The Great White is my nightmare fuel. Hard stop. I've been down in shark cages seeing them glide by, just feet away, appearing and disappearing into the deep blue in complete silence. Some looked to me like minivans with fins. I've been fascinated with the GW since childhood. Mainly based on fear. However, this channel fills me with such peace??? My blood pressure goes down with every video. You've done a remarkable job showing the world how much we still have to learn about creatures older than dinosaurs. It also blows me away that in Southern California, the local people have a very peaceful relationship with this apex predator. It's really unlike any other place that these sharks inhabit on earth. Further proving the point you always make, the more we learn about the great white, the less we actually really know about them. Kudos to TheMalibuArtist!!! 👏
You are filled with peace because you cannot be attacked at your computer by a shark video. No matter how soothing or educating these videos may be, when you are in the water with a shark of any considerable size your adrenalin will kick in and if they appear suddenly or turn in your direction that will increase. I've been an ocean visitor as swimmer, diver, and surfer for 70 plus years and can tell you, I've never met anyone who is at peace in the water. We may forget our fears momentarily but standing or floating in the ocean for any period of time is likely to raise your hackles and that is nature telling you something. Bravado loves company, too. See throngs of bathers in the surf or enjoying a calm bay or cove and the sense of terror is not there. Put them alone in the water and learn how quickly their sense of security changes.
@@akamogg8747 "Put them alone in the water and learn how quickly their sense of security changes." I go snorkelling in deep water alone for hours/days every year... i feel very at ease in and on the ocean. But then and again.. i was born on a small island...
as a novice shark enthusiast, I would really like to see some submarine drone footage combined with aerial shots, assuming one of those big boys doesn't eat the submarine😅
The scientific impact of the recorded material from this man is so invaluable, amazing stuff indeed. That white eye rolling thing is so interesting, maybe something irritant on the water or maybe exposing that area to sea water for cleaning or getting rid of parasites, the more you record the more we find out we just started learning how this magnificent creatures have survied for millions of years.
Your videos are better than any other "sea life" videos out there. I really enjoy watching them, i have always had a fascination with sharks since I was little, I'm now 59. Please keep up the amazing work you do.
It’s crazy to me that we live in a society, where we can watch videos on nature & animals daily. I grew up watching natural geographic & David Attenborough. Now we have UA-cam and drones. It’s fantastic. Thank you for doing what you do.
Carlos, I do so applaud your continued efforts with this incredible work you are doing. The observations and films have to be a huge benefit to researchers everywhere that are studying Great Whites. I am also pretty sure your channel is or should be required viewing in any classes at Oceanography Schools. Fantastic as always.
These videos are entertaining and provide good food for thought but as an instructional vehicle, not so much. I don't mean to disparage TMA and I judge by his commentary he is not holding himself out as a biologist or behavioralist. The educational value of these episodes is in honing observational skills, learning contexts and environments and building a larger body of knowledge of shark behavior. These videos stand on their own and don't need elevation.
I always thought they rolled their eyes whilst biting to avoid exposing their eyes to a thrashing potentially defensive prey that could damage their eye in the maelstrom of the bite?
maybe eating kelp is just like a tiny safe snack to prevent having a very empty stomach . Maybe there are nutrients in kelp that sustain until the next meal or it helps with indigestion like a cat chewing grass . Gill shaking looks like cleaning . Eyes rolling back maybe like we shut our eyes when they are strained or irritated. As NadaDeLaVerdad wrote in these comments - these behaviours look like self care. Awesome vid Carlos . You've got us all thinking.
I had similar thoughts, though my mind, also, first went to: sleeping, with the eye rolling there towards the end like literally seconds just prior to when he'd mentioned so. And with that kelp, I first thought dogs and cats eating grass havin' upset stomachs but immediately thought maybe more like how the whitetail deer occasionally can be seen/filmed eatin' baby rabbits for whatever reason HAHA! Probably because they are monsters, right? LmMFaO! ;) :P :o)
I had a similar thought regarding the gill shaking. As it swims along, debris in the water will sometimes flow into its mouth and get caught in its gills. Periodically, it will flare its gills and shake to clear out the accumulated debris. As for the other flaring behavior, maybe this is equivalent to taking a deep breath in anticipation of action. It brings a little extra oxygen into its blood in case it needs to move suddenly. While I'm here, I'd like to suggest an explanation for another behavior not mentioned in this video, but mentioned in some earlier ones. Carlos has noted that white sharks will typically circle around and swim up behind humans or other creatures swimming in the water. While there may be a few different reasons for this, one important one may be that this is the best way to smell something. Sharks have a famously good sense of smell. They no doubt rely on it heavily to recognize things. If you want to get the best possible sniff of something moving through the water, getting behind it in the water that it just swam through would be ideal.
