Great White Sharks Display Unexplained Behaviors: What are they doing?
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- This is a reupload of a video I released the day prior to the newborn shark video. Consequently, it was drowned out by the coverage and didn't receive a normal amount of views.
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In this video, we take a look at various clips of great white sharks engaging in often unseen behaviors, some of which can't be explained.
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The Great White is my nightmare fuel. Hard stop. I've been down in shark cages seeing them glide by, just feet away, appearing and disappearing into the deep blue in complete silence. Some looked to me like minivans with fins. I've been fascinated with the GW since childhood. Mainly based on fear. However, this channel fills me with such peace??? My blood pressure goes down with every video. You've done a remarkable job showing the world how much we still have to learn about creatures older than dinosaurs. It also blows me away that in Southern California, the local people have a very peaceful relationship with this apex predator. It's really unlike any other place that these sharks inhabit on earth. Further proving the point you always make, the more we learn about the great white, the less we actually really know about them. Kudos to TheMalibuArtist!!! 👏
Spiders... Now THEY are Nightmare Fuel.
I would rather be in a cage next to Whites than next to a box of spiders...
You are filled with peace because you cannot be attacked at your computer by a shark video. No matter how soothing or educating these videos may be, when you are in the water with a shark of any considerable size your adrenalin will kick in and if they appear suddenly or turn in your direction that will increase. I've been an ocean visitor as swimmer, diver, and surfer for 70 plus years and can tell you, I've never met anyone who is at peace in the water. We may forget our fears momentarily but standing or floating in the ocean for any period of time is likely to raise your hackles and that is nature telling you something. Bravado loves company, too. See throngs of bathers in the surf or enjoying a calm bay or cove and the sense of terror is not there. Put them alone in the water and learn how quickly their sense of security changes.
@@akamogg8747 "Put them alone in the water and learn how quickly their sense of security changes."
I go snorkelling in deep water alone for hours/days every year... i feel very at ease in and on the ocean.
But then and again.. i was born on a small island...
Beautiful comment, thanks for sharing.
I grew up in the South Bay in the 80s,now I watch you from N.C.,,thanks for all your killer vids.
The scientific impact of the recorded material from this man is so invaluable, amazing stuff indeed. That white eye rolling thing is so interesting, maybe something irritant on the water or maybe exposing that area to sea water for cleaning or getting rid of parasites, the more you record the more we find out we just started learning how this magnificent creatures have survied for millions of years.
Carlos, I do so applaud your continued efforts with this incredible work you are doing. The observations and films have to be a huge benefit to researchers everywhere that are studying Great Whites.
I am also pretty sure your channel is or should be required viewing in any classes at Oceanography Schools. Fantastic as always.
These videos are entertaining and provide good food for thought but as an instructional vehicle, not so much. I don't mean to disparage TMA and I judge by his commentary he is not holding himself out as a biologist or behavioralist. The educational value of these episodes is in honing observational skills, learning contexts and environments and building a larger body of knowledge of shark behavior. These videos stand on their own and don't need elevation.
eating kelp, rolling eyes, shaking maybe be all part of selfcare?
I have appreciated watching ocean life vicariously through your videos. Thank you.
Love how you contribute to the scientific community with all this data
Just amazing footage, thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Awesome footage as usual 👍🏼
Seeing the shark batting that object with its dorsal fin in play blew me away. Your videos continually amaze and educate me- Thank you ❢
Your videos are better than any other "sea life" videos out there. I really enjoy watching them, i have always had a fascination with sharks since I was little, I'm now 59. Please keep up the amazing work you do.
Great video ... !!!
Sometimes I think theyre trying to scare potential prey out of the kelp that might be hiding in it, or maybe checking to make sure there arent jellyfish in the kelp. Its an admittedly flimsy theory.
I've wondered if maybe the feeling and then biting of the kelp was a way to get trace minerals into their diet and they're getting a feel to tell if it is actually kelp or not when they hit it with their fin.
I was wondering if they just enjoy popping the gas filled bulbs on the kelp strands. Wouldn't surprise me.
First! Some animals (omnivores) eat grass when they digestive problems. Maybe this also applies to sharks? Did you film a shark yawning? ;-) Carlos, thank you so much for your content.
