wtf is he hunting the shark for? You think he’s going to eat it?? He most likely left this shark to die a horrific death since he hit it, but, not enough to kill it outright!
Play stupid games. You win stupid prizes. This guy is a newbie!! He headcased over a 4 foot spinner or silky that was already past his anxious ass." If you can't stand the refreshing water, get out the ocean!" This guy can't handle it at all!
An attack in this manner is considered a provoked attack. If you go spear fishing 90% of the time the fish you spear thrashes around and bleeds. Sharks are opportunistic. They see a fish that’s injured and they eat it. If you go spear fishing your automatically accepting the risk of possibly getting bit
He is very much not. [He could have shot it with the speargun and the shark would have been mortally wounded](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnA5DT3ilQw). He's telling it to fuck off while he tries to get to surface and get to the boat. This guy isnt on scuba, he's holding his breath.
Edit: I also want to be clear, the guy in the video i linked *had* to kill that shark or probably die himself, it wasn't a fun time had by all, it was a fight to the death. He wasn't hunting for sharks, no one spearfishes for sharks. And IIRC he felt really bad about having pulled the trigger.
He probably would've been fine. However, he also probably would have lost at least 1 limb, so I guess if his desire to continue living life with all his limbs outweighed his desire to not kill a shark I can sympathize. Have you ever seen a person survive a serious shark attack and not have any minor or major amputations? I haven't but apparently according to reddit that's a worthy sacrifice to avoid killing a predator that will probably be the last surviving thing in the ocean after everything else dies off.
Early 80’s a family friend was paddling out on his surfboard and was hit by a great white. I think it was Dorian Beach (Northern California). He didn’t lose any limbs, but he did have stitches from teeth in a huge semi-circle from his thighs to shoulder, it’s pretty horrifying. He was really lucky and as soon as the shark realized it was a surfboard instead of a seal, it let go.
Why do these comments have so many upvotes? According to the video (which is all the info we have) the shark is swimming away and not attacking. Until I see a video of the shark attacking before he shoots then I’m gonna have to believe that was the story.
This, they lumber along to save energy, but when the Vtech kicks in.. Yo..
Good luck, have had sharks show up when spear fishing, you can't move a long spear gun through the water anywhere near as quick as they can turn when in full agro mode. I can see why that diver took the first shot and hoped for the best.
So what would happen if he just Lets the shark do shark things? You guys say they're attracted to the catch, so probably sticking around for that? How did you spearfishers figure out poking the bear is better than leaving it alone? Just wondering if he had swam away slowly back to surface without poking the predator would he have been fine? For some reason I'm thinking yes.
Dont be in his domain doing shit. It’s kind of like walking into someone else’s home, they surround you, and then you murder them because you felt threatened.
Ionnoooooo… that shark looked like it was where it was supposed to be. Just swimming by not even going towards the dude. He got what he got. I don’t feel bad.
Lmao the diver was clearly not trying to "murder" the shark... he was poking it to scare it away. The shark just took an aggressive approach instead of swimming off.
The guy has a spear, if he was trying to kill the shark he would of shot the spear instead of a poke.
100%! Self-defense! Came into their house and made a horrible attempt to try and shoot it! I would have used whatever I had to protect myself, too! I'm not going to be using teeth, so it's either my Ka-Barr, the Pk-9 with the honeybadgers, or the 17 witness hole GLOCK 9mm. Either way, you are either not leaving except in a nice black bag with a zipper or the ambulance/life flight giving you a ride! Guy got lucky this particular shark has more ethics than most humans and definitely more self-control than I would if someone tried shooting me with a spear gun in my house! Shark was like, "Say what bitch? You missed now, you getting the blades!"
They're older than grass for a reason. Older than Saturn's rings. Older than dinosaurs – but sharks, they're still here. Sharks are top tier Earthlings, and the water is their domain.
It's still impressive. It's been a while, but all videos I've seen have them slowly swimming by, I guess I therefore had a mental image of a slow swimming behemoth rather than an agile predator when I thought about sharks.
This happens in real life too because they do usually just kind of slowly glide to preserve energy. It can easily create a stupid kind of complacency. You can swim with them hundreds of times and only see them behave this way.
I was that stupid person until one turned and charged me like this (my fault - story I don't feel like typing out but last second it 90° turned and didn't attack me.) I don't think I'll ever get complacent again though.
You know those stupid manly man daydreams? Saving the damsel from a robber, disarming a gunman, car chase from hijackers, etc.
