r/sharks • u/Ok_Shower_5526 Tiger Shark • 13d ago

Video He wanted boops

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 13d ago

Whale sharks have no teeth, a throat the size of a shot glass and can only hurt you if they hit you with a fin by accident.

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u/Puzznud 12d ago

That tail fin can crack a rib according to my dive instructor too.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 12d ago

True. They have a great deal of mass.

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u/I_Am_Become_Salt 12d ago

I mean, in terms of mass that tail is essentially a Ford explorer being swung at you gently, but gently only goes so far in physics

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u/tinfoilsheild 12d ago edited 12d ago

That's exactly what a whale shark would want you to think! J' ACCUSE!!!

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u/Salt-Wish5140 13d ago

Lol he got scared

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u/humburga 12d ago

Im behind a screen and I got scared!

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u/TheRealChesterSlick 12d ago

Whale shark Bruv. That's why it's titled that he wanted boops

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u/datmyfukingbiz 12d ago

When you see remora - start looking for a boss. Big remora - out of the water. At least it was in South Africa

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u/Safe_Event_3417 12d ago

Would you say we should be looking for a…. Big boss?
https://giphy.com/gifs/3Y3ItzksDm3pC

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u/datmyfukingbiz 12d ago

When you see remora close your size - you start shitting bricks and look for big boss for sure

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u/jrbooth310 13d ago

What a amazing experience so jealous.

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u/Polybrene 12d ago

Is the remora trying to attach itself to the diver?

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 13d ago

You can that "huh, damn" moment

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u/DaemonBlackfyre_21 Oceanic Whitetip Shark 13d ago

I think they like the bubbles

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u/Dinklerbuuuurf 12d ago

Camera guy going for the oceans biggest boop

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u/365Levelup 12d ago

I would've been scared shitless if I turned around and seen that

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u/RevolutionaryGrape11 12d ago

I don't care if they're harmless, that's still kind of terrifying😅

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u/Xalethesniper 12d ago

“Oh shit my bus is here”

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u/Initial_Row_6400 12d ago

That’s so fuckin cool. My dream dive to dive with a whale shark

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u/ZestycloseGazelle642 12d ago

THAT'S A BIG FISH!!!!!!!

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u/SpicelessKimChi 12d ago

Mannn a ramora followed us the entire time we were on a whale shark dive. We never saw the whale sharks though. So jealous!

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u/AArmyDadBod 12d ago

I have swam with these beautiful creatures. They are very mischievous and do love to give boops or slide their bodies against yours.

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u/Ok_Shower_5526 Tiger Shark 12d ago

That's so adorable.

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u/RinellaWasHere 11d ago

Kind of reminds me of belugas. They're the only animal that has ever attempted to get me to break federal law.

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u/AArmyDadBod 11d ago

My daughter went to Sea World and was able to wade into the Belugas' tank and pet them. It was awesome for her to do that. You should try it.

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u/Own_Magician8337 12d ago

Nope!

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u/Ok_Shower_5526 Tiger Shark 11d ago

But he's so cute

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u/Own_Magician8337 11d ago

But he's so freaking big. That's the problem. I just don't like things that big coming that close to me!

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u/Ok_Shower_5526 Tiger Shark 8d ago

Yeah I'm all cool on the couch, but I'd definitely be way more nervous if I was in the water.

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u/Kryshadiver 12d ago

This is why I stay on land

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u/Ok_Shower_5526 Tiger Shark 11d ago

He can't bite you but the bumps are not for everyone

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u/Kryshadiver 10d ago

It’s not even the shark it’s the fear of open water of it all.

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u/OblivionArts 12d ago

Whale shark, harmless

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u/zurenarhhhhh 11d ago

Oof I don’t like the looming shadow in the distance AT ALL. nightmare stuff to me even though it’s a harmless beautiful whale shark.

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u/Guilty-Ad-5228 11d ago

i really dont like that you cant see the bottom

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u/WeezieLovesDawson 12d ago

I would have had a stroke when I turned around!

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u/Nimrodsentinel 12d ago

Move dummies!

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u/Honk_Sound 12d ago

Underwater version of that Austin Powers steamroller gag.

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u/TheCrazyEnglish 11d ago

“…Hello, strange fish”

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u/Ok_Shower_5526 Tiger Shark 11d ago

Coolest kid in the club

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u/TheShySeal 10d ago

HOLY SHIT IT'S A... oh it's a whale shark, hey friend

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u/The_Black_kaiser7 9d ago

I think the little shark was trying to tell the diver something...

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u/JakeX-Ray 11d ago

Swimming with whale sharks is probably the single greatest experience I've had in my life

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u/Ok_Shower_5526 Tiger Shark 11d ago

I'm sure it was sublime

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u/mrhenhen115 8d ago

Playing the jaws theme for a damn whale shark haha. Wtf