That's what I was thinking too.
Could the eye rolling be used to discourage or discharge parasites in the ocular region?
Carlos, you are my favourite utuber. Every time I see one of your videos I learn something more. Superb work my friend, love your work.
wow !! super interesting video, and analysis !! 10 points
“What are they doing?”
They’re just vibing bro
Humans, who have the luxury of thoughtless, idle moments 'vibe'. Animals in the wild keep their heads on a swivel or lose them.
Thank you, Carlos, for giving us a chance to learn whilst admiring these great beauties
Could the sharks be self medicating on the kelp?
Dogs, who are carnivorous animals, also eat plants and herbs from time to time. It has an effect on their digestive tract.
I saw video of a GWS from the dorsal fin. Watched parasites moving from under the shark to behind and above their eyes. They are small and move way quicker than you’d expect. They move on top of the shark when the shark rubs its belly on a sandy bottom, trying to scrape off the parasites. The kelp might help scrape away and parasites on its dorsal fin. Maybe???
Shark luffa.
Very fascinating behaviors. I love content like this. Learning the ways animals communicate and how they think or process information could teach us secrets about nature we never imagined.
We are animals, too and if you learn first to recognize what is animal in you and not the result of our intellect and learned abstract behaviors these behaviors in animals are easier to understand.
Love your content! When they check out the kelp with their fin, could they be checking to see if its a jellyfish and if it doesn't sting, they go back and bite it?
Beautiful videos! I wonder if sharks dream and what it would look like... 💙🦈🦈🦈💙
Great video, thank you!
The shark with its eyes closed is just playing the game of “how far can I swim with my eyes closed before I freak out and open them because I think I’m going to hit something?” I do this every once and a while during runs on the beach at low tide.
Maybe sharks make stretches and interact with different things to "clean" or "maintain" themselves in weird areas like parts of their teeth, jaw, eyes, fins and other areas that may fatigue, itch, or be irritated that may be the only way they can interact with things to address those minor or moderate annoyances. but also perhaps the light rest of the eyes closing with no other interactions is a likely case or was a super smart shark that somehow spotted something in your drone?
I think maybe his right contact lense is irritating his eye.
Makes as much sense as some of the anthropomorphic comments here.
Amazing video. At the end when you said "observing without interfering," I wondered if the shark can hear or sense in any other way the drone. I'd be surprised if could hear it but I know sharks have some incredible senses.
What's your educated guess on the subject?
Thanks for sharing this fantastic video.
It is well documented that sharks can discern sound on the surface including sound that is borne on the air as vibrations that transmit to the water. You may have learned of sharks, especially in the South Pacific becomming conditioned to the sound of explosions on warships as a signal of food in the water in WW ll.
@@akamogg8747 I don't doubt sharks can hear sounds from above the water but I'm wondering if the drone used in these videos make enough noise for the sharks to hear.
Is the "observing without interfering" statement completely correct?
I'd like to know what the creator of the video thinks about this topic.
@@ddegn Sharks can hear low frequency sounds from .6 miles away so it would be plausible that they would hear a drone.
When a shark attacks or bite something, they roll their eyes to protect their eyes.
Watching from Santa Cruz, CA🦈🦈🦈
We have seen humpback whales over the last 3 weeks
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I saw my first juvenile WS this year, from the shore.
I think we could describe some movements and reactions as "Random". Sometimes animals (including and most prominently humans) do random stuff without a thought. The nervous system might have gotten a little jolt so you twitch a muscle for example. I think the last movement could be seen as such. The eye is programmed to roll back and maybe a certain movement has just activated that reaction.
Logically, there are no accidents. Your assessment of 'random' is unfounded. Because we do not understand, especially in human terms, animal behavior does not mean that such behavior does not have purpose. Humans DO NOT in the greatest context do 'random' stuff. 'Random stuff' is the two sides of unreasoned analysis and unvarnished alibi. You might think more about your last two sentences to understand this. Think of them as though someone else wrote them.
Could the rolling back eyes be something akin to stretching the eye muscles?
Regarding the gill flaring. I got the same idea as last time : does it maybe produce a sound ? Can you hang a mic from your drone and have it stay in the water ?
