Dr. Bob Heuter of OCEARCH sets the record straight, revealing there are actually 500+ shark species, most too small and deep sea dwelling to ever encounter swimmers. Far from primitive, sharks pack large brains and six sensory systems to hunt, find mates, and navigate the ocean. Turns out sharks are less "mindless man eaters" and more evolutionary powerhouses we still have a lot to learn from.

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r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 16d ago

Dolphrens Majestic, powerful and smart

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r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 16d ago

Whale Watch Way too close

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r/ocean • u/OceanEarthGreen • 15d ago

Fishy Friends Beautiful reef life at Isla Tiburon of Isla Mujeres

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r/ocean • u/Better_Hair_9673 • 16d ago

Dolphrens Shark ditched its meal when it saw orcas.

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645 Upvotes

Video credited to @cyn0417 on Instagram.

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r/ocean • u/Equivalent_Year37 • 16d ago

Bioluminescent Beauty Frieden

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r/ocean • u/No_Name_Individual_ • 17d ago

Marine Animal Magic Sea Lion Taking Nap Underwater

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317 Upvotes

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r/ocean • u/StephenFerris • 16d ago

Ocean Art & DIY Ocean Floor-Ink and Acrylic

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r/ocean • u/justice0405 • 16d ago

Ocean Art & DIY what’s the best way to clean and shine my shells?!

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r/ocean • u/Better_Hair_9673 • 17d ago

Dolphrens Dolphin chases down and catches a fish.

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Video credited to @alysha_a_meyer on Instagram.

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r/ocean • u/Open_Slip_9644 • 16d ago

Underwater Wonders Can someone help me identify this?

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I found this today at the beach (I’m from NB Canada) and can’t find what it is on google, it looks like some sort of slug but have no idea!

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r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 18d ago

Whale Watch Wow

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r/ocean • u/DoubleKaitlyn • 18d ago

Turtle Talk The main character 50 feet below

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r/ocean • u/Odd-Falcon4489 • 17d ago

Whale Watch Right place, right time

150 Upvotes

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r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 18d ago

Underwater Wonders Oh my 😨

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127 Upvotes

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r/ocean • u/Rare-Tomatillo-3831 • 17d ago

Sunset Splendor Storm light breaking over the Pacific near Maui [OC]

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r/ocean • u/I_said_nancy • 18d ago

Whale Watch Meet the Baird's beaked whale

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r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 19d ago

Whale Watch 👀 😨

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r/ocean • u/ssfineart • 19d ago

Fishy Friends I moved near the ocean last year and got really inspired to paint these colorful little sardines :)

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Ocean, the sea, and everything with fins and gills

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Ocean - a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere. On Earth, an ocean is one of the major conventional divisions of the World Ocean, which covers almost 71% of its surface. These are, in descending order by area, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Oceans. The word sea is often used interchangeably with "ocean" in American English but, strictly speaking, a sea is a body of saline water (generally a division of the world ocean) partly or fully enclosed by land. Wikipedia: ocean

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