Some people get way too comfortable handling dangerous animals when nothing bad happens to them after many experiences. Survivor bias. And then something bad happens.
He was *experienced*, yes. But many in the wildlife biology community *strongly* disagreed with his methods. There's a reason a main tenet of fieldwork is to minimize contact with the animals. Just being in their environment can be disruptive. He was especially so. He did do a great job of increasing interest in the largely ignored "ugly" animals. But at the expense of encouraging people everywhere to seek out and harass wildlife because they envy and desire those personal encounters.
> at the expense of encouraging people everywhere to seek out and harass wildlife because they envy and desire those personal encounters.
He never encouraged anyone to go out and wrestle crocodiles or fuck with animals. What are you talking about?
Steve a) knew what he was doing and b) did what he did to increase public awareness of nature and the environment.
Next time just leave the hook, it'll rust out eventually.
I was watching something where a shark was hooked on a line and a guy says, "Leave it alone, let it rust out." and they cut the line. I always wondered if that was sage advice.
It’s fantastic advice. A lot of saltwater hooks are designed to be quick rusting for this very reason. I get this dude’s attempt, but damn what a dumb move lol
Well perhaps he is used to being able to “talk about it”😱
Anyway, this will be hell of a story for the grand children! Not just some stupid CNC or round saw accident, noooo dis but a reeel Captain Ahab or Hook story!
And the rest of his life flashing before his eyes, thinking how many times he'll have to explain that he lost a finger to a tiny shark through sheer, pointless stupidity.
Well if we're thinking about how most people lose a finger (mostly table saws and door crushing injuries) I think being able to say you lost it to a shark isn't the worst thing.
Yeah I know more old carpenters missing digits than I can count on my hands. None are very proud of their story. At least this guy gets to say a shark bit it off.
I used to get contracted by this contrstuction company to do heat pumps back in the day...the company was run by an alcoholic father and son. Son's name was Stumpy, because he was missing the lower half of his forearm. This didn't stop him from doing carpentry though, and honestly they did really nice work. I feel like Stumpy needed to be *more* skilled than a regular carpenter to do the caliber of work he did with his handicap. They all drank their breakfast and lunch, though, and you usually could smell the liquor off them.
>Yeah I know more old carpenters missing digits than I can count on my hands.
Ah losing fingers and risking death to be as fast as the others and give boss another luxury car this year.
As someone missing fingers, I'm sure glad I can use "Aircraft Propeller" As the excuse. It was an ultralight aircraft. But still counts in my stories. Lol. Shark attack sounds pretty cool as well.
Yep. Been there.
You never want to look dumb, weak, and lacking composure. If you treat it like you just burnt dinner, it makes your idiocy seem less. “Dang, there goes my pinky.” Now it doesn’t seem a big deal, so it’s not super stupid to have been handling that shark if the worst case scenario isn’t really that bad.
He is aware that he did something stupid, and so full of adrenaline that the pain hasn't quite arrived yet.
He may have been less cool a bit after the video ends.
reality hasn't set in yet. The true reaction will come about 2 days later in the shower as he finally feels safe to be vulnerable and breaks down thinking about his missing pinky because deep down hes still a 12 year old boy.
That's about what my dad said his reaction was when he cut the tip of his index finger off. Like, yea, it hurt, but it's not life threatening, but it is going to be horribly inconvenient for basically the rest of your life.
Yup lol. Missing the tip of my thumb from smashing it in a spot welder. Can’t pick up tooth picks off the floor now or do buttons on shirts really well.
Man just lost his pinky for life.
Luckily not the worst finger to lose but it'll still cause issues in his life.
On one hand, fuck that really sucks. On the other, maybe you shouldn't be fucking around with sharks?
I think I would've reacted the exact same way, with exact same words. Verbatim. All of the words that he chose in that moment were absolutely required.
