Hammerhead Shark at Miramar Beach in Destin, FL 8/5/2013
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Took this footage of a Hammerhead Shark that was casually swimming in the shallows along Miramar Beach in Destin, FL on 8/5/2013. Hammerheads can be one of the most aggressive types of sharks, but this one displayed no aggression in spite of the large number of spectators and the kayakers attempting to coax him/her away from the beach and out to deeper water. Based on the length of the Kayaks I estimate the shark was about a 10 foot long juvenile. I believe the shark was actually sun bathing in the calm shallow water. Sharks like the sun on occasion and can actually tan, but they must continue to move so that air will pass through their gills and they can breathe.
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There was a 0.00000001% chance of that shark going after anyone. It's looking for rays in the warm sand. I have great respect for these people. They allowed the shark to be a shark, and they retained a congenial level of curiosity. No childish screaming. Very cool.
Hammerheads are the most beautiful and amazing of sharks. I am endlessly fascinated by them..
I'm more jealous that their water is so freaking CLEAR! Looks like a darn swimming pool! I want to go there!
@StephanieSunnyPerez
9 жыл бұрын
Whoa!!
@annacornykova9023
9 жыл бұрын
Teach Her2Fish I knowww!
@victorialay3404
9 жыл бұрын
+Stephanie “Sunny” Perez Yeah I live there, destin should get more credit, it really is a beautiful beach and the sand is so white because it's made of coarts and it is super fine.
@teachher2fish491
9 жыл бұрын
Victoria Lay ROTFLMMFAOOOO!!@coarts! Oh my gosh! It's *Quartz*...like a 2 *quarts* of milk. You're funny!
@teachher2fish491
9 жыл бұрын
I will say this about the beaches on the west coast side of FL...ya'll have thee nicest looking beaches and water I've ever seen (from afar!). I've only been to Ft Lauderdale & Miami Beach and neither can touch Siesta Key Beach and other beaches like Miramar Beach! I have gots to visit....
The shark is thinking: "Wow, I seem to have swum to a beach full of wankers, maybe I should go somewhere better and find something to eat that will not poison me." There is a reason they have been on earth longer than us.
@PeterEdwardCaceci
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. I was hoping that shark would whip its tail and leap 10 feat through the water in 1 second and lop off someone’s leg in one chomp.
That hammer head wasn't out to get anyone he was just chilling swimming around doing nonaggressive shark stuff
@annacornykova9023
9 жыл бұрын
Lori Looking for rays, probably.
@aviatrix91
2 жыл бұрын
Like a normal hammerhead, using the ability to see both sides of a telephone pole! 😂
@elhei123
Жыл бұрын
I love the "nonagressive shark stuff"...so funny🤣
I love it when the water is clear like that
And everyone's just standing there? And not trying to at least move AWAY from the shark? Just watching this gives me chills, haha.
@rocker76m88
3 жыл бұрын
They all deserved to get bit
@christinaf713
3 жыл бұрын
IKR! 🤦😅 I'd be moving behind the crowds at least lol
@christinaf713
3 жыл бұрын
@Rocker, So you think that just because they're standing there and not moving away that they deserve to be bit?! I do think it was stupid of them to just stand there however I don't think anyone deserves to be bit by a shark unless they are abusing the shark
@rocker76m88
3 жыл бұрын
@@christinaf713 well it's very ignorant for them to just stand there. If they got bit, then most likely a "shark hunt" would start, and the shark would be killed so it didn't repeat the act again. Gee what a terrible outcome for a creature to suffer just because humans were in his home acting careless.
@Trtevoorryu
3 жыл бұрын
Hammerhead sharks don't attack people or eat them. There was zero threat
Apparently that Shark really is swimming around out of curiosity. If it were hungry, agitated and aggravated, it would have most certainly attacked. It was just having fun.
@poiz2449
8 жыл бұрын
Shark:Whaddup miramar beach!!
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
It made it on YT
It's all very well saying sharks and particularly hammer heads rarely attack humans. At least tell the children to get out of the water in case they turn out to be one of the rare caes
Just looking for crabs and rays; it's what hammerheads do in shallow water. Not the least bit interested in biting ankles (or getting a tan).
Clear water, great footage, wish I was there.
I was more impressed with the water than the shark. How is the water so clear?
