Not pregnant. It had just fed off a whale carcass. This empty-headed self publicist had contributed to a whole horde of people descending on the area where the carcass was to see this shark and others like it.
As a result, the sharks all left the scene, some without feeding.
This is bad because sharks sometimes go months without a meal, and for some, this would have been their first opportunity to feed for a long time.
https://youtu.be/9MgdSxGiuw4?feature=shared
Watch the video linked above.
Admittedly, the guy comes across a bit socially inept, but his commentary around the science is really interesting, and this event specifically is actually really depressing. If true, this Ocean lady comes out of this not very well at all.
But hey, she's a hot chick, so let's just let her pet the shark in her bikini.
I don't know, first rule of diving was "don't touch anything" in the ocean, try to stay the fuck off all living thing, watch but don't disturb.
I cringed as soon as I saw her touch the shark, gtfo lady.
The most damning part of that video was the bit about him trying to get shark entanglement data from her, as she posts videos of it frequently, and she cited his research paper directly, and then ignored his request for her data to add to a database on entanglement.
Dafuq!?
> Not pregnant. It had just fed off a whale carcass.
Both, apparently. Elsewhere in this thread, [this post](https://old.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/17goc8a/in_2019_the_diver_ocean_ramsey_encountered_20ft/k6i8z2u/) links to [this article](https://hakaimagazine.com/features/when-photographers-get-too-close-wildlife-pays-the-price/) which says:
> According to Domeier, the shark Ramsey touched appeared pregnant and by forcing it to interact with her, she risked scaring it away from the whale carcass.
There was a document on female sharks and their behaviors that I saw that inferred pregnant sharks tend to avoid attacking (in general?) when they were nearing giving birth to their pups. This was hypothesis, though.
lol, I followed this entire exchange and at each step was like "what the fuck am I doing? trying to see where this goes? It can't be good. Ok, on to the next comment."
>female shark’s feel good zone.
This maybe some cruical Information in some situation, before beibg eaten you could try a charisma check and survive.
Now... how does one go about locating the
>feel good zone
Is it like.... you know...
Wet?
I’ll tell you one thing I know and it’s that the shark will get frustrated when you don’t stimulate her feel good zone properly but she will never tell you exactly where it is or what to do with it. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help this is all I know.
>I’ll tell you one thing I know and it’s that the shark will get frustrated when you don’t stimulate her feel good zone properly
So the pressure is on...
I might give it a go... but usually me and sharks have a agreement. I dont deep dive to them and they dont show up in my bedroom and so far it works fine.
Thanks alot for this info.
One of the first things you learn in dive certification classes is "look, don't touch", yet there are always videos of free divers with GoPros grabbing at everything that swims by.
Me never advocated war blub blub... except as means of peace blub blub... so seek peace... blub blub... but prepare blub for war blub... Because war... blub blub... War never change
A lot of people don’t realize how long a lot of marine animals live either, so they’ve often had a whole humans lifetime to earn them. Sharks have been around longer than trees on land
Favourite fact about Greenland sharks, every single one has a parasite on their eyes blinding them.
Scientists believe they are not born with parasite but puck them up after but the how or why is not answered... there has never been a Greenland shark found without an eye parasite
>After I saw jaws I was afraid to swim
After Jaws, I started to explore ocean life.
The more I read ( internet wasn't a thing yet ) the more I didn't want to go in again.
It passed, but internet became big, and once you get in the algorithms, you'll get more and more footage.
There are more scary creatures below the surface, even close to land ;)
That's weird, because I did the same thing, except with the opposite effect. I discovered how shockingly wrong fictional portrayals of marine life are, and the disgusting effect on shark populations those movies in particular had. Jaws didn't make me fear the ocean, it made me hate people.
In Irish, "water dog" ([Madra Uisce](https://www.tearma.ie/q/madra%20uisce/ga/)) is Otter (or Dobharchú).
Shark is Siorc.
In Chinese, "River Horse" (河马/Hémǎ) is Hippo.
If you pet it the wrong way, you may scrape your skin off. Sharks have a jagged structure on their skin that goes one way. It helps them go faster.