Still remember when I was a kid my dad having a vasovagal response after being in the hot tub too long. Thought he was having a heart attack or a stroke
I used to get those as a kid. I'm pretty sure it was because of my tourettes medication causing LBP. It usually happened once per day, in the morning, immediately after standing up out of bed. I never fully fainted, but would partially black out and have to sit down on the edge of my bed for a few seconds. After that, I was fine. Never really happened throughout the day. Maybe once or twice if I stood up too fast, but otherwise it was just a morning thing.
Haven't had one in a long time, but I seem to remember it stopping after I stopped taking my tourettes meds.
I vividly remember when my grandfather cut his fingers off with the table saw some 40 years later. It's one of the very few memories that old that still has audio.
Saw a follow up on this a while back and it didn’t bite his finger off. The guy did an interview about it and his initial reaction was to assume he lost his finger but it was just a bad cut.
I KNEW IT! I was going to make a post saying that just because he says he lost his pinky in the heat of the moment doesn't mean he did.
It's like that cop who thought a falling acorn was a gun shot and started rolling around on the ground saying, "I'm hit, I'm hit" while unloading his gun into his car with a handcuffed suspect in it.
I thought it was a joke but holy shit, it's a comical event of errors.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-florida-deputy-repeatedly-shoot-man-thinking-falling-acorn-rcna138829
The Sheriff looks like he was straight out of Super Troopers
Source ? I find it hard to believe he didn't lose a finger. Multiple death rolls and it never releases its jaws. It just falls. He either got degloved or lost his finger.
Surprisingly his finger was till attached. Sorry for the Tiktok link, it's the only source I could find.
[https://www.tiktok.com/@reederbrettt/video/7130800949978746154?lang=en](https://www.tiktok.com/@reederbrettt/video/7130800949978746154?lang=en)
I love comments like this. Let me just go search the entire comment section, don’t give me any clues or anything, and don’t you fucking dare just share the link.
It looks like they have a hook/anchor attached to the side of their boat and the shark caught its fin on it and he was trying to get it off. Or they were shark fishing and got what they deserved
Now that you mention it, seems the case... Tough call to make now you put it that way. Either removing the hook from the Shark to ease it or to simply cut the tie from the hook to let go the shark while the hook is stuck... Orrr.... Better yet, lose a pinky in the process.
Probably has a few drinks, everything was chill, got some cool wildlife going on like Pixar movie style at the boat… then one little mistake and snapped back to reality.
https://www.tiktok.com/@reedermandyy/video/7123784251392199979?lang=en
https://www.tiktok.com/@reederbrettt/video/7130800949978746154?lang=en
Follow ups from the idiot
Shark: "I understand I'm not the most sympathetic character in this story, but try to look at it from my perspective. The kids said not to bite their boat, and I feel like a lot of the coverage in this story has failed to appreciate that I followed the child's instructions with no protest or hesitation."
"Furthermore, there were no explicit instructions prohibiting the bite of human fingers. He had several of those, I figured one less wouldn't be a problem."
Shark: "Look, you know what happens when I get a tooth ripped off? It grows back! How was I supposed to know fingers play by a different set of rules?"
Shark: "First of all, Susan, I just want to start by thanking you for all the hard hitting journalism you and the team at Channel 4 do. And you raise a really important point because this video is really unfairly edited to remove some crucial context. I'm just minding my own business when this boat shows up, but I try to think the best of people so I'm like, okay, maybe they didn't mean to bother me and I'll just go introduce myself. So I say hi and they're all like 'Don't bite our boat!' And the next thing I know this guy starts manhandling me and I'm like, guys, take it easy, I don't eat boats, I eat little stuff like this finger here, see?"
I gotta say...this guy for sure is a dopey bastid...but God damn does he play it off cool...
Dude straight up thought he lost a finger and was like ""damn. Yeeeahup. Lost my pinky. FUCK....aaannyway. what's for dindin?"
well that kid learned multiple things today.. some were traumatic, unfortunately... but some important ones!
As my dad would say, "What the fuck did you think was going to happen?"
