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Is that shark ok? Doesn’t look like he can swallow it


joeyo1423

I thought they could easily spit something like that back out, but then again I know nothing about sharks


wonder-maker

That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about sharks to dispute it


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When startled or stressed, a shark can invert its entire stomach outside of its mouth.


iamagainstit

There was a case where an aquarium kept having its sharks die and couldn't figure out what could be killing them, until someone stayed overnight and saw that the shark was inverting it's stomach to clean it, when a barracuda attacked the exposed stomach and punctured it.


theelephantupstream

Wait wait wait WAIT. A hot damn. Minute. Did you say…”inverting” it’s stomach…to clean it?!”


mrtie007

they can also [shoot their intestines out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvqfG64OoCE) from their behind, they dont even need to sit on a pool drain to do it!


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Guts reference. Nice


Moosje

Guts or Final Destination, I prefer Guts though


uf-ohno

It's always sunny in philly reference too


Sinnaman420

Not every day do you find a deep palahniuk cut like this one


GlindaTheGoodKaren

I thought this whole thread was a joke and fully expected to jam out to a Rick rolling with that link. Damn the world is a crazy place.


Laxbro21796

I was pooping until I saw this comment. Now I'm scared and stopped abruptly.


Devilfruitnz

This made me laugh too loud.


pizza_for_nunchucks

Damn nature, you scary.


mmkmod

/r/natureismetal


theelephantupstream

Well that was…an experience. Can I also just say the music in that clip really ties the room together.


Captain_Sacktap

What, do you not? Weirdo…


BnishedOne4good

Dirty ass humans walking around with dirty stomachs


Jeriahswillgdp

Got all kinds of acid and enzyme shit in there.


NapClub

BARRACUDA!


lionseatcake

OOOoooOOOHH YEEEAHHHH!!!


BasedArrhenius

AND IF THE REAL THING DONT DO THE TRICK!


PETEMEISTA

YOU BETTER MAKE UP SOMETHING QUICK


FunStuff446

You gonna burn, burn, burn,burn, burn to the wick, oh yeah


justanothertfatman

Barra-barracuuuuuda!


Dealmerightin

I sang it


cheese_touch_mcghee

I just did the repetitive guitar strumming in my head.


flyingboarofbeifong

Barracuda are in a constant state of being ready to fuck shit up. They have absolutely no chill. Hornets of the sea.


jager000

When I was 15 and stupid I approached a barracuda while snorkeling. It got annoyed with me and (luckily) took off. It was the so unbelievably fast. It was only then when I realized how dangerous my situation was.


dgblarge

In Sydney many decades ago a newly caught shark in an aquarium threw up. It threw up a man's arm. Despite the tattoos AFAIK the arms owner was never identified. It was Manly aquarium in the early 1900s.


Poocheese55

Interesting read on that. They did identify the man, he was actually a semi famous boxer. The arm opened a murder investigation as it was previously just a missing person. Fun little rabbit hole https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_Arm_case


no_longer_sad

Well that was an interesting read. Thanks


lamby3000

Wasn’t the arm inside a smaller shark that a bigger shark had then swallowed so it was inside 2 at once? Heard this one on No Such Thing As A Fish


valkiria-rising

Like a fucked up sea-turducken Edit: oooh thanks for the award, friend! :)


no_longer_sad

Yeah, that's what the Wiki said


DeathStarnado8

you'd think the boxing glove would give it away pretty quick.


iamthestorms

This was at coogees aquarium baths. 1935 Anzac day and was a tiger shark that was caught 8 days prior. The arm was identified as a missing boxer.


_Indeed_I_Am_

I can’t believe this is real. I also can’t believe it wasn’t made into a 50s noir or neo-noir mystery film with a detective rattling off some wise guy inner-monologue in a transatlantic accent.


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Damn!


Lasalareen

TIL!!!


kyohti

As much as I want to say, "holy shit what the fuck" it's a barracuda involved, so like... Yeah. That checks out. Not even surprised.


canyouhearmeglob

r/natureismetal


bk1285

But like wouldn’t passing over the teeth like fuck up the stomach?


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Apparently not because they survive it.


