It's so crazy to me. Would ANYONE go into the wilderness (make no mistake, the ocean is wilderness) & feed an apex predator like a grizzly bear? If you did, would you then mess with it? Literally, "poke the bear"?! Of course not. You'd watch em, extremely respectfully. Bring the same energy to the ocean & marine life.

@girafficationzone9521

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, you would'nt stroke a lion either.

@Alegend13

2 жыл бұрын

Some would try to pet the bear, especially after the tour guide does it. People easily get inflated egos.

@stevEN-es7pd

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, its like people have a different kind of respect for land based apex predators, then throw it out the window in the water

@deborahbates470

2 жыл бұрын

Let’s start a tour where we put you in the woods of Alaska in a cage so you can watch grizzly bears lol

@tinajo5036

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with this, but I will say, unfortunately people do that to bears too. Not usually as close as this. But there have been people that have gone up and touched bears. People have lost all respect for the "wild" part of wildlife.

I have to say the fact the shark was already so well behaved getting harassed as much as it was already, at a certain point touching and chasing is going to push these animals to the edge. I love that you two are educating on how the animals feel. How humans actions effectively took a docile animal to defensive and scared in an instant.

@omegadivingacademy7937

2 жыл бұрын

I do not think it was scared at all and do not agree that sharks would attack due to threat that easily it simply had an idiot right in front of him and it took a little nibble. Tigers attack with velocity and biting power, that was no attack just irritation. Generally if they are not comfortable they just swim off.....not like a cornered animal.

@Skelath

2 жыл бұрын

Problem also with this is that those sharks are associating the sound of that equipment and the humans with feeding, sharks are intelligent and even with my fish tank at home my Tiger Oscar Cichlids associate me with food, when they're hungry and they see me they start swimming back and forth erratically while looking at me and despite hand feeding them distinguishing me from the food, they can still bite me if they get too excited. Even Goldfish with their poor memories will follow your hand around if they associate you with food. I've also had an entire tank feed via an auto feeder, should come to no surprise that the fish in that tank never associated me with food and would completely ignore me or hide if they spotted me.

@charlesg7926

2 жыл бұрын

Did Woody really say “sharks just don’t attack humans, unless humans attack the sharks”? LMAO this guy is so ignorant!! Sharks are APEX PREDATORS. They (Great Whites and sometimes Tiger/Bull sharks) hunt us if they’re hungry or territorial. Sometimes, often times, even if the human has done nothing wrong except simply being in the water. Secondly- Threatening a shark (such as showing/holding a knife blade) will typically make it less likely to attack you, as sharks tend to want to attack defenseless prey and not a competitor. The only exception is if you aggressively chased the shark, then yes it would probably bite you for that

@charlesg7926

2 жыл бұрын

So funny when environmentalists and indoctrinated people try to defy the science of nature and try to anthropomorphize animals and pretend like sharks are just cuddly little sweet things with hearts of gold. They didn’t survive for millions of years by being “sweet”!

@saschaberger7201

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesg7926 are u just fcking stupid or simply a hater that wants to say something negative ofc they are apex predators lol but that doesn't mean u can't be in the water with them as long as they aren't hungry and even then they most likely won't go and say hey I want exactly u for my dinner tonight cause u look so delicious in ya diving gear and its definetly not like sharks are all was hungry so chances are very very low so stop talking shit like u have a 50/50 chance that u get attacked every time u see them

Man if someone kept poking me with a stick when all I was trying to do was eat, I'd have reacted a lot worse than that shark did. Those people are idiots. Thank you for standing up for these magnificent animals and telling the truth about them.

@pamelafrye4667

Жыл бұрын

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

@insomnia20422

Жыл бұрын

I think the shark "attacking" wasnt even attacking to get rid of the human attackers, it thought they were the damn food because they only were a couple meters away from huge amounts of guts released... It did not charge them at all, it slowly swam to the diver and started to nibble on it to see how it tastes.

@XXNerdzillaXX

6 ай бұрын

Right?!

Hi, I've recently graduated with a BS in Ecology and Environmental Biology. Shark 'frenzy' dives are a great example of why sharks are more economically valuable to us alive than dead. However, many ecologists have a problem with these particular dives because sharks that rely on supplemental feeding by humans have shown signs of altered activity and habitat use patterns.

@canterburytail2294

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention the grotesque over fishing of our oceans, people need to be better educated otherwise we lose things that are prescious to our planet as a whole. Where I live there is an underwater national park which I think is pretty damn awesome. The kelp forests are epic.

@canterburytail2294

Жыл бұрын

I just wanted to add that the status as a park help protect its ecosystem.

@russelld2925

Жыл бұрын

Who cares if activity and habitat use patterns are altered? That’s the nature of evolution. Change is the default nature of living things and environments. No environment or form of life is static. Why would you base the morality of any choice on an expectation of static activity? It makes no sense. Environments always change. Life always adapts to its environment. Or it doesn’t. That is how evolution has progressed for two billion years. Also, Humans are living creatures. Never forget that biologically we are just another form of life on this planet. We are part of what is natural. There is to reason to separate us from other living creatures and call our activities unnatural. If a whale dies and sharks have abundant food for a week you would never advocate we get rid of the whale to avoid supplemental feeding. Every creature impacts and changes their environment. But if we do it it’s somehow wrong?

