I'm not sure what the scuba diving protocol is for when your buddy is being circled by a shark but I don't believe floating around waiting to see what happens is an option
Bunch of idiots...even though I've never scuba dived, common sense tells you strength in numbers...that muffled scream and cloud of blood...you're in THEIR WORLD, ya better know what to do...
My thoughts also! there was CLEAR warning after the first go at the first dive that the shark was hungry. But no on thinks they should do anything, No one is lookout, or has a spear to initially fend off a shark?. If this is a diving group, it seems very unorganised.
This very nearly happened to me in the same place, same type of shark (Requiem/Oceanic White Tip )in 1993. I was diving alone, searching for a diver who had not returned to our zodiac after a fairly shallow dive on the west side of Big Brother island. It was afternoon about 1500 hrs excellent visibility of 25-30 mtrs. I was approx. 75-100mtrs from the island and about the same distance from the zodiac. I was finning from the zodiac toward the shore line at a depth of about 13 mtrs, searching for the wayward diver. The last time he was seen he was filming and did not return with his dive buddy to the zodiac at the end of the dive. As I was slowly swimming along I began to feel that I being followed. I resisted the urge to turn around as I thought the idea of being followed was ridiculous. However, the feeling soon became so overwhelming that I could not resist looking behind me and I was shocked to see a 2 mtr Ocean White Tip accompanied by an entire school of pilot fish bearing down on me. When I turned to confront the shark he turned around and slowly swam into the blue. But when I turned to swim toward the shore he immediately did a u-turn and rapidly approached me again. When I turned to confront him he again turned and slowly swam away. We played this little cat and mouse game three times before I ran out of air and became too buoyant to stay submerged. He now began to slowly circle and bump me. I took off my tank and used it to try and fend him off but because I was now bobbing on the surface like a cork, I was sure that I was about to lose an arm or leg or worse. Thankfully I was able to get the attention of the zodiac pilot and I gave him the shark signal which caused him to start the engine and head my way. Also fortunately, as soon as the prop spun up the shark took off. After 2 or three minutes of searching we found the missing diver who was now being menaced by the same shark! Luckily we got the lost diver aboard the zodiac with no drama. I've been a certified diver since 1970 and have had countless encounters with sharks all over the world but never before or after have I ever had such a scary/close call as that.
I can tell you as an instructor that most of the people in the water are new to the sport. Almost everyone has horrible breathing and inefficient movements in the water. They are using their hands to move and have almost zero situational awareness. First if you are in the water with sharks no big deal. If you are in the water with a oceanic white tip or bull shark you better be ready. The shark moved in aggressive and everyone should of moved together to discourage the shark. Oceanic white tips are scavengers and normally in deep waters. It is interesting to see them in such shallow water. If you ever see one get in a group and make yourself big. They are very aggressive and one of the most dangerous sharks. I live in hawaii and dive with tigers all the time. I'm still more afraid of oceanic white tips and bull sharks because you can't predict their movements.
I have never been diving. But I still immediately wondered about the fact that these people did not come together after the shark was obviously interested. The One in the middle, didn't even look at the shark.... Maybe to a diving course also the general knowledge about sharks should be expanded a little more, if it isn´t yet so...
I’m v surprised after scrolling through the comments no one mentions the other diver who intervened during the attack. Idk if that diver was the reason the shark relented but that was really a brave act on that diver’s part. Edit: just rewatched it and I’m convinced that diver ended the attack. Respect.
I had seen this video before & only noticed it watching this time years later. Very brave indeed, I was thinking it was a spouse or an Instructor. They swam up and grabbed its shark body right off their leg 😂
The famous sea pioneer Jacques Cousteau wrote about half a dozen decades ago that the oceanic white-tip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is by far the most dangerous shark he ever encountered. Every diver should know this.
So interesting and I heard the exact same thing a few weeks ago. It surprised me since we're always hearing how it's the big 3: great white, bull and tiger. What I haven't heard is why? Is it because of the whitetips agility? Speed? Determination? I need to read up further on it's behavior because I'm fascinated by animal behavior.
@@marlenyr7121they are a deep sea shark and have less frequent encounters with people. Otherwise they would bump at least the bull and tiger from the list
@@marlenyr7121 White tips generally spend most of their time in deep, open water. So food is naturally less abundant in those areas of the ocean. They tend to take every opportunity to feed that they get. Especially if you present yourself as prey like these people did. They never came together as a group, the lady diver turned her back to the shark and swam away from it, and the guys he ultimately went after didn't attempt to defend themselves when the shark tested them by getting close.
I dove and spear-fished (without tanks) several times with sharks, including an unexpected very large great white, which totally ignored me and my friends. This one in the video had all my alarm bells ringing since the beginning! a) White tips= very aggressive shark b) hunting behaviour, showing interest even in sizeable and probably unknown creatures such as adult humans c) display of extreme self confidence d) arched back and fins downward= attack-mode. As said already in the comments; get together, don’t show your back to it, always stare at it. Sometimes pretend to swim towards it, but immediately deviate and slow down, to send a message like “I’m a predator too, but I don’t have plans to eat you.” These were advices given to me by a scuba-mechanic, working on oil platforms. He said also that you can scare them off or distract them if you take your mask off and do weird faces and sudden movements with your eyes wide open. he used to do that whilst waiting for the safety patrol.
Far out that's balls of steel right there. I won't even swim in the ocean let alone learning how to read sharks behavior for when the circle me. Fuck that!!!!
First thing I said was nope that’s a white tip and second thing was they need to get the hell out of the water or at least group together. He was hunting.
@@brianjensen7977 No. This is bizarre advice for a shark encounter. Nearly all shark encounters (99.999%) do not result in aggressive behavior. If a shark (bull, tiger, in this case white tip) displays signs of aggression (closing concentric circles around an individual which may even involve bumping, fins down, sudden and sharp movements toward an individual), then calm, controlled action should be taken. In general, this means either going up or going down (depending on location in the water column and air remaining in the tank), staying together, covering any metallic objects if possible (they shine and attract sharks, as well as interact with salt ions in the water to create electromagnetic forces which the sharks might investigate), cover any bright colors (may attract a shark), and pointing anything you might have towards the shark, like a spear or even a camera. Don’t swim away or towards the shark, don’t take off your mask so you cannot see, don’t “make strange faces” or movements as this might trigger the shark by making it think you are injured or sick. Again, this video is an extreme example of what nearly never happens.
@@brianjensen7977 Note that when I suggested “swim down” for defense, I meant this only in specific circumstances: your entire group has plenty of air, you are already very near the bottom, and the shark has not yet physically struck a diver. The reason for this is to not be attacked from underneath while swimming up. The idea then would be to block off an attack from underneath while grouping together to defend the group until the shark loses interest. In any other circumstance clearly going down is not the best option.
I’ve watched enough shark behavior documentaries to know that this was not going to end well. Hell, I’ve owned enough DOGS to know that this was not going to end well.
So true. Everybody who has had some interactions with any animal fiercer than a bunny should have noticed that the shark circled closer and closer with each attempt. What were they thinking would have happened once the shark got into biting range?
Yup. Pectoral fins pointing downwards like a meat head on steroids should have been an instant red alert. Heard nothing but rumours and legends about Oceanic Whitetips all my life until I seen this. Also fascinating how it zeroed on THAT particular diver multiple times. Did it sense more weakness/vulnerability perhaps? Heart rate? Electrical field?
@@connorcriswell7171 That person must have been internally panicking. See the way it goes towards a different diver but still goes back to the original. Very very interesting. I hope the victim made a good recovery.
I have an agreement with the sharks. I do not go in any ocean more than just to get my feet wet and the sharks do not attack me when I am walking to the mailbox. It has kept me safe for 62 years, and more specifically after I watched the movie Jaws.
That’s an oceanic white tip. They are extremely dangerous. The fact nobody seems concerned or defensive is insane. You need to know what type of shark you’re dealing with.
The best thing to do with white tips is to stay still and calm. The reason this situation happened was because the first guy got the shark excited by moving erratically. Most sharks are nervous, and excessive movement will scare them away. White tips, on the other hand, get excited like dogs chasing cars. If you stay still and make no sudden moves, the shark will pay very little attention to you.
@@abstract5249 Never EVER turn your back on a shark that is harassing you. Always turn to face them, generally it will deter their attack instinct. The person who was bit had his back to the shark.
@@abstract5249 they should have all grouped up together and faced the shark. They’re all spread out and completely nonchalant as if they’re ignoring it. They need to take on a defensive posture as one unit, especially when you’re dealing with a dangerous shark
Flotaing around far from each other and continuing to turn their back on the shark as if nothing was wrong is exactly how this attack happened. Might as well tell the shark to come bite you at that point given the degree of negligence these people had
@@ingemar4949 its less likely to bite you if it sees you as a sizable threat versus lone, weak prey. Literally the one diver all the way out swimming with his hands like an absolute newb gave off serious "wounded prey" vibes and any predator wouldve taken their chance to attack
@@ingemar4949 you have one idiot all the way near the surface, prime place for a shark attack, and then the two idiots who got bit swimming TOWARDS the shark when they shouldve been banding together and swimming towards the rest of the group. Towards the end you can even see that one diver (idiot) turn and start finning towards the shark shortly after it nips him, like bruh you should be creating distance and closing it.
@@deejay1534 😂😂agreed. Where is the chain link? Where is a circle? A bundle? These people he zero survival skills. I can understand the person getting attacked after a moment, he panicked and had no proper back up. None 😅those would not be my friends after that dive haha
@@deejay1534 These divers look like they are not professional divers but was diving for fun....not even sure if they are aware of certain diving rules to save their life....
I think it is kinda unfair to be mad at the shark for that single bite. He worked hard for it, swam in circles for a good while; assessed the situation thoroughly, I mean, really made the effort. Deserved that calf, frankly.
This shark threw up more red flags than you can point a big stick at!!! The failure to recognise any of them meant these guys should not have been diving with sharks.
You don't choose to do that. You can see by the steep dropoff that this might be close to shore or a really shallow reef. But going on a dive without any knowledge of what to do if a shark gets spotted near you is your own fault, especially in waters where there are big predatory Sharks known to be present.
I have SCUBA dived since ten years old, and I always have something in my hands capable of either spearing dinner or pushing away something that thinks I might be its dinner.
Pectoral fins facing down, circling repeatedly back to the same diver, this was just waiting to happen. Why did the other divers not group together as soon as this started?
Why did the other divers not group together? Probably because of "better him than me" or a really negligent instructor swaying off the safety protocols.
That's the saddest thing I've seen in a while. A bazillion freaking divers. One shark. Everybody watching. Their numbers were their protection, but they all decided to try to fend off the shark as individuals instead of a team. I don't get it.
