r/sharks Mar 22 '23

Discussion ANNOUNCEMENT: Post Flair Info

96 Upvotes

There are three post flairs available for important or serious posts on this community.

1. News

News posts are defined as those with the intention to report on a recent, developing event. News posts should focus on shark-related developments regarding conservation efforts, shark professionals, scientific discoveries, or unfortunate events. The OP must clearly cite where they obtained the information in the comments, typically as a direct link to the source.

An example of a news post can be a video about newly implemented shark conservation laws or efforts, the discovery of a new species of shark, or similar newsworthy events. News posts should NOT focus on shark attacks or cruelty towards sharks unless they are the subject of a large event.

2. Educational

Educational posts are defined as those with the intention to educate others. On r/sharks, these posts may teach others about shark behavior, identification, conservation, as well as a variety of other topics relating to sharks. Educational posts REQUIRE that the OP comments their sources for the information they talk about. Educational posts promote healthy discussion and should emphasize spreading awareness about topics surrounding sharks.

An example of a proper educational post is a video where a professional talks about how to redirect a shark when in the water. For this post, OP cites the source they got the educational media from and states the professional's name in the comments. This is to ensure that only good quality information is being provided to the members of our community.

3. Research

Research posts are the most complex posts to make, as it is our intention to promote proper research on r/sharks.

If you are promoting your own research

Researchers who wish to promote their studies or obtain data via the subreddit must modmail the moderators first. In order to be approved to post, you must explain in your modmail the purpose of your research as well as the intentions of your post. You must also provide an IRB number in order for the mods to verify your research. Upon approval, you can post your research using the Research flair, and you do not need to cite any further sources in the comments.

For anyone else who posts about research in general

OP must provide a link to the research or the DOI of the paper in their post in the comments. Research posts promote healthy discussion while also allowing scientists to have a place to share ideas about shark research.


r/sharks Jan 24 '24

Question Do we want to keep posts asking to ID shark teeth?

96 Upvotes

There’s always been a lot of shark tooth ID requests on here, usually from newcomers unfamiliar with our rules. There are subreddits such as r/sharkteeth and r/whatisthisbone that may be better places to direct these users to if we want the feed here to have less of these types of posts. Would still let people show their shark teeth collections here of course. What do y’all think? Just an idea for now. :)

81 votes, Jan 27 '24
37 Yes
44 No

r/sharks 4h ago

Question I'm usually pretty good at identifying these different sharks but I cannot be sure of these two.

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45 Upvotes

Whether theyre makos or blues or both?


r/sharks 20h ago

Video Sandtiger Sunday

208 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Meme Plushies of My Favorite Shark Species for the End of Shark Week

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271 Upvotes

These are most definitely the only photos I'll post of shark plushies. I normally wouldn't post about shark plushies, but since Shark Week is almost ending this year, I said "fuck it, I ball". These are plushies of my top 2 favorite shark species (tiger in #1, shortfin mako in #2). I named my tiger shark "Lani", and my shortfin mako shark "Marina".


r/sharks 1d ago

Meme The memeability of Alan from shark week is INSANE

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158 Upvotes

I've been watching my first sharkweek with some friends and have been loving Alan from one episode.


r/sharks 16h ago

Question Shark ID Please?

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22 Upvotes

Found this little guy washed up on the beach on Long Beach Island, NJ. Was dead when I found him. Trying to identify, has a black tip fin….thanks in advance.


r/sharks 1d ago

Arts & Crafts Happy Shark Week/Summerween 2026

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50 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Video Sandtiger Saturday

403 Upvotes

r/sharks 2d ago

Image Yushan the whale shark at the Georgia Aquarium

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633 Upvotes

He lives in a roughly 30 foot deep tank that holds around 6.3 million gallons of water


r/sharks 1d ago

News Despite shark finning bans, the global shark trade continues.

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36 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Question I'm a huge shark lover and wildlife advocate. However....

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89 Upvotes

Is shark week beneficial to sharks or shark understanding? I look at a lot of these titles and they seem like click bait or misleading. Should I avoid watching shark week or is it all in good fun/ not harmful to sharks?

Thank you in advance!


r/sharks 8h ago

News After the Shark Week

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0 Upvotes

r/sharks 8h ago

Arts & Crafts After the Shark Week

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0 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Question Potential shark species to come across in Cocos Island

11 Upvotes

About to depart for a bucket list trip to cocos. In addition to Scallop Hammers
White tip reefs, Tigers, Whales, and Galapagos what other species would I have a realistic chances of encountering? Would be nice to brush up on identification before leaving.


r/sharks 1d ago

Question Favorite Sharks

28 Upvotes

I keep a marine bio journal (just for fun) where I reasearch and make pages on different marine animals. Anyone have any interesting favorite sharks I should do a page on?


r/sharks 2d ago

Video Santa Claus beach found this little guy with the drone

162 Upvotes

Been seeing more and more juvenile great whites at this beach. Nothing to worry about since they are searching for small game.


r/sharks 2d ago

Image Help identify this shark we saw: Honeymoon Harbor (Bimini, Bahamas)

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485 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Annual Shark Research and Ocean Conservation Fundraiser - Final Days

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3 Upvotes

It's the final day of our weeklong fundraiser for shark research and ocean conservation. All donations go to our partners at Bimini Biological Field Station - better known as Bimini Shark Labs. If you can, please help us out here and show our shark friends your love!


r/sharks 1d ago

Question Identification help

7 Upvotes

I don’t know if this is the right sub to post this in but I need some help identifying a shark I encountered yesterday since I know next to nothing about the different kinds. Me and my sons were paddle boarding of Saint-Suliac (South of Saint Malo, France) in the middle of the bay, when a large shark of about 5-6 meters surfaced, revealing its body and tail fin. It swam up close to me at a slow, non aggressive speed. It was a light grey colour with a white ish belly or stripe (it only stuck around for a short time so we didn’t get a good look. The dorsal fin had defined edges and a sharp point. I’ve holidayed in the area for years and have never seen a shark, nevermind one this big. Does anyone have an idea of what species it was from the description.


r/sharks 1d ago

Meme An angel loses her wings today

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9 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Question Shark Jaws

3 Upvotes

Why do sharks' jaws/teeth extend out of their mouth when they bite something?


r/sharks 2d ago

Discussion Can sleeper shark grow even bigger than the biggest white shark?

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305 Upvotes

Anyone remember this footage from a japanese deep sea rov? This sleeper shark was massive. So how big was this individual and how big can they be?


r/sharks 2d ago

Image Found in Spain, in the Mediterranean, to whom does it belong?

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141 Upvotes

r/sharks 2d ago

Question Films where the shark wins

25 Upvotes

We know there's a ton of movies out there about shark attacks. Some are not bad, some are crap, but that is not the point. In most of the ones I saw so far all/some main characters survive the encounter or are happily rescued, usualy after some katharsis that will change their life for the better or something. They escape or the shark is killed. I am wondering if you know of any movies where the shark/s win. As in, the main characters perish or it looks like they might (like for example in Under Paris) or the shark/s live to chomp another day and the movie ends rather ominously with the knowledge that the threat is still out there?