@ppo2424

Жыл бұрын

I was a pro diver for many years and most of my colleagues do not support shark feeding. The dollar value is important, Govts love money, but shark observations can be had quite naturally and that is how it should be.

@Scxbah

Жыл бұрын

It’s bitter sweet really. In one way yes it’s sad to change their natural behaviours but it’s also great to see how quickly they can adapt which just shows how they’ve been around the time they have. In certain places they’ve come accustomed to boat engine noises as a dinner bell. Just shows how smart they are

I’ve been in the water with sharks countless times while surfing in Florida. I’ve only ever been bitten once by a 1 foot baby lemon shark who gave me a little love bite. They are amazing creatures who should just be given respect and space.

@MIGGY67

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@lookronjon

2 жыл бұрын

My friend was but by one at Jax beach. In the late70’s. The cops didn’t believe him and then he said look at the teeth marks. He was on his board and the shark pulled him down and he yanked back and had a 3’ shark in his lap.

@flightmech65

2 жыл бұрын

Baby lemon with a teething toy in its mouth would be a funny shirt.

@frankorobinson1540

2 жыл бұрын

You have been very lucky,

@flightmech65

2 жыл бұрын

I have worse luck with jellyfish.

Kudos to both of you for identifying the real problem. Title should be "Shark Reacts to Diver Attack."

@ivaolo

2 жыл бұрын

"dumb divers provoke shark"

@bricaaron3978

2 жыл бұрын

So touching or bumping into a shark is attacking the shark? It's funny -- I'm _guessing_ you don't call a shark touching or bumping into a man a shark attack? Words have meaning. Let's keep it honest like @Iva Olo did. And yes -- this applies to the guys in this video as well.

@jasoncamacho4855

2 жыл бұрын

@@bricaaron3978 they came into his area and started harassing him and that’s that. You don’t go into someone’s home and just push and poke em around cause they’ll eventually retaliate

@bricaaron3978

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasoncamacho4855 It's not clear what this has to do with the point I made.

@jtfike

Жыл бұрын

@@jasoncamacho4855 It wasn't an attack, though. We have more than 10 words in our vocabulary we can choose from.

I did a shark dive on fiji a few years ago. Was a wonderful experience but also very different from this one. We were told multiple times: NO TOUCHING! And noone touched the sharks. We were a smaller group too and all stayed behind our little rock formations in a safer distance. We were simply watching and taking fotos, nothing like this chaos in this video.

@kgal1298

10 ай бұрын

My own rule is to not touch anything. They can touch you, but there's other risks associated with touching things you shouldn't in the ocean. There's one girl in one of the scuba groups that got a cone snail sting from touching shells and those things are terrifying if you look at what can happen. So yeah don't touch things.

This was horrible. I'm not a diver. I am terrified of and absolutely love sharks. This broke my heart. You both gave such good insight into this bad situation.😥

@Naomi0o_o0

10 ай бұрын

Same. Im terrified of them but so fascinated by them. They're amazing. But I stay on land, they stay in the water. But this was so cruel, awful to watch the poor sharks being jabbed and poked.

I live in Montana. We constantly have tourists coming to our national parks, getting out of their cars and trying to pet the wildlife. I don't see this as any different. You are in their home and in their environment. Respect them and their space or pay the price.

@grievouserror

2 жыл бұрын

That reminds me of a drive my family took through Yellowstone in 1985 on our return from California. We were surprised to find these intermittent traffic jams and absolutely appalled when we saw that they were caused by people pulling over to engage with the wildlife. We watched with horrified fascination as these crowds of clueless tourists walked up to bison and elk, oblivious to the danger and indifferent to how disruptive they were to the wildlife.

@ert7049

2 жыл бұрын

My grandma is from montana

@PuddingXXL

2 жыл бұрын

That's why I hate these short videos were people go into the wild to feed and let wild animals. It encourages others to do that as well.

@XcRunner1031

2 жыл бұрын

While visiting Yellowstone in my childhood, I saw a traffic jam where people were RIGHT next to a moose. Literally, multiple people could reach out an touch. I was about about 7 and knew that it was dumb idea. I don't know how I didn't see someone die that day.

@brooke2216

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Nebraska (fairly close to Yellowstone) and just a couple of weeks ago a woman was gored by a buffalo after trying to *pet* it lmao

"This humongous tiger who can split any of these knuckleheads in two; is just there, avoiding confrontation." I feel like this is a great example of life in general. Knuckleheads always provoke the wrong one, and find out why it's a bad idea. Usually; those who provoke, are testing boundaries, trying to see how they compare. Those who don't and only act when they need to; is because they know exactly what they are capable of. Provoking isn't something they are interested in, because they don't have that inferiority complex. Provokers, usually do.