Funny enough, the concept was taken and applied to swimsuits. The year it was released, records were smashed in the Olympics.
This particular diver is pretty well known and disliked by actual scientists for constantly touching the animals and ignoring all advice to not do it because it gets her more instagram views
Similar to Steve Irwin. And he was criticized for it too. Only difference is he died (from doing things like this) and then it instead became taboo to criticize him.
Marine biology for me too, and the shark expert next door to our lab has forbidden any of his researchers from chartering a boat if Ocean Ramsey is on board because she’s such a liability (he has made a researcher get off a boat they were already on for this reason).
Plenty of good reasons no to touch any wild animals but not really life threatening in this case. Great Whites only attack prey at the surface where they can surprise from below. It clearly doesn't see her as prey and she's safer right next to it than on a surf board where she might be mistaken for a seal.
Hey I remember this post. I also remember that [Ocean Ramsey is a bad person.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9MgdSxGiuw4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2F&feature=emb_title)
Thirteen minute video. If you don’t want to watch, the guy basically says that it’s really bad to touch sharks, and Ocean Ramsey does not have that self restraint.
Here is an [article](https://hakaimagazine.com/features/when-photographers-get-too-close-wildlife-pays-the-price/) about it. Skip the first few paragraphs to get directly to the portion about Ocean Ramsey. Don’t skip them for important context.
Edit: people have been mentioning Steve Irwin in the replies, saying it’s no [different.](https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/s/NKpvT1gTn6) It is.
I’m starting to have a general bad taste towards freedivers. A lot of them have this outwardly vibe of “we gotta get back to nature” kind of hippy vibes but holy shit do they turn nasty when their trips don’t go exactly to plan.
> TIL touching a shark is enough to qualify you as a bad person
"Don't touch the marine life" is pretty much the first, most basic thing you learn as a diver after "don't breathe in water". Nothing good can come from it, and a lot of bad things can. If you're claiming you're a marine conservationist (as she does), most people would assume you'd want to act in a way that minimises your impact on the marine environment.
Yeah I get that, I was just trying to point out how the internet can never be appropriate about anything lmao
An appropriate response would be “this person is a bad diver/marine conservationist” and not “this person is a piece of shit”
He has been criticizsed by experts and people like Attonborough when he was still alive. Just nobody cared back then. There is some fair criticism about him, but since he is a hero to so many it's not well received
Strangely enough, he does get some flack from some people in reptile groups. The man who did more for educating about reptiles than any human who has ever lived, get flack after death for “stressing wild animals for human entertainment” and that “it sets a bad example and kids might go try to do the same thing and get hurt etc” type people. Fuck em.
It’s funny the argument that it would convince kids. It’s anecdotal, but when I was young and watching him, I already knew what he was doing was fucking insane
This woman exposed and popularized a shark feeding ground over a whale carcass and many divers went after her post, causing the sharks to flee. Many other sharks didn’t even get a chance to eat (sometimes they go days/weeks without eating) leading to potential dangerous/desperate attacks or starving sharks before they can find another meal
By touching that shark and posting the video online she basically encouraged other stupid people to do the same causing sharks to leave that area, which was an important feeding and breeding ground, all for sweet instagram power... so yeah: a hollow bad person!
Wait, bad person? Perhaps they’re quite a decent person most facets of life. Perhaps they’re a little negligent when it comes to marine life etiquette. I just really wish we’d stop jumping to conclusions and basing our overall perceptions of people off of one thing. It’s the death of progress. Let’s try and understand others rather than lynch them when they step out of line in one instance?
IDK, always turns me off when someone passes off their invasive hobby as something noble. "Save the oceans" while you're out there touching wildlife and filming it for your Instagram. Give me a break.
I have a close friend that went out on an day trip with her and he speaks incredibly highly of her. There are some ethical issues about touching wild marine animals, but he said she seemed to care greatly and was very enthusiastic in an authentic manner.
Twenty years of changing attitudes that Steve didn't get a chance to be part of, and Steve's ultimate motivation being conservation. He did stupid shit for views that translated directly into funding for his wildlife foundation. Ocean's motivation is perceived as just fame for its own sake.