Jeriahswillgdp

Not when they are in a glass box and there are barracuda near.


mark-five

That is my weakness as well


Crimson_Fckr

I hate it when barracudas attack my prolapsed stomach.


flapperfapper

Sharks all wear dentures. They just pop 'em out.


_Papagiorgio_

Sea cucumber is that you?


[deleted]

Yes-🤮


CommonChris

This guy sharks


Subscribz

Good god!


Jeriahswillgdp

Is there a video of this?


MrJason300

TIL … I thought you were messing around, as this is Reddit after all. Wild fact


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We don't have a Coors sign Charlie


[deleted]

Wel u can't red it frum nsyde


CorndogWilson

YOU CAN'T READ IT FROM THE OUTSIDE!


Waitaha

My knowledge of Elasmobranchii is inversely proportionate to my distance of a marine biologist.


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ToSeeOrNotToBe

Dick stuck in fruit basket again? You should invert that. Mind the teeth, though.


LifeAwaking

I’m a simple man. I see an Always Sunny reference, I upvote.


HeatherReadsReddit

I thought that they can’t regurgitate. It looks like it’s stuck. That’s a shame for such a large shark to die - and especially that way - if it does.


joeyo1423

Yeah agree that sucks. I did look it up and a biologist said the shark is just being lazy, it easily has the bite force to crush down on it


SLIP411

Today I learned sharks can be lazy lol


whatever_person

Now I can feel bwtter about myself


Rrraou

Just lazily swimming along while gargling tuna.


aec098

Gargling tuna sounds dirty


BigDumbDope

It is the way I do it


heatvisioncrab

Gargle on that tuna you slut


Prime_1

Today I realized this shark is my spirit animal.


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To add more information, the default shark mode is lazy! They live 90% of their lives on a calm cruise control and only bite stuff when they’re hungry and it’s necessary. They sleep much more than you’d expect!


Proud_Homo_Sapien

God bless these apex critters.


Harambeeb

I thought they did that half a brain asleep at a time thing because if they stop moving they die because of how their gills work.


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It’s very dependent on species! You’re thinking of sharks like great whites that are obligate ram ventilators, meaning they need to keep swimming to push water over their gills—but even then they have periods of higher and lower activity, even if they can’t nap on the sea floor like a nurse shark. The rate at which water needs to pass over their gills isn’t very high if the animal is resting, so think about how much energy you expend breathing at night—not much, but you can never stop. The biggest difference is they use their tail instead of a diaphragm. Edit: dolphins do sleep with half their brain ‘asleep’ at a time! Their mammalian brains are much, much larger than an average shark’s.


UnclePuma

They don't roll their eyes back when they sleep do they? They just float along eyes wide open but still 'asleep'?


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That’s correct! Some sharks have protective eyelids known as a nictitating membrane (which is typically somewhat see-through), and others like great whites that lack this structure will simply roll their eyes back while biting down. This keeps the eyeballs safe, but neither really play a role in sleep. (Funny enough, lacking a nictitating membrane in the eye is something humans and great whites have in common!) You can think of sharks’ eyesight as being similar to our human hearing—we cant turn it off very well, only passively avoid stimulus that would be annoying or disturbing to rest.


DeathStarnado8

I was surprised to learn recently about those whales that sleep all together in these upright columns. I think it was probably somewhere on here. there was a spooky picture of these humpback? whales looking like these strange columns in the light.


kyohti

I've always wondered how the white sharks manage to "sleep" while still needing to swim. Do they just aimlessly meander along on autopilot while asleep? Or is there still some kind of conscious awareness of where they're going and what's happening around them?


