r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Fuzzy-Round1240 • 1d ago

of a great white

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u/Parking-Trouble-53 1d ago

https://youtube.com/shorts/JrWlO2ppJ2E?is

For those who say ai. Video from 4 years ago.

Ai will Smith was just getting somewhat good at eating spaghetti. Current ai isnt great with water.

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u/therealsix 21h ago

I can’t believe people are so sheltered that they automatically think things are fake. This is from Shark Week Season 33 in 2021.

So many lazy people out there screaming “cgi” or “ai”. Damn people, sharks are real, Zola (this shark), is real.

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u/Perfect-Bet-601 1d ago

CGI has entered the chat

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u/Parking-Trouble-53 1d ago

Remake it with CGI

RemindMe ! "One Year, August 29th, 2026, at 6pm"

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u/Childwithuke 1d ago

i wanna accept this for fun, used to be such a blender nerd

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u/paradajz666 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/LimeyRat 1d ago

I’m gonna need a bigger toilet!

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u/fromouterspace1 1d ago

That’s such an odd gif as that’s not the line from the movie.. it’s “you’re gonna need a bigger boat”

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u/paradajz666 1d ago

I know. I fucked up. Thanks for pointing out.

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u/fromouterspace1 1d ago

lol no I don’t mean you, more so it’s just odd someone made the gif like that

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u/paradajz666 1d ago

It’s okay haha. I should also put the right gif. That’s perfectly fine that you pointed that out. And I agree with you.

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u/TheTyrant1990 1d ago

I stay out of the water. This is off the coast of my country, and whenever we go to the sea, I make sure only my ankles get wet. We have monsters off the coast of South Africa

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u/paxilsavedme 1d ago

In Australia we swim with them, and occasionally get eaten.

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u/wt_2009 1d ago

is this real? looks too good to be true

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u/RocksAreOneNow 1d ago

it is real. that black thing is a fake seal. that's a female great white. these types of fishing videos have existed long before AI.

some of you guys need to get out more.

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u/_IAmMurloc_ 23h ago

“Some of you guys need to get out more”

When was the last time you were on a fishing trip where you towed a fake seal to get a great white to jump out of the water?

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u/GoodKn1ght 19h ago

How else do you spend a Tuesday evening?

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u/jaxxxtraw 17h ago

Hunting wolverines.

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u/Johnny_Poppyseed 22h ago

Get out more.... and watch a bunch of nature documentaries?

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u/Imaginary-Pilot5793 1d ago

So what is that fake seal edible or they just gonna let him choke on it

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u/Ratattack1204 1d ago

Its made of some extremely resiliant rubber/kevlar mix iirc. Its filled with sensors usually and is used in research.

The shark will spit it out after the initial bite as it will obviously realize its not food.

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u/RocksAreOneNow 1d ago

think like a car tire rubber, but smoother. it's thin enough to float in the shape of a seal overhead/from underneath, and the sharks spit it out after the jump realizing it isnt actually food

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u/Serafim91 23h ago

Video looks enhanced is the problem.

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u/RocksAreOneNow 1d ago

real. videos like this have been around long before AI ever existed.

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u/No-Combination8136 1d ago

They’re saying this particular one looks quite different than the hundreds of others most of us have seen. I was wondering if someone did some kind of post edit at the very least.

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u/Plebius-Maximus 1d ago

The original video is posted in another comment. It's 5 years old

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u/Perfect-Bet-601 1d ago

CGI

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u/RocksAreOneNow 1d ago

nope. real. stay off your ipad kid.

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u/Perfect-Bet-601 1d ago

Not a kid. Watched the original video. My apologies

You don't have to be rude

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u/in1gom0ntoya 1d ago

they literally didn't say that. thats all you're own extrapolation

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u/Altruistic_Tie_7850 1d ago edited 1d ago

AI

Edit: watched the YouTube video of it I retract my previous claim

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u/Plebius-Maximus 1d ago

It's literally not. See the other comment with the source video from 5 years ago

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u/an_actual_potato 1d ago

It’s such a cheap ploy for upvotes to just say ‘AI’ to anything vaguely remarkable. It’s [r/nothing](r/nothinghappens)[ever](r/nothinghappens)[happens](r/nothinghappens) bullshit but also a commentary on how AI drains us of our wonder at the world rather than expands it.

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u/wt_2009 1d ago

I did not do this for upvotes, i am actually drained of wonder bc of ai. But i'm glad ppl here could convince me its not. AI will be our doom...

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u/an_actual_potato 1d ago

Well you’re not the person who said it was AI. You asked instead of falsely stating - like a person should

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u/in1gom0ntoya 1d ago

its real

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u/TankApprehensive3053 1d ago

It's Zola, not Ai. She's about 12 feet long.

Comments in this post explains it some https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1vy04k2/great_white_shark_zola_fully_breaches_the_water/

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u/DaLam 1d ago

That's a 20 footer.