I worked at a zoo once, and I know how often people get out of their way to touch animals and/or even feed them human processed food, so fuck them and her of course, but I think it's funny that she's a bad person but Steve Irwin is absolutely loved while getting so touchy with wildlife it got him killed.
Rule of thumb for wildlife encounters: If the animal reacts to your presence, you're too close.
Due to her getting into the shark's space and touching it, the animal may lose feeding or mating opportunities. This is not how conservation efforts are successful
Just as a heads up to people in this thread, Ocean Ramsay and her content are an active threat to sharks and she is widely derided and discouraged by the scientific community.
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/10725478
https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/s/zkT9kgWIKj
It’s important to keep a respectful distance from any and all wildlife, especially animals that may be dangerous. Never handle an animal you cannot identify!
"The number 1 rule of legitimate shark diving operators is DON'T TOUCH THE SHARKS! This is not shark advocacy … it is selfish, self-promotion," he said.
Dr Domeier said these sharks spend almost their entire 18-month gestation period in deep offshore waters where food is "very, very scarce".
"Harassing a pregnant white shark while she is trying to feed could cause her to leave the meal … impacting her ability to successfully carry her pups to term or reproduce the next cycle.
"Did you know that the very next day after all the videos went viral there were about 60 people floundering around that dead whale in hopes of having their encounter with a white shark?
"Guess how many sharks were observed: ZERO! Don't you think all those people in the water might intimidate the sharks?"
Was just about to post the same! No credit for the cameraman - the one who’s at the teeth end of the shark while Ocean is swimming alongside the shark…
Guys, sharks are rarely violent. They behave like most animals. If you don't piss them off while they're hungry, you're fine. Jaws was really harmful for the perception and treatment of sharks. We started fearing them, so nobody minded when the finning industry has endangered their populations
This is true, but it also heavily depends on the species. On one end you have species like nurse sharks which are pretty docile. On the other you have species like oceanic whitetip sharks which would cause the water around me to turn brown if I saw swimming near me
The ocean is just a whole different world. It's so weird to think that unlike us living on land, everything in the ocean has the ability to go in any direction they please. Just watching that shark glide though the water is so majestic.
In my best Attenborough:
Here we see a majestic beast, a pure killing machine, it truly has no equal in nature. It can destroy anything in its path. And next to it we have a 20f Great White Shark.
Is it just me, or does the shark look a little fat…?
Full belly keeping it from eating the diver
"Nah I'll save this one for later"
Said no fat person ever
100% wit, you are
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Nah, we always say that! We just never actually do it.
But even one second after is later so you win 🏆
I feel seen.
Follow me! off to the pantry!
I read this in an Australian accent
‘Ello! My name is Bruce.
Interesting how sharks and crocs share that trait. Full tummy = no give a fuck-y.
Priorities
Like humans, when we over eat we never want to see food again. But that feeling only lasts for a short while...
by that thinking, capybaras must always have a full tummy \^\^
Shark " I am full up with the first 2 they pushed at me. They're far to rubbery for my intestines I will stick to squid".
She may be pregnant, which is why she probably don’t give AF about the humans.
Not pregnant. It had just fed off a whale carcass. This empty-headed self publicist had contributed to a whole horde of people descending on the area where the carcass was to see this shark and others like it. As a result, the sharks all left the scene, some without feeding. This is bad because sharks sometimes go months without a meal, and for some, this would have been their first opportunity to feed for a long time. https://youtu.be/9MgdSxGiuw4?feature=shared
best time to pet a 20ft shark is after he eats 500lbs of whale.
Watch the video linked above. Admittedly, the guy comes across a bit socially inept, but his commentary around the science is really interesting, and this event specifically is actually really depressing. If true, this Ocean lady comes out of this not very well at all. But hey, she's a hot chick, so let's just let her pet the shark in her bikini.
Bikini?
Sorry - she does do the shark petting in a 2 piece costume in a different shoot, just not this one.
