Hammerhead Shark at Miramar Beach in Destin, FL 8/5/2013
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- Took this footage of a Hammerhead Shark that was casually swimming in the shallows along Miramar Beach in Destin, FL on 8/5/2013. Hammerheads can be one of the most aggressive types of sharks, but this one displayed no aggression in spite of the large number of spectators and the kayakers attempting to coax him/her away from the beach and out to deeper water. Based on the length of the Kayaks I estimate the shark was about a 10 foot long juvenile. I believe the shark was actually sun bathing in the calm shallow water. Sharks like the sun on occasion and can actually tan, but they must continue to move so that air will pass through their gills and they can breathe.
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There was a 0.00000001% chance of that shark going after anyone. It's looking for rays in the warm sand. I have great respect for these people. They allowed the shark to be a shark, and they retained a congenial level of curiosity. No childish screaming. Very cool.
Hammerheads are the most beautiful and amazing of sharks. I am endlessly fascinated by them..
I'm more jealous that their water is so freaking CLEAR! Looks like a darn swimming pool! I want to go there!
Whoa!!
Teach Her2Fish I knowww!
+Stephanie “Sunny” Perez Yeah I live there, destin should get more credit, it really is a beautiful beach and the sand is so white because it's made of coarts and it is super fine.
Victoria Lay ROTFLMMFAOOOO!!@coarts! Oh my gosh! It's *Quartz*...like a 2 *quarts* of milk. You're funny!
I will say this about the beaches on the west coast side of FL...ya'll have thee nicest looking beaches and water I've ever seen (from afar!). I've only been to Ft Lauderdale & Miami Beach and neither can touch Siesta Key Beach and other beaches like Miramar Beach! I have gots to visit....
That hammer head wasn't out to get anyone he was just chilling swimming around doing nonaggressive shark stuff
Lori Looking for rays, probably.
Like a normal hammerhead, using the ability to see both sides of a telephone pole! 😂
I love the "nonagressive shark stuff"...so funny🤣
I love it when the water is clear like that
The shark is thinking: "Wow, I seem to have swum to a beach full of wankers, maybe I should go somewhere better and find something to eat that will not poison me." There is a reason they have been on earth longer than us.
Yes. I was hoping that shark would whip its tail and leap 10 feat through the water in
1 second and lop off someone’s leg in one chomp.
And everyone's just standing there? And not trying to at least move AWAY from the shark? Just watching this gives me chills, haha.
They all deserved to get bit
IKR! 🤦😅 I'd be moving behind the crowds at least lol
@Rocker, So you think that just because they're standing there and not moving away that they deserve to be bit?! I do think it was stupid of them to just stand there however I don't think anyone deserves to be bit by a shark unless they are abusing the shark
@@christinaf713 well it's very ignorant for them to just stand there. If they got bit, then most likely a "shark hunt" would start, and the shark would be killed so it didn't repeat the act again. Gee what a terrible outcome for a creature to suffer just because humans were in his home acting careless.
Hammerhead sharks don't attack people or eat them. There was zero threat
Clear water, great footage, wish I was there.
Just looking for crabs and rays; it's what hammerheads do in shallow water. Not the least bit interested in biting ankles (or getting a tan).
Risk losing a leg or your life because "WHOA LET'S GO SEE THE SUPER COOL SHARK!"
Toph Beifong use your earth bending and kick them in out 😁
Id be more scared driving on the road than I am of a shark.
WE"RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toph Beifong hammer head sharks don't eat people
Visually to a shark, were an unusual object, hence test bites. Aside from bull sharks, and tiger sharks which have more of a propensity to attack us, were just not prey items. We dont put off the same electrical signals, we dont visually stimulate the predator response.
It's all very well saying sharks and particularly hammer heads rarely attack humans. At least tell the children to get out of the water in case they turn out to be one of the rare caes
Apparently that Shark really is swimming around out of curiosity. If it were hungry, agitated and aggravated, it would have most certainly attacked. It was just having fun.
Shark:Whaddup miramar beach!!
It made it on YT
Not Destin, Miramar is in Walton county. And they should have got out of the water for sure.