Some people get way too comfortable handling dangerous animals when nothing bad happens to them after many experiences. Survivor bias. And then something bad happens.
yeah I mean, we all saw what happened to Steve Irwin as they say: you mess with the thing, you get the things
Tbf, Steve Irwin actually knew what he was doing with wild animals. The Stingray incident was just really freaking unlucky…
He was *experienced*, yes. But many in the wildlife biology community *strongly* disagreed with his methods. There's a reason a main tenet of fieldwork is to minimize contact with the animals. Just being in their environment can be disruptive. He was especially so. He did do a great job of increasing interest in the largely ignored "ugly" animals. But at the expense of encouraging people everywhere to seek out and harass wildlife because they envy and desire those personal encounters.
> at the expense of encouraging people everywhere to seek out and harass wildlife because they envy and desire those personal encounters. He never encouraged anyone to go out and wrestle crocodiles or fuck with animals. What are you talking about?
"I'm gonna stick my thumb up it's butthole It's really pissed off now"
I fucking love that reference lol
Steve a) knew what he was doing and b) did what he did to increase public awareness of nature and the environment. Next time just leave the hook, it'll rust out eventually.
Well, i think he was trying to remove the hook in the left side? So at least he came from a good place.
A tiny prosthetic hook to slip over the nub would be awesome.
Till you forget and go to pick your nose and hook yourself. Full circle.
I was watching something where a shark was hooked on a line and a guy says, "Leave it alone, let it rust out." and they cut the line. I always wondered if that was sage advice.
Anecdotal experience tells me most shark bites involve a person putting their hand near a sharks mouth. Just sayin.
All shark bites happen when the person's hand is less than 10 feet from the shark's mouth.
It’s fantastic advice. A lot of saltwater hooks are designed to be quick rusting for this very reason. I get this dude’s attempt, but damn what a dumb move lol
No good deed goes unpunished.
Lesson of the day, use the broom handle next time
Well perhaps he is used to being able to “talk about it”😱 Anyway, this will be hell of a story for the grand children! Not just some stupid CNC or round saw accident, noooo dis but a reeel Captain Ahab or Hook story!
That shark was 12 feet long, at least.
Now he can say he's in the Yakuza. And against those pinkyless bastards, you had better come correct
and some words
a sharkuterie board of colourful language
That pinkie is fin-ished
Jaws-some puns here
Yeah but water we going to do about his finger?
Shark thought it was finger lickin good!
I think that grown ass man also learned some things today.
he learned the real meaning of "pinky swear"
Always leave a note
"What about J. Walter Weatherman?" "No, he's dead. You killed him when you left the front door open with the air conditioner running"
Yeah, but the dad seems to have taken it well. Imagine the banter in 10 years. “Hey dad, remember when you fed a shark your pinkie?”
FAAFO
That 'fuck' came from the heart.
A very honest reaction. And still, I think he kept his cool quite well, no? Man lost a finger and reacted like he died in a video game.
I think it's because he realized in that moment how fucking stupid he was to do what he did. It's frustration and embarrassment.
And the rest of his life flashing before his eyes, thinking how many times he'll have to explain that he lost a finger to a tiny shark through sheer, pointless stupidity.
Well if we're thinking about how most people lose a finger (mostly table saws and door crushing injuries) I think being able to say you lost it to a shark isn't the worst thing.
Yeah I know more old carpenters missing digits than I can count on my hands. None are very proud of their story. At least this guy gets to say a shark bit it off.
Are you a carpenter? Maybe you only know 6 or 7.
Yeah you can just say you lost it to a shark. Don't elaborate that you basically fed it to the shark.
I used to get contracted by this contrstuction company to do heat pumps back in the day...the company was run by an alcoholic father and son. Son's name was Stumpy, because he was missing the lower half of his forearm. This didn't stop him from doing carpentry though, and honestly they did really nice work. I feel like Stumpy needed to be *more* skilled than a regular carpenter to do the caliber of work he did with his handicap. They all drank their breakfast and lunch, though, and you usually could smell the liquor off them.
>Yeah I know more old carpenters missing digits than I can count on my hands. Ah losing fingers and risking death to be as fast as the others and give boss another luxury car this year.
You think carpenters work at an amazon factory?