@@dwaneanderson8039 Either behind, or possibly down current from it, like, in how downwind from something, makes all the smells blow in our direction so it is stronger, where, should the wind then completely reverse directions you won't smell anything or hardly anything at all! Lol!
@@kennethmullen-qe9hg A chance for some nutrients not otherwise available ? One researcher stated that Chimpanzees have and use up to 300 cures for ailments such as wounds headaches and stomach upsets.. They also teach them to their offspring.
I've wondered if maybe the feeling and then biting of the kelp was a way to get trace minerals into their diet and they're getting a feel to tell if it is actually kelp or not when they hit it with their fin.
First! Some animals (omnivores) eat grass when they digestive problems. Maybe this also applies to sharks? Did you film a shark yawning? ;-) Carlos, thank you so much for your content.
Sometimes I think theyre trying to scare potential prey out of the kelp that might be hiding in it, or maybe checking to make sure there arent jellyfish in the kelp. Its an admittedly flimsy theory.
Fantastic video, Carlos! Thank you once again for your engaging narration, complete passion for sharks, and the incredible footage you work so hard to capture and share with us 😊
Love your content! When they check out the kelp with their fin, could they be checking to see if its a jellyfish and if it doesn't sting, they go back and bite it?
Love this, disturbance free view of natural behaviour. Lots of potential reasons for non-feeding eye rolling and some interesting thoughts from the comments. It's highly likely there's multiple reasons for eye rolling and given their body language in this video may well be for cleaning the back of the eye. One additional reason could be to enhance their other senses when trying to interpret something.
Carlos, I still speculate the white sharks eat kelp because of some nutritional value the kelp provides. I may be totally wrong on this. Beautiful filming as always. ❤
Very fascinating behaviors. I love content like this. Learning the ways animals communicate and how they think or process information could teach us secrets about nature we never imagined.
We are animals, too and if you learn first to recognize what is animal in you and not the result of our intellect and learned abstract behaviors these behaviors in animals are easier to understand.
I wonder if it's more like dogs and cats eating grass when stomachs are upset or maybe even more so like how a whitetail deer once in a while gets seen (or filmed) eating baby rabbits or something similar LmMFaO! ;) :P :o)
@@kennethmullen-qe9hg I don't know but if you look for a video about bonnetheads eating turtle grass you'll find it on UA-cam. It's only 4 or 5 minutes long.
No I know that they do, I've seen or heard that before. I'm just not sure they're actually omnivorous maybe they (bonnetheads) are...but Great White's aren't? I mean pretty much everything in the ocean tends to be opportunistic, but not sure how far or how easily, that it stretches over into omnivorous territory lol. Hmm!
@@kennethmullen-qe9hg If they consume vegetation with any regularity it's fair to call them omnivores. But I don't know how much seaweed GW's actually eat. It's an interesting subject.
Amazing video. At the end when you said "observing without interfering," I wondered if the shark can hear or sense in any other way the drone. I'd be surprised if could hear it but I know sharks have some incredible senses. What's your educated guess on the subject? Thanks for sharing this fantastic video.
It is well documented that sharks can discern sound on the surface including sound that is borne on the air as vibrations that transmit to the water. You may have learned of sharks, especially in the South Pacific becomming conditioned to the sound of explosions on warships as a signal of food in the water in WW ll.
@@akamogg8747 I don't doubt sharks can hear sounds from above the water but I'm wondering if the drone used in these videos make enough noise for the sharks to hear. Is the "observing without interfering" statement completely correct? I'd like to know what the creator of the video thinks about this topic.
check out Azure, i'm pretty sure one of their songs was in here though i can't remember its name off the top of my head, all of their songs have similar vibes though you'd probably enjoy them
seeing sharks act like this is a testament to their highly cognitive brains. Your research is a milestone after a milestone, you need to be known a lot more.
Love the research you do! Thank you. My thought for why the shark might disturb the floating object with it's dorsal fin might be to determine if some small prey might be scared out/dislodged from hiding? I've heard that floating kelp and even rubbish in the open ocean can become safe havens for a variety of animals, even small communities. Perhaps the shark might be trying to determine if the kelp or rubbish is such a home? It could explain why the shark sometimes turns around immediately to take a bite? And if small animals are hiding in or under the object then the drone would have no way of seeing. Just a thought.
Seem cats when wake up: yawn, stretch their back and check legs and paws (fins and teeth) and open and close eyes to remove dirt, look for something to play with and then eat something and some grass to purge themselves 😂
Regarding the gill flaring. I got the same idea as last time : does it maybe produce a sound ? Can you hang a mic from your drone and have it stay in the water ?