Like Ondrus said: everybody under stress. And underwater you have very limited means of communication. No one can shout out to the group what to do. I wonder if they ever were briefed how to act/react in such a situation before the dive.
Much appreciation to the veteran divers in the Comments Section and their knowledge of the shark, how to ward off an attack, or worse, what to do if attacked. Respect to those who can handle the glorious depths of the Sea. That threshold is a bit above my pay grade.
Whitetips are a species to look out for. They're never just "curious", they don't show normal aggressive signals. They saunter up very relaxed and take a big bite of you.
At the risk of appearing pedantic. Can we please differentiate between Oceanic White Tip sharks Carcharhinus longimanus and White Tip Reef sharks Triaenodon obesus...the former being highly aggressive nasty bastards that will eat anything that they come across.......and the latter being fairly docile fish eating sharks that will totally leave humans alone and sleep in caves.
@@dannimorton21 White Tip Mako?...you've just invented a new shark....unless you left out a comma? Mako are mackerel sharks...fish eating sharks....of the order Lamnidae...like great whites...but their teeth are designed to ensnare slippery fish...not to take great chunks out of a mammal like Great Whites. They literally would struggle to eat a mammal. Oceanic white tip sharks are scavenging eat everything sharks similar to Tiger sharks. The Indianapolis guys were almost certainly predated upon by Tigers and Oceanic White Tips due to the equatorial location. Makos are quick sharks designed to eat other quick fish...GW and OWT are slow mammal eating sharks.
Ive been a freediver for years and I cannot believe how nobody helped. I’ve run into Bull sharks and everytime we would bunch together and get out of the water. They just stared and didn’t even ward the sucker away. Speechless
Probably because these were all tourists who were either brand new to diving or had very little limited experience. These people had no knowledge of what to do around sharks. Probably only had 1 "guide" with them too
More worried about getting the film onto UA-cam - I’ve seen people involved in road traffic accidents/collapsed in the street and you regularly see people with their phones out filming, its sickening to say the least.
@@dickdastardly5534 Yeah, I’ve 💯 seen people more interested in filming than doing anything to help in precarious situations, and it’s gross. That said, the phenomenon does extend beyond the issue of social media, and people being more caught up in the chance to “go viral”, or whatever. Diffused responsibility is a well researched, very real sociological phenomenon that has multiple causes depending on the context, but part of it is just the psychology of people being in groups and thinking that, “someone else will handle it”, or something along those lines. My point is that it’s more complex than just the fact of social media/UA-cam/going viral, however real a factor that may be in any given situation, and that the roots of these kind of issues are a little deeper. It’s a cultural phenomenon, but also a psychological and sociological phenomenon. Whatever the case, it blows.
@@nikolademitri731 yes its all those points , with the advent of media and technology its like people have insulated themselves from reality, I have nephew who used to enjoy cycling and he tried a stunt he saw on one of his video games which resulted in him coming off and hurting himself. From that point on he stopped cycling which I found bizarre and a little disturbing that his sense of reality seemed so skewed. When I was a child we was always having scrapes and learned but this seems to have changed if the millennials ☹️
I got my scuba diving license 20 years ago and the first time I ever used it was on a vacation to Cozumel. The dive leader told us some various hand signals to let everybody know if you saw a shark. But he didn’t say anything about what you do afterwards. It seems the same here. These people had no clue what to do.
I was a SCUBA instructor on The Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea & ran shark education dives for almost 5 years. This was NOT hunting behaviour, rather it was a classic territorial display. Fins down, arched back are equivalent to a wolf baring it's fangs, growling & raising it's hackles. The weird, stiff swim style is another warning sign. The charge & bump are a final warning before the bite. About all you can do is make a lot of noise & blow a stream of bubbles at them as they charge in. Sharks are not usually interested in us as food, however our size makes us a threat to them whenever we are in their territory. Like any land predator they have large territories & defend them against other preditors & percieved threats.
As a certified NAUI scuba diver, we were always told never show your back to a shark and smack it on it's nose if it gets too close to you. I always carry a small extendable nightstick in open water dives. The shark showed clear "antagonistic" (arched back to with pectoral fins pointed downward) behavior, which is a clear sign to create a safe distance or calmly exit the water ASAP.
I'm not certified NAUI, have never dived in my life but have common sense and basic human instincts and facing the shark and preparing to deflect it's snout, ie the dangerous part, would be my go to in this situation. I just think some people should wrap themselves in bubble wrap and stay inside. 😂
I was diving in Brothers Islands the same year, in June, and we saw also a lot of oceanic white tip sharks. I consider myself a newbie diver but i can see a lot of mistakes. The shark is clearly showing a lot of interest to the divers which is not a good sign. We were instructed to group up when we face similar conditions, always face the shark, and try to extend our arms and legs in order to look bigger to the shark. Also never swim to the surface when you have a nervous shark around. I didn't see any of these. I have amazing photos and memories of these encounters but luckily i have also all of my arms and legs. PS: I don't know if i would react the proper way if the shark was approaching me. Theory is one thing but reality is often very different.
Which is why you stick together. General diving/buddy protocol is to be near each other anyway so you can help should someone's air supply fail, they get spasms, gas narcosis etc. These divers were, for the most part, too far away from each other. If you encouter a shark/big predator, group together. You shouldn't be in a situation where the shark can swim in between people, unless it's multiple sufficiently big groups. These people clearly didn't track the shark properly. It swims right by the person that ends up attacked and that person hardly registers it or just doesn't care. Perhaps they thought it was small enough that it wouldn't attack a grown person, but as you can see, that mouth is basically a buzzsaw and can do incredible damage. As for theory vs. practice: when I got my diving certs, one of the most important reasons given for diving in groups was that this increases the odds that there will be someone around who can keep their cool in a tight and dangerous situation, thus improving the level of decision-making during possible emergencies and thus the odds of getting out unscathed. Had this person had a competent buddy with them, they might've seen the shark and alerted this person to turn around and face the shark. Had they done that, the shark wouldn't have attacked. You can clearly see it only goes in for the bite once it has established the person is leaving their back wide open.
That's an oceanic whitetip - sleek, fast, aggressive, open water shark, with a mean temperament and a history of human attacks. As soon as they saw it, the divemaster should have told everyone to be on high alert with their weapons out like dive knives and start retreating. Instead, everyone was holding their cameras. The guy didn't even know the shark was close to his feet.
Prey run, fool. How were they acting like prey? They did the exact opposite of what prey do. If they ran and panicked, it probably would’ve been worse. Running causes a chase instinct in predators.
@@chuckd5877 the shark was showing signs of aggression at the beginning. Divers turned their back on the shark multiple times and didn’t bunch up from the earliest sign of aggression. Oceanic White Tips are always to be respected and in my opinion the most dangerous of the big 5 sharks.
@@chuckd5877 they didnt go aggresive when shark clearly was testing them, they should have imediatly grouped up and poked the shark hard whenever it got close, they should have knives, they all acted like its some dolphin playing around, jesus, when shark fkin gets close like that its not playing, very stupid divers
I dive regularly all over north and south America. I started diving in 1994 and developed a passion for it. And I can say this attack was triggered by bad education. Basic rules 1. Never leave a person alone when a predator takes a interest. 2 just as the first diver did use the sharks body to push yourself away. And keep your legs together. Just like this as soon as that leg drops the shark sees something much smaller so it has a tast.
No…. it was entirely triggered and executed by the shark. The fact that this a horde of novice divers in open water making mistakes all over the place is mitigating only.
1. Its side fins are pointing down. That means it's agitated / aggressive. Get out of the water 2. It's circeling the first diver and not letting go even after being hit by the diver's feet (info: hitting it with the camera would have been more safe and effective probably). Definitely go out of the water. Move backwards slowly, always facing the shark. Stay in one group, so the shark doesn't get the feeling like it's trapped with no escape route. It can also be more easily fought off like that. 3. NEVER loose eye contact with a shark. They are intelligent enough to know their best shot is when you're unconcentrated. Oceanic whitetips are known to get aggressive easily and are reported to attack and / or eat plane / ship accident victims. If you see one, the best bet is to GET OUT OF THE WATER🙏
That was clear to happen. Where the hell was the diving instructor? These Shark types are among the most dangerous. Especially in the red sea at the brother islands. Every diver there should be trained what to do in case of a shark contact. This is sadly what really like might happen especially in egypt. I regulary came across with unprofessional and incomptetent instructors. One I was almost killed by tge engines of their boats while swimming with dolphins. Make yourself clear what you are dealing with, when diving in shark infested red sea in egypt with useless instructors.
The shark was clearly in a heightened state. Diving with white tip sharks many times before they usually are predictably cautious. After the second approach the divers should have come together to make a bigger deterrent. The shark just looked pissed off and knew exactly what it was doing. No mistaken identity here.
I would have a knife ready to poke in it's eye ! I know first hand that a poke in their eye will end their threat ! Take a guess how much food that shark needs to eat a day !
@@mtumeumrani376 They were attacked because they ignored the body language of the shark telling them to leave its territory, and it even gave the one diver a couple of warning charges, which should have been a big enough hint to go.
French oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip as "the most dangerous of all sharks". This shark is described as the most dangerous to shipwrecked personal.
Very scary footage. a friend of mine - a lifelong diver - always tells that he was never afraid do dive with coastal-sharks (in reefs for example). but once he went openwater-diving where his group of guys suddenly became surrounded by two longimanus. obviously it was a disturbing experience. these openwatersharks showed a complete different behaviour. very aggressive, very defiant. later he was told that this is typical. these longimanus dont live in food-paradise like coastal- or reefsharks. aka: if there is something estimated as eatable, they go for it!
I can count on one hand how many times I've gone scuba diving, and it was easily 20 years ago, and I could still instantly see that every part of this was wrong... this is flabbergasting. Literally from start to finish. With what they wore, with how they were positioned, with how they reacted incorrectly to the 50 warnings they were given before just essentially offering a calf to that shark. Not to mention the TYPE OF SHARK-- seriously, what was this?? I've looked through as many comments as I have time for, but I don't see anyone offering up a reasonable answer for what this clusterfuck was and how it was allowed to happen like this. Is this just a poorly trained company with amazing liability insurance and deep pockets? Or do they low key have a deal with these sharks, becaaaaause...lol. Just blown away by this
if a shark want to bite you he gonna bite you, nothing you can do about it. and dive company has no liability for a shark attacking you. are you stupid?
Don’t oceanic white tips go for long stretches with out seeing any food where they live? And they pretty much check out anything for potential food and give it a shot?
