1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,960 Hello and welcome back, Shark. Here's to another episode of 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,400 Deep Dives with Sharks. I am the host here, my name is 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,360 Alex and I appreciate your patience. 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,760 While I was absolutely just missing, I'd also like to 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,560 apologize a little bit if I sound a little bit raspy today. 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,200 I did just spend the weekend at a rock music festival called 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,800 Welcome to Rockville, so that was a really great show, which 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,600 was fun, but I might sound a little raspy because of that and 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,040 I apologize. But I do appreciate your 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,680 patience and the messages and all your support. 11 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,240 Once again, when life got hectic, I was doing an 12 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,160 internship Monday through Wednesday and then working 13 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:38,880 Thursday through Sunday. Plus I had a class on top of 14 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,760 that so I'm impressed. I still got an episode out now 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,800 even though it was months apart, which I apologize for, but it 16 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,560 was very hectic and it should slow down a little bit coming 17 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,840 up. I will still have my internship 18 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,840 starting back up after next week, and then I will also still 19 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,440 be working Thursday through Sunday. 20 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,960 But I shouldn't have another class unless something went 21 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,280 wrong, in which case I'll have to take another class, which 22 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,800 we'll work it out, don't worry. But I do still want to try to 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,920 get episodes out to you guys, and these episodes do take a lot 24 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,800 of research. So I was toying with the idea of 25 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:17,080 trying to do sort of like an AMA style or Ask Me Anything, 26 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,680 Although we do have to keep it PG because A my mother listens 27 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,560 and B there's lots of young shark. 28 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,920 Here's that listen as well. So we're going to keep things PG 29 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,640 and just ask hopefully Shark related questions, but you can 30 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,680 also ask other related questions, things like that and 31 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,240 I'll see if you guys want to do that or not. 32 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,800 So keep an eye on the Instagram. So that way I can put a pull up 33 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,880 for you guys and we can see if that's something you guys would 34 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,360 be interested in hearing. But I'm also got a couple ideas 35 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,760 I'm toying with. I'll probably reveal those a 36 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,600 little bit later depending on how consistent these episodes 37 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,800 come out, because if I'm not, if I'm still at this rate, then 38 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,240 there's no reason to try to push more, but we will see. 39 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,560 I'm also going to finally put out those episodes where I 40 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,520 review a couple shark related movies, which please keep 41 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,000 sending in those suggestions as well. 42 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,760 I do have notes done for two of them. 43 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,480 I just need to organize them so that way I can get those. 44 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,840 I was waiting to see if we are going to do a collaboration with 45 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,080 another pot, but that one is currently on hiatus. 46 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,760 So I was kind of waiting to see if they were going to come back 47 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,960 together. And it's looking like for right 48 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,480 now they're going to stay gone for a little bit so we can add 49 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,480 them in a little bit later. For right now, I'm probably 50 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,360 going to release those somewhat soon. 51 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,360 So that way we have a little bit of a makeup for while I was 52 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,280 gone. Also I do graduate in August so 53 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,400 then I should just only be working which will be very nice 54 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,120 and I will have more free time once again and should be able to 55 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,760 push these out a little bit more consistently which would be 56 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,960 incredible. But I also would like to give a 57 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,440 shout out to River W and his dad Peter who are out in Perth who 58 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,560 many many, many months ago they sent me a very very lovely voice 59 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,880 message through the app formerly known as Anchor. 60 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,760 Now it is Spotify for podcasters and it was an amazing way to 61 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,960 start out that day. I was so excited. 62 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,600 Also, I'm starstruck over you so River, you are incredible, Sir. 63 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,280 It's amazing to have an eco warrior such as yourself as one 64 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,640 of the shark heroes. I consider that an absolute 65 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,440 honor. And also all the many amazing 66 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,160 shark heroes that are out there. Just each and everyone of you 67 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,560 are so incredible. And it is amazing that I've got 68 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,400 people that listen to me all around the world. 69 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,920 And I'm absolutely honored that you were starstruck quote UN 70 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:30,080 quote that you were able to talk to me, which is rather wild 71 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,880 because in my eyes, I am a person who just owned a 72 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,080 microphone and an Internet connection and found an app that 73 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,600 I could talk about sharks. So it's pretty awesome. 