Just scrolling through the comments in Notifications I realized I may not have given TMA their full credit. I do criticize some of what is shown and said in these videos but in answering others it occurs to me just how unique and valuable these aerial essays on the sharks really are. Not the least of these, TMA substantially removes the effect of humans or even drones in the water with the sharks and other animals which significantly influences their behavior. Anyone who has spent time diving in the waters of the Eastern Pacific along California's coast (not that it is unique among similar ocean environments) knows that it is impossible to enter the water in stealth mode. WE are immediately detected and rely entirely on the curiousity or inattention of wildlife to get close enough to observe them in a natural state. The drones are the absolute minimum intrusion and alarm there.
I saw video of a GWS from the dorsal fin. Watched parasites moving from under the shark to behind and above their eyes. They are small and move way quicker than you’d expect. They move on top of the shark when the shark rubs its belly on a sandy bottom, trying to scrape off the parasites. The kelp might help scrape away and parasites on its dorsal fin. Maybe???
Thank u brother 🙏 for all u do for sharks 🦈 and people i truly love wildlife and what u do is invaluable thank u for all your HARD WORK brother Brooklyn is with you
I don't doubt that people truly love wildlife but those who don't understand that wildlife are dirty, vicious, aggressive and dangerous don't really know what they love.
what are they doing? not sure. I wonder if they're doing some sort of self cleaning. maybe something got in the eye? or thier noise and the eyes are involuntarily reacting? We saw a video of white sharks sleeping. they basically seem to go into deep water and just angle themselves down and drift into the deep, wake up, come up, and rinse repeat, this one seems to still be swimming, unless they have multiple different sleep modes? one where they can nap?
Have you thought about trying your drone technique at Cape Cod? I wonder if the waters of the Atlantic would be as visually appealing as the waters in Malibu.
Why he's rolling his eyes in such a peaceful situation? I offer one option: I hear better when I close my eyes because I'm not flooded with stimuli and can concentrate fully on the sounds. So is he possibly sharpening his senses here to better locate prey via improved odor and low-current detection?
Notice the sharks aren't needlessly tearing kelp out of beds, also the loose kelp isn't near beds. So I wonder if it has a different nutritional value, maybe like cabbage from kimchi?
I think we could describe some movements and reactions as "Random". Sometimes animals (including and most prominently humans) do random stuff without a thought. The nervous system might have gotten a little jolt so you twitch a muscle for example. I think the last movement could be seen as such. The eye is programmed to roll back and maybe a certain movement has just activated that reaction.
Logically, there are no accidents. Your assessment of 'random' is unfounded. Because we do not understand, especially in human terms, animal behavior does not mean that such behavior does not have purpose. Humans DO NOT in the greatest context do 'random' stuff. 'Random stuff' is the two sides of unreasoned analysis and unvarnished alibi. You might think more about your last two sentences to understand this. Think of them as though someone else wrote them.
1st gill movement- clearing out this mornings meal leftovers? 2nd gill flaring-anxious movement like other things that yawn to TRY to relax? Random ghost eye behavior- gut pain from eating that boaters license plate? It’s said that big sharks are giant swimming dumpsters and nothing they eat hurts them. You don’t ever hear about what eating garbage does to their innards. 😮
Hmm ... I wonder, can you outfit these drones to capture any electrical signals or electromagnetic fields or anything? It'd be interesting to see what other data input could do to add to solving this mystery. 🤔 As for the kelp ... Maybe it just feels good running along the dorsal fin and a little nibble is kinda nice in the mouth? 🤷♀️🦈
Wonderful spot with the shark rolling it's eyes back. I suppose perhaps look to see if other sharks do something similar? Any other large fish, like tuna? Do any mammals like dolphins ever swim with their eyes closed? Little boy me thought maybe since they're always swimming with their eyes open, they simply need a little rest. :)
Maybe sharks make stretches and interact with different things to "clean" or "maintain" themselves in weird areas like parts of their teeth, jaw, eyes, fins and other areas that may fatigue, itch, or be irritated that may be the only way they can interact with things to address those minor or moderate annoyances. but also perhaps the light rest of the eyes closing with no other interactions is a likely case or was a super smart shark that somehow spotted something in your drone?
thoughts on a balloon holding the camera? would lose mobility, but gain long loiter time. then again, a a small blimp design could give long loiter time and larger battery carrying ability.