@buminbeer2
9 жыл бұрын
Honestly, the water is usually close to that. I live down the road in Panama City, and emerald green to blue to clear, it's close :) I have seen 0 vis to 100+ vis. Depends on storms, time of year and so on. By the way, these little Hammers won't hurt a soul, anymore then spinners/black tips. I watch for the Tigers/Bulls as those get my attention. Still more worried about the barracudas when diving then sharks.
Risk losing a leg or your life because "WHOA LET'S GO SEE THE SUPER COOL SHARK!"
@yoruichishihouin5247
7 жыл бұрын
Toph Beifong use your earth bending and kick them in out 😁
@johnbernard6014
6 жыл бұрын
Id be more scared driving on the road than I am of a shark.
@bcushing
6 жыл бұрын
WE"RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@delylaknights251
6 жыл бұрын
Toph Beifong hammer head sharks don't eat people
@michaelb2547
4 жыл бұрын
Visually to a shark, were an unusual object, hence test bites. Aside from bull sharks, and tiger sharks which have more of a propensity to attack us, were just not prey items. We dont put off the same electrical signals, we dont visually stimulate the predator response.
great capture :) Nice numbers of views :)
They are shallow water sharks, using their funny looking heads to pick up electrical impulses given off by buried fish. They have a typically small mouth and aren't known for attacking humans. The one in this video isn't any more than 6 feet long, and as said below, a young one. The reason they are feared is mainly because they look so different ~ like any wild animals, they all should be given plenty of space . If you readers had any idea of the number of sharks swimming in and amongst the beach-goers, I doubt you would venture back in the water. Bull Sharks are by far the baddest sharks out there, they far out-number any others we have around here, and they are known for swimming up fresh water rivers to bear young.
why in destin theres so much sharks??
I don't care if it's a baby.. There's something called FEAR! Fuck Everything And Run!!
@shay6858
9 жыл бұрын
Hammer don't hurt you
@xbkgpx
9 жыл бұрын
Shayla Kelly youre very uneducated if you think hammerheads dont attack humans
@annacornykova9023
9 жыл бұрын
***** Big enough to cause major damage, for sure.
@buminbeer2
9 жыл бұрын
xbkgpx You are VERY uneducated. I live and dive in Panama City down the road. I work at Panama City Lab/NOAA. These fish do not attack humans. There have been NO fatal attacks and only 5 reported "attacks" ever. With the name like yours, I assume you are 14 years old and have nothing better to do then troll. Spread good information other then stupid agenda you promote. In clear water, like this and the size, the answer of attack is exactly 0000000000.1.
@annadominkovics1898
9 жыл бұрын
+buminbeer2 well you kinda said he was uneducated for saying that the animals attack but in your paragraph it says there have been five attack so they actually do attack :///
The only beach in America where someone yells, "Shark!" and people jump right in.
Not Destin, Miramar is in Walton county. And they should have got out of the water for sure.
@bamafan7353
4 жыл бұрын
Yes u are technically correct about Miramar, which has its own zip code and is in Walton county. However it’s basically part of Destin. It’s literally in between Destin and Sand Destin.
If I was there I would be screaming and running
These fools have no idea how dangerous a hammerhead shark can be.
@PeterEdwardCaceci
2 жыл бұрын
They anthropomorhize a predator animal, because humans are domesticated and wear muzzles.
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
They are the same idiots swimming near a pier where people are fishing
his territory, his rules, just a little reminder that he's there, be respectful init 💅🏿
had a large shark charge after a fish that was right next me at this beach. visit twice a year and absolutely love it but that scared the shit out of me!
Dang that's Miramar
@jonathansimpson1106
2 жыл бұрын
Yep. No video but I ran from a large shadow under the waves there last week. I don't know what it was because I headed for the sand fast as I could
Hammerheads are not one of the most aggressive types of sharks, they are actually one of the most docile with less than 20 known attacks in the last 300 years, with only two fatalities spread over all species of the hammerheads. Also, that looks like a scalloped hammerhead, and the only "attacks" they've ever committed are exploratory bites.
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
Exploratory bites can kill you. He severs your femoral artery. Oops
Aye Rick Hold My Beer
I love these Destin vids: pale green paradise...