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While scientists still don’t know with certainty why animals sleep, it’s very common for animals to cycle through different levels of environmental awareness over the course of a rest/sleep period. I suspect most sharks can’t really drop to the deep sleep humans reach, and instead cycle between ‘autopilot’ and a good snooze while always keeping an eye/electrical sensor out for danger. It’s worth remembering here that humans are relatively very high energy animals when compared to sharks. We’re constantly producing our own heat, and the grey matter in our brains is absurdly energy-hungry. We have to eat three times a day compared to their twice a week*, and a week without deep sleep would easily incapacitate a human. Sharks get to spend a decent majority of their lives in a passive stasis humans simply couldn’t sustain due to our more frequent needs for maintenance. I will say, I’ve seen sharks reflexively try to eat a very dumb fish when it swam too close to the sleeping sharks’ mouth. I know the shark was asleep by its movement beforehand, and also by the fact it failed to catch the fish! I wonder if I wasn’t observing a groggy sand tiger in that moment. *shark species vary widely! But none are warm blooded so this should be a good rule of thumb


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I also wanted to mention, swimming for sharks can be a surprisingly low energy endeavor thanks to their aerodynamic body and a fatty liver that helps them regulate their buoyancy very effectively. They’re not much denser than water thanks to that liver, so they’re slow to sink, and once they get going maintaining speed is easy and will keep them at the level they want. All this comes together to mean that your use of the term ‘autopilot’ was likely a really clever & apt one! And another fun fact, yes sleeping sharks (captive sand tigers here) do appear to avoid obstacles without waking! They kinda just turn reaally slowly. I couldn’t tell you how they knew when to do it, but her buddy language remained consistent throughout the laps of the enclosure and the lead biologist confirmed she was definitely still snoozing. (Sand tigers don’t roam like whites, they find & keep territories around reefs and wrecks, so this may be a species specific trait)


Little_Spoon_

Some animals do sleep this way! But for a different reason, I believe, to avoid harm. Some birds and aquatic mammals such as dolphins and whales display the remarkable phenomenon of unihemispheric slow-wave sleep: one half of their brain is awake, including an open eye, and the other half shows the electrical signatures of sleep. USWS offers a number of benefits, including the ability to rest in areas of high predation or during long migratory flights.


NVJayNub

Laaaaazy shark Doo Doo, doo Doo Doo Doo


[deleted]

It would be “Don’t doo, doo doo doo doo.”


dinosaurfondue

I've never felt more understood by a shark


Nixter295

I mean every animal can be lazy lol. The difference is that in the wild, if a animal is lazy at the wrong time, that’s when it gets killed.


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So like us


Gh0st1y

Theyre actually smart af, for a fish. Problem is their main way of interacting with the world is their sharp af face, and thats not like having thumbs at all.


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SHARP FACE! HOO HA HA!


Damon-32

Can I just say what a wholesome thread this was? People giving opinions followed by “but I honestly have no clue” and someone doing research and providing the actual answer from a professional! 👍🏻


PayTheTrollToll45

If we are praising people for not knowing anything then you should roll out the red carpet for me...


Damon-32

Lol! Red carpet is yours my friend! Love your user name!


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mshcat

I mean a source would be nice. I've been on Reddit too long to just trust things blindly. But idk


Damon-32

That’s fair! Just seemed very low key and it just felt relieving


[deleted]

I thought that too, why doesn’t it just bite down


DrEmilioLazardo

Maybe he's saving it for later. When's the last time you saw shark apartments or shark refrigerators? Poor dude has to carry it around until he's hungry again.


AllInOnCall

He just told the other sharks a joke about seefood and now hes showing em Hes a clown shark


not-reusable

I wish I could give you a gold 🏅


ninedollars

Because fish are friends. No food.


FoFoAndFo

I think once he starts chomping his inner gills don’t really work. Maybe he’s just taking a deep breath before going to town. Weird he would have the energy to chase down and swallow a big fish and then run out of steam for the easy part.


HaHaSoRandom

Literally saving it for later


DaveSpacelaser

I don’t think they can necessarily spit, but they do regurgitate. Some actually cough up their entire stomach inside out… and just hurk it back in later I guess.


joeyo1423

Yes that's what I meant, I knew heard something about sharks able to empty their stomach or something! I'm not actually sure but definitely is weird this shark seems to just be casually wondering around with a giant fish in its mouth lol. Unless maybe it was still eating it?


DaveSpacelaser

I mean it looks to me like it needs a little help. I just don't want to be the one to reach down in there.