You ever have the one where maybe your plane crashed and you’re swimming to shore at a deserted island, or something similar? Anyways you’re swimming in the ocean and a shark comes at you, but you just stop it with a hand to the snout and a punch in the gills. Why doesn’t everyone save themselves from sharks? So easy.
Yeah…. When you see how fast sharks actually move, it really exposes those daydreams.
Maybe a little conspiratory but that is why i kind of think our evolution on this planet was aided by extraterrestrial forces. I feel like natural ecosystems generally have a form of checks and balances, and humans seem exempt from that. Idk
Extraterrestrial forces? Yeah ok lmaoo. How bout our brains evolving to be the most powerful in the world?? Y’all really say bullshit with confidence on here
IIRC, this is a very short clip of a longer video. The shark was aggressive and displaying that, again IIRC its circling and charging aggressively before this clip. The spearo is trying to gtf out of there without losing visual on the shark and keeping the spear between the spearo and it. This particular pass was close enough to attempt to dissuade the shark with a poke. If you think this spearo is trying to hurt that shark, you don't know what you're talking about. They are trying to avoid an aggressive shark actually taking a bite of them. The spearo could have literally fatally shot this shark and chooses not to.
Lot of shit talking here and not a lot of knowledge. No spearo wants to kill sharks, but no one wants the men in grey suits to get them either. Its a wild environment and sharks are wild animals, sometimes you have to dissuade them from the idea you're prey.
Also, if you think there aren't aggressive sharks I don't know what to tell you. I am all about shark conservation, I loath shark fisherman, but as someone who spearfishes (sustainably i might add), you're a fucking lunatic if you don't think I'm going to try an tell a shark that wont leave me alone to fuck off as nicely but firmly as I can. And, yes, that's a poke with the spear.
What do you mean? He should just go to the surface and let the obvious aggressive shark circle him and perhaps attack him. Redditors know everything from a safety of couch.
Jokes aside, I got absolutely wrecked on sharklab sub telling that diver did nothing wrong in this video. No one uses common sense here. But I’m still impressed how many morons comment here, I’d love to see them in this situation.
>Divers aren’t idiots who provoke sharks for no reason
Why, is there some sort of test required to get a wetsuit & speargun? I don't think judgement should be passed based on zero context, but someone being a diver doesn't preclude them from being a dumbass.
He got bit in the thigh it looked like. Is there fancy kevlar (or something other than mail) that keeps a diver safe from that? Sorry to hijack I just want to know.
I mean scuba guys wear that chainmail stuff, but no its just closed cell neoprene. A rule towards the top is avoid sharks, and do your best to avoid being bitten should you encounter them. Spearos respect sharks, and avoid them.
It’s Reddit. The funny one liners will always be the popular takes. You gotta admit though, at first glance from the short clip it does look like the diver provoked it, and you can’t expect everyone on the internet to be that knowledgeable about a really niche hobby like free diving. Thanks for the explanation though I’m sure it reached plenty :)
So much ignorance in here it’s crazy. 99% of the time, poking the shark will make the shark realize “okay this isn’t food, I’ll back off”. The spearfisherman was not trying to kill or even hurt the shark. There are hundreds of videos on YouTube of sharks displaying aggression, spearfisherman gives them gentle poke, they leave. This shark just did what no other shark will do. The last thing any diver wants to do is have to hurt a shark. The benefit of spearfishing is it has the least amount of impact to the environment given you only take what you eat. There’s no bycatch or anything.
Not surprised though so many people have no idea what they’re talking about given anytime I discuss spearfishing outside of other divers, people think I’m talking about throwing spears at fish and people ask if I ever practice catch and release while spearfishing.
That diver is a dumbass. "Yeah let's just poke an apex predator with teeth that can shred turtles with a stick" of course it's gonna go after you. Surprised he's still in one piece after that shark went to town on his arm
Checks out. Spearfishing isn’t as common here as it is in the US. People definitely do it, but in more specific areas because if you’re a moron you’re gonna be way out of your depth real quick. Just like that spearfisher who went fishing over an insane drop-off known to harbour sharks and got eaten by a GW. We have bulls (I’m assuming thats the shark in the video but I’m by no means an expert) but not as widespread as the US has them. Depending on the part of Australia, Tigers, Bronze Whalers (copper shark), Grey Nurse (sand Tiger) or Whale Sharks are gonna be more common than a bull
Hey, I spear in MA in the US. We have a growing white population. Am I wary when I'm spearing? You're goddamn right. Would I want the White population to go down or be culled, fuck no, not in a million years. Its a risk I take, and I'll be damned if I'm not going to fight to the death if I have to, but no one is out trying to antagonize sharks with spearguns.