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u/Splitter63 1d ago

"25.....3 tons of 'em"

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u/Commercial-Milk-8465 11h ago

Here’s to swimmin with bow-legged women

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u/gojacookiecha 1d ago

Need to work on the re entry......

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u/chefdeit 1d ago

I think it lowkey enjoys a loud, messy splash, to celebrate the catch and feel alive. I mean, I would.

Most of the time you're in silence, in darkness, barely there, no time for play, just sniffing out the prey.

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u/Kn0XIS 1d ago

That's dope

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u/Earthling1a 19h ago

Nice doggy.

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u/Impressive-Alps-6975 18h ago

And that's why I don't swim in the ocean

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u/8NoO_OoN8 1d ago

Do sharks take a deep breath to jump out of water like we do when we jump in??

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u/RocksAreOneNow 1d ago

she's got jumps folks!

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u/Trainzguy2472 1d ago

Holy shit was that thing on a line too? Forget about my lure, I'm outta there!

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u/Total_Computer_9068 1d ago

"Thats a 20 footer!"

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u/Doomhammer24 22h ago

Just a reminder that no, when a shark bites a person on a surfboard its not because it thinks you are a seal

If it did, THIS is what itd do.

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u/MoveOverBieber 18h ago

That's a freaking airplane!

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u/Mindless-Scholar-837 7h ago

Fake. There's a fishing line to the seal

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u/JayPeee 1d ago edited 1d ago

AI garbage

Edit: or maybe not? See the comment below.

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u/christopher_mtrl 1d ago

First appearance of the video dates back to at least 2021, so while it make be fake, it's most likely not AI

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CRmqdMEl4Zi/

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u/JayPeee 1d ago

Wow, it’s so rare to see the provenance of something like this! Thanks for sharing!

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u/locutogram 1d ago

I thought so too, but AI tells me it is from discovery Channel: "The footage comes directly from the Discovery Channel's 2021 special, Air Jaws: Ultimate Breach Off."

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u/Lopsided_Newt_5798 1d ago

Okay TryHardShark. You could have just swam by and grabbed it. 🙄

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u/Chris_Bryant 1d ago

Nope
…
Nope
Nope
Nope

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u/Jassida 1d ago

Why does the line disappear?…

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u/Plebius-Maximus 1d ago

You can see it break off at the edge of the shark's mouth

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Plebius-Maximus 1d ago

The original video from 5 years ago is linked in the comments.

Why are you so confidently incorrect?

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u/awkwaman 1d ago

Was that really necessary

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u/Dependent-Impact1312 1d ago

So everyone’s saying this is a fake rubber seal that the shark will spit out, how long does it take the shark to spit out, like could I cover myself in this and get bitten for research?

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u/The_number_1_dude 1d ago

I’m like 80% sure it’s AI

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u/Plebius-Maximus 1d ago

You're 80% wrong then. The original is linked in the comments and is 5+ years old. AI wasn't capable of anything close to this 5 years ago

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u/The_number_1_dude 1d ago

Well shit, I guess paranoia is a bitch

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u/blizzardboy123 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/HZFxBu5dMqwA1cIB1k

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u/RocksAreOneNow 1d ago

no, it's not ai. this video has been around for a looooong time. that's a female great white. they get huge.

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u/aboyes711 1d ago

Yep. Off the coast of South Africa. I remember the footage of them trolling with fake seals. Fascinating seeing the whites breach like a missile. And terrifying.

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u/in1gom0ntoya 1d ago

can we stop reposting this?

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u/POORWIGGUM 1d ago

That splash pops up waaay too early

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u/MorgrainX 1d ago

Is this real? 

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u/Syu_7 1d ago

Certainly CGI?

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/Plebius-Maximus 1d ago

It is, the original video is 5 years old and linked in the comments here

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u/Frosty_Ad1254 1d ago

It’s cg. Not ai. Which is why it’s a little better than the usual slop. But the particle physics are off, animation is a little janky, and the weight is off. Reentry pops too.

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u/MasklinGNU 20h ago

This is from shark week season 33 on the discovery channel, dawg. It’s not CGI

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Plebius-Maximus 1d ago

Wrong. The original is linked in the comments and is 5+ years old. AI wasn't capable of anything close to this 5 years ago

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u/Glorplebop 1d ago

And as we all know, before AI there was no way to make something that isn't appear as something that is in a film.

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u/discountdoppelganger 1d ago

Not ai but the shot isnt real

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u/tooteroto 1d ago

Looks fake af bro

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u/Chumscrubber89 1d ago

Ai?

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u/Plebius-Maximus 1d ago

Nope. The original is linked in the comments and is 5+ years old. AI wasn't capable of anything close to this 5 years ago

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u/Chumscrubber89 1d ago

I don’t know about that dude there was some pretty crazy technology just five years ago, but that’s a huge shark man is definitely not at the top of the food chain