74 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,120 I'm very happy to do that. Of course, please feel free to 75 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,040 reach out whenever you guys, any of you can do that as well. 76 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,120 And I am more than happy to try to reply as fast as I can. 77 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,360 And I appreciate all the interaction I've had with you 78 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,880 guys. You all are so incredible now. 79 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,200 This intro is a little bit longer than usual, but we got 80 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:57,640 through and we're going to get on to the sharks. 81 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,800 But of course if you have any questions, comments, anything 82 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,160 like that, reach out to me on any of the social media over at 83 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:08,120 deep dives with sharks on Instagram or on Twitter and X it 84 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:13,280 is at deep Dive sharks. So one thing that I wanted to 85 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,399 add to the correction corner or kind of just a fun fact that I 86 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:21,680 want to remind everyone of, is the fact that whale sharks are 87 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,000 considered carpet sharks. Not necessarily because of the 88 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,880 fact that they lay on the bottom like other carpet sharks do, 89 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,920 such as the wobi gong or the Angel shark, but more just 90 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,480 because of how they're put together, if that makes sense. 91 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,160 So their fins are more off to the side rather than angling 92 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,920 down like a great white shark. So kind of just the way that 93 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,680 they're built makes them a just gigantic carpet shark, which is 94 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,200 wild and for all we know they could lay at the bottom. 95 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,240 We don't really observe them too too often. 96 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,240 So a neat thought, but going on to the shark that we have for 97 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,120 this week, it is going to be the Bramble shark. 98 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,040 Now the shark here is have impressed me once again as there 99 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,600 are many sharks that I've at least heard of, but this is the 100 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,040 second shark that was suggested that I didn't really know 101 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,200 anything about beforehand. The first one that was mentioned 102 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,840 was the Angular rough shark, So please keep sending in your 103 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:12,000 suggestions 'cause there's so many sharks that I might not 104 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,280 have heard of and probably don't know a whole lot about. 105 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:17,120 And I'm always incredibly excited to learn more about any 106 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,480 type of shark out there, even if it's ones I thought I already 107 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,360 knew a lot about. Please keep sending them my way. 108 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,760 But going into the Bramble shark, it's a rather round boy. 109 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,240 Some might even say they're thick, as they have a 110 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,000 cylindrical body that has a short head with a blunt nose and 111 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,840 it's not as wide as their mouth. They have two small dorsal fins 112 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:39,480 just before their tail and a short pectoral fins, but they 113 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,360 have a longer square shaped pelvic fins, so they're kind of 114 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,320 just haphazardly thrown together. 115 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,000 It's wild. They really look like someone 116 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,040 started molding a shark out of clay and substituted the parts 117 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,280 of the shark they couldn't remember with other fish, and 118 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:53,280 then proceeded to drop it on its face. 119 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,160 Tried to salvage it because the project was due in 5 minutes and 120 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,440 we ended up with the Bramble shark, which I absolutely love 121 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,840 them. Their eyes are a little 122 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:04,600 different than other sharks as they do not have nictitating 123 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,280 membranes, which nicotine membranes are a third eyelid 124 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,080 that many animals have to help protect their eye while 125 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,760 maintaining vision can see. Some sharks have this When it 126 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,880 appears, their eye moves deeper into or out of their eye socket. 127 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,080 When they close or open the membrane so it's clear, you can 128 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,520 see through it and you'll see. Sharks and other creatures like 129 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,080 frogs use this sometimes I think frogs have it. 130 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,920 They might not, I'm not sure. But other sharks for sure. 131 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,000 When you're watching shark, we go see their eye either set 132 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,920 further in or further out of their head, and that membrane 133 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,880 will protect it in case they move it further in. 134 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,520 But to go to many sharks, these sharks will have 5 gill slits, 135 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,600 but their fifth pair is their longest. 136 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,040 They have a brownish blackish color to their backs and sides 137 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,960 that have a purplish hue due to how their denticles line up with 138 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,160 a pair underbelly. Now nurse sharks also show off 139 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,320 this purplish hue in certain settings. 140 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:58,560 You look closely at them in captivity. 