Its a small ankle biter now, if it was full grown it couldn't be in that shallow of water anyway. The people are safe as long as they don't disturb it or screw with it, because its prey isn't that large for the size and age of it. I hope its still safe as it should be.
@steve46445
9 жыл бұрын
You know what you're talking about...
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
Wrong. Great whites and tigers will come up into the shallows to get a prey.
How do you eradicate these pests from the beaches?
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
The humans?
I would have broke my neck getting out of there
Q encanto de lugar
The best way to survive a shark attack is not to scream splash or swim but to remain still and calm because sharks feed off vibration for sounds to catch their food
Very beautiful beach
Awww it's just a baby!!! I guess to tourists that watch a lot of Duck Dynasty that shark looked like Jaws lmao.
@danielphanover3261
9 жыл бұрын
Where's MOM ? ! :)
@danielphanover3261
9 жыл бұрын
Jay Townsend What's that supposed to mean ?
@annacornykova9023
9 жыл бұрын
Daniel P Hanover Sharks are on their own immediately after birth. Momma done flew the coup.
@bkjeong4302
8 жыл бұрын
+redsunn21 That isn't a baby.
@redsunn21
8 жыл бұрын
Bk Jeong ummm yea it is...guess where i live and play? speaking from facts and personal experience of 27 years...shhhhh
You know an easy way to know if sharks are near? Taste the water. If it’s salty, WATCH OUT!
I would rather be able to see what's there than be swimming in murky water. The water here is the best.
AFINAL QUEM SÃO OS MARTELOS(HAMMERS) ??THAT PEOPLE HAVE NO BRAIN???WHO ARE MUPPETS?
Wow what's that about 20 inchs of water! 😱😱
He is dragging some mono, been hooked recently.
And there are people in the water because??????
Sweet!
He is a nice shark he just wanted to visit and show off
Going here in june but im scared to get attacked by a shark
why must people crowd this beautiful animal??? leave it alone. it's a juvenile. no signs of aggression at all. it's not a freak show: it's a marvel of nature.
Cool!
Hammer heads will attack if they feel like it. So people yaw best be getting out 😂😂
Thats amazing.
I'm going there for vacation
Omg that's the beach I was I. This summer lucky we only saw a baby shark that was being harmless
ayyy
The shark is only interested, he's being nosey.
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
Until it bites
it was more interested in the boats than the people standing there,BUT when it started heading towards them haha did you see them all back the hell up really quick haha
Awww.
If a shark is out numbered and the people there stay in groups then there is no chance of an attack so. No real danger.
@christinaf713
3 жыл бұрын
Just cuz there are crowds there doesn't mean that it won't attack someone🤦
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
Bull . Sharks have targeted other swimmers that are further away.
i was there soooo cool!
@dakotasmith5361
9 жыл бұрын
I am going to destin beach nest month
@annacornykova9023
9 жыл бұрын
Gracie Gialde I hope you were on the beach, lol.
@dakotasmith5361
9 жыл бұрын
Anna Cornykova we touched sharks at the beach
@annacornykova9023
9 жыл бұрын
Dakota Smith You're more woman than I am, for sure. I love sharks, but am terrified of them. Makes no sense, I know. lol
@703fishing3
8 жыл бұрын
Do any of you realize what a shark can do to you? I fish for them a lot and I make sure to respect them if you will because I understand what they can do. Even a shark that size can rip you up pretty bad
Buffet anyone?
Friendly Shark 🌞 🐋💕
THe shark actually in search for sting ray!
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
Until he mistakes your foot and leg for one
hammer head sharks are not known to be aggressive to people, they are known to eat ray's which are prevalent in the shallows .that hammer head has electrical receptors in its hammer shaped head and uses those to help find the buried rays in the sand. Now a bull shark that is a different story .
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
They might mistake a moving foot for a ray. Just saying
It was curious
Believe it or not, I have no problem with a shark - even a hammerhead - being that close, provided he minds his own business and doesn't act like a jerk.
Люди, вы смелые😮👍
All I gotta say is be careful there was a girl attacked there a while back. We own a condo in Miramar beach and it is so gorgeous but you do have to watch out for sharks.
@AuntK68
3 жыл бұрын
I have friends that have a condo in Sandestin and I've been to visit a couple of times. Such gorgeous beaches and clear water - but yep, always a few shark sightings!
😲
I'd be splashing and screaming if I was in there!