From what I've read in the comments, they're essentially scavengers due to the fact that they're typically in open water. They're also highly aggressive
I'm not a marine biologist but the pattern of behavior is there. He already tried to take somebody's diving fin off, still getting close with suspicious intent and these guys didnt jump to protective mode.
Is it not a little hypocritical to say, I am not qualified to understand this, but here it's my uninformed opinion anyway. They weren't reckless, shark bites are incredibly rare
@@alexnope2223 Body language in animals is just common sense. But you can trust youtube for having a fair amount of dum-dums who questions what is basically a given. Say for example If an apex predator, that already tried to bite my diving fin off keeps inquisitively swimming around me, completely normal right? Or if i wander around on a graze field and find a bull staring at me with his head bobbing up and down his hooves digging into the ground and making mock charges... Hmmm... Wonder what he's up to?
@@alexnope2223 Lived in Indonesia for 8 years, dived with black tips and been given an informal lecture about shark behavioral red flags by an instructor. Heard fishermen stories of tigers dismantling tire weights off of fish cage traps and you'd think the initial bite would have told them instantly that Tires arent edible. I'm no expert but that doesnt mean they're strangers to me. Shark science itself is anything but exact science as even individual sharks of the same species have their own distinct personalities. They're unpredictable and dont adhere to any set behavioral patterns. It always gets me when people convince themselves that they know an animal enough, in this case an apex predator, to say what it can and cant do, should and shouldn't do. That we are not in the menu. Why? because we're human beings, with feelings and families to go home to? Such arrogance that would have one be led to believe in the "Mistaken for a seal" theory. Cause these apex predators with all the predatory tools and sensors perfected by millions of years of evolution are too stupid to distinguish seal from "not a seal." To date, I have yet to meet an instructor that will tell me up front that observation and caution are not needed when dealing with sharks, especially with Whites, tigers, bulls, makos and white tips.
Sharks are opportunistic and once watched them eat garbage from our ship. Not mistaking garbage for a fish. Chili Mac. Been on a few shark dives and said I would not anymore. We are conditioning sharks to associate humans as food providers or possible food. Dumb. Sharks should fear us. I Carry a power head when spear fishing and that usually takes care of sharks like this
It's interesting to me that you can hear the scream underwater over what is such a considerable distance. I know that sound travels faster underwater, but it's still just one of those weird things for your brain to witness. Also man I'm glad I'm not in the ocean.
I'm no shark expert by any stretch, but that jerky move at .47 with a subsequent more bold and inquisitive approach towards the divers triggered the alarm in my gut instinct.
You can see the guy (the shark was interested in the first go round) come up from below and actually grab a hold of the shark to get it off the victim! Talk about BRAVE AND HEROIC right there! Incredible
@@tijan8948 yeah, shark attack data shows Africans get bit on the soles of the feet and palms of the hands disproportionately, so they definitely seem to be drawn to our paler bits sparkling and flashing in the water... a good argument for not swimming nude, right?
They had so many red flags with this shark. It was sizing them each up,one by one. Then it had several dummy run attacks, and they still dont understand the intention. Moving closer together so as to appear bigger would have been a vey wise move. Dont dive with sharks if your not clued up enough to spot when a shark is this obviously going to be a problem
Please take note of the pectoral fins. They are, almost from the beginning of the tape in an exaggerated downward angle. Many pelagic sharks use this along with an arched back as a warning. If he had not moved closer...
Whoever were the "instructors" in that dive, should definitely lose their titles! The shark clearly made a couple close attempts and all you guys did was continue to float around and do NOTHING! ...until someone lost a chunk off their leg! WTF?!!
There’s not much you can do. Happened so quick. Everyone was spread out, and it’s not like you can yell to tell them to group up. Even if they made hand gestures to group up, half of the divers weren’t even paying attention and just looking at the coral. It’s easy to say thing in hindsight, but these things happen so quickly, hence why I’m sure they all signed waivers before diving.
not an expert, but the way the shark seems to break his swim pattern by bolting away fast/frustratingly at 0:47 is a sign of unrest or potential aggression, in my eyes.
hell yeah me too and then the person that got bit swam towards the shark..... literally asking for it. I would of been nopeing the fuck out in the opposite direction but hey I guess that's why some people die from stupid shit and others die of natural causes lol
I was diving in Elphistone with Longimanus, 2018. Seams to be the place . The dive master told us to build group and never float alone, never turn the back to shark. There were advice given but finally everyone knows better. Everything it was told us not to do it seems to be done in this video.
Look at the shark’s posture particularly how the pectoral fins are outward. This is an aggressive posture in most shark species and should be a clear warning. I agree with most comments the Oceanic white tip is extremely confident and aggressive. Oceanic white tips and Bull-sharks are best respected from a very safe distance.
Their fins are always 'outward'... it's when they point 'down' they're feeling uneasy... you're right that that's what's happening in this video but I don't think 'outward' is the correct terminology
It’s just like world star. Everybody just filming. Professional diver here this is clearly a confident aggro shark by its posture, the second it came around the first guy they needed to try to gather together and exit the water. There was so much time to act
They ignored all the classic "attack mode" signs. Gliding (non swimming) motion, pectoral fins angled down, arched back, circular or "S" type of scoping behavior and attempting to come in from behind. All sharks like to attack from behind for the element of surprise so keeping them in front of you at all times is paramount. And never swim in a horizontal position with a shark within 30ft of you; this gives them a clear run at your legs (a prime area of bites). And ALWAYS dive with some kind of pointed or blunt instrument so you can poke them when they approach to let them know you are NOT prey and will offer resistance. The dive master should have immediately grouped them together once a white tip was spotted as they are a very aggressive species of mid sized shark.
Two years in the South Pacific - never dive without a 4' shark billy or a BIG camera housing. Something to put between you and a shark. I was glad for both items on separate occasions. And get out of the water if you see an Oceanic White Tip - the shark in this video. They are extremely dangerous.
@@clarkblount7788 Hmm... Glad you mentioned that. It sounds 'right,' too. I've been thinking about making one in .357, but I can see that .223 is a better idea. Just wish I could figure a way to screw a revolver on a stick. It would be nice to have more than one shot.
I am a Divemaster from the USA. A few of my Divemaster buddies from South Africa always say they would rather be in the water with 20ft great white rather than a 12ft Oceanic Whitetip
@@adamrojas7948 I was in the water in Mexico very close to the tiger shark. He was five and a half meters tall, a male, but he was merely curious. He wasn't aggressive. But still my heart was pounding....
The shark is just curious, it might also be a mistaken identity. You can tell because 1. Seals usually wear oxygen tanks in ocean 2. The water is murky 3. Sharks don’t bite marine experts
Regarding point 3, a number of marine "experts" have been bitten, and some have died after encountering sharks, yet they cling to their "mistaken identity" bs like a safety blanket.
I wish the video contained more information on the status of the diver after the bite because it looked like the leg was hanging on by a thread and dangling it an unnatural way just before the clip ended.
ex-marine told me the diver had a clean bite mark in his lower leg, down to the bone, and his calf muscle was completely gone. Once we finished our week of diving, we heard that a German doctor was flown out to meet the diver at the medical center, and the diver was then flown home for full treatment.
All warning signs seemed to be ignored? Whitetip lowers pectoral fins, circles diver several times and gives a curiosity bump. Shark did everything except tell these divers to go away. This was an unfortunate encounter that shouldn't have happened. The ocean is their home and humans are just visitors, when asked to leave it's best to comply. 🌴😎🌴
What are you special or something? Divers cannot surface until they decompress genius!! They were decompressing trying to leave! But no sharks don’t own the friggin ocean! We live on the surface so then you agree all Animals have to Leave when we come to an area then right! Friggin Einstein!!! No they should have stabbed the shit out of that shark in the gills is what they should have done!!!
@@terryfonz4603 are you completly stupid? These divers all deserved what happened to them! If you want to mess or dive with sharks, you should at least know how to handle theyre Signals! Sharks are the most beautiful animals to me! Save Sharks! Sorry at least for my bad english!
A lot of 'experts' on here, I was a dive guide and dived that reef a hundred times like many of my colleagues.There is no definitive way to deal with that,though there are some definite no no's. In my opinion the shark was agitated because it was surrounded,though being an OW, they're moody much of the time, The diver he went for was in the wrong position and horizontal .Some on here say get away from the reef,I say get to the reef and have your back to it. The guide could have told the divers to group up on him,but these things happen quickly .An accident,not the first or last time.but it is still pretty rare considering how many dives go on every day..The guy lost his calf muscle but was saved by the military doctor on the island.
The ow stood for oceanic whitetip which is what that is. Yes, he knew exactly what it was as you do as well. That dorsal fin is one of the most terrifying you can see
PP02. Good advice...all them divers in the water probably alarmed it, as you suggested...plus the fin position which, being another "expert", I failed to notice... It was just bad luck I suppose, that this group just so happened to come upon possibly the most aggressive species of shark, with the exception of a bull shark.
Yeah so surrounded it swam into the crowd. It swam off because it was attacked otherwise it'd have kept on. You people make me sick. bring a damn weapon or stay the hell out of the water
I made several trips to BDE (twin brothers islands included of course) and professional divers always warned us about those Longimanus sharks They are unpredictable and have a predatory behavior based on opportunity and surprise effect... They also are attracted by shiny objects so avoid wearing them. One last thing which surprised me is that those sharks usually circle above your heads during those dives... probably waiting for some food to be thrown out the diving boats, which is of course stupid That is why seeing this shark coming closer and deeper than usual at divers was clearly a red flag
Oceanic White Tip, highly aggressive shark. This shark is what survivors of the USS Indianapolis said attacked the men who were lost at sea after their ship sank. I wouldn't be in the water with one, let alone casually swimming near it. The divers should have grouped up to form a large pack then gone up together. Hope this guy is okay
I'm curious what that diving was doing/thinking when they got bit on the leg @2:08. I'm not sure if there is a reason they stayed so still when the shark swam up to his leg but I would think the natural reaction would be to avoid it, not let it latch on lol. Maybe they weren't yet aware the shark was there? Can these guys communicate while diving?
With shark attacks I wonder (besides the territorialism and curiousness and in some cases just hunger) if they pick certain people because they can sense they carry a disease or illness. I know they will become curious when people get nervous. But in this case aswell. It goes after 2 instead of the whole group. So was it because they both became nervous or does any of the 2 have an illness? 🤔
I mean, most sharks are just curious. You can tell that shark wasn’t biting to kill. Yeah, they’re still wild animals, so don’t ignore them, but they should’ve group together to seem larger.