141 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,160 Usually the light catches their denticles just right to show off 142 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,320 that hue. I'll also compare the sharks to 143 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,760 nurse sharks a little bit more down the line as they share many 144 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,400 similarities. But yes, I will also post a 145 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,120 picture of that hue as the last time I was at the Baltimore 146 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,000 aquarium there was a nurse shark right up against the glass and 147 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,200 it had a beautiful purple hue coming off it with the light 148 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,000 hitting and it was great. I'll post a picture of it, don't 149 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,400 worry, check the Instagram for that. 150 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,560 They have a layer of mucus on their skin that is said to smell 151 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,640 absolutely foul, so that mix with their almost haphazardly 152 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,720 spaced denticles with some containing thorn like 153 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,480 structures, the shark has earned a free spot on the list of 154 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,160 sharks I'd rather not pet. Sounds like it wouldn't be very 155 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,400 fun and they'd probably bite me, so probably just don't pet 156 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,120 sharks at all. It probably wouldn't be the the 157 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,960 best idea. Now, these sharks tend to grow 158 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:54,120 to be about 10 to 10.2 feet long or 3.05 to 3.1 meters, and can 159 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,400 weigh up to 440 lbs or 200 kilograms. 160 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,400 The Bramble shark can be found across Europe down to 161 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,120 Mozambique, including the Mediterranean Sea, but a handful 162 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,360 have been found around Massachusetts, North Carolina, 163 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,760 and Louisiana, just to name this couple states. 164 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:16,840 In the US, we also have Brazil, Tobago, Argentina, Oman, Japan, 165 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,000 South India, southern Australia and New Zealand. 166 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,160 So they're kind of all over the world, but more peppered about 167 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,520 rather than being actually everywhere, which is 168 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,160 interesting. They enjoy depths of around 169 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:38,159 656.2 to 2952.8 feet or 2000 to 900 meters, so a huge range 170 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:39,960 there. And Oh my goodness, the feet are 171 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,840 really specific. They like continental shells as 172 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,880 well as deep waters that can produce cold water up wells that 173 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,280 can create a lot of nutrients leading to more food 174 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,720 availability. Similarly, I discussed how whale 175 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,760 sharks were becoming more active in the northern Gulf of Mexico 176 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,520 in previous new segments due to the upwelling of colder water 177 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,240 from a trench bringing many nutrients and fish to feed on 178 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,200 these nutrients. Well, sharks will show up to get 179 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,360 those nutrients and of course other fish will in other areas, 180 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,320 which then brings the Bramble sharks closer to shores with 181 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,240 that upwelling. In some cases these sharks will 182 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,360 come even shallower waters. Yeah, even shallower waters. 183 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,960 Sorry to follow up, follow these upwelling cold waters, but can 184 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,840 also be found to migrate to shallower waters during the 185 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,160 summer and around some European countries. 186 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,720 They have a smaller diet that includes crabs, smaller sharks 187 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,680 such as spiny dogfish and small Bony fish. 188 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,840 They have a rather large pharynix which is a muscular 189 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,080 tube in their throat, which has LED researchers to believe that 190 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,360 they hunt using suction, similar to a nurse shark would. 191 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,960 Suction feeding is a rather useful tool when you are a 192 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,640 bigger shark, especially if you don't move very fast. 193 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,840 But I imagine dying via suction feeding would be absolutely 194 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,760 horrifying, but also kind of hilarious to imagine. 195 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,120 You're just going along and all of a sudden a vacuum sucks you 196 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,440 up and spits you out a bunch of times. 197 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:05,400 Absolutely crazy, but overall these sharks have been described 198 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,120 as sluggish in nature which would help to have a suction 199 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,560 feeding style to trap their prey and Bramble. 200 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:15,160 Sharks give live birth and give birth to anywhere from 15 to 52 201 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,960 pups at a time. Females have two uteruses or 202 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:23,160 uteri, which I looked both up and they are correct, but that 203 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,800 is just wild words to pronounce in general. 204 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,560 But having multiple do help to facilitate high numbers of these 205 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:33,080 pups cause 52 is absolutely just mind blowing. 206 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:38,000 It's crazy, but these sharks do pose a threat to humans as they 207 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,400 are often caught as bycatch or by sport fishermen in the 208 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,920 eastern Atlantic. And when they are in shallower 209 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,080 waters, they can encounter humans much more, which leads to 210 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,560 more bites. It's kind of like we don't have 211 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:52,240 a whole lot of bites among sharks that are in the deep, 212 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,880 deep ocean, as there's not too many humans that are down there, 213 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,640 or if there are, there's submarines and things and they 214 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,640 tend to not bite those as much. But we don't see the deep sea 215 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,640 sharks very close to shore. We see a lot of humans close to 216 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,600 shores. Sharks close to shore equals 217 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,800 more bites. But these guys are also using a 218 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,080 variety of products including fish meal, some oils for 219 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:16,240 medicine and other oils to coat boats, which it's rather wild to 220 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,160 me, like I'm just going to go oil up my canoe or kayak with 221 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,920 shark oil real quick, don't mind me, but I, you know to each 222 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,680 their own I guess. But that is what I have for the 223 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:28,040 Bramble shark. If you guys have any questions, 224 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,640 comments or feel that any messed anything up and you'd like to 225 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,600 correct that, please send that over my way and I will be more 226 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,880 than happy to add that to the next correction corner. 