This was insane and insanely infuriating. The sheer stupidity of those divers. Those poor sharks- beautiful - calm. Did nothing wrong. It seemed he was just looking for a bite of chum. These people suck.

I’ve shark dived in the Bahamas and the experience was incredible. The dive shop that ran it put you in their pool first to show them essentially what you had to perform when you got certified originally. They wanted to know you knew your stuff so you wouldn’t freak out when the sharks showed up. It was 100% better run dive than what these idiots did. The sharks were totally innocent!

This is crazy, I'm a newer diver and during training they emphasize never touching marine life or the landscape. Buoyancy class is a big help. This video makes me cringe (not your reaction of course), very much preventable. Diving is such an amazing privilege, respect our aquatic friends.

I went on a natural shark dive from a live-aboard in the area of Bimini, no feeding, just observing. The dive boat knew where to drop us to see several large bulls and caribbean reef sharks...many were 12 feet. It was great to see them in their natural feeding mode, cruising the sandy bottom near the reef and boulders.

Love how Woody educates and talks about leaving creatures in peace.. Not just in this video but others too. Such a relief to hear someone advocating for the animals in the wild in such a clear way. Ps: Both of them have a great attitude towards nature and wild animals.

@cindys9491

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Thank you to them for respecting these great predators.

@82566

Жыл бұрын

Agree😊

I live and dive in the Caribbean with plenty of sharks. Beautiful creatures that make the ocean so much richer. Thank-you for highlighting this.

When I was a toddler, my grandparents had a dog that was incredibly kind and gentle. One day, while he was eating, I waddled up to him and reached my hand out to pet him. Within an instant, he whipped his head around and snapped at my hand. He didn't bite me, but the message was very clear. I love sharks and I think they're adorable, but would I touch one unless it literally pushed its head under my hand? No.

@sara24242

Жыл бұрын

And today dogs get put down for that which makes me furious! I agree with your stance.

@annasstorybox7906

Жыл бұрын

@@sara24242 we had a lady trying to sue after her adult daughter got bit by my fathers fiancés cat. Apparently the daughter attempted to pick up that cat she never met before... On the same side I've been raised to not touch random animals. I've been raised to ask owners if I can pet their dogs and that I should be careful (but not afraid) with cats as cats can be moody. If I touched a cat and it scratched me, my parents wouldn't have ever thought about confronting the owners. They would have checked if I was hurt badly and would have reassured that I approach cats respectfully the next time. I mean... Cats sometimes go from laying on the ground begging to be pet to "get the f away"-mode in the blink of an eye but usually they show pretty recognizeable clues on that they don't like something and you should stop... I have to be honest, I would never even think about blaming the cat, I'd ask me if I missed clues, I'd be more careful next time...

That is REALLY cool to see those incredible tiger sharks! I can't imagine how awesome it would be to see something like this in person. IMO, the operator needs to have his permits pulled for this behavior. He's encouraging harmful behavior to the tiger sharks/marine terrain and putting lives at risk from the people who trust his judgment. I see this stuff happen in a similar scenario with lots ATV tour companies and it's really frustrating because I feel they are profiting off of shady behavior/ethics. Great video!

@DIVETALK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian!

@deborahbates470

2 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised they don’t revoke their permit for damaging the reef alone. They’re obviously instigating the sharks and they should not be guiding anyone, but I thought people in that part of the world are pretty protective over the reefs and the ecosystem so I’m really surprised this is allowed. Woody was all of us cringing our way through this video. I have an idea: let’s have those dive operators do a dive in the gulf and try this with bull sharks.

@davidhughes6578

2 жыл бұрын

@@deborahbates470 considering Im still left in the dark and have no idea why or what is happening, I finding it hard to trust any one any more and will go to drastic measure if I feel my life gets threatened again. I won't go any where without protection. You guys tried to kill me, lied about covid, exposed my privacy without my permission, put cameras in my room. Spy on people threw cell phones... stop fucking around. Shit is making me go mental. You make me think my friend is dead, my family is misleading me. And the whole time I'm just trying to do good to the world. What do you expect me to do? Stop playing games.

@deborahbates470

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhughes6578 ummm excuse me?

