Brook Teen. And this was reported by 1819 470 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,760 News, so I want to be very clear off RIP. 471 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:50,560 My critiques of this bill or law are not at any victims of shark 472 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,000 bites and they should not be seen as the aggressor or the 473 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,040 villain in this situation. In many cases, they are simply 474 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,240 swimming and a shark bit them because they were looking for 475 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,120 food, didn't know what they were. 476 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,520 The water was murky. Who knows? 477 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,880 There's a whole bunch of reasons why it could have happened. 478 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:11,400 But I'm not here to bash any victims or anything like that 479 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,360 and I don't want anyone to as well. 480 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,000 I'm also not completely familiar with Lulu's incident other than 481 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,560 I remember the time frame and thinking wow that was a lot of 482 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:25,720 bites in a short period of time. But other than that I had to 483 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,080 look more into it. But anyway, on to the article. 484 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,440 This teen was bitten by a shark in June of 2024 along with two 485 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,080 others on the same day. And when I looked further into 486 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,040 it, I remember that these bites were less than two hours apart, 487 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,840 which is incredibly close, close together, which is also why 488 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,600 people are trying to claim it was the same shark despite this 489 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,480 not being confirmed. Now, a shark can cover a lot of 490 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,800 distance within two hours. I don't know why anyone would be 491 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,720 in the same area biting people over and over again. 492 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,760 It's not impossible though, as there was the bull shark that 493 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,200 swam 25 miles up the Delaware River biting people about 100 494 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,440 years ago. So it's possible. 495 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,480 But the area is so big, especially here in Florida, and 496 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,320 it's the shark bite capital of the world. 497 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,280 There's quite a few sharks down here. 498 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,360 It's not just one shark putting up those numbers. 499 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:15,400 That'd be nuts. So I don't believe that this is 500 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,480 the action of one shark. I feel goes back to Jackson 501 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,480 Hooton's density problem that he described to me as a lot of 502 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,120 people in the water with a lot of sharks. 503 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,320 So you're going to get a bite or two. 504 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,840 Now, what this bill aims to do is it would allow for an 505 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,360 emergency alert to be sent out after a bite or when shark bite 506 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:35,800 conditions are present, which let me tell you, a spring break 507 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,800 and throughout the summer, your phone's going to be blowing up 508 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,400 about it. Which shark bite conditions is 509 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,520 just wild because they're literally, Are you in a tropical 510 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,840 area with water connected to the ocean? 511 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:48,720 Congrats, there's a shark nearby. 512 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,400 Have you gotten bit? No, Congrats. 513 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,640 That's usually how it goes. If you did get bit, it's usually 514 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,720 not how it goes. Sorry about that. 515 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,640 Now, I am very much for trying to have protective measures in 516 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:05,760 place, but right here, this is not like it's not going to do a 517 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,120 whole lot. The best protective measure is 518 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:10,680 providing education and giving people the tools to know what to 519 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,920 look for. Kind of like how I have a whole 520 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,040 safety section constantly reminding you to keep an eye out 521 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,720 if you notice a lot of fish or wearing something shiny or if 522 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,800 you're trying to feed fish in the water, which you shouldn't 523 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,600 do because all those things attract sharks. 524 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,480 But I feel like these alerts will mostly just cause fear and 525 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,200 panic and lead people to advocate for shark hunting. 526 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,960 And then we've kind of just circled back to Jaws, which now 527 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,320 we're back in the 70s and that's like almost that actually is 50 528 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,760 years of of science and research just completely down the drain. 529 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,560 Those were 50 years ago. That's crazy. 530 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:44,800 Anyway, another big issue that I have is that in America 531 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,000 currently, the Republican Party has been spreading the message 532 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,160 that they are protecting children and families, but doing 533 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,200 things to directly hurt them while pushing for things like 534 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:54,960 this that really do little to nothing. 535 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,600 Sure, these alerts will keep some people out of the water, 536 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,720 but others will still still go in and can still get bit. 537 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:03,680 There will still be sharks in the water and that's where they 538 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,520 live. They're being driven closer to 539 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:06,960 shore due to changing conditions. 540 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,480 If we wanted to make real change to protect, people could push 541 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,640 for climate change, protect protections to allow the ocean 542 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,040 to recover and sharks to return more offshore. 543 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,160 Now not every shark lives offshore and bites have not 544 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,800 increased from year to year. But as things continue to trend 545 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,120 the way they are, they're going to start getting closer, which 546 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:26,520 creates a bigger density problem, which is going to be a 547 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,480 rise in shark bites. So instead of addressing the 548 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,680 real issue, they're solving a non issue currently while 549 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,400 screaming. We protected them and the other 550 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,400 side didn't, which is just really, really frustrating. 