Having had aquariums my whole life and now in my sixties. Also working on fishing boat for about six years starting in junior high most of it up there in Malibu when Paradise Cove had a pier. Seeing bigger fish intimidate smaller fish for territory or food in a tank and the same in the ocean. Freshwater fish also flex and yawn. The shaking of the gills could just be a means of cleaning them as they’re covered in hair like filament and before that bony structure called rakers. Then there’s the fact that sharks are always producing teeth. This could be fleshy crud from their jaws and maybe even teeth falling out. The bit with the kelp could just be play. We see whales and dolphins play with such things and again fish will,sometimes strike things they don’t plan on eating. Miss Malibu back in the 70s and 80s. Forget where in the Bay area there and along the beach there used to be freshwater springs that would bubble up. Always lots of fish in those locations. There is also artificial reefs made from school busses up that way too. Maybe to a little digging and find out where.
Hi, could the Gill Shaking be done to remove the surface Covering of the Gills, as they become " Old " and worn ? Similar to Snakes, who can slough the surface from thier sensitive Forked Tongues ....
The shark with its eyes closed is just playing the game of “how far can I swim with my eyes closed before I freak out and open them because I think I’m going to hit something?” I do this every once and a while during runs on the beach at low tide.
I grew up in Huntington Beach. My home break was Bolsa Chica State Beach, I always knew there were sharks but never had an encounter. Could the sharks be eating kelp to fill the same biological dependency for iodine that humans have. Just a thought, btw love the work you do
Maybe the white stuff is the shark getting rid of fish scales caught up in the gills after preying on a lot of fish? Sometimes when feeding big aquarium fish live prey, there will be quite a bit of scales. Just reminded me of that.
I’ve always had a very good sense of smell and I’ll close my eyes and lift my head back and forth to determine direction of smell I’m focused on. You should see me pick out colognes it freaks ppl out but I find the one I like.
The clearing of the gills… could be akin to a human sneeze… maybe? Do sharks have mucus? I have no idea, of course, lol! But, it does look like they’re clearing their gills of some type of buildup.
The Great White is my nightmare fuel. Hard stop. I've been down in shark cages seeing them glide by, just feet away, appearing and disappearing into the deep blue in complete silence. Some looked to me like minivans with fins. I've been fascinated with the GW since childhood. Mainly based on fear. However, this channel fills me with such peace??? My blood pressure goes down with every video. You've done a remarkable job showing the world how much we still have to learn about creatures older than dinosaurs. It also blows me away that in Southern California, the local people have a very peaceful relationship with this apex predator. It's really unlike any other place that these sharks inhabit on earth. Further proving the point you always make, the more we learn about the great white, the less we actually really know about them. Kudos to TheMalibuArtist!!! 👏
Spiders... Now THEY are Nightmare Fuel.
I would rather be in a cage next to Whites than next to a box of spiders...
You are filled with peace because you cannot be attacked at your computer by a shark video. No matter how soothing or educating these videos may be, when you are in the water with a shark of any considerable size your adrenalin will kick in and if they appear suddenly or turn in your direction that will increase. I've been an ocean visitor as swimmer, diver, and surfer for 70 plus years and can tell you, I've never met anyone who is at peace in the water. We may forget our fears momentarily but standing or floating in the ocean for any period of time is likely to raise your hackles and that is nature telling you something. Bravado loves company, too. See throngs of bathers in the surf or enjoying a calm bay or cove and the sense of terror is not there. Put them alone in the water and learn how quickly their sense of security changes.
@@akamogg8747 "Put them alone in the water and learn how quickly their sense of security changes."
I go snorkelling in deep water alone for hours/days every year... i feel very at ease in and on the ocean.
But then and again.. i was born on a small island...
Beautiful comment, thanks for sharing.
as a novice shark enthusiast, I would really like to see some submarine drone footage combined with aerial shots, assuming one of those big boys doesn't eat the submarine😅
The scientific impact of the recorded material from this man is so invaluable, amazing stuff indeed. That white eye rolling thing is so interesting, maybe something irritant on the water or maybe exposing that area to sea water for cleaning or getting rid of parasites, the more you record the more we find out we just started learning how this magnificent creatures have survied for millions of years.
They roll their eyes to protect them when they going in for a bite of something
Absolutely
Love how you contribute to the scientific community with all this data
Your videos are better than any other "sea life" videos out there. I really enjoy watching them, i have always had a fascination with sharks since I was little, I'm now 59. Please keep up the amazing work you do.
The use of their dorsal fins is one of my favorite behaviors you have filmed. So intriguing.
It’s crazy to me that we live in a society, where we can watch videos on nature & animals daily.
I grew up watching natural geographic & David Attenborough.
Now we have UA-cam and drones. It’s fantastic.
Thank you for doing what you do.
eating kelp, rolling eyes, shaking maybe be all part of selfcare?