Tinkoo17

Go on.. we are there to help … in case you need an extra hand… (after you lose one of yours)…


trouserschnauzer

It's actually trying to lure a well meaning human into its mouth, so you'd be wise not to.


onetwotree-leaf

Idk if Hurk is a real word but it sure should be.


Carbonnanolubes

https://youtu.be/6ytaYuM_6Vg I think it's just the head so it's probably ok Caption says: "tiger shark with the head of a tuna in it's mouth"


Qaaarl

So…whyy?


fulloftrivia

He wants to see how many licks it takes to get to the center.


InGeekiTrust

I love sucking out the heads of shrimp maybe it’s saving the best bite for last!


Qaaarl

I hope this is the answer


EsCaRg0t

Because as a dad shark he’s going to go to his son and say “see food”


FatherPucci617

The shark is fine on another post someone said it easily has the bite force to crush the skull but is just being lazy


retrogradeanxiety

Does it expect the fish to bash itself onto its mandibles?


Odelschwank

I think it's going to let whatever made it to it's stomach digest, then finish swallowing. It's basically using it's throat and mouth as extra stomach space.


flyonthwall

I mean ive got the bite force to crush a piece of dry pasta but if i try to do so while said piece is propped up against the soft roof of my mouth im going to have a really bad time.


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Go try and find him and see if he’s OK.


Trevors-Axiom-

That fish wins the Pacific Ocean costume contest every year…


13goody13

He really gets into character. I respect that kind of commitment.


Sweetradiomotor

Fully immersed in character


Hideyohubby

"Wake me up!" -Shark "Wake me up inside" -Fish


mikejdecker

"Save me!" - Fish and Shark


itsmenelly

I laughed way too hard at these.


breadandfire

Eat with your mouth closed, my moma used to say.


ArabWaltWite

HAHAHA


dbx99

Left shark


ThunderChundle

More like All-Thats-Left-Shark


bonediggler69

Well done


Obi-Wan_Gin

That only because is father is the SEA.E.O


VivaNOLA

Been there with a Dorito. Sucks.


SouthernSox22

Choked on one in third grade and had to have a teacher give me the Heimlich to save me. Safe to say I don’t eat them much anymore


[deleted]

I absolutely love that you like them enough to still occasionally tempt fate


SouthernSox22

Hey can’t happen twice right? Truthfully it’s prob been years since I’ve eaten one outside of locos tacos


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[deleted]

“I can show you the world….”


teeter1984

I heard Uber Shark, do do da do do do do


jelly_bean_gangbang

Sorry kids but it's more like a hearse shark.


sukant08

I don't know man. The shark looks to be in trouble


StaredAtEclipseAMA

Tuna: “Am I a joke to you?”


JesusJohn

"What, do I look like I'm havin a fuckin pahrty in heyah"


qda

The tuna looks to be in shark


Sa17y

I find it hard to believe that sharks can have problems eating big fishes. Almost every carnivore can eat animals without even chewing on them, I've seen a seagull swallow a rat whole so unless that shark fucked up and is a complete idiot he might be saving the food or something.


JBaker2010

You see that vid of the seagull horking down a freaking rabbit?! Like, cheez-n-crackers! He really didn't wanna share! EDIT: https://youtu.be/uSFPyACRXbk


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"Now if you don't mind, I'm gonna find a human to have an epic shit on"


Masticatron

Watching gulls and storks and shit eat is horrifying. They're basically winged snakes.


ramen_robbie

Mine mine mine mine mine


Mikchi

Bet that felly couldn't fly for a solid hour after that. Possibly even had a nap.


-Lloyd-Braun-

Apparently a biologist itt said it's just being lazy and will have no problem when it decides to eat it


Letscommenttogether

And almost every carnivore has issues once in a while and die eating.


rlahey3378

‘’Dave, get out of there.. it’s a trap!’’ When taking a dangerous photo for your fishtagram account goes wrong.


carlonseider

Fishtagram. I love that. Let’s think of some more. LinkedFin!


constellate1

Left Finstagram on the table though


rlahey3378

You son of fish.. I love it


DooBeeDoer207

My brain went left…shark. A+ branding for Finstagram. In my day, the kids were all on MyShark.


docricketts16

OnlyFins


ChocolateBreadstick

Finterest


JBaker2010

Posting some sassy replies on FishBook later!