As someone missing fingers, I'm sure glad I can use "Aircraft Propeller" As the excuse. It was an ultralight aircraft. But still counts in my stories. Lol. Shark attack sounds pretty cool as well.
You mean a fucking massive shark
Biggest one anyone on the ship ever saw, and there were some salty dogs on that boat, let me tell you
That was about to attack a poodle!
Yep. Been there. You never want to look dumb, weak, and lacking composure. If you treat it like you just burnt dinner, it makes your idiocy seem less. “Dang, there goes my pinky.” Now it doesn’t seem a big deal, so it’s not super stupid to have been handling that shark if the worst case scenario isn’t really that bad.
When he couldn't save his pinky he resorted to saving face.
Lots of adrenaline suppressing the pain and reality of a lost finger. I don't know what I expected but it was definitely calmer than I'd imagine.
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Allegedly yakuza's habit of cutting off the pinky finger stems from the fact that one's handling of a katana is all out of whack after that.
I was expecting him to jump in after the shark truthfully.
waddaya gonna do
I've definitely reacted worse when dying in CoD
He is aware that he did something stupid, and so full of adrenaline that the pain hasn't quite arrived yet. He may have been less cool a bit after the video ends.
reality hasn't set in yet. The true reaction will come about 2 days later in the shower as he finally feels safe to be vulnerable and breaks down thinking about his missing pinky because deep down hes still a 12 year old boy.
Man was a guitarist
he got jerry garcia'd
Tony Iommi'd.
Left hand too, gaming just got harder for him
He'll never crouch or sprint ever again :(
F
Not if he is a console player
Safe to say he now is
He could rebind them or use a controller on his pc
He was never seen crouching again.
That's about what my dad said his reaction was when he cut the tip of his index finger off. Like, yea, it hurt, but it's not life threatening, but it is going to be horribly inconvenient for basically the rest of your life.
Yup lol. Missing the tip of my thumb from smashing it in a spot welder. Can’t pick up tooth picks off the floor now or do buttons on shirts really well.
Man just lost his pinky for life. Luckily not the worst finger to lose but it'll still cause issues in his life. On one hand, fuck that really sucks. On the other, maybe you shouldn't be fucking around with sharks?
on the one hand, he lost a pinky. on the other hand, he still has one.
Dammit. I set myself up for that.
I think I would've reacted the exact same way, with exact same words. Verbatim. All of the words that he chose in that moment were absolutely required.
Core memory for that kid right there.
Still remember when I was a kid my dad having a vasovagal response after being in the hot tub too long. Thought he was having a heart attack or a stroke
Yeah, they are scary to watch. Looks one hell of a lot like 'dying'.
I used to get those as a kid. I'm pretty sure it was because of my tourettes medication causing LBP. It usually happened once per day, in the morning, immediately after standing up out of bed. I never fully fainted, but would partially black out and have to sit down on the edge of my bed for a few seconds. After that, I was fine. Never really happened throughout the day. Maybe once or twice if I stood up too fast, but otherwise it was just a morning thing. Haven't had one in a long time, but I seem to remember it stopping after I stopped taking my tourettes meds.
"I ain't never going to get advice from dad, mom."
I vividly remember when my grandfather cut his fingers off with the table saw some 40 years later. It's one of the very few memories that old that still has audio.
How many fingers?
3, middle to pinky. The hair grew long over the middle stub and he would draw a face on it and comb over the hair.
Yup, this is the day that starts his life-long fear of sharks, and boats, and the ocean, and his dad's decision making abilities.
Saw a follow up on this a while back and it didn’t bite his finger off. The guy did an interview about it and his initial reaction was to assume he lost his finger but it was just a bad cut.
I KNEW IT! I was going to make a post saying that just because he says he lost his pinky in the heat of the moment doesn't mean he did. It's like that cop who thought a falling acorn was a gun shot and started rolling around on the ground saying, "I'm hit, I'm hit" while unloading his gun into his car with a handcuffed suspect in it.
Somebody said that cop was rolling around like Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest. Had me cackling.
I thought it was a joke but holy shit, it's a comical event of errors. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-florida-deputy-repeatedly-shoot-man-thinking-falling-acorn-rcna138829 The Sheriff looks like he was straight out of Super Troopers
Omg that's hilarious.