As a surfer and a sailor (not yet a diver, but plan on getting my open water cert this summer.. hence why I am binging all your vids lol) I have a healthy respect for sharks. A shark will generally leave you alone unless they mistake you for food. Problem is, to a shark (which have horrible vision) a surfer paddling on a surfboard looks a lot like a wounded seal splashing around from underneath. Luckily, most sharks that attack surfers take one bite and realize fiberglass, foam, and neoprene don't taste good, so they spit you out.. unluckily for humans, they might spit you out, but those teeth do a LOT of damage with one bite before they do. Wetsuits save a lot of surfers lives because it acts like one big compression bandage, or you would bleed out immediately in the water. I have actually seen a Great White while surfing the Oregon coast.. and immediately caught the next wave all the way to shore, and didn't go back out for two weeks. Surfers despise people who chum for sharks in shallow water.. it brings them in close to the shoreline where humans are, and makes attacks much more likely. There is a special place in hell reserved for these people. Sharks and I have come to an understanding... I don't eat them in restaurants, and they don't eat me in the ocean.. it's worked so far 😅

@stevensilverman3868

Жыл бұрын

Marine Biologist here! Just wanted to comment on shark vision and mistaking people in wet suits for food. Great whites, which do a lot of their hunting on the surface, actually have great vision. They can also tell the difference between different animals at the surface since they hunt them in different ways. What happens is sharks see you and don’t know exactly what you are and their sense of touch is through their mouth since they don’t have hands.

@n.h.420

10 ай бұрын

This is gross..humans suck

We had done a black tipped reef shark dive back in 1997 while in the Bahamas. They put chum in the water after we were all done and situated. They specifically told us to just sit on the bottom and keep your hands at your sides and to yourself. The sharks will come up to you and even brush against you as they swim around you if you do not reach out to touch them. It is their domain, let them be in control. They are beautiful swimmers!

100% there fault. This shouldnt be done. I have to agree with Woody 100% again. Sharks are amazing. Unless defending or feeding, will leave you alone

@dustinirwin1

2 жыл бұрын

but feeding is the problem, because humans can be on the menu

@darkcircle899

2 жыл бұрын

Humans are not on the menu because Sharks eat fish. If you leave them alone they leave you alone.

@dustinirwin1

2 жыл бұрын

@@darkcircle899 Sure. No one has ever been just hanging out in the ocean and then attacked and eaten. Or in the open ocean where hundreds of sailors from the USS Indianapolis were eaten alive while adrift. Sharks eat anything they can eat.

@muggleslayer8530

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustinirwin1 I thought the sharks attacked the USS Indianapolis survivors bc they were drawn in by the bleeding soldiers from the wreck…

@dustinirwin1

2 жыл бұрын

@@muggleslayer8530 Oceanic Whitetip Sharks will happily eat humans all night long.

Woody, if they know you are “of the sea”, then you are in danger of being eaten. Let’s keep it a secret!

@mharm734

2 жыл бұрын

He is fine it is well known that sharks will never eat or even go near an octopus if they can avoid it.

@AitchT.

2 жыл бұрын

@@mharm734 you must’ve not seen my octopus teacher :(

@CliffdropChad

2 жыл бұрын

haha right! That's the first thing I thought of as well- the pajama shark and his death roll..

@Tejah

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I just said something of the like & then I read yours. Fish is on the menu & Woody is the appetizer.

I am terrified of the idea of diving. Underwater caves scare the sh... out of me. Marine animals as well. It's just water, I think is called talassophobia or something like that. Yet, I'm addicted to yours and MrBallen's channels since I discovered them last week.

Love how you guys give straight up legit perspective. These divers need to get new dive training from you guys! Thanks for all your awesome content!

It all comes down to Outdoor Ethics. It really doesn't matter if you're diving on a reef with turtles and sharks or hiking in Yellowstone with bears and bison. Touching (and direct contact) is unhealthy for both humans and animals. Such close direct contact is inherently dangerous and unethical. Just enjoy being in their presence and optically observe them.

@OTSOBerg-pn5gm

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know about unethical that's an opinion, it can certainly be dangerous because if you are injured underwater it increases your chance of drowning. I feel that sharks of any species should not be fed and should simply be kept at a distance. I don't agree with the tourist diving with sharks that has become so popular mainly because in my opinion the biggest benefit of scuba is the ability to see how the underwater ecosystem actually works independent of human manipulation. Luring animals to come closer certainly cheapens that and is not a real representatation of nature just like an aquarium isn't.

Still terrified of being in open water with marine life. But this isn’t the sharks fault. I personally prefer learning about sharks at an aquarium or by watching content creators like you. Thanks for breaking this down and voicing your opinion on this practice. Humans in general are too dumb to interact with wildlife.

@Kunigaz214

2 жыл бұрын

Johnathan Bird has some great videos that helped me get past my initial fear of diving with marine life. Now I hope to run into sharks on a dive :P

@kazthamc58

2 жыл бұрын

Most marine life dont like witches in their territory

@naokithewicker3980

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kunigaz214 my thing is honestly the open water aspect. I want to dive lakes when i do eventually decide to try it out. Watching these guys, listening to them explain what to not do and how to do something better. It’s honestly cool to hear and learn from these reaction videos.

@naokithewicker3980

2 жыл бұрын

@@kazthamc58 witches? I’m super confused about this comment.

@tomatodamashi

2 жыл бұрын

@@kazthamc58 what about witchers?

Omg! How patient were those sharks i simply cannot believe... Guys God bless you for educating us throu your videos and keep up the good work. God bless you

In addition to everything you mentioned, I was always told never to touch coral to prevent damaging it. These divers were all sitting on a coral outcrop, banging their tanks into it causing unknown damage, totally cowboy operation. The feeding dog analogy at the end was so on point.