Shark is sleeping peacefully.
When its swimming with its eyes closed maybe its smelling something? Searching for a scent?
Eyes rolling = introspection ?
Great white videos. Fascinating & fantastic!!!
Carlos is the best thing to ever happen for Great White Sharks, all this Shark Week nonsense that we see on the TV, that has been going on for decades, pales in comparison to his content and the amount of money they waste to repeat the same TV shows each year, is ridiculous and has a negative effect on Sharks, anyone who wants to learn about these amazing Sharks, just watch his videos and nothing else, you will learn something new with each video, I absolutely love your content and you should be the face of Shark Week, so you can educate people properly about Sharks and help them from being so misunderstood.
Thanks man!
what are they doing? not sure. I wonder if they're doing some sort of self cleaning. maybe something got in the eye? or thier noise and the eyes are involuntarily reacting? We saw a video of white sharks sleeping. they basically seem to go into deep water and just angle themselves down and drift into the deep, wake up, come up, and rinse repeat, this one seems to still be swimming, unless they have multiple different sleep modes? one where they can nap?
Wonderful spot with the shark rolling it's eyes back. I suppose perhaps look to see if other sharks do something similar? Any other large fish, like tuna? Do any mammals like dolphins ever swim with their eyes closed? Little boy me thought maybe since they're always swimming with their eyes open, they simply need a little rest. :)
Kelp is rich in minerals and other nutrition. I'm sure the shark knows it.
Another great video. Can I ask where the music is from? I listen to a lot of ambience while working and this is fantastic.
check out Azure, i'm pretty sure one of their songs was in here though i can't remember its name off the top of my head, all of their songs have similar vibes though you'd probably enjoy them
@@bri-pq2rp thank you!
My guess would be jelly fish investigating the kelp and to actually eat it on purpose knowing its not a jelly fish or type of
I dont know why Sharks make me emotional but they do every time. 😊
Maybe in a past life you were a seal.
Could they be wiping their eye like we do when we blink or rub our eyes?
I wonder if the sharks brush up against stuff to sense it with that nerve that runs along the side of fish 🤷♂️
Have you thought about trying your drone technique at Cape Cod? I wonder if the waters of the Atlantic would be as visually appealing as the waters in Malibu.
I've been on Cape Cod for the last week.
Sharktivity is lighting
Are you sure it's not a parasympathetic autonomic response to clear the gills and enhance oxygen absorption? That could be related to rest and digest?
Supercalifradulisticexpialidocious is my guess.
I’ve always had a very good sense of smell and I’ll close my eyes and lift my head back and forth to determine direction of smell I’m focused on. You should see me pick out colognes it freaks ppl out but I find the one I like.
Just like my dog eating grass, sharks eating their gre3ns🦈🦈🦈
Another great, informative video, thank you! Have you thought about writing up your observations and theories for a publication? PhD material for sure.
Yeah, I appreciate TMA's amateur essays on sharks but as he himself often points out, his experience and training is limited. I'll say, too that TMA strays too far into humanizing sharks.
IMO, it is far more accurate to say that animals, sharks included are the same as humans to the extent that they survive by their unique abilities expressed in behaviors. Most of the sharks in TMA's video appear to be juvenile fish eaters or borderline marine mammal consumers. In the contexts TMA records the sharks are in fish eating mode as exibited by their feeding on rays and fish in the environments they occupy at the moment.
Not having resident or large mammal populations present where TMA records sharks will not be focused on finding mammalian prey and this would explain why they are more inclined to demonstrate curiousity than honing in on people in the water. Distraction caused by too wide a range of prey makes finding a meal more difficult and sharks in TMA's videos are bent on eating which requires catching. Division of attention from hunting fish on a sandy bottom or in the surfline between unfamiliar potential prey on the surface may get put aside to pick one meal and go after it.
The more I know great white sharks, the more fascinating they look to me.
EAT your GREENS!! Nutrients. Touching the kelp may actually be how they absorb nutrients also. Whales eat shark’s liver for a reason also.