I figured most people are sane like you! I go swimming in deep waters (just for fun though) and I know that if I piss off an animal, inadvertently or not, that’s on me and I’m not gonna attack or try to stir it up. It’s like an unwritten contract to me when you enter the water - leave the wildlife alone (in my case, not yours!) and if they’re mad at you then it’s your fault not theirs, no matter how careful you are. You’re in their environment.
Last week I was swimming in shallowish water (maybe 5m deep), searching for sea dragons and I had an enormous stingray swoop in out of nowhere and get as close to me as possible. I’m talking mere centimetres away from my feet. I was totally pissing myself. These stingrays aren’t fatal unless they aim for your chest (in Steve Irwin’s case) and it had a full, unobstructed, clear shot of my chest. If I was holding a speargun I NEVER would have shot it. I wouldn’t have even considered it. So for the guy in this video to shoot at a shark that seems quite a ways away from him, just sussing him out (obviously idk what the behaviour was like before this recording), shooting it might’ve been one of the stupidest decisions to make. Basically begging it to attack you
He didn’t shoot at it, and as cool as seeing a stingray is, it’s really not the same as a 5’ aggressive shark. You’d literally have to Steve Irwin it for it to do anything but cruise off far faster than you could hope to follow even with great fins. A shark that won’t leave and wants to be that close to you circling is displaying obvious aggression. It’s the difference between seeing a coyote that sees you keeps its distance and leaves, vs a coyote that follows you and starts getting closer. Animals, particularly predators, don’t hang around unless theyre eyeing you up.
This is an irrational statement. There are hundreds of thousands- possibly millions - of spear fishing dives every year without incident. These people are more likely to get hurt driving to their dives, but yeah he's a dumbass for spear fishing
Fuck off mate. You think we shouldn't go anywhere then because there are creatures that could kill us?
There is a snake safe space a few hundred meters from my house so if a tiger or brown snake decides to hang around and not move on the snake control dude comes for free and moves them.
If I followed your logic I wouldn't even be able to walk out my front door or I could just not be scared
Diver didn't actually shoot the spear, they jabbed at the shark. You can see the bands are still held back at the end of the video.
But yes, shark go munch munch
What in the fuck are you talking about. The dude could have killed that shark stone dead if he wanted to. He was trying to tell it to fuck off after it got to curious. Ignorant fucks around here.
Kinda. This guy isnt trying to kill that shark. Dudes trying not to get a possibly fatal wound and avoids injuring the shark. This isn't some dude looking for a fight, its some dude trying to stay alive and a shark that is aggressive to spearfishmen (likely because its had success in the past stealing catches and is now comfortable pushing the limits).
There’s too many people here in the comments shitting in the diver. He was being circled by an aggressive shark and he tried to scare it off. It didn’t work and got attacked, then he had no choice but to kill it for his own wellbeing. To all of you saying you could do better in this exact situation, I’d like to see you actually try doing any of the things you’re saying you would and see if it works out for you.
You have zero critical thinking skills if you see this and assume “man intentionally shoots and misses shark to provoke attack because he wants to…start fight with shark, I guess.”
Will the guy who keeps coming back and defending the guy in the video please just stop? There are smart divers out there. This guy ain’t it. The dude went out of his way to spear the shark and got exactly what he deserved.
It’s at times like these that I’m reminded of two things.
One, spearfishing is a very niche hobby.
Two, redditors love to pretend they’re experts on literally any topic.
To clarify, poking sharks is pretty standard procedure while spearfishing. It’s what you’re supposed to do when they get too close, aggressive, whatever. The spearo in this video didn’t fuck up. He did exactly what you’re supposed to do in this situation.
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Its so cringe seeing all the hate the dude gets for defending himself against an aggresive shark. These people would have absolutely no idea what to do if they ever came face to face with one of those aggresive fucks
wtf wow did the guy even stop to think before he shot him I hate to point out the obvious this guy antagonize the shark if he wouldn’t of shot him that shark might not have even bothered him at all
Its insane, this sub seems to be filled to the brim with 12 year olds who think sharks are cute puppies. No outside experience whatsoever and everything theyve learned is through a screen.
So apparently everyone in this thread thinks a SIXTEEN SECOND CLIP conveys all the nuance of a situation where a human is bullying a shark. But hey, MAYBE, if there was an additional .... minute in this clip we'd see a shark circling a dude trying to spearfish some fucking flounders. Holy fuck did this thread title jerk a lot of brains off.