I am actually really amazed with the patience of the shark... Everything that I've seen these people do in this video just seems like a terrible idea. It all to me, seems extremely amateur, reckless, and dangerous, and absolutely seems like they are taunting the shark. They feed the shark then sorround it and touch and poke it with sticks! To me, that is just wanting to get bitten. I had no clue sharks could be so chill. Talk about poking a bull (tiger) shark.

I've done this very site, in Fiji. One thing I would say, and you touched on it not being black and white, is that (according to the locals) the tourism around this shark diving experience has massively boosted the marine life in the area. No fishing, lots of tourism, heaps of marine life. I remember the locals telling us that marine life had recovered massively once fishing stopped and dive tourism became the norm in the area. Much more fish quantities and varieties.

@brittb645

2 жыл бұрын

I respect that I have no right to say what a community does to make a living, and I agree that shark diving is better than shark fishing or shark by-catch in net fishing. I hope one day we do the right thing because its best for animals, not because it makes the most money.

@suz7939

2 жыл бұрын

I have also done this shark dive and the divemasters have done this feed for years and rarely will there be any incident. Sorry but there is not much to compare with a 14ft female coming up that rock wall and you see the actually size of her mouth and realizing if she or any shark that large wanted to actually bite down on you it would be all over.

@ppo2424

Жыл бұрын

Yep,completely disagree with it. I've had hundreds of shark encounters,none of them in a feeding situation.it is not necesarry. It might be more hit and miss but for me that's part of the excitement. sharks have value for tourism, it's typical in modern society and bad behaviour to expect immediate gratification.Talk about entitled. It does change their behaviour and has definitely led to attacks either during or after the shark feed.

Hey guys, found your channel last month and ive been watching everything you've got. You guys are great.

You guys with this one video have more or less cured my fear of sharks. Don’t get me wrong, I love sharks and find them beautiful and fascinating, but the idea of being in the water with one was mortifying until seeing this and hearing you talk about them. Thank you for the video!

I just finished a trip to Playa Del Carmen. One of the dives I do (every year since 2017) is a bull shark feeding. A big part of this dive is always a briefing on the shark population and behavior as well as the appropriate human behavior during the dive. This is always a VERY professional dive that will be cancelled at the first hint of a problem or inappropriate behavior. Shark conservation and education is always one of the main topics and respect towards them and the environment always comes first. Dive Balam at the Royal Hacienda is a top notch, professional group that always takes safety, professionalism, environmental protections and respect for the sport very seriously. This video made me cringe from beginning to end.

@philprobert9553

2 жыл бұрын

@S M Not that we noticed. Took one trip into town for a few hours and didn’t have any problems. We stayed at the resort for the rest of the trip.

@Peace-tk3gr

2 жыл бұрын

Feeding bull sharks? I can't imagine why, or that it's a good idea - at all.

@philprobert9553

2 жыл бұрын

@@Peace-tk3gr These dives have been happening for years and have helped to keep the shark population from plunging due to overfishing by local fisherman. In the past, these local fisherman have killed the sharks to make money. As overfishing in general in Mexico has reduced the the entire population of marine life in this unregulated area, sharks, in particular, have suffered greatly. In an effort to save these sharks, money is raised from every dive to pay the fisherman not to kill sharks. Funds for educating people about the importance of these sharks is also helping to raise an awareness on both a local and an international level. I truly believe it is great idea. On these dives, the sharks we dive with are pregnant Bull sharks, No one is allowed to harass them in any way and the procedures to do this are done with the safety of the sharks and the divers being at the forefront of everyone’s consideration. We dive a line to the bottom down to about 90ft, follow another line over to a sandy ledge and lay still flat on the sand, shoulder to shoulder holding yet another line while the dive team oversees the operation. When we are ready to head to the surface, everyone goes up as one group and we can watch the sharks perfectly outlined against the sand below our fins as we ascend. It is, truly, a fantastic opportunity to see these magnificent creatures and i plan to continue to do this as long as I can.

@philprobert9553

2 жыл бұрын

Here is a video I did a few years ago. I think it shows how ca;lm and organized it was. The only divers that aren’t on the line are part of the dive shop and are keeping an eye on everything. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eIto0NqwiqzegaQ.html

@Peace-tk3gr

2 жыл бұрын

@@philprobert9553 hi, thank you for explaining. That makes sense 👌

I love the early uploads! I’ve got a 4 hour drive and every Monday and love listening to Woody and Gus. Hilarious and informative!

@DIVETALK

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Thank you soo much for the video that doesn’t pause !!! Must have seen my other comments but yaaa I can watch again 💜💜💜

honestly the best dive reviews man just the best informative channel on shark Hierarchy on youtube

I LOVE sharks so I love seeing a video with positive opinions of them! What pisses me off is you KNOW those divers went back to the surface and bragged about how they survived a vicious shark attack and how badass they are, when really they absolutely provoked those sharks.

