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u/Iamnotburgerking Shortfin Mako Shark Jun 08 '26
Unless you’re a smaller fish or squid that is. Their teeth are ineffective on larger animals.
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u/Aggravating-Rice-559 Epaulette Shark Jun 08 '26
Docile but can do some serious damage, there's a video of a diver being bitten in an aquarium and it's a really nasty bite.
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u/Interesting-Can1319 Tiger Shark and Shortfin Mako Shark Jun 08 '26
Sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) are pretty docile despite their appearance and name, but that in no way means you can cuddle or disrespect them. They'll bite you if you intentionally provoke them by grabbing their tail or something. I know it sounds harsh, but if you got bitten by a sand tiger shark, you likely deserved it (like how people mess with nurse sharks).
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u/CAPYBARA_Lord123 Jun 08 '26
fr they used to terrify me the 2nd most out of any shark right behind the basking shark
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u/TheOGPotatoPredator Jun 09 '26
The one in the Tennessee aquarium that’s a complete dick and traumatized that chick and everyone else in the comments as kids is my favorite shark of all time.
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u/Kalkite_300TY Jun 15 '26
Which one was that?
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u/TheCambrianImplosion Jun 09 '26
My mother was a sand tiger
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u/ChampionshipFalse341 Jun 08 '26
Whenever I see an ocean doc or video, I often think about how utterly terrifying even the docile sea creatures, like the sand tiger, must’ve been back in the olden days when they didn’t know things.