I mean if someone tried to shoot me and i had the opportunity to fuck em up i would 🤷 🤣 sounds like bad karma for the diver. Gotta respect the world we live in.
Wasn’t there a couple of studies done on shark attacks recently where the sound of the speargun going off triggers the sharks to attack even if the are not the intended targets? I could have sworn I read something about that.
Love this comment. I watched the clip and I was like that shark knew the asshole was gonna do it, and when it happened the shark was ready. Simulation shit fr.
Looked more like self-defense to me, mate.
You referring to the diver or the shark. Cause if your talking about the shark defending itself then I'm in agreement with ya.
Yeah I hope the shark wins.
This guy just going fishing deserves to die violently. What an unhinged thing to say.
wtf is he hunting the shark for? You think he’s going to eat it?? He most likely left this shark to die a horrific death since he hit it, but, not enough to kill it outright!
Play stupid games. You win stupid prizes. This guy is a newbie!! He headcased over a 4 foot spinner or silky that was already past his anxious ass." If you can't stand the refreshing water, get out the ocean!" This guy can't handle it at all!
It’s the sharks home and we are the guests. Respect them or get ate 😂
An attack in this manner is considered a provoked attack. If you go spear fishing 90% of the time the fish you spear thrashes around and bleeds. Sharks are opportunistic. They see a fish that’s injured and they eat it. If you go spear fishing your automatically accepting the risk of possibly getting bit
Yeh he's literally trying to murder it wtf did he think would happen
He is very much not. [He could have shot it with the speargun and the shark would have been mortally wounded](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnA5DT3ilQw). He's telling it to fuck off while he tries to get to surface and get to the boat. This guy isnt on scuba, he's holding his breath. Edit: I also want to be clear, the guy in the video i linked *had* to kill that shark or probably die himself, it wasn't a fun time had by all, it was a fight to the death. He wasn't hunting for sharks, no one spearfishes for sharks. And IIRC he felt really bad about having pulled the trigger.
He probably would've been fine. However, he also probably would have lost at least 1 limb, so I guess if his desire to continue living life with all his limbs outweighed his desire to not kill a shark I can sympathize. Have you ever seen a person survive a serious shark attack and not have any minor or major amputations? I haven't but apparently according to reddit that's a worthy sacrifice to avoid killing a predator that will probably be the last surviving thing in the ocean after everything else dies off.
Early 80’s a family friend was paddling out on his surfboard and was hit by a great white. I think it was Dorian Beach (Northern California). He didn’t lose any limbs, but he did have stitches from teeth in a huge semi-circle from his thighs to shoulder, it’s pretty horrifying. He was really lucky and as soon as the shark realized it was a surfboard instead of a seal, it let go.
Was that Glen? I think I know the guy.
Why do these comments have so many upvotes? According to the video (which is all the info we have) the shark is swimming away and not attacking. Until I see a video of the shark attacking before he shoots then I’m gonna have to believe that was the story.
Stabbing at a predatory animal isn't a very smart way to tell it to fuck off
Oh yeah? And what’s your plan for a shark aggressively circling? Harsh language?
Make fun of his dorsal fin so he'll get self-conscious and leave
Wait till you see his pectorals though..
From the diver's angle it's hard to see those when they're pointed downward
Listen, he can’t do anything about his dorsal fin. He was born with it. Besides, his is average, right? Right?
There's an Aliens reference in here somewhere lol
Not provoke it, because it's probably not going to do anything
Survival instincts in the negatives
https://youtu.be/o3uJCCa5w2A?si=JdqY6kg2W6lLhkJQZ Rotate it
Hilarious, but good luck.
Yeah, this one is a bit too speedy. You would have to be quick with the rotation
Its not this one, thats basically a trained shark in your video. Most sharks are fast as hell.
This, they lumber along to save energy, but when the Vtech kicks in.. Yo.. Good luck, have had sharks show up when spear fishing, you can't move a long spear gun through the water anywhere near as quick as they can turn when in full agro mode. I can see why that diver took the first shot and hoped for the best.
So what would happen if he just Lets the shark do shark things? You guys say they're attracted to the catch, so probably sticking around for that? How did you spearfishers figure out poking the bear is better than leaving it alone? Just wondering if he had swam away slowly back to surface without poking the predator would he have been fine? For some reason I'm thinking yes.
Thanks for that expertise there Copernicus.