Im so annoyed with people who gave sharks a bad rep. They're amazing creatures and ought to be treated with respect (like everything else

I agree with 99% of everything said except the dog feeding part. My doodle mix is a “couch shark” as we’ve determined. I can eat his food from his bowl since we started from day 1 making sure he wasn’t food defensive, by playing with his food while eating, taking it away mid meal & returning it, making him wait to eat while it’s ready to go etc... I grew up with dogs and learned well that dogs are like clay, if u so something from the start and keep it up, they will remember it. I’ve got a feeling the same goes for most animals.

This is insane to me. I will say that this still makes me feel so much better about sharks. Prior to me seeing this I would have assumed if I saw a shark, that I would be in deep trouble. This shark took more annoyance than I would before striking out and even then only sort of because they put themselves in its mouth. Then it just stopped! What a beautiful tolerant creature.

Astounds me the amount of people that feel so entitled that they think they can just touch or do whatever to a "Dangerous" animal (or even anything thing really) without consequence. Wow, just wow.

@jessfaulkner9494

2 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't walk up to a random person and stroke their hair, even though you understand people and it could be in your own house and could defend yourself if they lashed out, because its disrespectful and rude they are their own person. So why tf would you go into an environment that isnt your, and touch a creature you could never fully understand when you know full well it could rip your arm off for doing so, have some respect for the wild life like you would our own species

It was painful to watch, I admire those sharks patience!

The face next to the dog bowl analogy 🤩 cracked up for ages

This video really helped with my shark phobia. Thank you so much. It was so helpful to see just how much they had to poke and prod that tiger to get it to react to them. My dream is to dive in the ocean one day and face my fears. :) I think it's possible for a shark to attack a human unprovoked, but I know that this is an incredibly rare event and typically something will have to be wrong with the shark or it's a case of mistaken identity. In the latter case, I believe diving is pretty safe because it's very obvious to the sharks that you are not food when you have all of that gear on and aren't floating at the surface (not to mention the noise). Basically, it's so unlikely so as to not be worth worrying about.

i appreciate how you guys handled this SO much. i have always loved sharks and constantly see them getting a bad rep. thank you for educating your followers ! would love to see more shark content, you guys know so much about them and i love learning more!!

@deborahbates470

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! And Woody’s analogy to feeding a dog was good-and it can be taken further. There are so many small, subtle signals a dog gives when it’s not happy but people are ignorant to them or ignore them and then blame the dog when it attacks.

@bbeth4

2 жыл бұрын

@@deborahbates470 very true!! they’re incredibly good at making an opportunity for education effortless and fun!

I really appreciate the insight you guys bring to sharks and opening up awareness to their nature and their role in the ecosystem. Great stuff guys!

Rookie diver here, only 7 dives under my belt. I found your channel about a week ago and was hooked immediately. I’m learning just as much about the type of diver I DON’T want to be as the diver I want to learn to be.

I've watched this video so many times Im glad someone else finally acknowledged it! It's pretty shocking!

This happened at Beqa island in Fiji. I've been to these islands before and while the nature is truly beautiful and the people are friendly I seriously recommend bringing your own gear (complete setup) and keeping the dives simple. If anything goes wrong, you are going to have a very bad time as support infrastructure and qualified personnel in Fiji are either nonexistant or even better non functioning for the last X years (but they claim it works *khm* hyperbaric chamber *khm*). Your closest bet in case of serious emergency is New Caledonia (cca 1200km away).

Thanks y’all for explaining the truth about sharks and disputing what the media often makes us think. As a kid, I wasn’t scared of sharks, but as I got older and shark week became a thing, I got scared. I like hearing a perspective from people with expertise on swimming with these creatures. They are beautiful indeed. Just intimidating, and we need to know that they aren’t always out for blood. We need to know how to treat certain species and how to not provoke them. Thank you for sharing.

I am terrified of sharks, but I also have so much love and respect for them. That Tiger was so gorgeous and regal with the attitude of a curious, gentle giant. I would love to cage dive to prove to myself that I am only afraid of fear and not these beauties. Thank you both for sharing and explaining in these videos!

That’s crazy I was subbed to you and mr ballen but I had to re sub to both of you!!! Thank you for mentioning!

Man, the video you were reacting to was painful to watch. Thank you for your thoughtful commentary! What beautiful animals, hopefully people will learn to simply observe them without interacting.

The only time i have seen a tiger shark 'attack unprovoked' was when some divers strayed into his hunting patch and he just chased them away from his food that was it

I saw a reef shark once in Hawaii. I was @ 60 feet and it was coming straight at me. I relaxed, kept my hands close to my body and watched it swim by me, it was a beautiful experience.

Hey, really like your channel. Great content!

With woody’s dog analogy when my boxer was a puppy I would do that with him daily, he’s 3 years old and a protector of my family but if he’s eating and I put my hand in the food bowl he’s not going to come at me most dogs won’t if you take to time to train them properly

@jamest1103

Жыл бұрын

I've trained my 45kg GS to not resource guard, I can have my head next to his bowl or I can take it away with no reactions and all I get is a lick when he's finished. Completely different to wild animals which instinctively guard their food.