Yes u are technically correct about Miramar, which has its own zip code and is in Walton county. However it’s basically part of Destin. It’s literally in between Destin and Sand Destin.
They are shallow water sharks, using their funny looking heads to pick up electrical impulses given off by buried fish. They have a typically small mouth and aren't known for attacking humans. The one in this video isn't any more than 6 feet long, and as said below, a young one. The reason they are feared is mainly because they look so different ~ like any wild animals, they all should be given plenty of space . If you readers had any idea of the number of sharks swimming in and amongst the beach-goers, I doubt you would venture back in the water. Bull Sharks are by far the baddest sharks out there, they far out-number any others we have around here, and they are known for swimming up fresh water rivers to bear young.
great capture :) Nice numbers of views :)
I was more impressed with the water than the shark. How is the water so clear?
Honestly, the water is usually close to that. I live down the road in Panama City, and emerald green to blue to clear, it's close :) I have seen 0 vis to 100+ vis. Depends on storms, time of year and so on. By the way, these little Hammers won't hurt a soul, anymore then spinners/black tips. I watch for the Tigers/Bulls as those get my attention. Still more worried about the barracudas when diving then sharks.
If I was there I would be screaming and running
had a large shark charge after a fish that was right next me at this beach. visit twice a year and absolutely love it but that scared the shit out of me!
Dang that's Miramar
Yep. No video but I ran from a large shadow under the waves there last week. I don't know what it was because I headed for the sand fast as I could
why in destin theres so much sharks??
Its a small ankle biter now, if it was full grown it couldn't be in that shallow of water anyway. The people are safe as long as they don't disturb it or screw with it, because its prey isn't that large for the size and age of it. I hope its still safe as it should be.
You know what you're talking about...
Wrong. Great whites and tigers will come up into the shallows to get a prey.
I don't care if it's a baby.. There's something called FEAR! Fuck Everything And Run!!
Hammer don't hurt you
Shayla Kelly youre very uneducated if you think hammerheads dont attack humans
***** Big enough to cause major damage, for sure.
xbkgpx You are VERY uneducated. I live and dive in Panama City down the road. I work at Panama City Lab/NOAA. These fish do not attack humans. There have been NO fatal attacks and only 5 reported "attacks" ever. With the name like yours, I assume you are 14 years old and have nothing better to do then troll. Spread good information other then stupid agenda you promote. In clear water, like this and the size, the answer of attack is exactly 0000000000.1.
+buminbeer2 well you kinda said he was uneducated for saying that the animals attack but in your paragraph it says there have been five attack so they actually do attack :///
Hammerheads are not one of the most aggressive types of sharks, they are actually one of the most docile with less than 20 known attacks in the last 300 years, with only two fatalities spread over all species of the hammerheads. Also, that looks like a scalloped hammerhead, and the only "attacks" they've ever committed are exploratory bites.
Exploratory bites can kill you. He severs your femoral artery. Oops
Q encanto de lugar
He is dragging some mono, been hooked recently.
The only beach in America where someone yells, "Shark!" and people jump right in.
Very beautiful beach
Wow what's that about 20 inchs of water! 😱😱
I love these Destin vids: pale green paradise...
Awww it's just a baby!!! I guess to tourists that watch a lot of Duck Dynasty that shark looked like Jaws lmao.
Where's MOM ? ! :)
Jay Townsend What's that supposed to mean ?
Daniel P Hanover Sharks are on their own immediately after birth. Momma done flew the coup.
+redsunn21 That isn't a baby.
Bk Jeong ummm yea it is...guess where i live and play? speaking from facts and personal experience of 27 years...shhhhh
If a shark is out numbered and the people there stay in groups then there is no chance of an attack so. No real danger.
Just cuz there are crowds there doesn't mean that it won't attack someone🤦
Bull . Sharks have targeted other swimmers that are further away.
I would have broke my neck getting out of there
his territory, his rules, just a little reminder that he's there, be respectful init 💅🏿
Aye Rick Hold My Beer
And there are people in the water because??????
These fools have no idea how dangerous a hammerhead shark can be.
They anthropomorhize a predator animal, because humans are domesticated and wear muzzles.