@@psychosneighbor1509 based on the size, its juvenile, and like I said before: sharks are mostly just curious. As you can see, sharks don’t tend to have hands, so the only way they can really figure out what something is, is by biting it. Additionally, sharks show signs before biting, like bumping into said thing, or circling. A quick google could tell you all of this. Besides, sharks have a very strong bite force and can thrash around once it has its prey, so that’s another way you can tell that the shark in this video is biting out of curiosity.
@@BornAgainCynic0086 Well then you have never been in the water with these animals. Plus OWT have never been recorded with the territorial display you are talking about. Only certain reef sharks and the display is clear and obvious. All of you shark experts think just because the fins are down they want to attack. Well, the primary role of the sharks pec fins are maneuvering. When they bank, the fins drop. It is how they turn. Simple as that. Learn something before commenting. Here is a video that shows this specific behavior. Arched back, head swinging side to side, pec fins dropped. And then an attack. It is a VERY specific behavior. Unfortunately a lot of armchair shark experts think that just because the pec fins drop it wants to attack, when all it is doing is turning. ua-cam.com/video/SEY7nvVuoQI/v-deo.html
@@BornAgainCynic0086 Viewing the video again, the fins were never down, The OWT (Oceanic White Tip) is the fourth most dangerous shark as far as attacks on man are concerned. It is a very dangerous shark. The divers here (I think the red sea maybe) should have been cautioned to keep their eye on this animal. I dive with them semi regularly here in Hawaii and we always keep our eye on them and do not even get in if they seem aggressive. But there was no threat display here. It looked more like basic predation. Several years ago 3 or 4 people lost their lives to this species in the red sea because they are serious sharks. In Hawaii, we have been lucky with only one superficial bite I have heard of. I was aggressively pursued by one a few years ago and was as close as I have come to being bit by a shark. My camera shoved in its face saved me. Here is the second to last image I took of the charging shark: diverdave.smugmug.com/Sharks/Oceanic-Whitetip-Sharks/i-hNphq9K/A All in all, what I am saying is the arched back, fins down is a very specific display which, as far as I know has never been seen in an OWT (or a white, a tiger, a hammerhead a bull....but only reef sharks). The video above shows an OWT acting just like an OWT normally acts. Unfortunately, the inexperienced divers had no idea the potential of this species.
@@Luckyshot1-PSN Yup. That first jolt of quick movement from the shark is all I needed to tell that there was some adrenaline flowing, and for a reason. I don't know squat about marine life but I can take that as a cue to get away from an evolved killing machine.
That is an oceanic white tip, they are considered one of the 4 most dangerous species of shark to humans, distinguishable by the round dorsal fin with a white tip on the end. They are responsible for many attacks on humans in deep open water after a plane crash or being stranded out at sea.
The men who died on the ship Indianapolis.... watch the movie JAWS,where quint tells the tale of what happened...Never got to deliver the bomb ....That Shark was responsible for many deaths...Very aggressive and extremely persistent...and definitely not afraid of you....
I was always told to wear a sheath knife when diving. When I asked why, I was told by my dive master that it was to cut your buddy and swim hard in the opposite direction.
Wow absolutely terrifying. The shark is majestic to look at but also scary at the same time. No way in the world would I ever go sightseeing for this animal. The watery depths is theirs and they can keep it!!! Stunning video footage here.
He’s deciding which one he wants by sniffing out the weakest swimmer. He took his time watching how each of those divers moved. He even tested the one he bit to confirm his choice.
@@darthbigred22 I'm abashed to admit that when I snorkeled in the Bahamas, I stayed right up close to this one very obese lady stranger. I figured it would be her instead of me...
@@darthbigred22 uh no why would it go for a bigger more seemingly difficult meal? The original commenter was correct, you just wanted to throw in some disrespectful ass comment without even realizing it’s illogical 😂
I'm not sure what the scuba diving protocol is for when your buddy is being circled by a shark but I don't believe floating around waiting to see what happens is an option
Film on!?
Sure
Bunch of idiots...even though I've never scuba dived, common sense tells you strength in numbers...that muffled scream and cloud of blood...you're in THEIR WORLD, ya better know what to do...
Indeed. And nobody with a speargun?!!!
My thoughts also! there was CLEAR warning after the first go at the first dive that the shark was hungry. But no on thinks they should do anything, No one is lookout, or has a spear to initially fend off a shark?. If this is a diving group, it seems very unorganised.
This is why I moved to Arizona. Never had a single documented shark attack in this whole state. I love it.
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Did you previously live in the ocean?
I never knew sharks could walk 👀
@@potheadtoker11 🤣👌
But we won’t talk about the Rattlers and Scorpions.
This very nearly happened to me in the same place, same type of shark (Requiem/Oceanic White Tip )in 1993. I was diving alone, searching for a diver who had not returned to our zodiac after a fairly shallow dive on the west side of Big Brother island. It was afternoon about 1500 hrs excellent visibility of 25-30 mtrs. I was approx. 75-100mtrs from the island and about the same distance from the zodiac. I was finning from the zodiac toward the shore line at a depth of about 13 mtrs, searching for the wayward diver. The last time he was seen he was filming and did not return with his dive buddy to the zodiac at the end of the dive. As I was slowly swimming along I began to feel that I being followed. I resisted the urge to turn around as I thought the idea of being followed was ridiculous. However, the feeling soon became so overwhelming that I could not resist looking behind me and I was shocked to see a 2 mtr Ocean White Tip accompanied by an entire school of pilot fish bearing down on me. When I turned to confront the shark he turned around and slowly swam into the blue. But when I turned to swim toward the shore he immediately did a u-turn and rapidly approached me again. When I turned to confront him he again turned and slowly swam away. We played this little cat and mouse game three times before I ran out of air and became too buoyant to stay submerged. He now began to slowly circle and bump me. I took off my tank and used it to try and fend him off but because I was now bobbing on the surface like a cork, I was sure that I was about to lose an arm or leg or worse. Thankfully I was able to get the attention of the zodiac pilot and I gave him the shark signal which caused him to start the engine and head my way. Also fortunately, as soon as the prop spun up the shark took off. After 2 or three minutes of searching we found the missing diver who was now being menaced by the same shark! Luckily we got the lost diver aboard the zodiac with no drama. I've been a certified diver since 1970 and have had countless encounters with sharks all over the world but never before or after have I ever had such a scary/close call as that.
Excellent story I feel bad for the missing diver and what he have experienced I always wanted to be a diver or a marine biologist when I grew up
welp. thats some nightmare fuel 😐
Scary thx for sharing
On Brothers you're not allowed to dive alone. I've been diving instructor and worked as well for Emperor fleet in Hurgada.
😮 cool !! (To read. From the safety of my bed, but you know what I mean-! Good story). How long til you went back in the water? 😬
How irresponsible, that shark was giving ALL THE SIGNS of being agitated and aggressive and the divers just ignored it.
I feel like they they were almost trying to get the shark going. Trying to swim so close to it. Just leave them alone and admire from afar.
Not the diver, THE INSTRUCTOR /DIVEMASTER/GUIDE/OPERATOR!!!
Master Diver failure, divers dispersed all over the place.....mmmm.yummy...a school of humans!
Bunch of newbies
The shark could have left if he didn't like it. That shark is lucky they didn't kill it.
That shark has been acting fishy for 2 whole minutes and they did nothing.
fishy xD
Lmfaaaao fishy.. Good one
No stereotyping please
Yup u can tell by the way he had his fins pointing down that he was aggressive and going to attack.
Where are the shock sticks
I can tell you as an instructor that most of the people in the water are new to the sport. Almost everyone has horrible breathing and inefficient movements in the water. They are using their hands to move and have almost zero situational awareness. First if you are in the water with sharks no big deal. If you are in the water with a oceanic white tip or bull shark you better be ready. The shark moved in aggressive and everyone should of moved together to discourage the shark. Oceanic white tips are scavengers and normally in deep waters. It is interesting to see them in such shallow water. If you ever see one get in a group and make yourself big. They are very aggressive and one of the most dangerous sharks. I live in hawaii and dive with tigers all the time. I'm still more afraid of oceanic white tips and bull sharks because you can't predict their movements.
Great advice. Thanks for sharing it. I'll certainly remember what you say.
That’s a longimanus
I have never been diving. But I still immediately wondered about the fact that these people did not come together after the shark was obviously interested. The One in the middle, didn't even look at the shark.... Maybe to a diving course also the general knowledge about sharks should be expanded a little more, if it isn´t yet so...
Great advice thanks very much. Hi from Australia ☀️
these have nothing on great whites, great white has a bite your not surviving, simple as that..say your prayers cuz you are going to meet your maker
I’m v surprised after scrolling through the comments no one mentions the other diver who intervened during the attack. Idk if that diver was the reason the shark relented but that was really a brave act on that diver’s part.
Edit: just rewatched it and I’m convinced that diver ended the attack. Respect.
didnt even notice the diver. props to them for stepping in .
Yes definitely ❤
I had seen this video before & only noticed it watching this time years later. Very brave indeed, I was thinking it was a spouse or an Instructor. They swam up and grabbed its shark body right off their leg 😂
Exactly! A group will scare off a shark
The diver knew how to use shark behavior to end the attack
The famous sea pioneer Jacques Cousteau wrote about half a dozen decades ago that the oceanic white-tip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is by far the most dangerous shark he ever encountered. Every diver should know this.
So interesting and I heard the exact same thing a few weeks ago. It surprised me since we're always hearing how it's the big 3: great white, bull and tiger. What I haven't heard is why? Is it because of the whitetips agility? Speed? Determination? I need to read up further on it's behavior because I'm fascinated by animal behavior.
@@marlenyr7121they are a deep sea shark and have less frequent encounters with people. Otherwise they would bump at least the bull and tiger from the list
@@marlenyr7121 White tips generally spend most of their time in deep, open water. So food is naturally less abundant in those areas of the ocean. They tend to take every opportunity to feed that they get. Especially if you present yourself as prey like these people did. They never came together as a group, the lady diver turned her back to the shark and swam away from it, and the guys he ultimately went after didn't attempt to defend themselves when the shark tested them by getting close.
The pitbull of the sea: agressive, cocky and dumb (meaning too dumb to be scared)
@@jjrj8568 i agree , white tips are basically feral dogs/hyenas of the sea.
I dove and spear-fished (without tanks) several times with sharks, including an unexpected very large great white, which totally ignored me and my friends. This one in the video had all my alarm bells ringing since the beginning! a) White tips= very aggressive shark b) hunting behaviour, showing interest even in sizeable and probably unknown creatures such as adult humans c) display of extreme self confidence d) arched back and fins downward= attack-mode.