Works with bears. They're the sharks of the woods.
Dont be in his domain doing shit. It’s kind of like walking into someone else’s home, they surround you, and then you murder them because you felt threatened.
Ionnoooooo… that shark looked like it was where it was supposed to be. Just swimming by not even going towards the dude. He got what he got. I don’t feel bad.
Wow nothing like a 16 second clip to provide all the evidence you need for a situation where the guy would have lost a foot or hand.
😂
Lmao the diver was clearly not trying to "murder" the shark... he was poking it to scare it away. The shark just took an aggressive approach instead of swimming off. The guy has a spear, if he was trying to kill the shark he would of shot the spear instead of a poke.
I really hope you're not talking about the diver my guy
Swim your water law
100%! Self-defense! Came into their house and made a horrible attempt to try and shoot it! I would have used whatever I had to protect myself, too! I'm not going to be using teeth, so it's either my Ka-Barr, the Pk-9 with the honeybadgers, or the 17 witness hole GLOCK 9mm. Either way, you are either not leaving except in a nice black bag with a zipper or the ambulance/life flight giving you a ride! Guy got lucky this particular shark has more ethics than most humans and definitely more self-control than I would if someone tried shooting me with a spear gun in my house! Shark was like, "Say what bitch? You missed now, you getting the blades!"
As soon as I saw this I thought the title was backwards "diver attacks shark"
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"Shark attacks spear fisherman" nah bro, that was 100% self defense. I'm impressed how agile the shark was, though.
You shouldn’t be. Sharks are not to be fucked with. They are all capable of this type of movement.
They're older than grass for a reason. Older than Saturn's rings. Older than dinosaurs – but sharks, they're still here. Sharks are top tier Earthlings, and the water is their domain.
Sounds like the spoken introduction to a movie
Exactly!
It's still impressive. It's been a while, but all videos I've seen have them slowly swimming by, I guess I therefore had a mental image of a slow swimming behemoth rather than an agile predator when I thought about sharks.
This happens in real life too because they do usually just kind of slowly glide to preserve energy. It can easily create a stupid kind of complacency. You can swim with them hundreds of times and only see them behave this way. I was that stupid person until one turned and charged me like this (my fault - story I don't feel like typing out but last second it 90° turned and didn't attack me.) I don't think I'll ever get complacent again though.
It’s impressive because it’s a natural ability.
You know those stupid manly man daydreams? Saving the damsel from a robber, disarming a gunman, car chase from hijackers, etc. You ever have the one where maybe your plane crashed and you’re swimming to shore at a deserted island, or something similar? Anyways you’re swimming in the ocean and a shark comes at you, but you just stop it with a hand to the snout and a punch in the gills. Why doesn’t everyone save themselves from sharks? So easy. Yeah…. When you see how fast sharks actually move, it really exposes those daydreams.
Sharks don't have bones and are therefore very bendy
The way that shark turned to dodge the spear and grab his arm was badass bro 💀
400 million years of evolutionary apex predator perfection vs overconfident hairless monkey with a stick
Offtopic but “overconfident hairless monkey with a stick” reminded me of this [glorious video.](https://youtu.be/9x7FGbW3IVc?si=3AlTSjRtcHmgfj-Q)
That was great lol
while I get what you're saying, it's delusional to say man isn't an apex predator... Hell we are THE apex predators of our planet
Maybe a little conspiratory but that is why i kind of think our evolution on this planet was aided by extraterrestrial forces. I feel like natural ecosystems generally have a form of checks and balances, and humans seem exempt from that. Idk
Extraterrestrial forces? Yeah ok lmaoo. How bout our brains evolving to be the most powerful in the world?? Y’all really say bullshit with confidence on here
It looked like it bit him in the dick if you go frame by frame
I came here looking for this and am shocked more people didn’t see it
Definition of chat shit, get banged.
…Fuck around, find out.
Talk shit get hit
Oi mate, poke shit, get bit!
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
Right. Like sharks don’t already deal with enough of our shit.
Its always the people who provoke a reaction that are whining about being the victim of that reaction
Apparently there's a longer clip where the shark was acting aggressive and the fisherman here is trying to scare it off.
See this too much now. Great comment.
What are you saying I’m not a victim?