Your comment makes sense to me . Definitely self-care is my first thought.
That was my first thought, too. The gill flares may be an aggressive behavior though
I have appreciated watching ocean life vicariously through your videos. Thank you.
Carlos, I do so applaud your continued efforts with this incredible work you are doing. The observations and films have to be a huge benefit to researchers everywhere that are studying Great Whites.
I am also pretty sure your channel is or should be required viewing in any classes at Oceanography Schools. Fantastic as always.
These videos are entertaining and provide good food for thought but as an instructional vehicle, not so much. I don't mean to disparage TMA and I judge by his commentary he is not holding himself out as a biologist or behavioralist. The educational value of these episodes is in honing observational skills, learning contexts and environments and building a larger body of knowledge of shark behavior. These videos stand on their own and don't need elevation.
Seeing the shark batting that object with its dorsal fin in play blew me away. Your videos continually amaze and educate me- Thank you ❢
Could the eye rolling be used to discourage or discharge parasites in the ocular region?
I always thought they rolled their eyes whilst biting to avoid exposing their eyes to a thrashing potentially defensive prey that could damage their eye in the maelstrom of the bite?
I bet the gill shaking is akin to sneasing, coughing, clearing extra mucous and stuff out of the way or even potential parasites maybe .
maybe eating kelp is just like a tiny safe snack to prevent having a very empty stomach . Maybe there are nutrients in kelp that sustain until the next meal or it helps with indigestion like a cat chewing grass . Gill shaking looks like cleaning . Eyes rolling back maybe like we shut our eyes when they are strained or irritated. As NadaDeLaVerdad wrote in these comments - these behaviours look like self care. Awesome vid Carlos . You've got us all thinking.
I had similar thoughts, though my mind, also, first went to: sleeping, with the eye rolling there towards the end like literally seconds just prior to when he'd mentioned so. And with that kelp, I first thought dogs and cats eating grass havin' upset stomachs but immediately thought maybe more like how the whitetail deer occasionally can be seen/filmed eatin' baby rabbits for whatever reason HAHA! Probably because they are monsters, right? LmMFaO! ;) :P :o)
I had a similar thought regarding the gill shaking. As it swims along, debris in the water will sometimes flow into its mouth and get caught in its gills. Periodically, it will flare its gills and shake to clear out the accumulated debris.
As for the other flaring behavior, maybe this is equivalent to taking a deep breath in anticipation of action. It brings a little extra oxygen into its blood in case it needs to move suddenly.
While I'm here, I'd like to suggest an explanation for another behavior not mentioned in this video, but mentioned in some earlier ones. Carlos has noted that white sharks will typically circle around and swim up behind humans or other creatures swimming in the water. While there may be a few different reasons for this, one important one may be that this is the best way to smell something. Sharks have a famously good sense of smell. They no doubt rely on it heavily to recognize things. If you want to get the best possible sniff of something moving through the water, getting behind it in the water that it just swam through would be ideal.
@@dwaneanderson8039 Either behind, or possibly down current from it, like, in how downwind from something, makes all the smells blow in our direction so it is stronger, where, should the wind then completely reverse directions you won't smell anything or hardly anything at all! Lol!
@@kennethmullen-qe9hg A chance for some nutrients not otherwise available ? One researcher stated that Chimpanzees have and use up to 300 cures for ailments such as wounds headaches and stomach upsets.. They also teach them to their offspring.
@@kennethmullen-qe9hg Unlike on land, an animal in the water will naturally move with the current unless it is actively swimming.
Always love to discover new things about those beautiful sharks.
And thanks for sharing this with us Carlos.
Have a great weekend 🦈🦈🦈🦈❤️
You well deserve like a million subscribers! The edits, music, narration are always on point
Just amazing footage, thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Absolutely love this channel. Your narration is peaceful and brings to me a greater appreciation of aquatic wildlife and conservation. Namaste 🙏
I've wondered if maybe the feeling and then biting of the kelp was a way to get trace minerals into their diet and they're getting a feel to tell if it is actually kelp or not when they hit it with their fin.
I was wondering if they just enjoy popping the gas filled bulbs on the kelp strands. Wouldn't surprise me.
First! Some animals (omnivores) eat grass when they digestive problems. Maybe this also applies to sharks? Did you film a shark yawning? ;-) Carlos, thank you so much for your content.
That's what I was thinking too.
Could the sharks be self medicating on the kelp?
wow !! super interesting video, and analysis !! 10 points
I grew up in the South Bay in the 80s,now I watch you from N.C.,,thanks for all your killer vids.