227 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,320 But going into Shark Safety this week, we're going to be looking 228 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,560 at how to respect sharks in captivity, and this one came 229 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:45,280 from a couple shark years. I think the two that sent them 230 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,640 to me did not want any credit for that. 231 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,920 So you remain anonymous and if you did, I very much apologize. 232 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:54,760 Feel free to reach out to me and send in more suggestions, and I 233 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,440 will be more than happy to shut you out on that one. 234 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,640 But the information I got here is from sharktrust.org, so if 235 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,560 you'd like more information you can go over there and check them 236 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:06,480 out. But this has been a highly 237 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,840 debated topic from the dawn of time, it seems like, and that's 238 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,520 if sharks should be kept in captivity at all. 239 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,200 And I personally feel that seeing sharks in an aquarium 240 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,160 from a young age sparked my love for them more than seeing them 241 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,400 on TV or in a book would be able to do. 242 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,080 But I believe that zoos and aquariums have become more 243 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,080 responsible and reliable when it comes to animal care and 244 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,440 longevity for them. We can learn so much from 245 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,080 animals in captivity that we would not be able to if we only 246 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,360 encountered them in the wild, and especially it's hard to find 247 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,400 some specimens in the wild. Whale sharks are rather abundant 248 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:42,120 around Cancun, especially around this time of year, but it's kind 249 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,800 of hard to keep track of them. Plus, even if we do put trackers 250 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,240 on them, who's to say that something's not going to happen 251 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,040 to that shark and we're not going to be able to collect any 252 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,960 more data? Plus, we can't observe behaviors 253 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,240 and things like that, and it's just it doesn't have the same 254 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,400 weight to it. But thanks to organizations like 255 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,520 the Aza, which is the association of Zoos and 256 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,640 aquariums that ensures that animals are not being mistreated 257 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,160 and will shut down zoos or aquariums that are not up to the 258 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,200 proper standards in order to protect animals in captivity. 259 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,800 Now just because a zoo is not Aza credited, this does not mean 260 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,400 that they are abusing animals or that they are a bad zoo. 261 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,040 So for example the Salisbury Zoo in Maryland is a free zoo that 262 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,160 students at the local university by alma mater by the way let's 263 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,480 go go goals but those that live around the area or anyone 264 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,520 passing through can visit. So if you're on the Eastern 265 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,720 Shore, definitely recommend it. But they were easy accredited 266 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,640 when I was down there in school and shortly after lost their 267 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,240 accreditation not due to not being able to afford. 268 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,160 I believe it was a $6 million building for quarantine and 269 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:43,480 husbandry for animal purposes, but they've been taking steps to 270 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,320 regrain their accreditation and especially being a freeze you. 271 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:50,880 A $6 million building is a hefty, hefty ask, but I believe 272 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,160 they were working on getting that in and doing different 273 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,080 upgrades to the zoo the last time we had visited. 274 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,240 But this zoo and similar zoos treat their animals well but 275 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,360 require more assistance and growth to gain the 276 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,480 accreditation. On the opposite end, many 277 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,560 believe that zoos and aquariums are animal prisons and that take 278 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,600 animals directly from their natural habitat and can cut 279 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,680 their life drastically. Now I can't see this is 100% 280 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:13,000 false. Is there definitely zoos in the 281 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,880 world that have acquired their animals by illegal methods and 282 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,560 would support the argument that zoos are not great, but everyone 283 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:21,320 is entitled to their own opinion and are more than welcome to 284 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,120 disagree with me and never step foot in a zoo and aquarium. 285 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,480 And I'm not going to force you to do so nor tell you you're 286 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,520 wrong as evidence will always be changing and for all I know, 287 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,280 everything I know could be wrong and could change tomorrow. 