As said already in the comments; get together, don’t show your back to it, always stare at it. Sometimes pretend to swim towards it, but immediately deviate and slow down, to send a message like “I’m a predator too, but I don’t have plans to eat you.” These were advices given to me by a scuba-mechanic, working on oil platforms. He said also that you can scare them off or distract them if you take your mask off and do weird faces and sudden movements with your eyes wide open. he used to do that whilst waiting for the safety patrol.
Far out that's balls of steel right there. I won't even swim in the ocean let alone learning how to read sharks behavior for when the circle me. Fuck that!!!!
First thing I said was nope that’s a white tip and second thing was they need to get the hell out of the water or at least group together. He was hunting.
weird faces? are their eyes that good?
@@brianjensen7977 No. This is bizarre advice for a shark encounter. Nearly all shark encounters (99.999%) do not result in aggressive behavior. If a shark (bull, tiger, in this case white tip) displays signs of aggression (closing concentric circles around an individual which may even involve bumping, fins down, sudden and sharp movements toward an individual), then calm, controlled action should be taken. In general, this means either going up or going down (depending on location in the water column and air remaining in the tank), staying together, covering any metallic objects if possible (they shine and attract sharks, as well as interact with salt ions in the water to create electromagnetic forces which the sharks might investigate), cover any bright colors (may attract a shark), and pointing anything you might have towards the shark, like a spear or even a camera. Don’t swim away or towards the shark, don’t take off your mask so you cannot see, don’t “make strange faces” or movements as this might trigger the shark by making it think you are injured or sick. Again, this video is an extreme example of what nearly never happens.
@@brianjensen7977 Note that when I suggested “swim down” for defense, I meant this only in specific circumstances: your entire group has plenty of air, you are already very near the bottom, and the shark has not yet physically struck a diver. The reason for this is to not be attacked from underneath while swimming up. The idea then would be to block off an attack from underneath while grouping together to defend the group until the shark loses interest. In any other circumstance clearly going down is not the best option.
I’ve watched enough shark behavior documentaries to know that this was not going to end well. Hell, I’ve owned enough DOGS to know that this was not going to end well.
So true. Everybody who has had some interactions with any animal fiercer than a bunny should have noticed that the shark circled closer and closer with each attempt. What were they thinking would have happened once the shark got into biting range?
Yup. Pectoral fins pointing downwards like a meat head on steroids should have been an instant red alert. Heard nothing but rumours and legends about Oceanic Whitetips all my life until I seen this. Also fascinating how it zeroed on THAT particular diver multiple times. Did it sense more weakness/vulnerability perhaps? Heart rate? Electrical field?
@@TH33QUALIZ3R probably heart rate. I guarantee it thought they were a fish in distress especially after all the flailing
@@connorcriswell7171 That person must have been internally panicking. See the way it goes towards a different diver but still goes back to the original. Very very interesting. I hope the victim made a good recovery.
@@TH33QUALIZ3R what is a good defense at this point. Looks like you have to have an effective weapon.
I have an agreement with the sharks. I do not go in any ocean more than just to get my feet wet and the sharks do not attack me when I am walking to the mailbox. It has kept me safe for 62 years, and more specifically after I watched the movie Jaws.
more chance of dying on your way to the mail box - fact.
LMAOOOOO facts ronny FACTS, got a special pact with them mfs, I won’t disrupt you if you don’t disrupt me lol
You forgot about the sharknado.
I’m with ya Ron
these people paid to go see sharks. They love thrill seeking its their drug.
That’s an oceanic white tip. They are extremely dangerous. The fact nobody seems concerned or defensive is insane. You need to know what type of shark you’re dealing with.
Couldn't have said it better Myself.
But what could they have done at that point? If they had tried to swim away, wouldn't the shark have just chased them?
The best thing to do with white tips is to stay still and calm. The reason this situation happened was because the first guy got the shark excited by moving erratically. Most sharks are nervous, and excessive movement will scare them away. White tips, on the other hand, get excited like dogs chasing cars. If you stay still and make no sudden moves, the shark will pay very little attention to you.
@@abstract5249 Never EVER turn your back on a shark that is harassing you. Always turn to face them, generally it will deter their attack instinct. The person who was bit had his back to the shark.
@@abstract5249 they should have all grouped up together and faced the shark. They’re all spread out and completely nonchalant as if they’re ignoring it. They need to take on a defensive posture as one unit, especially when you’re dealing with a dangerous shark
The shark was swimming around like, “duck... duck.. duck... GOOSE!!”
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Um it's duck duck gray duck. Ducks don't play with geese or a single goose. !
Also there is noone ever bitten from any ocean animal no matter what state you live or visit. If ppl would stay out of their damn house.
Flotaing around far from each other and continuing to turn their back on the shark as if nothing was wrong is exactly how this attack happened. Might as well tell the shark to come bite you at that point given the degree of negligence these people had
Completely agree...it was almost like they were inviting the attack. They broke several dive rules that are unfortunately written in blood.
@@ingemar4949 its less likely to bite you if it sees you as a sizable threat versus lone, weak prey. Literally the one diver all the way out swimming with his hands like an absolute newb gave off serious "wounded prey" vibes and any predator wouldve taken their chance to attack
@@ingemar4949 you have one idiot all the way near the surface, prime place for a shark attack, and then the two idiots who got bit swimming TOWARDS the shark when they shouldve been banding together and swimming towards the rest of the group. Towards the end you can even see that one diver (idiot) turn and start finning towards the shark shortly after it nips him, like bruh you should be creating distance and closing it.
@@deejay1534 😂😂agreed. Where is the chain link? Where is a circle? A bundle? These people he zero survival skills. I can understand the person getting attacked after a moment, he panicked and had no proper back up. None 😅those would not be my friends after that dive haha
@@deejay1534 These divers look like they are not professional divers but was diving for fun....not even sure if they are aware of certain diving rules to save their life....
I think it is kinda unfair to be mad at the shark for that single bite. He worked hard for it, swam in circles for a good while; assessed the situation thoroughly, I mean, really made the effort. Deserved that calf, frankly.
Hahaha
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Anti-humanist trash
Lol
the swimmer was lucky to survive!!
This shark threw up more red flags than you can point a big stick at!!! The failure to recognise any of them meant these guys should not have been diving with sharks.
You don't choose to do that. You can see by the steep dropoff that this might be close to shore or a really shallow reef.
But going on a dive without any knowledge of what to do if a shark gets spotted near you is your own fault, especially in waters where there are big predatory Sharks known to be present.
The most chilling part of this is still being able to hear the screaming under water
typical white lady screaming probably
I am only liking this comment to agree and acknowledge what your saying. It was scary and sad to see.
I have SCUBA dived since ten years old, and I always have something in my hands capable of either spearing dinner or pushing away something that thinks I might be its dinner.
@@pamtnman1515 Good idea 💡
@@karabrodsky2852 one of my good friends is Mark Brodsky. Any relation?
Pectoral fins facing down, circling repeatedly back to the same diver, this was just waiting to happen. Why did the other divers not group together as soon as this started?
Yes, my thoughts too! 👍
yes you are right the pectoral fins were down.
Why did the other divers not group together? Probably because of "better him than me" or a really negligent instructor swaying off the safety protocols.
I noticed the posture change as well. He was actively hunting them. Why would you hang around ????
The diving instructor was the one attacked by the shark🦈🦈
That's the saddest thing I've seen in a while. A bazillion freaking divers. One shark. Everybody watching. Their numbers were their protection, but they all decided to try to fend off the shark as individuals instead of a team. I don't get it.
I do. They were all terrified. People sometimes don't act the rational way when under stress.
Yep it's like they were saying I hope it doesn't pick me, literally sacrificing their friend. All they had to do was group together.
Well if you see the Russian swimmer attack last week in Hurghada, it's a scene from jaws. Guy eaten
Like Ondrus said: everybody under stress. And underwater you have very limited means of communication. No one can shout out to the group what to do. I wonder if they ever were briefed how to act/react in such a situation before the dive.
Much appreciation to the veteran divers in the Comments Section and their knowledge of the shark, how to ward off an attack, or worse, what to do if attacked. Respect to those who can handle the glorious depths of the Sea. That threshold is a bit above my pay grade.
Stay out of the ocean. Durrrrrr.
Sounds more like keyboard warriors
Whitetips are a species to look out for. They're never just "curious", they don't show normal aggressive signals. They saunter up very relaxed and take a big bite of you.
Those are the ones are the Indianapolis navy guys.
@@mikelattimer7909 Yeah Whitetip Mako and Tiger.
At the risk of appearing pedantic. Can we please differentiate between Oceanic White Tip sharks Carcharhinus longimanus and White Tip Reef sharks Triaenodon obesus...the former being highly aggressive nasty bastards that will eat anything that they come across.......and the latter being fairly docile fish eating sharks that will totally leave humans alone and sleep in caves.
@@dannimorton21 White Tip Mako?...you've just invented a new shark....unless you left out a comma? Mako are mackerel sharks...fish eating sharks....of the order Lamnidae...like great whites...but their teeth are designed to ensnare slippery fish...not to take great chunks out of a mammal like Great Whites. They literally would struggle to eat a mammal. Oceanic white tip sharks are scavenging eat everything sharks similar to Tiger sharks. The Indianapolis guys were almost certainly predated upon by Tigers and Oceanic White Tips due to the equatorial location. Makos are quick sharks designed to eat other quick fish...GW and OWT are slow mammal eating sharks.
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I think the commenter just forgot to use commas.
Ive been a freediver for years and I cannot believe how nobody helped. I’ve run into Bull sharks and everytime we would bunch together and get out of the water. They just stared and didn’t even ward the sucker away. Speechless
Probably because these were all tourists who were either brand new to diving or had very little limited experience. These people had no knowledge of what to do around sharks. Probably only had 1 "guide" with them too
More worried about getting the film onto UA-cam - I’ve seen people involved in road traffic accidents/collapsed in the street and you regularly see people with their phones out filming, its sickening to say the least.
@@dickdastardly5534 Yeah, I’ve 💯 seen people more interested in filming than doing anything to help in precarious situations, and it’s gross. That said, the phenomenon does extend beyond the issue of social media, and people being more caught up in the chance to “go viral”, or whatever. Diffused responsibility is a well researched, very real sociological phenomenon that has multiple causes depending on the context, but part of it is just the psychology of people being in groups and thinking that, “someone else will handle it”, or something along those lines. My point is that it’s more complex than just the fact of social media/UA-cam/going viral, however real a factor that may be in any given situation, and that the roots of these kind of issues are a little deeper. It’s a cultural phenomenon, but also a psychological and sociological phenomenon. Whatever the case, it blows.