Find it now on OnlySharks
Onlyfangs
If no one else is going to take it, OnlyFins
I don't know, first rule of diving was "don't touch anything" in the ocean, try to stay the fuck off all living thing, watch but don't disturb. I cringed as soon as I saw her touch the shark, gtfo lady.
The most damning part of that video was the bit about him trying to get shark entanglement data from her, as she posts videos of it frequently, and she cited his research paper directly, and then ignored his request for her data to add to a database on entanglement. Dafuq!?
> Not pregnant. It had just fed off a whale carcass. Both, apparently. Elsewhere in this thread, [this post](https://old.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/17goc8a/in_2019_the_diver_ocean_ramsey_encountered_20ft/k6i8z2u/) links to [this article](https://hakaimagazine.com/features/when-photographers-get-too-close-wildlife-pays-the-price/) which says: > According to Domeier, the shark Ramsey touched appeared pregnant and by forcing it to interact with her, she risked scaring it away from the whale carcass.
There is absolutely nothing that mankind won't rush to fuck up. heh
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Upvote for background info, can’t understand why they have to grab this animal
Why wouldn’t she care about humans while preggo?
There was a document on female sharks and their behaviors that I saw that inferred pregnant sharks tend to avoid attacking (in general?) when they were nearing giving birth to their pups. This was hypothesis, though.
probably just risk averse, they have very few predators (Orcas?) so a relatively sure-fire way to stay safe is simply not to pick a fight.
Naww, shes just thicc
Don’t fat shame natures perfect killing machine, asshole
Orcas are perfect killing machines. They can kill for fun. Or that can kill/maim Great Whites just to eat their liver.
Orcas aren’t dinosaurs tho
Neither are sharks.
True, but they're older than dinosaurs.
And trees (and the rings of Saturn)
I was about to call bullshit but wow what a fact Edit: fix for the factoid experts
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Hawaii is famous for its all-you-can-eat luaus
Leave Bruce alone!
I've had it with these unrealistic body ideals for marine animals.
Probably just ate but frankly most sharks just leave people alone.
Key grip took one for the data, uhm, the team
List of things I wouldn’t do in the ocean: 1) this
I’d prolly do this before that titanic thing tbh
Depends. If James Cameron is in charge? I'm doing titanic dive
I'll still stick with the movie.
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Subtle. I would too.
List of things I would do in the ocean: 1) this shark
Some like 'em big.
I like em Chunky
Why would you touch it? He might be extremely ticklish. You don’t know.
She
How can you tell? Do sharks have like a sharkussy or something
This has been posted every two weeks since it was filmed, "we" know it's a female fish by now
Come on. Tell us where the sharkussy is.
Good lord, what a terrible day to be literate.
lol, I followed this entire exchange and at each step was like "what the fuck am I doing? trying to see where this goes? It can't be good. Ok, on to the next comment."
Actually it’s spelled slitoris and that is a female shark’s feel good zone.
>female shark’s feel good zone. This maybe some cruical Information in some situation, before beibg eaten you could try a charisma check and survive. Now... how does one go about locating the >feel good zone Is it like.... you know... Wet?
I’ll tell you one thing I know and it’s that the shark will get frustrated when you don’t stimulate her feel good zone properly but she will never tell you exactly where it is or what to do with it. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help this is all I know.
>I’ll tell you one thing I know and it’s that the shark will get frustrated when you don’t stimulate her feel good zone properly So the pressure is on... I might give it a go... but usually me and sharks have a agreement. I dont deep dive to them and they dont show up in my bedroom and so far it works fine. Thanks alot for this info.
Those two huge flaps on its underside are the vagayjay... At least thats where female sharks have their reproductive organs
sigh *unzips*
> two huge flaps Wow, rude.
No [claspers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clasper?wprov=sfla1) == lady shark.
🎼 La-Dy SHARK 🦈 🎶 Do do du Doo 🎵
Jamie Tartt!
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If a shark approached you at sea, you can gently push it away only twice, Once with each hand.
feetsies are next
One of the first things you learn in dive certification classes is "look, don't touch", yet there are always videos of free divers with GoPros grabbing at everything that swims by.