Sometimes I think theyre trying to scare potential prey out of the kelp that might be hiding in it, or maybe checking to make sure there arent jellyfish in the kelp. Its an admittedly flimsy theory.
Thank you, Carlos, for giving us a chance to learn whilst admiring these great beauties
Awesome footage as usual 👍🏼
Carlos, you are my favourite utuber. Every time I see one of your videos I learn something more. Superb work my friend, love your work.
Thank you again TheMalibuArtist 🦈
My pleasure!
Fantastic video, Carlos! Thank you once again for your engaging narration, complete passion for sharks, and the incredible footage you work so hard to capture and share with us 😊
It’s rolling its eyes at that darn drone that’s buzzing over its head😂 pretty interesting stuff. Keep up the good work
More beautiful footage Carlos. 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
Maybe that shark's eyes were itchy?
Love your content! When they check out the kelp with their fin, could they be checking to see if its a jellyfish and if it doesn't sting, they go back and bite it?
Love this, disturbance free view of natural behaviour. Lots of potential reasons for non-feeding eye rolling and some interesting thoughts from the comments. It's highly likely there's multiple reasons for eye rolling and given their body language in this video may well be for cleaning the back of the eye. One additional reason could be to enhance their other senses when trying to interpret something.
Carlos, I still speculate the white sharks eat kelp because of some nutritional value the kelp provides. I may be totally wrong on this. Beautiful filming as always. ❤
Very fascinating behaviors. I love content like this. Learning the ways animals communicate and how they think or process information could teach us secrets about nature we never imagined.
We are animals, too and if you learn first to recognize what is animal in you and not the result of our intellect and learned abstract behaviors these behaviors in animals are easier to understand.
Very educational, peaceful, and amazing!! Thank you for what you do!! ❤
I didn't even know they could do that with their dorsal fins. I thought it was just static. Endlessly fascinating.
Fascinating observations and another great video
Beautiful videos! I wonder if sharks dream and what it would look like... 💙🦈🦈🦈💙
Bonnethead sharks eat sea grass in Florida. Maybe GW's are omnivores.
I wonder if it's more like dogs and cats eating grass when stomachs are upset or maybe even more so like how a whitetail deer once in a while gets seen (or filmed) eating baby rabbits or something similar LmMFaO! ;) :P :o)
@@kennethmullen-qe9hg I don't know but if you look for a video about bonnetheads eating turtle grass you'll find it on UA-cam. It's only 4 or 5 minutes long.
No I know that they do, I've seen or heard that before. I'm just not sure they're actually omnivorous maybe they (bonnetheads) are...but Great White's aren't? I mean pretty much everything in the ocean tends to be opportunistic, but not sure how far or how easily, that it stretches over into omnivorous territory lol. Hmm!
@@kennethmullen-qe9hg If they consume vegetation with any regularity it's fair to call them omnivores. But I don't know how much seaweed GW's actually eat. It's an interesting subject.
Great video ... !!!
Amazing video. At the end when you said "observing without interfering," I wondered if the shark can hear or sense in any other way the drone. I'd be surprised if could hear it but I know sharks have some incredible senses.
What's your educated guess on the subject?
Thanks for sharing this fantastic video.
It is well documented that sharks can discern sound on the surface including sound that is borne on the air as vibrations that transmit to the water. You may have learned of sharks, especially in the South Pacific becomming conditioned to the sound of explosions on warships as a signal of food in the water in WW ll.
@@akamogg8747 I don't doubt sharks can hear sounds from above the water but I'm wondering if the drone used in these videos make enough noise for the sharks to hear.
Is the "observing without interfering" statement completely correct?
I'd like to know what the creator of the video thinks about this topic.
@@ddegn Sharks can hear low frequency sounds from .6 miles away so it would be plausible that they would hear a drone.
Another great video. Can I ask where the music is from? I listen to a lot of ambience while working and this is fantastic.
check out Azure, i'm pretty sure one of their songs was in here though i can't remember its name off the top of my head, all of their songs have similar vibes though you'd probably enjoy them
@@bri-pq2rp thank you!
Beautiful, just calmly gliding along.
seeing sharks act like this is a testament to their highly cognitive brains. Your research is a milestone after a milestone, you need to be known a lot more.
Love the research you do! Thank you. My thought for why the shark might disturb the floating object with it's dorsal fin might be to determine if some small prey might be scared out/dislodged from hiding? I've heard that floating kelp and even rubbish in the open ocean can become safe havens for a variety of animals, even small communities. Perhaps the shark might be trying to determine if the kelp or rubbish is such a home? It could explain why the shark sometimes turns around immediately to take a bite? And if small animals are hiding in or under the object then the drone would have no way of seeing. Just a thought.