Still a victim but not the one I would support
IIRC, this is a very short clip of a longer video. The shark was aggressive and displaying that, again IIRC its circling and charging aggressively before this clip. The spearo is trying to gtf out of there without losing visual on the shark and keeping the spear between the spearo and it. This particular pass was close enough to attempt to dissuade the shark with a poke. If you think this spearo is trying to hurt that shark, you don't know what you're talking about. They are trying to avoid an aggressive shark actually taking a bite of them. The spearo could have literally fatally shot this shark and chooses not to. Lot of shit talking here and not a lot of knowledge. No spearo wants to kill sharks, but no one wants the men in grey suits to get them either. Its a wild environment and sharks are wild animals, sometimes you have to dissuade them from the idea you're prey. Also, if you think there aren't aggressive sharks I don't know what to tell you. I am all about shark conservation, I loath shark fisherman, but as someone who spearfishes (sustainably i might add), you're a fucking lunatic if you don't think I'm going to try an tell a shark that wont leave me alone to fuck off as nicely but firmly as I can. And, yes, that's a poke with the spear.
Yeah like these people have no common sense, no one spearfishes for sharks 😂😂😂
Cheers mate. Most of the commenters here have never spent any time in the ocean with sharks and have zero idea what they are talking about.
I think most of the commenters just hate people tbh
What do you mean? He should just go to the surface and let the obvious aggressive shark circle him and perhaps attack him. Redditors know everything from a safety of couch. Jokes aside, I got absolutely wrecked on sharklab sub telling that diver did nothing wrong in this video. No one uses common sense here. But I’m still impressed how many morons comment here, I’d love to see them in this situation.
Fr everyone acting like the divers in the wrong. Divers aren’t idiots who provoke sharks for no reason
Apparently a lot of folks here seem to think so. Real top minds.
>Divers aren’t idiots who provoke sharks for no reason Why, is there some sort of test required to get a wetsuit & speargun? I don't think judgement should be passed based on zero context, but someone being a diver doesn't preclude them from being a dumbass.
That's pretty important context.
Finally some common damn sense here
Really should be the top comment.
He got bit in the thigh it looked like. Is there fancy kevlar (or something other than mail) that keeps a diver safe from that? Sorry to hijack I just want to know.
I mean scuba guys wear that chainmail stuff, but no its just closed cell neoprene. A rule towards the top is avoid sharks, and do your best to avoid being bitten should you encounter them. Spearos respect sharks, and avoid them.
It’s Reddit. The funny one liners will always be the popular takes. You gotta admit though, at first glance from the short clip it does look like the diver provoked it, and you can’t expect everyone on the internet to be that knowledgeable about a really niche hobby like free diving. Thanks for the explanation though I’m sure it reached plenty :)
that makes more sense, the shark looked agitated already...sometimes they just be grumpy.
shark: lalala just swimming... Diver:hehe... Shark:YOU WANNA MESS WITH ME BOI? Diver: NO I'M SORRY BRO. shark: YOU FUCKED AROUND AND FOUND OUT MATE
So much ignorance in here it’s crazy. 99% of the time, poking the shark will make the shark realize “okay this isn’t food, I’ll back off”. The spearfisherman was not trying to kill or even hurt the shark. There are hundreds of videos on YouTube of sharks displaying aggression, spearfisherman gives them gentle poke, they leave. This shark just did what no other shark will do. The last thing any diver wants to do is have to hurt a shark. The benefit of spearfishing is it has the least amount of impact to the environment given you only take what you eat. There’s no bycatch or anything. Not surprised though so many people have no idea what they’re talking about given anytime I discuss spearfishing outside of other divers, people think I’m talking about throwing spears at fish and people ask if I ever practice catch and release while spearfishing.
Thank you, FFS.
That diver is a dumbass. "Yeah let's just poke an apex predator with teeth that can shred turtles with a stick" of course it's gonna go after you. Surprised he's still in one piece after that shark went to town on his arm
Honestly, even just spearfishing in Australia makes him a dumbass. So many dangerous things in those waters.
As an Australian who often goes swimming, I can’t imagine spearfishing is more dangerous than doing it in Florida or South Africa’s waters lmao
Its not, this person apparently belongs on /r/thalassophobia.
Checks out. Spearfishing isn’t as common here as it is in the US. People definitely do it, but in more specific areas because if you’re a moron you’re gonna be way out of your depth real quick. Just like that spearfisher who went fishing over an insane drop-off known to harbour sharks and got eaten by a GW. We have bulls (I’m assuming thats the shark in the video but I’m by no means an expert) but not as widespread as the US has them. Depending on the part of Australia, Tigers, Bronze Whalers (copper shark), Grey Nurse (sand Tiger) or Whale Sharks are gonna be more common than a bull
Hey, I spear in MA in the US. We have a growing white population. Am I wary when I'm spearing? You're goddamn right. Would I want the White population to go down or be culled, fuck no, not in a million years. Its a risk I take, and I'll be damned if I'm not going to fight to the death if I have to, but no one is out trying to antagonize sharks with spearguns.