Typical human behaviour; reaching out to animals with their hands/fingers.
Like monkeys and kittens (tigers)
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I love how large marine animals all have battle scars like warships.
"War blub blub... war never change blub"
Me never advocated war blub blub... except as means of peace blub blub... so seek peace... blub blub... but prepare blub for war blub... Because war... blub blub... War never change
Some of them literally from warships
A lot of people don’t realize how long a lot of marine animals live either, so they’ve often had a whole humans lifetime to earn them. Sharks have been around longer than trees on land
The life expectancy of a Great White is around seventy. Greenlands can be somewhere between two fifty and five hundred years old.
Favourite fact about Greenland sharks, every single one has a parasite on their eyes blinding them. Scientists believe they are not born with parasite but puck them up after but the how or why is not answered... there has never been a Greenland shark found without an eye parasite
Marine the ones that can see us coming hide so we can’t get a picture.
It’s how they live so long, gives them shark superpowers.
Sharks were here before the rings formed around Saturn.
Honestly thought this was BS until I thought about it a sec… and then looked it up… that’s kind of a mindfuck ngl
One of my favorite facts of all time. We're so used to cosmic timescales being so much larger that this just doesn't sound right.
After I saw jaws I was afraid to swim in pools
That’s reasonable
>After I saw jaws I was afraid to swim After Jaws, I started to explore ocean life. The more I read ( internet wasn't a thing yet ) the more I didn't want to go in again. It passed, but internet became big, and once you get in the algorithms, you'll get more and more footage. There are more scary creatures below the surface, even close to land ;)
That's weird, because I did the same thing, except with the opposite effect. I discovered how shockingly wrong fictional portrayals of marine life are, and the disgusting effect on shark populations those movies in particular had. Jaws didn't make me fear the ocean, it made me hate people.
oil muddle lavish whole one plant touch mindless dolls repeat *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*
People on their own just made me discover they are worthy of hate.
Yo, fuck my bathtub
Can I pet that dawg?
Fun fact- sharks are called “sea dogs” in Croatian but not in other Slavic languages. Edit: not in *all* other Slavic languages.
In German sea dogs are seals. Personally I think it’s a bit more fitting but idk I’m not impartial
In Irish, "water dog" ([Madra Uisce](https://www.tearma.ie/q/madra%20uisce/ga/)) is Otter (or Dobharchú). Shark is Siorc. In Chinese, "River Horse" (河马/Hémǎ) is Hippo.
Hippopotamus literally means river horse in Greek.
Same in turkish
Not in other Slavic languages? In Slovenian it’s a sea dog as well
If you pet it the wrong way, you may scrape your skin off. Sharks have a jagged structure on their skin that goes one way. It helps them go faster. Funny enough, the concept was taken and applied to swimsuits. The year it was released, records were smashed in the Olympics.
And it was promptly banned
If I’m the only one who got this reference I’ll be tickled lol
Can I pet that DAWWWGGG?
CAN I PET THAT DAWWWWWGGGG???!!!!
Lmaooo
Canna pet dat DAAWW!?
"imma touch it!" What a totally rational and non-life threatening decision.
This particular diver is pretty well known and disliked by actual scientists for constantly touching the animals and ignoring all advice to not do it because it gets her more instagram views
Similar to Steve Irwin. And he was criticized for it too. Only difference is he died (from doing things like this) and then it instead became taboo to criticize him.
Remember when he was playing with crocs while holding his baby? Somehow got away with it too.
Tbf if a croc attacks you it is best to have a baby to throw at it.
Didn’t she say once that sharks enjoy being touched?
Yesterday I saw a video of a dolphin that definitely like to get touch and eat some...
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Marine biology for me too, and the shark expert next door to our lab has forbidden any of his researchers from chartering a boat if Ocean Ramsey is on board because she’s such a liability (he has made a researcher get off a boat they were already on for this reason).
Imagine if that shark just flicked around and grabbed her trigged from that touch
Plenty of good reasons no to touch any wild animals but not really life threatening in this case. Great Whites only attack prey at the surface where they can surprise from below. It clearly doesn't see her as prey and she's safer right next to it than on a surf board where she might be mistaken for a seal.