Thank u brother 🙏 for all u do for sharks 🦈 and people i truly love wildlife and what u do is invaluable thank u for all your HARD WORK brother Brooklyn is with you
I don't doubt that people truly love wildlife but those who don't understand that wildlife are dirty, vicious, aggressive and dangerous don't really know what they love.
Could it be that the white eye movement is simply the Shark clearing it's eyes of a foreign object, just as we do when we rub them.
The kelp tastes like sushi?
Do sharks sneeze?
I think they are day sleeping
My cat eats kelp (grass) for purging his stomach. Maybe the same?
salad with their meat?!?
Hi, could the Gill Shaking be done to remove the surface Covering of the Gills, as they become " Old " and worn ? Similar to Snakes, who can slough the surface from thier sensitive Forked Tongues ....
Wild cats know to eat certain herbs in the wild. Sharks might know about vitamin or fiber benefits of kelp.
On another note, those sharks might not like your drones following them😂
Impressive 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
Many thanks!
I grew up in Huntington Beach. My home break was Bolsa Chica State Beach, I always knew there were sharks but never had an encounter. Could the sharks be eating kelp to fill the same biological dependency for iodine that humans have. Just a thought, btw love the work you do
Maybe the dorsal fin detects certain minerals. Then if its something they are lacking, they eat it.
That makes no sense whatsoever.
When the drone is lowered closer to the sharks do they react to the drone?
Sometimes the body tells yu what yu need. Maybe they need nutrients in the kelp ?
Practicing attacks like we practice at gun range.
Just doing shark stuff,, 👍😎👍
Could it be thier bodies know they need some mineral or vitamin the kelp has? Just a thought
maybe by eating the seaweed they are just getting there vegetables as part of a balanced diet
Canada❤
~ Skora The Gentle Shark is playing target practice with Kelp.
Saying that the sharks roll their eyes back is inaccurate. Can you explain to the viewers what the actually are doing? What is that white we are seeing? Anybody??? Anybody??? Thanks for the video, it was awesome to see a Great White shark swat with its dorsal fin.
The white is the sclera, the white of the eye. The shark is rotating his eyes backwards so that the pupil is completely in the eye socket. I feel that the explanation in the video is accurate.
The iris of a sharks eye occupies the entire ocular space and when the eyeball is rotated by the ocular muscles a cartilage moves into the ocular opening and protects the eye. This is a reflex to protect the eye. Interestingly, the musculature of the shark eye rotates the eyeball up and down predominantly as the location of the eyes does not benefit from fore an aft rotation.
@@akamogg8747 This move is called an ocular rotation where the shark rolls their eyes completely back and an extremely tough piece of cartilage is exposed which shields the eyes. This is to protect the shark's precious eyes from its prey inflicting injury during an attack. That is not the white of the eye you are seeing.
@@4phishn Thank you for the correction. Obviously I was misinformed. Good to learn another fact about sharks.
Sleeping. Kelp has good minerals
Gotta eat your greens boyo
maybe stretching?
It's an Argentine or Uruguayan shark!! and it's going to take a nap lol lol❤
Es un tiburon Argentino o Uruguayo !!y va a tomar una ciesta jaja
When they flare their gills it’s because they are taking big gulp of air to hold breath before diving.
Does the shark sense the drone? hence the eye roll in the last clip. I can understand why creatures like these are studied. Just fascinating trying to figure out why they do what they do. Then I think to myself, there is probably no deep reason, the animal just likes doing what it's doing. lol
Is this guy new to Sharks?? Everyone that has a little knowledge of sharks KNOW that when a shark is about to bit or attack, they protect their eyes with that white membrane to protect their eyes.
I suggest you listen to the video before commenting. I appreciate the comment but if you didn't listen to the video your comment makes no sense.
8:39 I think he could
Eh. Sometimes you eat the garnish on the plate. 🥬
A drunk diner was trying to impress a waitress and when she came to his table he looked her in the eye, picked up the parsley on his plate and ravenously wolfed it down.
The waitress looked on, unimpressed to which the diner remarked, 'Ummmm, parsley! Tastes like pussy to me!'
The waitress reached over to another diner's plate and scooped up the parsley on it and dumped it on the diners plate, 'Here you go ... that's as close as you're gonna' from me.'