I haven't ever done a bait dive, and honestly I have zero attraction to doing one. I'd much rather catch a lucky glimpse of one of these beautiful creatures just gliding on past. One of my first dives in Florida I had a lovely 6ft nurse swim about a foot under me, gave my dive partner a fantastic view! We got the blessing of seeing her and she went on her merry way. No harassment, no aggression, no panic or fear, just the gliding bueaty of one natures apex animals.

Love your channel

The FPS Doug bit at the beginning LOL!!!!!

Hi! I love watching your content ✨ I'm not a diver of any sort but I appreciate the education and these discussions! also, it’s very hard to watch people disturb wildlife like this by constantly touching the sharks and poking them. And then sharks are framed as dangerous predators but they are just protecting themselves, defending their food, and defending their territory. This is incredibly frustrating. I’ve always been fascinated with sharks! Would you guys do a video of you guys diving with sharks in the future? Thanks Gus and Woody! Sending y’all some love ☺️

Perfect analysis. And man does it frustrate me to see people screwing with wildlife like that! The only good argument I can think of for feeding is if done in the way you described and because it makes the sharks more valuable to the locals if they remains alive than dead.

@chronicawareness9986

2 жыл бұрын

yeah the locals want the animals to be friendly and just expect food for tourism

My main issue with feeding sharks is that they’ll correlate seeing humans with getting food. So if they encounter another human in the future they’ll expect food and if they get nothing they might try to bite the human.

love your channel.

I think it’s important to note that sharks virtually always attack from behind or below. So, when diving with sharks it’s important to always stand your ground & face them.

@annasstorybox7906

Жыл бұрын

I've also heard that if they bump you, you should let them hit your tanks as they will than think that you are hard and definitely not something they would want to bite.

In my extended circle there are two divers who’ve been attacked (mind you this is with dozens of people’s years of collective experience never having been bitten, diving their whole life). Both of them swam in between bait balls during feeding when they weren’t supposed to from what I understand. It’s pretty rare to be attacked and more likely at the surface.

@insomnia20422

Жыл бұрын

Could be an attack because the sharks feared a food competitor or it could be just the sharks mistaken them for food.

I just love how you narrate Gus as the shark! It's great! 3

Woody, your analogy about the pet dog food is SPOT ON!! 👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻

Shark defends itself from human apex predator. That’s like sticking your hand in a furnace then claiming the fire attacked you!

Sharks are by far my favourite animals, most of the time bites only occur for one of two reasons: 1. You're provoking it 2. It bites you once to feel you out. They're very much like dogs, they don't have hands to feel with so they rely on their mouth. Juvenile sharks tend to make that mistake more than any other. You can also read their body language if you know a bit about sharks. Again, they're like dogs. You can tell when they're agitated or calm. They just need to be respected. Edit: Threshers are absolutely gorgeous, 100% my favourite shark

All of them people were crowding that shark. That crowding was giving me a panic attack. Couldn’t imagine how the shark felt!

love your content

It drives me nuts seeing people messing with wildlife. It's like "let me walk up in your house and mess with you and your food".....wonder what's going to happen

@OTSOBerg-pn5gm

2 жыл бұрын

The same people that say all that have no problem owning pets and shoving them in cages and eating wildlife Its a hypocritical stance that most people take.

I have grown up in total respect with the ocean and their creatures. I am young, but a couple of years of surfing and diving are on my back and sharks are incredible, but it is to mention that if you are surfing there might be a possibility of getting bitten withlut domingo anything, but I thibk they are like 8 a year. And here in the Basque Country in Spain there are not sharks to see, really awful, but great to learn diving as there is poor visibility, currents, cold water... Love you guys, you encourage us

The sarky commentary is Dive Talk GOLD💖 LOVE YOU GUYS🙏 I'm all for shark watching, but respect for the sea is first and foremost.

Hey guys. Great job :)

Agree with Woody. There's a saying that even a dog want some space while eating. So sad what tourism does to flora and fauna.

What a shame these a just one of many reason why the beautiful creatures have such a bad rep, anyway good to see you boys up and running in another awesome video Awesome work as always ❤️divetalk

Im not a diver but have used a BA set in the fire brigade. I find your videos very enlightening, informative and entertaining. I might even start diving this summer :-)

I just started watching you guys and really enjoy your videos. I would really love you guys to explain the David Shaw video of what we’re actually looking at in his final video. :)

We have lots of great whites here in Monterey. Like a huge population in the bay. Divers will see them but it’s rare. A buddy of mine saw a GW on a Point Lobos dive a few months ago, the first one in 20 years of diving. Our big joke is if sharks were a danger to divers, they’d never leave Breakwater and you’d see them all the time. Sharks are awesome.