Ooooh shark lets go pet it! Tourists…
Come on come on Shay Breed will teach you how to whisper to all sea creatures! Step right up! Step right up!
im not arguing with anyone who says the people standing in the water are stupid but at beaches in florida (at least ones ive been to) sharks are common and hammerheads USUALLY arent interested in people.
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
Usually
And those must be locals because they knew not to move or to interfere with it
I have went on vacation here
Hammerheads are docile so no real danger. Grew up right there and the sharks were always out there , just the bulls that are mean
Lucky, wish I was there
thought it would attack XD
Looks like my Sanitizer vacuum head...
I go to destin Florida
10 feet long? I'm not trying to be real picky, but I watched this a couple times and I think that is very generous. I would put it at about 7 feet.
@PeterEdwardCaceci
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, only 7 feet.
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
Must’ve been a man saying it was 10 feet and not 7
Up here in Northern Canada we see tourists get too close to grizzlies. shake my head.. we have a few deaths a year but never deters ppl..
@roadhouse6999
Жыл бұрын
Grizzly bears and sharks are different animals with different psychology. Sharks are much friendlier.
He's just a baby..:)
SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
It's just a baby...!!
Perfect shark for construction
Imagine if the water was not clear 😱😱
❤💋💐
I am Floridas toughiest swimmer I have had encounters with sharks
poor things freaking out with all those people around it. doesn't know where to swim to get away
@christinaf713
3 жыл бұрын
It knows where to swim to get away. It stayed around there because it didn't feel threatened
I lived right there in Miramar. I didn't see it but heard about it. Tourist what were you thijnki my 🙃
Omfg so scary
that shark has to be hungry cause that shark can smell them
Rn I’m in Destin 😬
They did the correct thing. Face the shark and stand still. The ignorant people are the ones saying they should swim out immediately. Splashing and putting your back to it is the last thing you should do.
GUESS NO ONE HERE HAS EVER SEEN THE MOVIE "JAWS":)
Это ваи не акионариум, это в живую вау!😮👍🦈
I would not be intimidated by a Hammerhead They are pretty much peaceful to people,
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much. Lemon sharks do not usually attack humans , but they hsve
Hammerhead sharks don’t hurt u!!idk why everyone in the comments are freaking out😂
@christinaf713
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know how anyone can say that a particular shark won't hurt you. Yeah maybe their species don't normally attack but that doesn't mean that they never would 🤦
@margiekinlaw4260
2 жыл бұрын
@@christinaf713 Exactly! That commenter probably would be the first screaming like a girl and out of the water.
@christinaf713
2 жыл бұрын
@@margiekinlaw4260 IKR🤣
Chow time!😷
They should have helped that shark get into deeper water
@MM-zt4oe
10 жыл бұрын
+blaze dragonrider i bet u wont go swimming with him
@GAStayPosi
10 жыл бұрын
Stay Savage Calm down stacy savage.
@danielphanover3261
9 жыл бұрын
I'm sure it found it's own way back. They've been on this Earth a lot longer than humans.
@MM-zt4oe
9 жыл бұрын
GAStayPosi bro....chill
@MrStifleras
9 жыл бұрын
J Griff how exactly they would do that???
hammerhead sharks won't hurt you
@robertkomarek1387
8 жыл бұрын
+Kaydie Cope They make the top ten list. A juvenile is less aggressive, and there are different kinds of hammers. The "Great Hammerhead Shark" can reach 20 feet, and is highly aggressive.
@rrieps4587
8 жыл бұрын
+Robert Komarek No it isn't. People who make up those lists typically don't know squat about sharks.
@robertkomarek1387
8 жыл бұрын
R rieps Like Marine Biologists?
I have bigger fish than that in my koi pond real scary
That shark was for sure NOT 10ft long.......didnt even look close. And just fyi hammerhead sharks are not very agressive. Actually there are only 17 recorded attacks from hammerheads and no fatal attacks recored. This information was found on the Florida Museum of Natural history and the it is from 1580 to present time. Sharks are not an animal we need to fear. We must respect them when we enter there domain but at the same time we must know that sharks are not out to hunt humans. Everytime I have seen a shark while surfing it has swam away from me becuase it was scared. Sharks are very misunderstood animals. When attacks happen they are usually in murky waters where the sharks cannot see very well.
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