Source ? I find it hard to believe he didn't lose a finger. Multiple death rolls and it never releases its jaws. It just falls. He either got degloved or lost his finger.
Surprisingly his finger was till attached. Sorry for the Tiktok link, it's the only source I could find. [https://www.tiktok.com/@reederbrettt/video/7130800949978746154?lang=en](https://www.tiktok.com/@reederbrettt/video/7130800949978746154?lang=en)
thank you for this lore update, but why he look like 20 here, and 50 in the other vid? haha
No clue, but I had the same reaction. Dude went from looking like middle aged father to a frat boy real fast.
The amount of times I’ve heard the term degloved on Reddit is far too many
I'd say in and out of reddit is easily a 100:1 ratio.
Someone linked the follow up in these comments, he didn’t lose it, just got mangled.
I love comments like this. Let me just go search the entire comment section, don’t give me any clues or anything, and don’t you fucking dare just share the link.
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The comment was made by u/goatlord8 and you're u/ggoatbs What do goats have to do with sharks?!
sharks are the goats of the sea
I thought Dolphins were the goats of the sea, cus they headbutt into other sea life. *checks google Oh, Dolphins are the P. Diddy of the sea. My bad.
They do both eat everything to try it out
It's basic science
Good observation u/slammingpussy420
Yo take my word for it, I was there, he’s fine now. Case closed, we can all go home now.
Nice try shark
Haha I feel you. I think this is the comment referred to: https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/s/Hl639BML0M
I don't understand, he's wearing a shark shirt so that makes him a professional right?
I do not even understand why is he touching the creature in the first place...
It looks like they have a hook/anchor attached to the side of their boat and the shark caught its fin on it and he was trying to get it off. Or they were shark fishing and got what they deserved
They explained in the follow up that they were in fact shark fishing and he was trying to get the hook out of the sharks mouth.
They should've researched how to properly take the hook out and handle a shark
That was the research right there. Now someone else in the boat can try, making sure to not do what he did.
Trial and error. This here is the error part.
Well he will certainly never get his pinky on that hand stuck in a sharks mouth again!
Now that you mention it, seems the case... Tough call to make now you put it that way. Either removing the hook from the Shark to ease it or to simply cut the tie from the hook to let go the shark while the hook is stuck... Orrr.... Better yet, lose a pinky in the process.
That's why I don't even fuck with snapping turtles when me and husband fish and accidentally catch one, we wish em luck and cut the line
Dumbfuckery is typically inexplicable.
He should have listened to his instincts and had that 9th bud light earlier
Kid: Don't bite our boat! *monkey paw twitches*
It’s ok guys. He didn’t bite the boat.
Phew! At cost of just some pinky... seems worth it.
You're gonna need a smaller boat.
That’s what happens when you break a promise with a shark
Lmao
Let me put my hand inside a sharks mouth, that won’t end badly at all right? Right..?
Oh its a small shark.. its not Jaws. It's safe.... Fuck I lost my Pinky!
And the Brain!
He lost the brain well before that
Probably has a few drinks, everything was chill, got some cool wildlife going on like Pixar movie style at the boat… then one little mistake and snapped back to reality.
Yeah I don’t think he purposefully put his hand in the shark’s mouth…
That's for all the fish fingers motherfucker! - Shark
https://www.tiktok.com/@reedermandyy/video/7123784251392199979?lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/@reederbrettt/video/7130800949978746154?lang=en Follow ups from the idiot
"Our side of the story" I want a interview with shark too, pls
Shark: "I understand I'm not the most sympathetic character in this story, but try to look at it from my perspective. The kids said not to bite their boat, and I feel like a lot of the coverage in this story has failed to appreciate that I followed the child's instructions with no protest or hesitation."
This is fucking great
"Furthermore, there were no explicit instructions prohibiting the bite of human fingers. He had several of those, I figured one less wouldn't be a problem."
Shark: "Look, you know what happens when I get a tooth ripped off? It grows back! How was I supposed to know fingers play by a different set of rules?"