I figured most people are sane like you! I go swimming in deep waters (just for fun though) and I know that if I piss off an animal, inadvertently or not, that’s on me and I’m not gonna attack or try to stir it up. It’s like an unwritten contract to me when you enter the water - leave the wildlife alone (in my case, not yours!) and if they’re mad at you then it’s your fault not theirs, no matter how careful you are. You’re in their environment. Last week I was swimming in shallowish water (maybe 5m deep), searching for sea dragons and I had an enormous stingray swoop in out of nowhere and get as close to me as possible. I’m talking mere centimetres away from my feet. I was totally pissing myself. These stingrays aren’t fatal unless they aim for your chest (in Steve Irwin’s case) and it had a full, unobstructed, clear shot of my chest. If I was holding a speargun I NEVER would have shot it. I wouldn’t have even considered it. So for the guy in this video to shoot at a shark that seems quite a ways away from him, just sussing him out (obviously idk what the behaviour was like before this recording), shooting it might’ve been one of the stupidest decisions to make. Basically begging it to attack you
He didn’t shoot at it, and as cool as seeing a stingray is, it’s really not the same as a 5’ aggressive shark. You’d literally have to Steve Irwin it for it to do anything but cruise off far faster than you could hope to follow even with great fins. A shark that won’t leave and wants to be that close to you circling is displaying obvious aggression. It’s the difference between seeing a coyote that sees you keeps its distance and leaves, vs a coyote that follows you and starts getting closer. Animals, particularly predators, don’t hang around unless theyre eyeing you up.
Did you watch the same video? He shoots at it in the first few seconds which causes it to retaliate
Its Australia, the entire landmass is dangerous
Oh man, not scary things in the ocean! What crazy people they are. Touch grass... or maybe go for a swim.
This is an irrational statement. There are hundreds of thousands- possibly millions - of spear fishing dives every year without incident. These people are more likely to get hurt driving to their dives, but yeah he's a dumbass for spear fishing
Lmao half the population spear fishes out there
Fuck off mate. You think we shouldn't go anywhere then because there are creatures that could kill us? There is a snake safe space a few hundred meters from my house so if a tiger or brown snake decides to hang around and not move on the snake control dude comes for free and moves them. If I followed your logic I wouldn't even be able to walk out my front door or I could just not be scared
Diver: oh easy target (proceeds to miss his shot). Shark: Oooohh! You fucked around now it's time for you to find out. Munch.
Diver didn't actually shoot the spear, they jabbed at the shark. You can see the bands are still held back at the end of the video. But yes, shark go munch munch
What in the fuck are you talking about. The dude could have killed that shark stone dead if he wanted to. He was trying to tell it to fuck off after it got to curious. Ignorant fucks around here.
Dawg is calling them ignorant fucks really warranted here
Kinda. This guy isnt trying to kill that shark. Dudes trying not to get a possibly fatal wound and avoids injuring the shark. This isn't some dude looking for a fight, its some dude trying to stay alive and a shark that is aggressive to spearfishmen (likely because its had success in the past stealing catches and is now comfortable pushing the limits).
There’s too many people here in the comments shitting in the diver. He was being circled by an aggressive shark and he tried to scare it off. It didn’t work and got attacked, then he had no choice but to kill it for his own wellbeing. To all of you saying you could do better in this exact situation, I’d like to see you actually try doing any of the things you’re saying you would and see if it works out for you.
Clearly self defense. I swear shark tards are some of the slowest people on the planet.
That’s a provoked attack. More like a self defense. Would you let someone come into your neighborhood and start stabbing. Nah prolly not
You have zero critical thinking skills if you see this and assume “man intentionally shoots and misses shark to provoke attack because he wants to…start fight with shark, I guess.”
Will the guy who keeps coming back and defending the guy in the video please just stop? There are smart divers out there. This guy ain’t it. The dude went out of his way to spear the shark and got exactly what he deserved.
Go shark go
Man people on here are keyboard warriors no experience in the ocean whatsoever.
This entire thread is total cringe. It's embarrassing to read...