Seem cats when wake up: yawn, stretch their back and check legs and paws (fins and teeth) and open and close eyes to remove dirt, look for something to play with and then eat something and some grass to purge themselves 😂
Great video, thank you!
Truly incredible stuff here. Just wow
Regarding the gill flaring. I got the same idea as last time : does it maybe produce a sound ? Can you hang a mic from your drone and have it stay in the water ?
Kelp, even sharks need their veggies ;)
Just scrolling through the comments in Notifications I realized I may not have given TMA their full credit. I do criticize some of what is shown and said in these videos but in answering others it occurs to me just how unique and valuable these aerial essays on the sharks really are. Not the least of these, TMA substantially removes the effect of humans or even drones in the water with the sharks and other animals which significantly influences their behavior. Anyone who has spent time diving in the waters of the Eastern Pacific along California's coast (not that it is unique among similar ocean environments) knows that it is impossible to enter the water in stealth mode. WE are immediately detected and rely entirely on the curiousity or inattention of wildlife to get close enough to observe them in a natural state. The drones are the absolute minimum intrusion and alarm there.
I saw video of a GWS from the dorsal fin. Watched parasites moving from under the shark to behind and above their eyes. They are small and move way quicker than you’d expect. They move on top of the shark when the shark rubs its belly on a sandy bottom, trying to scrape off the parasites. The kelp might help scrape away and parasites on its dorsal fin. Maybe???
Shark luffa.
Thank u brother 🙏 for all u do for sharks 🦈 and people i truly love wildlife and what u do is invaluable thank u for all your HARD WORK brother Brooklyn is with you
I don't doubt that people truly love wildlife but those who don't understand that wildlife are dirty, vicious, aggressive and dangerous don't really know what they love.
Watching from Santa Cruz, CA🦈🦈🦈
We have seen humpback whales over the last 3 weeks
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I saw my first juvenile WS this year, from the shore.
what are they doing? not sure. I wonder if they're doing some sort of self cleaning. maybe something got in the eye? or thier noise and the eyes are involuntarily reacting? We saw a video of white sharks sleeping. they basically seem to go into deep water and just angle themselves down and drift into the deep, wake up, come up, and rinse repeat, this one seems to still be swimming, unless they have multiple different sleep modes? one where they can nap?
Have you thought about trying your drone technique at Cape Cod? I wonder if the waters of the Atlantic would be as visually appealing as the waters in Malibu.
I've been on Cape Cod for the last week.
Why he's rolling his eyes in such a peaceful situation?
I offer one option:
I hear better when I close my eyes because I'm not flooded with stimuli and can concentrate fully on the sounds. So is he possibly sharpening his senses here to better locate prey via improved odor and low-current detection?
Incredible footage that must have took lots of time and effort to cut. But the eye of the observer is from another planet.
Notice the sharks aren't needlessly tearing kelp out of beds, also the loose kelp isn't near beds. So I wonder if it has a different nutritional value, maybe like cabbage from kimchi?
I wonder if the sharks brush up against stuff to sense it with that nerve that runs along the side of fish 🤷♂️
I thought they might roll their eyes as protection because eyes are so important to a GWS and I love the dorsal fin movement
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Are you sure it's not a parasympathetic autonomic response to clear the gills and enhance oxygen absorption? That could be related to rest and digest?
Supercalifradulisticexpialidocious is my guess.
@@akamogg8747 AH yes, right right.
Really interesting 🫡
When its swimming with its eyes closed maybe its smelling something? Searching for a scent?
Very interesting. I would be less afraid of white sharks if encountered because of your videos.
I think we could describe some movements and reactions as "Random". Sometimes animals (including and most prominently humans) do random stuff without a thought. The nervous system might have gotten a little jolt so you twitch a muscle for example. I think the last movement could be seen as such. The eye is programmed to roll back and maybe a certain movement has just activated that reaction.
Logically, there are no accidents. Your assessment of 'random' is unfounded. Because we do not understand, especially in human terms, animal behavior does not mean that such behavior does not have purpose. Humans DO NOT in the greatest context do 'random' stuff. 'Random stuff' is the two sides of unreasoned analysis and unvarnished alibi. You might think more about your last two sentences to understand this. Think of them as though someone else wrote them.
I dont know why Sharks make me emotional but they do every time. 😊
Maybe in a past life you were a seal.
Could the rolling back eyes be something akin to stretching the eye muscles?
Old Fisherman in Nanaimo Canada had one come up and roll the eye not that long ago.
