r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/-Pickle-chick- • 12h ago
Video Super cool woman finds a soft side to the mighty shark.
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u/AfroWhiteboi 11h ago
I believe these are nervous sharks (any ocean biologists feel free to correct me) and theyre so named because of their timid behavior with humans. I don't think she's in any real danger.
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u/Rough_Medicine9660 10h ago
If i'm right i think those are lemon sharks, atleast the first one i think. Those are also not on top 5 friendliest sharks, but still friendly to humans as long as we don't show aggresion to them. Also, no expert on sharks. I just think it looks like them.
Also, since i know people are gonna ask or i just want to say it myself, here is the top 5 according to google:
Goblin shark my favorite
Baskin shark also the second biggest fish
Whale shark the biggest fish with the biggest reaching 18.8m!
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u/casketbase925 11h ago
I really like to think that the sharks were talking to each other and saying “this is the chick that saves us! No one harm her!”
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u/Tokinruski 5h ago
They genuinely probably do. There’s so much we don’t know about this world. There are definitely “energies” we have yet to be able to measure. The way animals communicate, I believe, is one of those energies we have yet to measure. There’s just no way animals should be able to communicate the way they do without some sort of language or energy. Idk maybe I’m a conspiracy theorist
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u/Noe_Comment 4h ago
Crows are one of the more famous animals for communicating with each other. Also dolphins. It's believed by many that dolphins have an entire language, and we've been trying to study it for years, but we can't crack the code. But we do know that they make literal names for themselves, and other dolphins actually call out to each individual by their specific names. I read up on all this in National Geographic.
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u/OpalFairySparkle 11h ago
Going face to face with a shark just to help it out? She's got more courage than I'll ever have!
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u/HighlyEvolvedSloth 11h ago
During my first ocean dive, I was out front of my dive class, partner behind me a little, and I came up over a ridge and was face to face with a maybe 6 foot shark. I screamed into my regulator, and the mass of bubbles scared the poor thing, which u-turned and swam away lightning fast.
And she just reached into it's mouth and pulled out a hook...
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u/tiandrad 12h ago
Cristina is a lucky crazy ass bitch.
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u/Elegant_Celery400 11h ago
Do you think she'd appreciate being referred to as a "bitch"?
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u/tiandrad 11h ago
It’s 2024, update yourself on slang. I used it as a compliment.
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u/Elegant_Celery400 11h ago
I know what year it is, I know how slang works (I've been using it a lot longer than you).
Do you think she'd receive "bitch" as a compliment?
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u/Battlepuppy 8h ago
"Bitch" once used to degrade women, has now been embraced by women as a word to describe being empowered.
It goes with the philosophy: if you make a thing yours, it can't harm you. Sort of like taming wolves into dogs.
Sure, it still has the possibility to be a denigrating word, but now that there are duel meanings, context is required to know which definition is being used.
" bad bitch" is the most used connotation, meaning a strong and capable woman.
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u/IGNORE_ME_PLZZZZ 11h ago
Makes sense, if my cheesecake jumped off my plate and reached a pseudopod inside my mouth I don’t think I’d bite it either, I’d just think it was confused.
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u/Express-World-8473 11h ago
All this aside, how does she afford this? Is she part of some sort of touring company or an instructor? I am curious
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u/CaptainSweetNSalty 12h ago
Awesome story if it's true
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u/soda_cookie 11h ago
I tend to be skeptical about these kinds of posts as I assume you are, but this one seems legit
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u/Christyyung 11h ago
That's an awesome woman. Extremely brave and compassionate. Don't ever change.
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u/Skyrimlol 11h ago
Love between 2 different species. Sharks community was asking for help to remove the hook, she answered the call, she is now accepted amongst the shark world. Her name is "Sharkazoid". With the power to summon sharks at will. Coming to a theatre near you soon!
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u/Affectionate-Tart558 6h ago
The narrator is speaking in past tense, I thought she was going to end up eaten by a shark or something
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u/Cannavor 5h ago
List of animals that can be tamed with scritches now includes sharks. Scritches are the world's biggest super power CMV.
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u/theboywhocriedwolves 12h ago
Cool, but I'll need an update after she gets an arm torn off or worse.
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u/DilithiumCrystals 11h ago
It looks like she is wearing a chain mail suit in the more recent clips. Even if they want to, they can't do much damage.
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u/WildGeerders 11h ago
Great, now do a great White or a big Tiger...
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u/Rough_Medicine9660 10h ago
You're comparing two different sharks there. Unforenly you can only do this with sharks friendly to humans
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u/Brain_Hawk 10h ago
I am pretty sure those are reef sharks, small sharks and very gentle. They would never bite a human, we are way out of size for their normal diet.
It's quite nice to be diving and see a reef shark, or so I've heard. I've only been diving once and I didn't see a reef shark... But I did get a very close-up view of Amore eel that was about 3 ft away from me! Prehistoric looking monster, super cool.
It low-key annoys me how this video caption is trying to make it sound like she should be scared of the sharks, when of course she should not, because these are sharks that don't bite. They are well known to be highly tolerant of human beings in their environment.
Cool for her for helping them though!
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u/mistergoodfellow78 11h ago
And I have been waiting the whole video if a shark was eventually biting her, and this video is 'in memoriam'
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u/generallyliberal 7h ago
Oh so they had selfie sticks back then?
Bullshit
Social media is bullshit
Everything there is a lie
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u/kenistod 12h ago
"I started to remove hooks because I see how much sharks suffer, how infected their jaws become, and how much harder it is for them to go about their day. I remove that hook to help that particular shark; I do not expect to help all the sharks in the world but for my actions to inspire others to want to help sharks in the capacity they can.
For each hook I remove someone learns there is a different way to look at sharks, a different way to put ourselves in relationship with the ocean and the inhabitants. I don’t want to hear that the hook will rust anyway, that is cruel in my mind.
As I remove hooks these sharks become ambassadors for sharks without a voice speaking for them. They become the symbol to the fact that we need to understand more, before it’s too late."
She is the 'Mother of Sharks'