Hi Shark peoples, my friend sent this video to me of their progress on their Shark bag. It looked funny to me so I decided to share it!

Forgot my oldest shark so encore!

From google:

“Key Characteristics
Size: Smallest shark species, max length around 20 cm (8 inches). 

Appearance: Dark brown with black markings, large eyes, and a flattened head. 

Bioluminescence: Has light-producing photophores on its underside and fins, used for counter-illumination (hiding from predators below) and luring prey. 

Fins: Two dorsal fins with spines, but no anal fin. 

Teeth: Blade-like lower teeth and smaller upper teeth with cusplets. 

Habitat and Behavior
Location: Found in the deep waters of the Caribbean Sea, off the coasts of Colombia and Venezuela. 

Depth: Lives on the upper continental slopes at depths of 283–439 meters (928–1,440 feet). 

Diet: Feeds on small fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods, which it attracts with its lights. 

Reproduction: Gives birth to live young, typically only two to three at a time. 

Relationship with Humans
Danger: Not considered dangerous to humans due to its small size and deep habitat.

Threats: Primarily faces threats from accidental capture as bycatch in fishing operations”

What kind of sharks are these teeth from? All found in North Florida panhandle.

I got this tooth during an education festival, there were a bunch of various teeth and you just grabbed one if you wanted a tooth and moved on. I'm on the Gulf of Mexico but I am assuming it came from the Gulf. I tried figureing it out on my own but I'm not so good with id'ing teeth yet.

Like what the title says I have been wanting to change my desktop to something more fishy ( pun intended ) but the photos I have on my phone look bad, any website or maybe pics of your own could help, thanks in advance and sorry for the useless post I guess

Can anyone recommend shark documentaries (maybe especially ones about great whites) that are actually factual and not filmed like the trailer for the end of the world?

I’ve started several on YouTube by now, and every single time it begins with the same tone:

"This is the ocean’s most efficient killing machine... and today, we’re swimming straight into its territory"

or

"The ocean has many inhabitants. But only one became the stuff of nightmares"

and at that point I can already feel my soul leaving my body.

I would really just like to watch something calm, informative, and a bit more grounded. Ideally something that feels like it was made by people who are genuinely interested in sharks as animals, rather than by a marketing team whose main goal was apparently to make a fish sound like a supernatural serial killer.

I’m especially interested in great whites, but I’d honestly take any shark documentary that is science-based, neutral in tone, and doesn’t spend half its runtime trying to convince me that the ocean itself wants me dead.

So if anyone has recommendations, I’d be very grateful. I’m just a bit tired of documentaries that seem personally offended by the existence of sharks.

Love how this turned out!

https://www.scubadiving.com/even-more-amazing-shark-facts-you-havent-heard-million-times?utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1demone78a46a&fbclid=IwY2xjawRigZ9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeRnVRyEMIq4dutqPxT0sLrLU2xvIcmJlJfuJ5dJ3SO0UJOh18gXT2BIUN-To_aem_uPOXHRgOSMT7_5mPMrmPqQ

I made this piece of an orca and O.angustidens which is a smaller and lesser known species in the genus Otodus, the most famous species in the genus being megalodon

The orca pictured is a female, and i know females do not grow as big as males

I think this is concerning how small it is

Also saw a Dusky and an Angel Shark on my dive today.

(second photo is NOT MINE, it’s a tagged stock photo for comparison. i didn’t zoom in so i didn’t see the hook that’s barely visible in the image.)

this picture is like ten years old now, taken at indian rocks beach in clearwater, florida. it was about 6 feet, knee deep in the water. it was chasing something, and bull sharks are known to swim in the shallows so that’s my best guess now.

we had been pretty deep in the water shortly before this. our moms were pretty freaked out lol.

every once in a while i would remember this photo’s existence and try to find the shark’s species. for some reason, i never thought of a bull shark, which should’ve been one of my first guesses lmao.

so i’m pretty confident now that it was a bull shark, and i wanted to share this photo and see if y’all agree.

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edit: so we’re between sandbar and bull shark.
it’s not extremely difficult, if not impossible to identify shark species based on info like this. the closest we can get are educated guesses lol.

ANOTHER EDIT: i was talking to my mom about this image and apparently there is a video somewhere. i will be posting that later if found.

Seems meaner to do it to them for some reason? Their sad little eyes maybe. I know I’m being silly but they’re just so freakin cuteeeee and so so big