They are the same idiots swimming near a pier where people are fishing
How do you eradicate these pests from the beaches?
The humans?
I'm going there for vacation
The shark is only interested, he's being nosey.
Until it bites
The best way to survive a shark attack is not to scream splash or swim but to remain still and calm because sharks feed off vibration for sounds to catch their food
Going here in june but im scared to get attacked by a shark
Sweet!
Thats amazing.
i was there soooo cool!
I am going to destin beach nest month
Gracie Gialde I hope you were on the beach, lol.
Anna Cornykova we touched sharks at the beach
Dakota Smith
You're more woman than I am, for sure. I love sharks, but am terrified of them. Makes no sense, I know. lol
Do any of you realize what a shark can do to you? I fish for them a lot and I make sure to respect them if you will because I understand what they can do. Even a shark that size can rip you up pretty bad
hammer head sharks are not known to be aggressive to people, they are known to eat ray's which are prevalent in the shallows .that hammer head has electrical receptors in its hammer shaped head and uses those to help find the buried rays in the sand. Now a bull shark that is a different story .
They might mistake a moving foot for a ray. Just saying
He is a nice shark he just wanted to visit and show off
Omg that's the beach I was I. This summer lucky we only saw a baby shark that was being harmless
All I gotta say is be careful there was a girl attacked there a while back. We own a condo in Miramar beach and it is so gorgeous but you do have to watch out for sharks.
I have friends that have a condo in Sandestin and I've been to visit a couple of times. Such gorgeous beaches and clear water - but yep, always a few shark sightings!
I would rather be able to see what's there than be swimming in murky water. The water here is the best.
Buffet anyone?
I have went on vacation here
It was curious
I go to destin Florida
Hammer heads will attack if they feel like it.
So people yaw best be getting out 😂😂
You know an easy way to know if sharks are near? Taste the water. If it’s salty, WATCH OUT!
Cool!
it was more interested in the boats than the people standing there,BUT when it started heading towards them haha did you see them all back the hell up really quick haha
And those must be locals because they knew not to move or to interfere with it
Люди, вы смелые😮👍
AFINAL QUEM SÃO OS MARTELOS(HAMMERS) ??THAT PEOPLE HAVE NO BRAIN???WHO ARE MUPPETS?
THe shark actually in search for sting ray!
Until he mistakes your foot and leg for one
10 feet long? I'm not trying to be real picky, but I watched this a couple times and I think that is very generous. I would put it at about 7 feet.
Ah, only 7 feet.
Must’ve been a man saying it was 10 feet and not 7
Lucky, wish I was there
Imagine if the water was not clear 😱😱
Perfect shark for construction
im not arguing with anyone who says the people standing in the water are stupid but at beaches in florida (at least ones ive been to) sharks are common and hammerheads USUALLY arent interested in people.
Usually
Awww.
Friendly Shark 🌞 🐋💕
why must people crowd this beautiful animal??? leave it alone. it's a juvenile. no signs of aggression at all. it's not a freak show: it's a marvel of nature.
Up here in Northern Canada we see tourists get too close to grizzlies. shake my head.. we have a few deaths a year but never deters ppl..
Grizzly bears and sharks are different animals with different psychology. Sharks are much friendlier.
Ooooh shark lets go pet it!
Tourists…
I am Floridas toughiest swimmer I have had encounters with sharks
Believe it or not, I have no problem with a shark - even a hammerhead - being that close, provided he minds his own business and doesn't act like a jerk.
poor things freaking out with all those people around it. doesn't know where to swim to get away
It knows where to swim to get away. It stayed around there because it didn't feel threatened
Looks like my Sanitizer vacuum head...
Hammerheads are docile so no real danger. Grew up right there and the sharks were always out there , just the bulls that are mean
Rn I’m in Destin 😬
thought it would attack XD
Come on come on Shay Breed will teach you how to whisper to all sea creatures! Step right up! Step right up!
I'd be splashing and screaming if I was in there!
He's just a baby..:)
It's just a baby...!!
SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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😲
Yes, sharks do eat humans, although we are not normally their food of choice. The exception to that would be, in my opinion, the bull shark. It will eat anything, anytime, anywhere. A sharks most common depth of water to attack swimmers in is roughly 3 feet. And as far as the water clarity, I would think that the clearer the water, the easier for the shark to spot any potential prey ... including swimmers.
Most sharks will bite a swimmer once or twice --- these are "investigative" bites, and then most often they will swim away (again, except for the bull shark). But those bites for investigative purposes can cost you a limb, easily, and can cost you your life if you bleed out before you can get help. It's VERY important that someone knows enough first aid that they know how to stop heavy bleeding.
So armeliagomez, Not meaning to burst your safety bubble, but you are incorrect on this summary of shark behavior. And they have been coming closer to shore as well as in larger numbers over the past few years. It warrants keeping an eye on.
Remember the standard safety tips regarding swimming in the ocean and sharks ..... don't swim at dawn or dusk, or night (feeding times). Don't swim if someone is fishing from the surf. A shark can smell a drop of blood a mile away. Don't use any flotation device that would make you resemble a seal from below. Don't wear high-contrast swimwear, i.e. dark tan and white bathing suit. And SHOULD the terror happen, remember that sharks have two very weak spots --- their eyes and their brains, which happen to sit at the end of their nose. Hit them in the head on top of the snout, and gouge their eyes with your fingers. Fight!!! Often? They will go find something else that doesn't put up such a fight.!
Sharks don't like to eat people, we kill more of them than they do us
We kill about 3.1 sharks per second
+Mary Ann Christian If the water is clear, it's actually safer. Considering shark eyes are adapted to dark conditions murkiness isn't going to stop them seeing you, and you can't see the shark.
I agree with you, Bk Jeong. I just don't want people to think that clear water = safety.
+Mary Ann Christian Shiny jewelry definitely attracts sharks and a lot of fish.
that shark has to be hungry cause that shark can smell them
I lived right there in Miramar. I didn't see it but heard about it. Tourist what were you thijnki my 🙃
ayyy
They should have helped that shark get into deeper water
+blaze dragonrider i bet u wont go swimming with him
Stay Savage Calm down stacy savage.
I'm sure it found it's own way back. They've been on this Earth a lot longer than humans.
GAStayPosi bro....chill
J Griff how exactly they would do that???
That shark was for sure NOT 10ft long.......didnt even look close. And just fyi hammerhead sharks are not very agressive. Actually there are only 17 recorded attacks from hammerheads and no fatal attacks recored. This information was found on the Florida Museum of Natural history and the it is from 1580 to present time. Sharks are not an animal we need to fear. We must respect them when we enter there domain but at the same time we must know that sharks are not out to hunt humans. Everytime I have seen a shark while surfing it has swam away from me becuase it was scared. Sharks are very misunderstood animals. When attacks happen they are usually in murky waters where the sharks cannot see very well.
I have bigger fish than that in my koi pond real scary
GUESS NO ONE HERE HAS EVER SEEN THE MOVIE "JAWS":)
Omfg so scary
I would not be intimidated by a Hammerhead They are pretty much peaceful to people,
Pretty much. Lemon sharks do not usually attack humans , but they hsve
hammerhead sharks don't attack humans I would've tried to mess with it too
They did the correct thing. Face the shark and stand still. The ignorant people are the ones saying they should swim out immediately. Splashing and putting your back to it is the last thing you should do.
Hammerhead sharks don’t hurt u!!idk why everyone in the comments are freaking out😂
I don't know how anyone can say that a particular shark won't hurt you. Yeah maybe their species don't normally attack but that doesn't mean that they never would 🤦
@@christinaf713 Exactly! That commenter probably would be the first screaming like a girl and out of the water.
@@margiekinlaw4260 IKR🤣
hammerhead sharks won't hurt you
+Kaydie Cope They make the top ten list. A juvenile is less aggressive, and there are different kinds of hammers. The "Great Hammerhead Shark" can reach 20 feet, and is highly aggressive.
+Robert Komarek No it isn't. People who make up those lists typically don't know squat about sharks.
R rieps
Like Marine Biologists?
Это ваи не акионариум, это в живую вау!😮👍🦈
how cool to see her so close! 8D