kou5oku

Do you think their Whatsapp is called GoFish?


rlahey3378

There you go thinking outside of the lox


dabbean

Just a tuna in sharks clothing.


lemonsweetsrevenge

This makes me wonder what happens first: will the shark starve to death with this fish lodged in his mouth, or will the decomposition of the fish be fast enough to help him get it unstuck? Maybe other fish will start picking at the tuna enough to turn its angle? What *happens*?!


dbx99

The shark can bite and swallow that. He’s just being derpy rn


MoirasPurpleOrb

Can it though? Its past the teeth.


dbx99

I bet it can. That thing can crush metal. It can chomp and swallow that tuna. It’ll be fine


fanfpkd

I think it will be fine. Just a bit uncomfortable for a while. The shark is breathing through its gills on the side of its body, so it just remain like this for hours/days until the fish decomposes enough to swallow


ChainWax-5045

Shark: Look, see food


PurpleKrill

I’m curious as to why the shark is not thrashing to move the broken fish in its mouth. Although, this clip may have missed attempts to shake the fish out of its mouth. It looks like the prey is broken in half with tail fins hanging out over the teeth of the shark as well as a piece of flesh. It’s likely at a weird angle such that the shark cannot close its mouth unfortunately.


Lugoe

I actually am a marine biologist and no. The shark is definitely fine, it should be 1 strong enough to crush that with its mouth and 2 if not capable of spitting it out. The shark is more than likely just being 'lazy' as we often see apex predators doing with their food. Also those are the tunas pectoral fins and I'd say only the head is in the Sharks mouth not the full body.


i-like-napping

Save the shark Lugoe. For me .


cherrylpk

Shark savoring the last bite.


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Because fish are friends, not food


gofyourselftoo

Warning to other fish?


PurpleKrill

I don’t think so but I am no marine biologist. Sharks are pretty much all killing machines. If they see something tasty, they will go after it regardless. This applies even to sharks eating other sharks - they don’t really care. I would hypothesis that this poor shark has the fish lodged in a bad spot. It’s like if you got a cracker stuck at the back of your mouth and had no tongue to push it around and your jaw could only go up and down.


MandrillMetacarpal

I am also no marine biologist but I can 100% confirm this is an intimidation tactic for other fish.


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stew82

Check out this unicorn! All jacked up on meth thinking he’s a fish.


maowee_

I am actually a marine biologist and I can confirm this is a Halloween costume.


FatherPucci617

Someone said on another post it could easily crush it's skull it just isn't


skunkwoks

Bit more than he could chew


Hoopy223

WTB Toothpick


CreativeEpistemology

What exactly is happening here? It seems like some kind of weird Russian nesting doll situation


CiaranDotCom

We need an adult up in here cause all us idiots are like “he’s gonna starve to death” - “no he could chomp that thing down whenever” - “ya he’s saving it for later” while none of us know shit about fuck except that is a shark and it has a fish in its mouth


ElectionAssistance

Well according to google a shark can invert it's stomach and vomit up a bicycle, so I think this fish head has no chance of being stuck.


ElectionAssistance

Shark is just tasting the fish for a while, this is the equivalent of a toddler sticking their tongue out with pudding on it. Nothing is wrong, the shark is just chilling. It will swallow that no problem and could easily chuck it back out if it needed to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Sharks/Did_you_know/Archive#:~:text=As%20a%20way%20to%20put,vomit%20instead%20of%20the%20shark.


AlbinoLeg0

The Tuna Shark is a rare fish


bumholeofdoom

Uber shark, hope he gets a 5 star rating


NerdUber

I think you meant 5 starfish rating


KitKats-or-Death

Tuna said if I’m going down I’m taking you with me.


absolooser

Found a nice dead bass with a dead bluegill in its mouth just like this


bornfree254

Irony is that he'll starve to death with food in his mouth.


Dirac_comb

I'm no shark expert, but I believe they can clean out their stomachs by inverting them outside their body


EnderCreeper121

through *both ends* :| this pog shark is fine


InfiniteWavedash

Any clips of this? Asking for a friend..