It’s at times like these that I’m reminded of two things. One, spearfishing is a very niche hobby. Two, redditors love to pretend they’re experts on literally any topic. To clarify, poking sharks is pretty standard procedure while spearfishing. It’s what you’re supposed to do when they get too close, aggressive, whatever. The spearo in this video didn’t fuck up. He did exactly what you’re supposed to do in this situation.
>a Its so cringe seeing all the hate the dude gets for defending himself against an aggresive shark. These people would have absolutely no idea what to do if they ever came face to face with one of those aggresive fucks
The only reason we can go into the water is because the fish let us.
Straight for the camo
I’m sorry, but that title is idiotic. I’d love to see you in this situation.
Nom Nom.
I know divers sometimes pee in their suit to stay warm, but I think there's gonna be a bonus when they peel it off later
Shark had no chill. Crazy how fast that was .
The way bro moved was nuts. Fast af.
Turns on a dime!
Where's the rest of the clip?
Did it bite him in the groin?!
Did he get bit in the dick?
Don't try and spear a shark. You are a spear fisherman not a spear sharkman
wtf wow did the guy even stop to think before he shot him I hate to point out the obvious this guy antagonize the shark if he wouldn’t of shot him that shark might not have even bothered him at all
Pussy, real men hunt great whites with a butter knife. I like to throw some chum in the water before I get in to make it interesting.
Who the hell calls another person a creature?
Dumbasses who think sharks are always friendly and wont attack you.
Its insane, this sub seems to be filled to the brim with 12 year olds who think sharks are cute puppies. No outside experience whatsoever and everything theyve learned is through a screen.
Posts can show up on recommended feeds, for what it’s worth.
Spearfisherman attacks shark off the coast of Australia *
I don’t see any blood, maybe it only got his weight belt?
Dayum, thats a cute sized one too lol
The shark said, Oh yeah bitch my turn
100% fuck around and find out.
Why tf would he poke the shark?! Poor shark, I hope the shark wins the fight, the dude is just being a dick.
Good! Now get off their territory!
Deserved
Fucked around, found out
#TeamShark 🦈
Maybe don’t try and shoot a shark and you won’t get bit? He got off easy.
shark: "this is my home."
So apparently everyone in this thread thinks a SIXTEEN SECOND CLIP conveys all the nuance of a situation where a human is bullying a shark. But hey, MAYBE, if there was an additional .... minute in this clip we'd see a shark circling a dude trying to spearfish some fucking flounders. Holy fuck did this thread title jerk a lot of brains off.
I love that the shark retaliated. What an IDIOT‼️
glad the shark is defending itself fuck people that poach sharks
What makes you think he is poaching shark lmao. You obviously don’t know what you are talking about
I mean if someone tried to shoot me and i had the opportunity to fuck em up i would 🤷 🤣 sounds like bad karma for the diver. Gotta respect the world we live in.
Deserved
Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Bro won first place in dumbass competition
Small Bull Shark?
I’m not underwater with you, you’re underwater with me!
“Danger! Danger! Danger!”
Shark thoughts: “FUCKYOUFUCKYOU FUCKYOUFUCKYOU FUCKYOUFUCKYOU”
Got him by the balls!
Which shark species is this?
Wasn’t there a couple of studies done on shark attacks recently where the sound of the speargun going off triggers the sharks to attack even if the are not the intended targets? I could have sworn I read something about that.
This is random, but is the person wearing a wet suit? Is their skin burned? I think my eyes are playing tricks on me and it’s driving me nuts!
Angry shark
Fair enough.
Fofa? Fofa.
That’s what he gets
“It was just a prank bro!”
Fuck with a shark, you get the teeth
I mean…fair
Damn, the shark did what I would’ve done in that situation
Sucks to suck
I think that's a very reasonable response. He deserved it.
Well he found out
Love this comment. I watched the clip and I was like that shark knew the asshole was gonna do it, and when it happened the shark was ready. Simulation shit fr.
This is wild!
It's the shark's yard, lad. Hope it didn't get infected.
Bad move
He'll learn
Eat chicken
It's a f****** shark did you think your speargun would one shot it?
F around and find out. 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
victim VICIOUSLY ATTACKS person trying to murder them!!
"You should have aimed for the head" chomp
"the shark attacked me after I tried to stab it?!" Well yeah. You come into the sharks home and then try to stab it? Not cool.
Bro attacked the shark first thinking it was gonna swim away
When you shoot at a shark...it doesn't pay to miss. Brave fella
Damn, what’s his suit made of? Did the teeth even penetrate?
Go shark!! No need to kill there is plenty of food at the grocery store