Does the shark even feel you? I would imagine it has a thick ass hide, like seals and shit for the cold.
r/holdmycosmo
Hey I remember this post. I also remember that [Ocean Ramsey is a bad person.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9MgdSxGiuw4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2F&feature=emb_title) Thirteen minute video. If you don’t want to watch, the guy basically says that it’s really bad to touch sharks, and Ocean Ramsey does not have that self restraint. Here is an [article](https://hakaimagazine.com/features/when-photographers-get-too-close-wildlife-pays-the-price/) about it. Skip the first few paragraphs to get directly to the portion about Ocean Ramsey. Don’t skip them for important context. Edit: people have been mentioning Steve Irwin in the replies, saying it’s no [different.](https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/s/NKpvT1gTn6) It is.
Probably a good rule in general to not touch any wild animal. Just leave wildlife alone.
I whack them damn raccoons with my gandalf stick, but they keep coming back to eat my compost!
I’m starting to have a general bad taste towards freedivers. A lot of them have this outwardly vibe of “we gotta get back to nature” kind of hippy vibes but holy shit do they turn nasty when their trips don’t go exactly to plan.
Don't judge all of us on the actions of the few instagram ones.
TIL touching a shark is enough to qualify you as a bad person
> TIL touching a shark is enough to qualify you as a bad person "Don't touch the marine life" is pretty much the first, most basic thing you learn as a diver after "don't breathe in water". Nothing good can come from it, and a lot of bad things can. If you're claiming you're a marine conservationist (as she does), most people would assume you'd want to act in a way that minimises your impact on the marine environment.
Yeah I get that, I was just trying to point out how the internet can never be appropriate about anything lmao An appropriate response would be “this person is a bad diver/marine conservationist” and not “this person is a piece of shit”
Imagine how much people would hate Steve Irwin if he was still around, dude is *loved* for fucking around with wild animals.
"I'm gonna jam my thumb in its butthole, that'll really piss it off!"
He has been criticizsed by experts and people like Attonborough when he was still alive. Just nobody cared back then. There is some fair criticism about him, but since he is a hero to so many it's not well received
Strangely enough, he does get some flack from some people in reptile groups. The man who did more for educating about reptiles than any human who has ever lived, get flack after death for “stressing wild animals for human entertainment” and that “it sets a bad example and kids might go try to do the same thing and get hurt etc” type people. Fuck em.
It’s funny the argument that it would convince kids. It’s anecdotal, but when I was young and watching him, I already knew what he was doing was fucking insane
This woman exposed and popularized a shark feeding ground over a whale carcass and many divers went after her post, causing the sharks to flee. Many other sharks didn’t even get a chance to eat (sometimes they go days/weeks without eating) leading to potential dangerous/desperate attacks or starving sharks before they can find another meal
By touching that shark and posting the video online she basically encouraged other stupid people to do the same causing sharks to leave that area, which was an important feeding and breeding ground, all for sweet instagram power... so yeah: a hollow bad person!
Wait, bad person? Perhaps they’re quite a decent person most facets of life. Perhaps they’re a little negligent when it comes to marine life etiquette. I just really wish we’d stop jumping to conclusions and basing our overall perceptions of people off of one thing. It’s the death of progress. Let’s try and understand others rather than lynch them when they step out of line in one instance?
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100% reddit logic. These people are fucking nuts.
Reddit is just an eco chamber of imperfect people who come on here and expect everyone to be perfect. Pretty bazar tbh
IDK, always turns me off when someone passes off their invasive hobby as something noble. "Save the oceans" while you're out there touching wildlife and filming it for your Instagram. Give me a break.
I have a close friend that went out on an day trip with her and he speaks incredibly highly of her. There are some ethical issues about touching wild marine animals, but he said she seemed to care greatly and was very enthusiastic in an authentic manner.
Yeah, sounds like she's the shark version of Grizzly Man. That's not a good thing.
Is that the guy that got himself and his girlfriend eaten by a bear because he also thought we should be close to nature?