288 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,600 So all I ask is just to respect everyone's opinion on the topic 289 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,240 as we all come from different backgrounds which will affect 290 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,520 our opinion on it. But getting back on track, How 291 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,400 can you respect sharks that are in an aquarium? 292 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,760 Most listening are not. Aquarium curators are not in 293 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,240 charge of how your local aquarium sources their animals. 294 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,600 So in this case, all you can do is your research. 295 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,920 Now this means that you're going to have to look into which one 296 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,080 is AZ accredited and which ones are not, and also look into what 297 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,640 they're doing in order to get accredited, or if they don't 298 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,720 want to get accredited, what they're doing to take care of 299 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,960 their animals. Case of the Salisbury Zoo they 300 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,600 had still they still followed Aza guidelines I have been 301 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,320 working with. Others use nearby to care for 302 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:12,760 their animals without interruption and gain insight on 303 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,160 care that should be added now. Things to look for include how 304 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,760 they source their animals, their animals, food, increase, their 305 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,040 education for the public support captive breeding programs, 306 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,640 contribute to conservation and how they treat special species 307 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,200 as I call them now. Special species would be 308 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,040 something like a white tiger that are not naturally occurring 309 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:36,040 species as it is a tiger with albinism that was bred with 310 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,800 another tiger with albinism to ensure that this quote UN quote 311 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,960 rare breed would continue. But now they've been inbred so 312 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,160 much that their skull is to break for their head, their eyes 313 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,800 are almost always crossed and they can have a slew of medical 314 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,680 issues. You can also encourage your 315 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,400 local aquarium to conduct further research on animals if 316 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,240 that they want to acquire if they have been issues with them 317 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,400 in the past. Georgia Aquarium received 318 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,160 pushback when announcing they had acquired whale sharks and 319 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,040 we're at one point one of two aquariums in the world that 320 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,200 house them. When they were looked into 321 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,440 further, it was determined they could hold more whale sharks 322 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,800 than they currently had. And they were conducting so much 323 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,280 research to advance the understanding of this relatively 324 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,400 unknown species and promoted education among the public to 325 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,040 understand that species. So to make it brief and 326 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:20,880 succinct. Research institutions that you 327 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,920 want to visit and support and encourage the advancement of 328 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,000 animal care in any setting by asking keepers questions. 329 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,760 Supporting institutions that meet the standards of the animal 330 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,960 care that you feel are necessary for the animals. 331 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,520 Now sidebar. When talking to keepers, 332 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,280 remember to be respectful. They can't control the quality 333 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,040 of of care decisions that higher ups make. 334 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,440 If they tell you something surprising, you can ask For more 335 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,720 information. But do not take frustrations out 336 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,200 on them. Ask them to speak out against 337 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,640 their higher ups or accuse them of mistreating the animals. 338 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,360 They're trying to do their same their job the same way that the 339 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,160 rest of us are going back to the Georgia Aquarium a little bit as 340 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,680 well. They also got their whale sharks 341 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,720 from what would have been a fish market. 342 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,520 Given the two options, would they rather be in captivity or 343 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,839 food? I personally would rather be in 344 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:07,880 captivity, you know, I'd rather not be eaten. 345 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,839 And many zoos and aquariums are still working on these 346 00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:13,359 accreditations and even if they don't have them, are treating 347 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,839 their animals well. Accreditations are constantly 348 00:17:16,839 --> 00:17:19,560 changing and evolving. This one also give a shout out 349 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,240 to Zoo Tampa. I believe they just reached 25 350 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,079 years of accreditation, which is incredible. 351 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,200 ZA works all around the world. They've also worked to shut 352 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,040 down. I believe it was there was like 353 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,840 a aquarium over on the eastern side of Florida. 354 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,120 I can't remember exactly where it was. 355 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,280 I think it was somewhere in Miami. 