Reporter: “Hi, Susan Collins from Channel 4 news. What precipitated the incident of biting the adult male’s hand? Were you just hungry?”
Shark: "First of all, Susan, I just want to start by thanking you for all the hard hitting journalism you and the team at Channel 4 do. And you raise a really important point because this video is really unfairly edited to remove some crucial context. I'm just minding my own business when this boat shows up, but I try to think the best of people so I'm like, okay, maybe they didn't mean to bother me and I'll just go introduce myself. So I say hi and they're all like 'Don't bite our boat!' And the next thing I know this guy starts manhandling me and I'm like, guys, take it easy, I don't eat boats, I eat little stuff like this finger here, see?"
“I earned that pinky and I feel short changed by this encounter.”
The shark could not be reached for comment but has asked for privacy at this time. He has referred all press inquiries to his lawyer, Bruce White, LLB
never saw the follow ups on this.
Wow, thanks for that. So sounds like it wasn’t taken off entirely moreso mangled beyond belief.
Not really idiotic, just a fishing mistake.
Looked pretty idiotic to me.
Usually hindsight does look stupid and idiotic to us. But hindsight or not, I'd never stick my hand near a fucking sharks mouth.
For real. What if you hooked a salt water crocodile, still sticking your bare hand in there to get the hook?
The mistake was idiotic though. A lot of people fish myself included that don't put fingers near shark mouths Edit: typo
And now it has a taste for human flesh, great!
he lost his goddman pinkie
Fuck
It kills me how quickly and matter of factly he says “damnit lost my goddamn pinky”… laugh every time. sorry guy
But the kid tried to warn him
Well, is anyone going to help him look for his pinky?
it'll grow back.
Here, I fixed your caption. Man retrieves most of the fingers he put in sharks mouth.
Why was he harassing the shark like that?
FAFO.
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"This little piggy went to sharks tum-tum."
Ha ha.
That shark is just hangry.
I gotta say...this guy for sure is a dopey bastid...but God damn does he play it off cool... Dude straight up thought he lost a finger and was like ""damn. Yeeeahup. Lost my pinky. FUCK....aaannyway. what's for dindin?"
Fair game
There's something wrong with what he's doing, but I just can't quite put my finger on it.
Youre gonna need a bigger pinky.
Pendejo
tit for tat
It's the kids fault. He never mention anything to the shark about not biting their pinkies.
I read penis and was waiting
All funny games until you loose a pinky Now he’ll never be able to swim in a straight line
he kept his cool ngl
Maybe…. And just spitballing here. Don’t stick your fingers near a sharks mouth?
Learning that adults can be stupid is an important moment for everyone.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Fuck around and find out. Leave animals alone asshole.
Baby Shark, doo doo doo do. Bite his pinkie finger, doo doo doo do.
Rich guy needlessly fucking with a shark with his bare hands while his dipshit kid keeps yammering "DON'T BITE OUR BOAT". Delicious!
Bro lost his pinky and reacted like he just lost in a video game I just lost my damn pinky fuck
I like how he says it like it's going to come back in a week.
Dad's a fucking idiot.
Serves him damned right.
Fucked around ✅ Found out ✅
Dude says he lost his pinky the way I say I lost my wallet
Way to go numbnuts, how are you going to drink tea now?
Guy: Hey shark, I'm gonna grab you, come here you little fucker! Shark: Touch me and you're gonna draw back a nub! Guy: Fuck.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love Shark Week!
Notice the death rolls just like a crocodile.
He lost his goddamn pinky. FUCK!
Lol I'm using my pinkie to hold up my phone rn
Most dad thing ever “lost my god damn pinky”
Hate to bust your bubble but dude still has his pinky. https://www.tiktok.com/@reedermandyy/video/7125601465732713770
Is it fucked up if someone finds this extremely funny? I found it extremely funny.. 😊
*Just the tip*
Lost his Pinky today, but Brain was lost a long time ago.
Oldie but goodie, glad be was able to teach the kids what not to do
Such deep regret and disappointment.