1st gill movement- clearing out this mornings meal leftovers? 2nd gill flaring-anxious movement like other things that yawn to TRY to relax? Random ghost eye behavior- gut pain from eating that boaters license plate? It’s said that big sharks are giant swimming dumpsters and nothing they eat hurts them. You don’t ever hear about what eating garbage does to their innards. 😮
Sharks rolling their eyes, "uh... another piece of trash human dumped in the ocean"
Hmm ... I wonder, can you outfit these drones to capture any electrical signals or electromagnetic fields or anything? It'd be interesting to see what other data input could do to add to solving this mystery. 🤔
As for the kelp ... Maybe it just feels good running along the dorsal fin and a little nibble is kinda nice in the mouth? 🤷♀️🦈
Wonderful spot with the shark rolling it's eyes back. I suppose perhaps look to see if other sharks do something similar? Any other large fish, like tuna? Do any mammals like dolphins ever swim with their eyes closed? Little boy me thought maybe since they're always swimming with their eyes open, they simply need a little rest. :)
Maybe sharks make stretches and interact with different things to "clean" or "maintain" themselves in weird areas like parts of their teeth, jaw, eyes, fins and other areas that may fatigue, itch, or be irritated that may be the only way they can interact with things to address those minor or moderate annoyances. but also perhaps the light rest of the eyes closing with no other interactions is a likely case or was a super smart shark that somehow spotted something in your drone?
Great white videos. Fascinating & fantastic!!!
“What are they doing?”
They’re just vibing bro
Humans, who have the luxury of thoughtless, idle moments 'vibe'. Animals in the wild keep their heads on a swivel or lose them.
I would presume their “curiosity” part of their hunting process. Particularly with the eye rolls being frequent, right?!
Could they be wiping their eye like we do when we blink or rub our eyes?
thoughts on a balloon holding the camera? would lose mobility, but gain long loiter time. then again, a a small blimp design could give long loiter time and larger battery carrying ability.
Having had aquariums my whole life and now in my sixties. Also working on fishing boat for about six years starting in junior high most of it up there in Malibu when Paradise Cove had a pier. Seeing bigger fish intimidate smaller fish for territory or food in a tank and the same in the ocean.
Freshwater fish also flex and yawn.
The shaking of the gills could just be a means of cleaning them as they’re covered in hair like filament and before that bony structure called rakers. Then there’s the fact that sharks are always producing teeth. This could be fleshy crud from their jaws and maybe even teeth falling out.
The bit with the kelp could just be play. We see whales and dolphins play with such things and again fish will,sometimes strike things they don’t plan on eating.
Miss Malibu back in the 70s and 80s. Forget where in the Bay area there and along the beach there used to be freshwater springs that would bubble up. Always lots of fish in those locations.
There is also artificial reefs made from school busses up that way too. Maybe to a little digging and find out where.
Hi, could the Gill Shaking be done to remove the surface Covering of the Gills, as they become " Old " and worn ? Similar to Snakes, who can slough the surface from thier sensitive Forked Tongues ....
The shark with its eyes closed is just playing the game of “how far can I swim with my eyes closed before I freak out and open them because I think I’m going to hit something?” I do this every once and a while during runs on the beach at low tide.
what an amazing fish this is . as other people have said , the more you find out about these amazing predators , the less you know .
I grew up in Huntington Beach. My home break was Bolsa Chica State Beach, I always knew there were sharks but never had an encounter. Could the sharks be eating kelp to fill the same biological dependency for iodine that humans have. Just a thought, btw love the work you do
these sharks are so beautiful and elegant……
So cool 😁👍
Carlos, is it possible that the shark is reacting to the drone? does he can see the drones that height?
Not likely. Drone is too high.
The kelp tastes like sushi?
Maybe the white stuff is the shark getting rid of fish scales caught up in the gills after preying on a lot of fish? Sometimes when feeding big aquarium fish live prey, there will be quite a bit of scales. Just reminded me of that.
Dogs, who are carnivorous animals, also eat plants and herbs from time to time. It has an effect on their digestive tract.
Do sharks sneeze?
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Maybe the dorsal fin detects certain minerals. Then if its something they are lacking, they eat it.
That makes no sense whatsoever.
I’ve always had a very good sense of smell and I’ll close my eyes and lift my head back and forth to determine direction of smell I’m focused on. You should see me pick out colognes it freaks ppl out but I find the one I like.
The shark just heard a really cringy dad joke.
The eyes? I think it could be a cleaning motion as a reaction to an irritant we are unaware of.
The clearing of the gills… could be akin to a human sneeze… maybe? Do sharks have mucus? I have no idea, of course, lol! But, it does look like they’re clearing their gills of some type of buildup.
When the drone is lowered closer to the sharks do they react to the drone?
Eye ball giveaway 😂