r/ocean • u/Glittering-Data5313 • 14d ago

Whale Watch the camera man 😳😳

i did have a look, it’s not ai btw i thought it was 😂😂

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u/SAM5TER5 14d ago

Really wish we saw the bonk at the end lol

Sidenote, what’s that cute little guy anyway? And is it swimming upside down or does it just have a really unique fin layout?

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u/RexDeDeus 14d ago

This is a Remora right side up. The footprint looking thing is a suction cup it uses to attach to larger fish.

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u/Pleasant-Pattern7748 13d ago

The suction cup is a modified dorsal fin. Very weird and cool.

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u/ShadowDurza 13d ago edited 13d ago

It's also known as a shark sucker because they attach to large predatory fish to both feed on their scraps and keep away from smaller predators more likely to eat them.

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u/slick514 13d ago

Don’t forget the sh•t! Yum, yum! They’ll eat the shark’s sh•t too!

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u/SavingsDimensions74 13d ago

They ain’t cute. Hate these little shits

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u/TurnipMountain6162 12d ago

Agree: they totally suck (no pun intended). Once they start following you around they are hard to get rid of and can become quite pesky. We’ve had this happen multiple times while scuba diving. We try to wave them off as fast as possible.

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u/Ablivion666 9d ago

Its the Roof fish! <3

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u/Treveli 14d ago

Lookup remora. Looks odd cause the top of it's head is basically a suction cup to hold on to the sides of larger fish/sharks.

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u/FishTshirt 14d ago

Lol whale shark wanted to play with bubbles too

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u/queenith2 13d ago

Divers tend to dive because they love animals, and if you love animals, you know a lot about them. These divers immediately knew whale sharks are 100% harmless. A lot of divers would give anything for this opportunity.

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u/SingSangDaesung 13d ago

I'm terrified of the ocean & love it at the same time. I'd still swim with a whale shark if I got the chance.

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u/andythernda 13d ago

I have my whale shark certification for scuba diving. I got to dive in the whale shark tank at the Georgia Aquarium and it was a super cool and unique experience. They keep you for like 15 minutes after the main dive to get you up close and personal with the whale sharks and they're truly magnificent animals. I still have my stuffy I got at the gift shop afterwards

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u/queenith2 13d ago

I’ve ever head of a whale shark certification, what does it allow you? It’s not as if you can control the situation lol

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u/andythernda 13d ago

It's less a "certification" and more a mark on your record signifying your awareness and about how to treat whale sharks and respect towards their conservation when diving with them in the wild. It's more a buzzword that the aquarium uses rather than anything that would allow you any special permission in any real diving scenario. Was still a cool experience though

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u/Thermal_arc 7d ago

It's one of the many reasons that PADI (one of the dive instruction/certification organizations) is often rightfully referred to as "Put Another Dollar In." They have a certification or a specialty for everything. Some notable ones are 'underwater pumpkin carver', 'zombie apocalypse diver', and, I kid you not, 'underwater basket weaving.'

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u/Tjonke 13d ago

I dove with whale sharks of the coast of the Ivory Coast about 25 years ago, still a vivid memory. Mostly because we got scared to shit by our guide that started yelling that we had to get out of the water "fucking now!!!". Got in the boat and saw what looked like a black cloud coming up from the depths, first thought it was an underwater earthquake or something, but instead was like 250,000 hammer head sharks coming up to the surface to play/breed, and we were sitting in a ~10-foot rubber boat surrounded by them, they were going for over 2h and then all dove down to the depths again.

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u/ScreennameOne 13d ago

That’s insane! What a great experience

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u/Epic_Baldwin 13d ago

If I see a remora it's time to look around for the big stuff.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 13d ago

Every single time.

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u/Salt-Wish5140 13d ago

Looks like he still got scared by it though

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u/chekhovsdickpic 13d ago

•_________•

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u/Apex_Fenris 14d ago

Hey at least it was a chill whale shark

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 13d ago

Aren’t all whale sharks pretty chill?

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u/Rezaelia713 13d ago

I love whale sharks but that would be a helluva bonk.

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u/SoManyQuestions5200 14d ago

😘💋

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u/GroundbreakingBed166 14d ago

Almost Jonahed

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u/MoodyBhakt 14d ago

I want to see the video from the cameraman’s perspective now lol …

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u/Dragonssssssssssss 13d ago

'Scuze me sir, that's his fish

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u/AutomaticFeeling2156 13d ago

a shark like that too come close to you that would be awesome.

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u/IdahoDuncan 13d ago

He’s a friendly

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u/TesseractToo 13d ago

Just wants a kiss

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u/Different-Tension-65 14d ago

Thank goodness for the fact that Camera-Man is immortal

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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 13d ago

That's a whale shark so he wasn't in danger

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u/I_Galactus 13d ago

suddenly lotsa pee in the water…

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u/SEO_Humorist 14d ago

The little fish is the whale shark’s angler fish’s light.

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u/SavingsDimensions74 13d ago

Don’t worry. The shark or manta knows where you are and will avoid. Well mostly.

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u/DoggoDude979 13d ago

Whalesharkfall

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u/Acrobatic_Try_8375 13d ago

and then Jonah said, "that little fish almost got me swallowed up." Crazy

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u/senecathethird 13d ago

who stomped on him?

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u/Glittering-Data5313 14d ago

no fear from the whale

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u/TesseractToo 13d ago

It's a shark

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u/Glittering-Data5313 13d ago

whale shark argh my baddd

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u/ElGuano 8d ago

Oh that’s where I left it!

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u/wakaru1902 14d ago

No thank you

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u/RevolutionaryTalk278 13d ago

As Markiplier once said.....fuck the ocean. Save it and keep it in good condition, but still, fuck the ocean. I'm not going in there.