@@nikolademitri731 yes its all those points , with the advent of media and technology its like people have insulated themselves from reality, I have nephew who used to enjoy cycling and he tried a stunt he saw on one of his video games which resulted in him coming off and hurting himself. From that point on he stopped cycling which I found bizarre and a little disturbing that his sense of reality seemed so skewed. When I was a child we was always having scrapes and learned but this seems to have changed if the millennials ☹️
I mean people are slow in the water and someone did try to help.
I got my scuba diving license 20 years ago and the first time I ever used it was on a vacation to Cozumel. The dive leader told us some various hand signals to let everybody know if you saw a shark. But he didn’t say anything about what you do afterwards. It seems the same here. These people had no clue what to do.
X'Actly!
I think that is the same gesture Roman Catholics use at Mass
i mean there really isn’t anything you can do if the shark want to bite you he gonna bite you
There’s not a lot you can do.
I was a SCUBA instructor on The Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea & ran shark education dives for almost 5 years.
This was NOT hunting behaviour, rather it was a classic territorial display. Fins down, arched back are equivalent to a wolf baring it's fangs, growling & raising it's hackles. The weird, stiff swim style is another warning sign. The charge & bump are a final warning before the bite.
About all you can do is make a lot of noise & blow a stream of bubbles at them as they charge in.
Sharks are not usually interested in us as food, however our size makes us a threat to them whenever we are in their territory. Like any land predator they have large territories & defend them against other preditors & percieved threats.
As a certified NAUI scuba diver, we were always told never show your back to a shark and smack it on it's nose if it gets too close to you. I always carry a small extendable nightstick in open water dives. The shark showed clear "antagonistic" (arched back to with pectoral fins pointed downward) behavior, which is a clear sign to create a safe distance or calmly exit the water ASAP.
I'm not certified NAUI, have never dived in my life but have common sense and basic human instincts and facing the shark and preparing to deflect it's snout, ie the dangerous part, would be my go to in this situation. I just think some people should wrap themselves in bubble wrap and stay inside. 😂
My thoughts exactly.
Fun fact about sharks…once they bight you they let go…because you sh$t your paints 😂
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No it didn't. Arched back is a DEFENSIVE posture. This shark didn't do that.
I was diving in Brothers Islands the same year, in June, and we saw also a lot of oceanic white tip sharks. I consider myself a newbie diver but i can see a lot of mistakes. The shark is clearly showing a lot of interest to the divers which is not a good sign. We were instructed to group up when we face similar conditions, always face the shark, and try to extend our arms and legs in order to look bigger to the shark. Also never swim to the surface when you have a nervous shark around. I didn't see any of these. I have amazing photos and memories of these encounters but luckily i have also all of my arms and legs. PS: I don't know if i would react the proper way if the shark was approaching me. Theory is one thing but reality is often very different.
Which is why you stick together. General diving/buddy protocol is to be near each other anyway so you can help should someone's air supply fail, they get spasms, gas narcosis etc. These divers were, for the most part, too far away from each other. If you encouter a shark/big predator, group together. You shouldn't be in a situation where the shark can swim in between people, unless it's multiple sufficiently big groups. These people clearly didn't track the shark properly. It swims right by the person that ends up attacked and that person hardly registers it or just doesn't care. Perhaps they thought it was small enough that it wouldn't attack a grown person, but as you can see, that mouth is basically a buzzsaw and can do incredible damage. As for theory vs. practice: when I got my diving certs, one of the most important reasons given for diving in groups was that this increases the odds that there will be someone around who can keep their cool in a tight and dangerous situation, thus improving the level of decision-making during possible emergencies and thus the odds of getting out unscathed. Had this person had a competent buddy with them, they might've seen the shark and alerted this person to turn around and face the shark. Had they done that, the shark wouldn't have attacked. You can clearly see it only goes in for the bite once it has established the person is leaving their back wide open.
The shark didn't look nervous. He looked hungry.
Your instructor was spot on..All sitituanal as you learn!!
Very well said 🙂
As Mike Tyson said: everyone has a plan until you get punched in the face.
This video should be called “When humans voluntarily step down on the food chain”
That's an oceanic whitetip - sleek, fast, aggressive, open water shark, with a mean temperament and a history of human attacks. As soon as they saw it, the divemaster should have told everyone to be on high alert with their weapons out like dive knives and start retreating. Instead, everyone was holding their cameras. The guy didn't even know the shark was close to his feet.
An aggressive shark in the area and everyone is just floating around like idiots. Act like prey get preyed on.
It’s shocking how poorly these divers are managing the shark. Its clearly interested, a bit skinny. No one has any buoyancy control! Wtf!
Prey run, fool. How were they acting like prey? They did the exact opposite of what prey do. If they ran and panicked, it probably would’ve been worse. Running causes a chase instinct in predators.
@@chuckd5877 the shark was showing signs of aggression at the beginning. Divers turned their back on the shark multiple times and didn’t bunch up from the earliest sign of aggression. Oceanic White Tips are always to be respected and in my opinion the most dangerous of the big 5 sharks.
@@chuckd5877 they didnt go aggresive when shark clearly was testing them, they should have imediatly grouped up and poked the shark hard whenever it got close, they should have knives, they all acted like its some dolphin playing around, jesus, when shark fkin gets close like that its not playing, very stupid divers
@Bence M.S. making them look like frail prey
I dive regularly all over north and south America. I started diving in 1994 and developed a passion for it. And I can say this attack was triggered by bad education.
Basic rules 1. Never leave a person alone when a predator takes a interest. 2 just as the first diver did use the sharks body to push yourself away. And keep your legs together. Just like this as soon as that leg drops the shark sees something much smaller so it has a tast.
No…. it was entirely triggered and executed by the shark. The fact that this a horde of novice divers in open water making mistakes all over the place is mitigating only.
@@olddiver there is nothing mitigating to a fucking shark
@@248winter that person is obviously mentally challenged
1. Its side fins are pointing down. That means it's agitated / aggressive. Get out of the water
2. It's circeling the first diver and not letting go even after being hit by the diver's feet (info: hitting it with the camera would have been more safe and effective probably). Definitely go out of the water. Move backwards slowly, always facing the shark. Stay in one group, so the shark doesn't get the feeling like it's trapped with no escape route. It can also be more easily fought off like that.
3. NEVER loose eye contact with a shark. They are intelligent enough to know their best shot is when you're unconcentrated.
Oceanic whitetips are known to get aggressive easily and are reported to attack and / or eat plane / ship accident victims. If you see one, the best bet is to GET OUT OF THE WATER🙏
That was clear to happen.
Where the hell was the diving instructor?
These Shark types are among the most dangerous. Especially in the red sea at the brother islands.
Every diver there should be trained what to do in case of a shark contact.
This is sadly what really like might happen especially in egypt.
I regulary came across with unprofessional and incomptetent instructors.
One I was almost killed by tge engines of their boats while swimming with dolphins.
Make yourself clear what you are dealing with, when diving in shark infested red sea in egypt with useless instructors.
The shark was clearly in a heightened state. Diving with white tip sharks many times before they usually are predictably cautious. After the second approach the divers should have come together to make a bigger deterrent.
The shark just looked pissed off and knew exactly what it was doing. No mistaken identity here.
Yep. Staying separated and kicking around wasn’t smart. Hell if no one else was cooperating I’d sunk down to the bottom and been still.
Or just stay out of the water you goof
I would have a knife ready to poke in it's eye ! I know first hand that a poke in their eye will end their threat ! Take a guess how much food that shark needs to eat a day !
I was taught to group together closely, to 'tuck in' arms and legs, and move as little as possible. In other words, be a giant rock.
UA-cam experts are hilarious.
Glad to see a lot of people show both sympathy for the diver while also commenting on this group’s negligence and irresponsibility
@Patrick Carlos, those two divers panicked. That's why they were attacked.
@@mtumeumrani376 Idiotic statement, watch the f-ing video first.
Exactly.
@@mtumeumrani376 They were attacked because they ignored the body language of the shark telling them to leave its territory, and it even gave the one diver a couple of warning charges, which should have been a big enough hint to go.
Oh no big deal. People won’t even hold a door open for another. Do you really expect them to jump into a knife fight???? Like c’mon people.
How they didn't see that coming is beyond me... seriously, guys.
French oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip as "the most dangerous of all sharks". This shark is described as the most dangerous to shipwrecked personal.
If I were a cheeseburger, I'd probably avoid hanging out at McDonalds
Ok, I actually did LOL when I read this! 👍
As you should since you were probably made in their kitchen.
@@rezang5026 Super clever..... what chance do we have against your towering intellect?
@@yeildo1492 no chance.. lol! You missed out my point but whatever.
@@rezang5026 I totally did. My apologies... must have been a slow day
Very scary footage. a friend of mine - a lifelong diver - always tells that he was never afraid do dive with coastal-sharks (in reefs for example). but once he went openwater-diving where his group of guys suddenly became surrounded by two longimanus. obviously it was a disturbing experience. these openwatersharks showed a complete different behaviour. very aggressive, very defiant. later he was told that this is typical. these longimanus dont live in food-paradise like coastal- or reefsharks. aka: if there is something estimated as eatable, they go for it!
Exactly!
This^
The Oceanic Whitetip is one ☝🏼
a coastal dive is an open water dive
Spot on!
I can count on one hand how many times I've gone scuba diving, and it was easily 20 years ago, and I could still instantly see that every part of this was wrong... this is flabbergasting.
Literally from start to finish. With what they wore, with how they were positioned, with how they reacted incorrectly to the 50 warnings they were given before just essentially offering a calf to that shark. Not to mention the TYPE OF SHARK-- seriously, what was this??
I've looked through as many comments as I have time for, but I don't see anyone offering up a reasonable answer for what this clusterfuck was and how it was allowed to happen like this.
Is this just a poorly trained company with amazing liability insurance and deep pockets? Or do they low key have a deal with these sharks, becaaaaause...lol.
Just blown away by this
Looks like they were instructed "Just play dead and they won't attack"🤣
if a shark want to bite you he gonna bite you, nothing you can do about it. and dive company has no liability for a shark attacking you. are you stupid?
Don’t oceanic white tips go for long stretches with out seeing any food where they live? And they pretty much check out anything for potential food and give it a shot?
From what I've read in the comments, they're essentially scavengers due to the fact that they're typically in open water. They're also highly aggressive
Pretty much. They have the temperament of bull sharks almost but are much less successful hunters (primarily due to what you said)
I'm not a marine biologist but the pattern of behavior is there. He already tried to take somebody's diving fin off, still getting close with suspicious intent and these guys didnt jump to protective mode.