Absolutely love this channel and your reactions! Beautiful sharks! But if your dog doesn’t allow you to take back it’s food please seek training. Food aggression in dogs is dangerous and not acceptable at all. No dog I’ve ever owned or trained would even growl if I took back food.

Shark associates divers with the dinner bell (chum), diver becomes dinner.

I’m glad you said some thing about that subscription thing! I subscribed you guys ages ago and when I just looked it was asking me to subscribe again!! that’s crazy! KZread found another way not to pay you guys

I think this particular operator was violating the sharks by failing to keep his distance from the feeding area. If a permit is required to feed with paying customers, the permit should be suspended at the very least. I agree, "Shark Defends Itself From Aggressive, Baiting, Invasive Humans". Tiger sharks are beautiful! Great content; keep it coming! -Russ in Maryland

All that shark did was give the diver a stern warning considering the 3000 previous ones went unnoticed. He nipped at them like an annoyed dog would. If he wanted to really hurt them, the water would have been red with blood and the diver would dead. Leave marine life ALONE!

I love your tolerance for each other, it's beautiful

Great comments guys, I've been lucky enough to dive all over the world and most of the time there was a shark or two in the vicinity. I went thru pilot training at Tyndall AFB and when I wasn't flying, I worked at the Emerald Coast Divers on weekends as a divemaster. I would usually do a predive dive to make sure the anchor was set and to see what was swimming around. When I did the pre dive brief I would tell them what they could experience and if there was a shark in area I made sure they were okay. If there was a shaky diver he/she had the option to stay on board. Or I or the other DM would go down w/ said diver.

I'm with you guys, I love sharks and all wild life. I actually spend a lot If my free time helping wild life in different ways. I've swam with sharks (snorkel diving) and I've fished for sharks, I don't have a lot of experience with them but I will say out of all the sharks I've seen or come into contact with, the colder water bull sharks we get coming up the Chesapeake bay and into the Potomac River are savage. They have no fear of attacking anything in thier way. I've had bull sharks attack the boat when we weren't fishing or anything. Just enjoying time on the boat. Many stories of people being bit by smaller bull sharks, I've personally never seen it with my own eyes but I have seen video that a buddy took of a bull shark swinging up the Potomac river right where we nornally swim and snorkel if we are able. The water over here isn't the cleanest or clearest. But u can still see atleast 10 to 20 ft most times with calm currents.

This should be a great video for people to watch to show how gentle sharks can be. That Tiger shark could have went up,. put his jaws around that dude and shook him and ate him without even thinking. He was curious and since he does not have hands, he went up to see if that was food or not. I think with all the commotion, the shark got confused, tested and backed off. I dont have a problem with shark feeding, but WAY TOO CLOSE for me. Heck I have a couple of family members that I stay out of they way for when it comes to an all you can eat buffet. I trust these sharks more than them. Also, people think trained and coniditioned is the same thing and it is not. I can definetely go up to my dog's bowl and take it from them bc I trained it that I am alpha and I eat first. A shark is conditioned in knowing those entites bring food and thats it. There is no training or taming of a shark

Love to. See you both together, I’m just watching the video now, take care and woody is absolutely brilliant and very intelligent and always cares for others, take care x

I like how people ask "well why can't you touch them? What's wrong with that?" My response is always, "so if you're using public transportation and someone you don't know comes up and rubs their hand down your body, aren't you gonna be a little disturbed/concerned?"

@ghosttowntomato

Жыл бұрын

Yes. But I wouldn’t bite someone violently in two. If you want to live in reality, then it has to go both ways. Yes, sharks are mostly docile. But they are also literal emotionless meat eating animals

The closest I've done to this was in the Maldives, where we did a night dive to a little jetty at a resort where they clean fish to serve at their restaurant. Lots of stingrays and nurse sharks, and they get really intimately close. I had sharks pass by less than an inch away from me, and stingrays try to climb me. Nobody in the group reached out to touch anything though, maybe it's to do with culture, I think I was the only one in the dive group that wasn't German, or German speaking Swiss. I have touched a nurse shark, but I think it would be more fair to say that the nurse shark touched me, as I was stationary and filming it, and it swam into me(touching the hand holding the camera), but that was in Cozumel, Mexico.

Because sharks don't own Christmas trees Gus 😉

I love how you share so much education on how to love and have respect for the animals of the ocean ❤️

The cameraman needs to bring a red filter next time he films a shark attack.

"BooOOm headshot" lol wat

Thanks for this one, sharks are misunderstood, it’s never the sharks fault, we’re in they’re world!! Well delivered, I dove with tigers, hammerheads and bull sharks in Hawaii and Bahamas, incredible! Wonderful experience, sharks are incredible, humans are hideous at times 😞

Sharks are just so incredible. I had the amazing experience of cage diving with sharks off Stewart island in New Zealand and they are just so phenomenal. What were these people thinking 🤔

Seems like this entire thing could just be fixed with a simple law that says you have to stay 50 feet away when feeding the shark or something like this. Obviously companies would break but you have to enforce it