356 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,840 They they shut that one down or they helped to get public outcry 357 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,320 to shut it down because they were really doing not great with 358 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,760 taking care of their animals. And thankfully, I believe all of 359 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,520 them would rehouse somewhere. Another one that gets a lot of 360 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,800 Flack is SeaWorld. Now, I myself have never been to 361 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,520 SeaWorld, and of course some horrible, horrible things have 362 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,200 occurred there. But there are many things that 363 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,840 are going on to try to increase the care that that is given to 364 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,400 animals there. Some of you may never want to 365 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,680 step foot in SeaWorld and may feel that you hate it. 366 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,160 I'm not going to push your decision one way or another. 367 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,400 I myself have not been there. I'm curious, but I'm not sure if 368 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,760 I'm going to go. There's many different things to 369 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,360 play here. Another thing as well, the 370 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,120 Baltimore Aquarium as well, just to talk about them for the 8 371 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:20,200 millionth time. But they are currently building 372 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,080 a sanctuary out in the Bahamas for their dolphins, I believe I 373 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,240 saw. And they're eventually going to 374 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,760 take all their dolphins and put them out over into the Bahamas, 375 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,480 back in the wild, which is great. 376 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,120 And they're going to make sure that they have an area where 377 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:33,480 they'll still be safe and monitored. 378 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,760 So that way they're not just going to throw an animal that 379 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:40,000 was bred in captivity back into the wild because they tried that 380 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,760 with I believe it was Tilikum back and not the Baltimore cram. 381 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,200 I I think it was seaward if someone did that with Tilikum 382 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,080 way back years ago and they ended up dying in the wild 383 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,360 because they didn't know how to hunt or anything like that. 384 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,680 So there are instances where aquariums are going to be more 385 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,680 helpful than they are going to be hurtful. 386 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,120 So that's just something I want you all to consider and once 387 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:03,280 again, I don't have an answer. Our aquariums good, Are they 388 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:04,680 bad? I feel that they're good. 389 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,920 I feel that we should keep going to them, but I also don't have 390 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,640 answers to, well, what about breeding and captivity and 391 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,120 things like that. Those will be things that we 392 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:15,920 have to look into, but respecting the animals is going 393 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,600 to come down to looking into each institution that you want 394 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,160 to visit individually. Of course there's going to be 395 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,520 some you get excited and go to, and usually you're going to find 396 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,840 they're doing a good job anyway. For the most part. 397 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,960 Many zoos and aquariums do want to do a good job and keep these 398 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,280 animals safe and healthy, but as I mentioned, there are many that 399 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,360 do not, so there's going to be different things to look into. 400 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:37,360 Just try to look into it before you get there. 401 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,240 If it's not very great, one of the things you can do is voice 402 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,400 your complaints to wherever their comment box is. 403 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,440 Sometimes, unfortunately, that's a paper shredder and they don't 404 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,680 care. But trying to cause a big stir 405 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,920 in public outcry isn't always the best idea. 406 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,760 Sometimes it's just alerting the proper organization reaching out 407 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,880 to the Aza. Things like that might be the 408 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,040 most helpful, but that is also something to look further into. 409 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,600 But that is why I had for the shark safety portion. 410 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,160 It wasn't a whole bunch of safety. 411 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,760 One thing I'll add is, of course, don't try jumping into 412 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,280 the tanks at the aquariums and stuff like that. 413 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,880 Usually they won't bother you because they're not hungry, but 414 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,520 also the same time. Like don't just jump into the 415 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:18,440 tank. That's weird. 416 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,200 Don't do that. Another thing, if you don't feel 417 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,440 like an animal is being a touch tank, talk to the person working 418 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,000 there. They might be able to tell you 419 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,000 something different. So ask questions, do research, 420 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,080 and that is the best way you can respect animals that are in 421 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,280 captivity in general. So there we are, but if you guys 422 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,080 have any questions, comments, I'm personally not going to 423 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:41,280 debate anyone hardcore on whether or not they're good or 424 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,520 bad. You are more than entitled to 425 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,840 have that opinion, and if you want to talk more about it, I'm 426 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,480 more than happy to. But I'm not looking to argue 427 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,520 with anyone is my main point there. 428 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,760 But of course you guys have any questions, anything like that, 429 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,840 feel free to send them over on the Instagram or the Twitter. 430 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,840 Slash X. Now going on to the shark news 431 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,880 now there are a couple ones that came up that people sent to me. 432 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,200 So the first one is going to be the latest update on the 433 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,440 pregnant North Carolina Stingray who shared an aquarium tank with 434 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,600 sharks. And this one came from George on 435 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,560 Instagram. And this one also I got my 436 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,560 information from The Charlotte Observer. 