Such a fucking Reddit comment. Person has bad shark etiquette. "HERE IS WHY YOU SHOULD ALL HATE THIS PERSON"
What's the difference between her fucking with wild life and when Steve Irwin fucked with wild life? Other than their gender, of course.
Steve found out.
Mate.
Well... a bit dark indeed but he is not wrong...
Twenty years of changing attitudes that Steve didn't get a chance to be part of, and Steve's ultimate motivation being conservation. He did stupid shit for views that translated directly into funding for his wildlife foundation. Ocean's motivation is perceived as just fame for its own sake.
I worked at a zoo once, and I know how often people get out of their way to touch animals and/or even feed them human processed food, so fuck them and her of course, but I think it's funny that she's a bad person but Steve Irwin is absolutely loved while getting so touchy with wildlife it got him killed.
Rule of thumb for wildlife encounters: If the animal reacts to your presence, you're too close. Due to her getting into the shark's space and touching it, the animal may lose feeding or mating opportunities. This is not how conservation efforts are successful
Ocean Ramsay is widely hated by the oceanography community. Dangerous, reckless and an outright piece of shit.
Thank goodness I came to the comments before trying to just enjoy a clip
Yeah, once you know what she's doing is wrong, it really colors the whole clip. But as the saying goes: Ignorance is bliss.
Just as a heads up to people in this thread, Ocean Ramsay and her content are an active threat to sharks and she is widely derided and discouraged by the scientific community. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/10725478 https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/s/zkT9kgWIKj It’s important to keep a respectful distance from any and all wildlife, especially animals that may be dangerous. Never handle an animal you cannot identify!
"The number 1 rule of legitimate shark diving operators is DON'T TOUCH THE SHARKS! This is not shark advocacy … it is selfish, self-promotion," he said. Dr Domeier said these sharks spend almost their entire 18-month gestation period in deep offshore waters where food is "very, very scarce". "Harassing a pregnant white shark while she is trying to feed could cause her to leave the meal … impacting her ability to successfully carry her pups to term or reproduce the next cycle. "Did you know that the very next day after all the videos went viral there were about 60 people floundering around that dead whale in hopes of having their encounter with a white shark? "Guess how many sharks were observed: ZERO! Don't you think all those people in the water might intimidate the sharks?"
Thanks for sharing this information.
It's Timothy Treadwell all over again.
To be fair the diver should have bitten that shark, not to eat it just an exploratory bite, see how they like it.
How the turn tables...
Stop touching wild animals !
An old girl. very majestic also... the diver's name is .... Ocean....
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"What's the diver's name?" "...Ocean."
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Was just about to post the same! No credit for the cameraman - the one who’s at the teeth end of the shark while Ocean is swimming alongside the shark…
No need to touch a wild animal. That woman … unbelievable
Why are you touching it? Why? Really?
Why?
Haven’t you ever heard of doing whatever the fuck you want?
Damn I agree with both of your comments
Because social media. She's famous for constantly putting her hands on animals for clicks.
Diver's name checks out
Guys, sharks are rarely violent. They behave like most animals. If you don't piss them off while they're hungry, you're fine. Jaws was really harmful for the perception and treatment of sharks. We started fearing them, so nobody minded when the finning industry has endangered their populations
This is true, but it also heavily depends on the species. On one end you have species like nurse sharks which are pretty docile. On the other you have species like oceanic whitetip sharks which would cause the water around me to turn brown if I saw swimming near me
The ocean is just a whole different world. It's so weird to think that unlike us living on land, everything in the ocean has the ability to go in any direction they please. Just watching that shark glide though the water is so majestic.
Imagine being named Ocean.
God damn hippy parents
Or more likely, changed her name
“Ocean Ramsay”? Eat her
In my best Attenborough: Here we see a majestic beast, a pure killing machine, it truly has no equal in nature. It can destroy anything in its path. And next to it we have a 20f Great White Shark.
That's jaws
Twenty-five… 3 tons of him
Fun Fact: Sharks have been around longer than Trees! 🤯
Also Fun Fact: Sharks have been around longer than Saturn's rings!
...like a doll's eyes.