Is it not a little hypocritical to say, I am not qualified to understand this, but here it's my uninformed opinion anyway. They weren't reckless, shark bites are incredibly rare
@@alexnope2223 Body language in animals is just common sense. But you can trust youtube for having a fair amount of dum-dums who questions what is basically a given. Say for example If an apex predator, that already tried to bite my diving fin off keeps inquisitively swimming around me, completely normal right? Or if i wander around on a graze field and find a bull staring at me with his head bobbing up and down his hooves digging into the ground and making mock charges... Hmmm... Wonder what he's up to?
@@alexnope2223 Lived in Indonesia for 8 years, dived with black tips and been given an informal lecture about shark behavioral red flags by an instructor. Heard fishermen stories of tigers dismantling tire weights off of fish cage traps and you'd think the initial bite would have told them instantly that Tires arent edible. I'm no expert but that doesnt mean they're strangers to me. Shark science itself is anything but exact science as even individual sharks of the same species have their own distinct personalities. They're unpredictable and dont adhere to any set behavioral patterns. It always gets me when people convince themselves that they know an animal enough, in this case an apex predator, to say what it can and cant do, should and shouldn't do. That we are not in the menu. Why? because we're human beings, with feelings and families to go home to? Such arrogance that would have one be led to believe in the "Mistaken for a seal" theory. Cause these apex predators with all the predatory tools and sensors perfected by millions of years of evolution are too stupid to distinguish seal from "not a seal." To date, I have yet to meet an instructor that will tell me up front that observation and caution are not needed when dealing with sharks, especially with Whites, tigers, bulls, makos and white tips.
Sharks are opportunistic and once watched them eat garbage from our ship. Not mistaking garbage for a fish. Chili Mac.
Been on a few shark dives and said I would not anymore. We are conditioning sharks to associate humans as food providers or possible food. Dumb. Sharks should fear us. I Carry a power head when spear fishing and that usually takes care of sharks like this
@@alexnope2223 they weren't reckless no. Just stupid
All I could think was "The sound of his screams carried well under water"!
I am pretty sure the screams you heard were those of the woman nearby the camera.
@@m0rgentraum - Not a chance. Those were of the person being attack. You forget, sound actually travels very well in water.
You can hear his leg snap also…
It's interesting to me that you can hear the scream underwater over what is such a considerable distance. I know that sound travels faster underwater, but it's still just one of those weird things for your brain to witness. Also man I'm glad I'm not in the ocean.
I'm no shark expert by any stretch, but that jerky move at .47 with a subsequent more bold and inquisitive approach towards the divers triggered the alarm in my gut instinct.
I’m not a diver so I can’t comment on what they should have done but the diver who swam up and grabbed the shark and pushed it away is a REAL ONE. 😱
That's Johnny briganza, he's a tough dude
@@jamesjameson4566 😂
shark turning and coming at you is like a state trooper coming out of his spot on the highway with his lights on. Never a good sign.
Diver: it's 10 Vs 1 don't do it
Shark: I like my chances (bite)
This reminds me of people on the sidewalk filming with their dumbphones someone beating the shit out of another person while they do nothing.
You can see the guy (the shark was interested in the first go round) come up from below and actually grab a hold of the shark to get it off the victim! Talk about BRAVE AND HEROIC right there! Incredible
He was the only one with legs exposed, I wonder if the scent of his skin caused him to be more attractive
@@tijan8948 probably more so the bright contrasting colour of his pale, UV reflective skin.
@@nonanon666 I wasn’t gonna say it 😂
@@tijan8948 yeah, shark attack data shows Africans get bit on the soles of the feet and palms of the hands disproportionately, so they definitely seem to be drawn to our paler bits sparkling and flashing in the water... a good argument for not swimming nude, right?
They had so many red flags with this shark. It was sizing them each up,one by one. Then it had several dummy run attacks, and they still dont understand the intention. Moving closer together so as to appear bigger would have been a vey wise move. Dont dive with sharks if your not clued up enough to spot when a shark is this obviously going to be a problem
Please take note of the pectoral fins. They are, almost from the beginning of the tape in an exaggerated downward angle. Many pelagic sharks use this along with an arched back as a warning.
If he had not moved closer...
Dude rolled up like he walking into a shark BBQ
Whoever were the "instructors" in that dive, should definitely lose their titles! The shark clearly made a couple close attempts and all you guys did was continue to float around and do NOTHING! ...until someone lost a chunk off their leg! WTF?!!
Did they lose a leg?
There’s not much you can do. Happened so quick. Everyone was spread out, and it’s not like you can yell to tell them to group up. Even if they made hand gestures to group up, half of the divers weren’t even paying attention and just looking at the coral. It’s easy to say thing in hindsight, but these things happen so quickly, hence why I’m sure they all signed waivers before diving.
What if the one bitten was the instructor lol
@@lakinnenlako6883 I was thinking the same thing.
@@bespushkule3136 it didn’t happen quick at all. There was more than enough warning and time to get out the way.
not an expert, but the way the shark seems to break his swim pattern by bolting away fast/frustratingly at 0:47 is a sign of unrest or potential aggression, in my eyes.
Right!
hell yeah me too and then the person that got bit swam towards the shark..... literally asking for it. I would of been nopeing the fuck out in the opposite direction but hey I guess that's why some people die from stupid shit and others die of natural causes lol
It's a classic sign that the shark was agitated. Normally it would be swimming at a leisurely pace.
Yes, he does a tail flick that they all should've recognized
Yep! To compound the issue, it’s an oceanic white-tip. I’m no biologist but I do know an open-ocean shark like that isn’t the curious type lol
Yeah, you don't need to be a marine biologist or scuba diving expert to tell that the shark was going to get aggressive.
Animal behavior is pretty common. The divers were being reckless doing nothing after the shark first checked them out.
attacked diver payed no attention whatsoever, deserves a darwin award
When you see an ocean predator acting like that, find a tree to sit under.
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Lmao
I was diving in Elphistone with Longimanus, 2018. Seams to be the place .
The dive master told us to build group and never float alone, never turn the back to shark.
There were advice given but finally everyone knows better.
Everything it was told us not to do it seems to be done in this video.
Thats a lot of blood.. how bad were the injuries?
I wonder what the shark swam off with... was it part of the suit or part of the leg?
Look at the shark’s posture particularly how the pectoral fins are outward. This is an aggressive posture in most shark species and should be a clear warning. I agree with most comments the Oceanic white tip is extremely confident and aggressive. Oceanic white tips and Bull-sharks are best respected from a very safe distance.
Yeah they do that pec fin down wiggle waggle deal with their head slightly up sometimes......that's a precursor to something bad.....
yep, exactly the cues, the shark clearly tensed up. Too many people around it. Best to have gotten everyone backed off and given space
Oceanic White Tips are called the wolves of the ocean. Probably a really good nickname.....
Their fins are always 'outward'... it's when they point 'down' they're feeling uneasy... you're right that that's what's happening in this video but I don't think 'outward' is the correct terminology
Even Tiger sharks.
It’s just like world star. Everybody just filming. Professional diver here this is clearly a confident aggro shark by its posture, the second it came around the first guy they needed to try to gather together and exit the water. There was so much time to act
They ignored all the classic "attack mode" signs.
Gliding (non swimming) motion, pectoral fins angled down, arched back, circular or "S" type of scoping behavior and attempting to come in from behind. All sharks like to attack from behind for the element of surprise so keeping them in front of you at all times is paramount. And never swim in a horizontal position with a shark within 30ft of you; this gives them a clear run at your legs (a prime area of bites).
And ALWAYS dive with some kind of pointed or blunt instrument so you can poke them when they approach to let them know you are NOT prey and will offer resistance. The dive master should have immediately grouped them together once a white tip was spotted as they are a very aggressive species of mid sized shark.
I love his his description is "contact me for some safe diving with sharks" 😂
Two years in the South Pacific - never dive without a 4' shark billy or a BIG camera housing. Something to put between you and a shark. I was glad for both items on separate occasions. And get out of the water if you see an Oceanic White Tip - the shark in this video. They are extremely dangerous.
Bingo
28" stainless steel 357 magnum bangstick is my preferred method of shark be good or shark be dinner.
😉😎
@@scotshanley. 223 expends more gas. More than 12 gauge slug. More than a 44 mag.It's the gas that makes the hole.
I prefer a spear gun. Shot one in the edge of the tail that was buzzing me. It took off and never came back.
@@clarkblount7788 Hmm... Glad you mentioned that. It sounds 'right,' too. I've been thinking about making one in .357, but I can see that .223 is a better idea. Just wish I could figure a way to screw a revolver on a stick. It would be nice to have more than one shot.
Does anyone know what happened to the diver? (is his/her) leg okay?
And this, kids, is why we don't act like prey around predators.
"Oceanic White Tip" Sharks..bite first, ask questions later..
They're usually out in the open ocean where they don't encounter much prey so they're less discerning.
(Carcharhinus longimanus) It's a large and dangerous species of shark. Meeting him is always risky.
I am a Divemaster from the USA. A few of my Divemaster buddies from South Africa always say they would rather be in the water with 20ft great white rather than a 12ft Oceanic Whitetip
yeah Bull sharks too
@@adamrojas7948 I was in the water in Mexico very close to the tiger shark. He was five and a half meters tall, a male, but he was merely curious. He wasn't aggressive. But still my heart was pounding....
I'm surprised they're all so far apart when you have sharks around.
This ua-cam.com/video/Ui-xsWZq4fk/v-deo.html ,.
He wanted to be a lunch
Oceanic white tips are aggressive as hell. I don’t understand why they didn’t group up.
why did the video suddenly cut out? Where is the rest of it?
The shark is just curious, it might also be a mistaken identity. You can tell because
1. Seals usually wear oxygen tanks in ocean
2. The water is murky
3. Sharks don’t bite marine experts
ahahahahahaha nice one
I think a lack of marine experts may have had a bit to do with it lol
Regarding point 3, a number of marine "experts" have been bitten, and some have died after encountering sharks, yet they cling to their "mistaken identity" bs like a safety blanket.
The shark was being aggressive wayy before the attack.. And everyone sat there like idiots
Yes it was def acting very suspicious.
What would you have them do Jacques?
@@Passport-Bro literally ANYTHING is better than doing nothing. It's not rocket science
Group together to make yourself bigger and swim to the boat in a huddle.
@@ehwren
With a bunch of newb divers?! Good luck. Better to stay put, or, not be there in the first place.
There's absolutely NO WAY that I'm scuba diving in open water without a SPEARGUN. Say what you want, I'll be the only MoFo out there with one. 😄😄😄
Where is the part 2 of this video?