551 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,240 And unfortunately, this brings me to the next article, which 552 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,840 this one's probably going to be where I get real heated, but 553 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:47,400 we'll we'll see. So far I'm calm crazy, but the 554 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,400 Trump administration rolls back dozens of environmental 555 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,440 regulations in landmark shift. And this is by semaphore. 556 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,120 Now I'm going to apologize now because I feel like this one's 557 00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:00,560 going to be the one of the two stories that gets me rather 558 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:04,960 angry because it is about one of the two things I support the 559 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,720 highest and that is LGBTQ plus rights and the environment. 560 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,480 And this administration is actively going after both. 561 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,480 So I'm rather angry these days, but it's fine, we're working on 562 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,920 it. Now the head of the EPA, which 563 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:21,040 is just an oxymoron currently is planning to rollback all Biden 564 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,480 era environmental protections on emissions, water, and the fossil 565 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,440 fuel industry. Now this is the dumbest idea 566 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,600 I've ever heard as the goal is to drive down prices of cars and 567 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,000 homes but I can leave a great way to do that without touching 568 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,240 regulations but I'll leave that out for right now. 569 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,640 But also real quick, Canada's not going to be the 51st state 570 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,160 you absolute gremlin. Anyway, in 2024 for the first 571 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,480 time in the history of recording climate change numbers, the fail 572 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,800 safes that helped limit the amount of carbon left in the 573 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,760 atmosphere failed. Coral reefs and sub aquatic 574 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,080 vegetation along with other plants throughout the world were 575 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,080 not able to take the amount of carbon in the air and keep it at 576 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,520 a minimum or keep it right where it was. 577 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,280 Now this is kind of catastrophic as it means that temperatures 578 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,840 will continue to rise, sharks will be further displaced 579 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,040 putting them closer in contact with humans leading to more 580 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,880 bites leading to the more stupid alerts that won't really do 581 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,720 anything other than just freak people out. 582 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,480 Now the regulation rollbacks will most likely not 'cause 583 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,320 prices to drop as even when they do go into effect, a lot of CE 584 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:23,760 OS like the pocket that money and then still complain that 585 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,960 they can't do anything to raise minimum wage or anything like 586 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,680 that. But I do want to give a quick 587 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:33,400 shout out to Costco, Dick's and Arizona Ice Tea Company as their 588 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:37,360 CE OS have kept their diversity, equity and inclusion and also 589 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:40,480 kept prices where they are and they've looked out for the 590 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,680 consumer a lot. I do remember one of my favorite 591 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,360 stories I ever read is that Costco CEO even threatened a 592 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,160 board member that he would kill him if they ever change the 593 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:54,400 price of the dollar 50 hot dog. So that's just hardcore and I'm 594 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,400 with it. But anyway, little tangent 595 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,160 there, but Costco's great. Now, I've already written to 596 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,240 lawmakers in Florida, as I know many have down here, but they 597 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,240 don't really seem to care about who they represent right now or 598 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,360 what we even really want them to do. 599 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,280 But yours may listen a bit better. 600 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,760 So there is still hope. And thankfully, many other 601 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,760 countries are putting forth efforts to protect the 602 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,760 environment. But please, of course, write 603 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,640 your local lawmakers or call them, protest, whatever you need 604 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,720 to do to get the message through to these regulations that they 605 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,280 need to be upheld. If we continue this trend, the 606 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,040 effects will become irreversible and there won't be any time left 607 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,760 to help. But right now, we still have 608 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,280 time. Now, of course, is not all doom 609 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,280 and gloom. I may have gotten upset about 610 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,160 this and I may have said some things that upset some people, 611 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,320 and I mean, that's just kind of the state of the world right 612 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,840 now. But one thing to help calm you 613 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,640 down a little bit if you're worried about it is that there's 614 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,480 thousands, if not millions of scientists working on reversing 615 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,480 climate change and everyone doing anything they can to help, 616 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,120 such as recycling, walking or biking instead of driving, not 617 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,080 using AI to look things up. You can simply Google which, fun 618 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,280 fact, AI was found to be wrong about 60% of the time and uses 619 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,800 like 10 times the energy. So you know, just just Google 620 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,320 it, it's better. But all these things and any 621 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,000 effort you make to help the environment will make a 622 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,720 difference. So don't let that discourage you 623 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,000 from being an eco warrior. It's going to be fine. 624 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,800 We're going to work this out, but something's got to give. 625 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,040 But that's what I have for this episode. 626 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,920 Thank you for letting me go, all my little tangents there and 627 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,720 everything like that. And thank you all for listening. 628 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,080 I appreciate y'all hanging out and being here as you always 629 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,640 are. And you can always comment or DM 630 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,960 your favorite shark fact because of course I want to throw more 631 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,840 at the beginning there. Follow along on social media, 632 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,280 send in any comments, questions, anything like that. 633 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,680 And of course, give us a rating and send this to someone you 634 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:40,760 think would like to listen to it. 635 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,040 And I'll see you in the next one. 636 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:42,880 Bye.