437 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,560 Now a lot of you may have heard about this. 438 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,880 So to fill in those who have not, a round Stingray in a North 439 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,920 Carolina aquarium was pregnant with five pups despite not 440 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,560 sharing a tank with a male in over 8 years. 441 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,160 There are however 5 male sharks in her enclosure and she did 442 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,160 have bite marks which could indicate mating. 443 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,600 Could also indicate that she spooked a shark and got bit out 444 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,320 of a reaction which can also happen. 445 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,040 Now this really blew up because TikTok went wild with this one, 446 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,880 with some users claiming that there will be a new shark ray 447 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,880 breed while others are saying that we have the first Ray Jesus 448 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,480 God I love that app which is not sarcastic. 449 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,720 It eats up too much of my time, but experts have stated that the 450 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,880 DNA is not close enough to allow species to successfully breed 451 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,520 together. What is more likely is what 452 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,640 bamboo sharks have done in the past, which is it would be 453 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,760 stored the male reproductive needs for long periods of time 454 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,120 and fertilize the eggs at a later date. 455 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,720 Now the babies have not come yet as of last check, so I might 456 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,680 need to double check that again. So we do not have a deaf a 457 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,760 definitive answer, but it's looking like we're just going to 458 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,880 have ray babies. Experts could be wrong though, 459 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,640 we could find out something completely new. 460 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,120 As I mentioned earlier, information and research is 461 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:26,560 always changing. For all we know, there could be 462 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,000 some species that can interbreed. 463 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,960 We'll find out. But going on we have the great 464 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,880 white sighting may reveal a Holy Grail of shark science. 465 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,200 And this was sent to me by Zion. I hope I'm saying your name 466 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,160 right. Sorry if I am not, but I got 467 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,800 this information from CN. Now a 5 foot great white shark 468 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,040 was spotted off the coast of California a few weeks ago. 469 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:48,240 Probably now a couple months ago. 470 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,040 As some of you may be thinking, OK cool, why is that important? 471 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,760 And I'm glad you asked because we see great whites all over 472 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,960 there now. Great whites also grow to be 473 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,280 pretty freaking big. Some can get up to 16 to 24 474 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,680 feet, so a 5 foot shark is a tiny one. 475 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,240 It's also very pale in color, which most Gray whites are, Gray 476 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,040 on top and white at the bottom. They can eat embryo white in the 477 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,720 womb and milk secreted from the mother. 478 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,640 So this shark was also shedding a white layer, which could have 479 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,800 been the embryonic coating, meaning it's a fresh newborn. 480 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,920 But why is that so exciting? Because it hasn't happened 481 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,400 before. This will be the first filming 482 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,040 or maybe even sighting of a newborn great white. 483 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,040 This could also simply be a case of a white sorry, just having a 484 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,360 shark with a skin disorder, but the size and location of a known 485 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,280 popping ground for pregnant great whites indicates could be 486 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:37,960 a newborn. Now this is currently being 487 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,680 debated by shark experts at some say it's purely speculation, 488 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,320 while others say it's incredibly fascinating. 489 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,400 No matter what, it's still really cool to see and the fact 490 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,880 that it's even a possibility is just amazing. 491 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,280 And This is why I love looking to sharks. 492 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,520 But that is what I had for this episode. 493 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,400 I want to thank you all for listening once again. 494 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,040 Follow the Instagram for more updates at Deep dives with 495 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,680 Sharks or Twitter slash X at Deep Dive Sharks. 496 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,400 I run polls stuff throughout the week, see what y'all would like 497 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,400 to hear, send any comments, questions or anything of the 498 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,520 sort. And lastly give us a rating on 499 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,440 Apple Spotify. Share with anyone who will 500 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,680 listen and not sure when I'll be back. 501 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,800 I'll do my best to keep interacting with everyone. 502 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,400 I'm just going to send out the next couple episodes of the next 503 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,960 couple weeks. So that way we'll have the movie 504 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,080 reviews, things like that. And I'll see if you guys want to 505 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,000 know a little bit more about me. So we'll find out. 506 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,040 But you all take care, be kind to each other and I will see you 507 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:28,720 in the next one.