I wish the video contained more information on the status of the diver after the bite because it looked like the leg was hanging on by a thread and dangling it an unnatural way just before the clip ended.
ex-marine told me the diver had a clean bite mark in his lower leg, down to the bone, and his calf muscle was completely gone. Once we finished our week of diving, we heard that a German doctor was flown out to meet the diver at the medical center, and the diver was then flown home for full treatment.
All warning signs seemed to be ignored? Whitetip lowers pectoral fins, circles diver several times and gives a curiosity bump. Shark did everything except tell these divers to go away.
This was an unfortunate encounter that shouldn't have happened. The ocean is their home and humans are just visitors, when asked to leave it's best to comply. 🌴😎🌴
What are you special or something? Divers cannot surface until they decompress genius!! They were decompressing trying to leave! But no sharks don’t own the friggin ocean! We live on the surface so then you agree all
Animals have to Leave when we come to an area then right! Friggin Einstein!!!
No they should have stabbed the shit out of that shark in the gills is what they should have done!!!
@@terryfonz4603 exactly right
@@terryfonz4603
Was the diver hurt very badly ?
@@terryfonz4603 are you completly stupid? These divers all deserved what happened to them! If you want to mess or dive with sharks, you should at least know how to handle theyre Signals! Sharks are the most beautiful animals to me! Save Sharks! Sorry at least for my bad english!
@@terryfonz4603 Meh, don't swim with sharks is the moral here. No sympathy here.
Did his leg come off ??
Was he OK ??
What ever happened to bang sticks?
A lot of 'experts' on here, I was a dive guide and dived that reef a hundred times like many of my colleagues.There is no definitive way to deal with that,though there are some definite no no's. In my opinion the shark was agitated because it was surrounded,though being an OW, they're moody much of the time, The diver he went for was in the wrong position and horizontal .Some on here say get away from the reef,I say get to the reef and have your back to it. The guide could have told the divers to group up on him,but these things happen quickly .An accident,not the first or last time.but it is still pretty rare considering how many dives go on every day..The guy lost his calf muscle but was saved by the military doctor on the island.
The ow stood for oceanic whitetip which is what that is. Yes, he knew exactly what it was as you do as well. That dorsal fin is one of the most terrifying you can see
PP02. Good advice...all them divers in the water probably alarmed it, as you suggested...plus the fin position which, being another "expert", I failed to notice...
It was just bad luck I suppose, that this group just so happened to come upon possibly the most aggressive species of shark, with the exception of a bull shark.
Yeah so surrounded it swam into the crowd. It swam off because it was attacked otherwise it'd have kept on. You people make me sick. bring a damn weapon or stay the hell out of the water
"A lot of experts on here, I was a dive guide"
You could not make it up.😂
@@darthbigred22 Keep taking the pills mate pmsl.
I made several trips to BDE (twin brothers islands included of course) and professional divers always warned us about those Longimanus sharks
They are unpredictable and have a predatory behavior based on opportunity and surprise effect...
They also are attracted by shiny objects so avoid wearing them.
One last thing which surprised me is that those sharks usually circle above your heads during those dives... probably waiting for some food to be thrown out the diving boats, which is of course stupid
That is why seeing this shark coming closer and deeper than usual at divers was clearly a red flag
Im just hoping the diver who got bit was a biden voter…✊
HAHAHAHAHA
What happened next? Is the person ok??
Oceanic White Tip, highly aggressive shark. This shark is what survivors of the USS Indianapolis said attacked the men who were lost at sea after their ship sank. I wouldn't be in the water with one, let alone casually swimming near it. The divers should have grouped up to form a large pack then gone up together. Hope this guy is okay
In the description: "contact me for some great and safe sharks and reefs diving!!"
Yeah, no thanks.
exactly what i thought haha
Lol
Why not an explanation of what happened next? Did anyone die? Did anyone stop the shark? Did they lose a limb?
@@wipperwil man's leg was severely severed that's for sure, but idk if he lost it but an official update on the man would've been nice
@@kylein9869 It was a woman, didnt you here the scream?
*To those all who didn't understand anything, don't worry, you are not alone.*
I'm curious what that diving was doing/thinking when they got bit on the leg @2:08. I'm not sure if there is a reason they stayed so still when the shark swam up to his leg but I would think the natural reaction would be to avoid it, not let it latch on lol. Maybe they weren't yet aware the shark was there? Can these guys communicate while diving?
With shark attacks I wonder (besides the territorialism and curiousness and in some cases just hunger) if they pick certain people because they can sense they carry a disease or illness. I know they will become curious when people get nervous. But in this case aswell. It goes after 2 instead of the whole group. So was it because they both became nervous or does any of the 2 have an illness? 🤔
Crazy that a wild lethal predator did what it does everyday of it’s life
Mind blowing 🙄🤦🏻♀️😆
Me: I don't have to be faster than that shark, I just have to be faster than the other 7 divers.
I mean, most sharks are just curious. You can tell that shark wasn’t biting to kill. Yeah, they’re still wild animals, so don’t ignore them, but they should’ve group together to seem larger.
@@teaganpetersen9231 It was biting for a mouthful of meat while not caring if he lived or died.
@@psychosneighbor1509 based on the size, its juvenile, and like I said before: sharks are mostly just curious. As you can see, sharks don’t tend to have hands, so the only way they can really figure out what something is, is by biting it. Additionally, sharks show signs before biting, like bumping into said thing, or circling. A quick google could tell you all of this. Besides, sharks have a very strong bite force and can thrash around once it has its prey, so that’s another way you can tell that the shark in this video is biting out of curiosity.
I don’t know man............, those White Tips. Pecs down and all those passes. You could “feel it” coming.
Did everyone survive??
New Scuba friend and channel. Love the video.
Fins down and back arched, hes ready to get busy people
He was annoyed at the fish in his face too, prob added a couple seconds to the bite
There was no territorial threat display in this video whatsoever.
@@drk321 I disagree. Pectoral fins stiff and down... sure sign of aggression.
@@BornAgainCynic0086 Well then you have never been in the water with these animals. Plus OWT have never been recorded with the territorial display you are talking about. Only certain reef sharks and the display is clear and obvious. All of you shark experts think just because the fins are down they want to attack. Well, the primary role of the sharks pec fins are maneuvering. When they bank, the fins drop. It is how they turn. Simple as that. Learn something before commenting. Here is a video that shows this specific behavior. Arched back, head swinging side to side, pec fins dropped. And then an attack. It is a VERY specific behavior. Unfortunately a lot of armchair shark experts think that just because the pec fins drop it wants to attack, when all it is doing is turning. ua-cam.com/video/SEY7nvVuoQI/v-deo.html
@@BornAgainCynic0086 Viewing the video again, the fins were never down, The OWT (Oceanic White Tip) is the fourth most dangerous shark as far as attacks on man are concerned. It is a very dangerous shark. The divers here (I think the red sea maybe) should have been cautioned to keep their eye on this animal. I dive with them semi regularly here in Hawaii and we always keep our eye on them and do not even get in if they seem aggressive. But there was no threat display here. It looked more like basic predation. Several years ago 3 or 4 people lost their lives to this species in the red sea because they are serious sharks. In Hawaii, we have been lucky with only one superficial bite I have heard of. I was aggressively pursued by one a few years ago and was as close as I have come to being bit by a shark. My camera shoved in its face saved me. Here is the second to last image I took of the charging shark: diverdave.smugmug.com/Sharks/Oceanic-Whitetip-Sharks/i-hNphq9K/A
All in all, what I am saying is the arched back, fins down is a very specific display which, as far as I know has never been seen in an OWT (or a white, a tiger, a hammerhead a bull....but only reef sharks). The video above shows an OWT acting just like an OWT normally acts. Unfortunately, the inexperienced divers had no idea the potential of this species.
Crazy to think that diver at the end lost his calf to the shark. People underestimate how vulnerable we really are in the water.
Hardly lost his calf. Tiny bite maybe
no one underestimates it lmfao
@@HowDidIGet3700Subs didnt you see the blood?
@@eugeniogr7110 thats just puncture wounds with blood streaming out and mixing with water . That’s why it doesn’t even appear to be red
@@HowDidIGet3700Subs clearly not a tiny bite lol
What was the damage that the shark left ?
We’re they swimming toward the shark?
Once he started eyeballing everyone getting close I would've already known to get the fuck out of there. Doesn't take an expert to figure that out.
Right. You could tell that shark was agitated. The first time he kept after the first guy it was time to get out of the water.
Clowns, all of them are clowns
Once he existed within the same 100 mile radius I would gotten the fuck out of there
Exactly dude the first quick turn he made at the beginning and doubled back towards the divers I knew then lol
@@Luckyshot1-PSN Yup. That first jolt of quick movement from the shark is all I needed to tell that there was some adrenaline flowing, and for a reason. I don't know squat about marine life but I can take that as a cue to get away from an evolved killing machine.
That is an oceanic white tip, they are considered one of the 4 most dangerous species of shark to humans, distinguishable by the round dorsal fin with a white tip on the end. They are responsible for many attacks on humans in deep open water after a plane crash or being stranded out at sea.
I was just talking about this also
I too have seen shark week.
@@DoctorBuckshotPhd it's ok. I stayed at a holiday inn last night😂
Imagine living a plane crash and shark bite in the same day holy shit
The men who died on the ship Indianapolis.... watch the movie JAWS,where quint tells the tale of what happened...Never got to deliver the bomb ....That Shark was responsible for many deaths...Very aggressive and extremely persistent...and definitely not afraid of you....
Is that where you say "Owe" ???
I was always told to wear a sheath knife when diving. When I asked why, I was told by my dive master that it was to cut your buddy and swim hard in the opposite direction.
Wow absolutely terrifying. The shark is majestic to look at but also scary at the same time. No way in the world would I ever go sightseeing for this animal. The watery depths is theirs and they can keep it!!! Stunning video footage here.
Exactly. Hats off to all brave mariners who sail the Seven Seas to bring us products from far-off lands. That job is definitely not for me.
He’s deciding which one he wants by sniffing out the weakest swimmer. He took his time watching how each of those divers moved. He even tested the one he bit to confirm his choice.
Uh no he's going off of who is furthest away from everyone else. otherwise that fat chick would have gotten it
@@darthbigred22 maybe he's on a diet, you don't know
@@darthbigred22 I'm abashed to admit that when I snorkeled in the Bahamas, I stayed right up close to this one very obese lady stranger. I figured it would be her instead of me...
@@darthbigred22 uh no why would it go for a bigger more seemingly difficult meal? The original commenter was correct, you just wanted to throw in some disrespectful ass comment without even realizing it’s illogical 😂
He chose bitch ass Kevin as the weakest link