r/sharks • • Mar 22 '23

Discussion ANNOUNCEMENT: Post Flair Info

96 Upvotes

There are three post flairs available for important or serious posts on this community.

1. News

News posts are defined as those with the intention to report on a recent, developing event. News posts should focus on shark-related developments regarding conservation efforts, shark professionals, scientific discoveries, or unfortunate events. The OP must clearly cite where they obtained the information in the comments, typically as a direct link to the source.

An example of a news post can be a video about newly implemented shark conservation laws or efforts, the discovery of a new species of shark, or similar newsworthy events. News posts should NOT focus on shark attacks or cruelty towards sharks unless they are the subject of a large event.

2. Educational

Educational posts are defined as those with the intention to educate others. On r/sharks, these posts may teach others about shark behavior, identification, conservation, as well as a variety of other topics relating to sharks. Educational posts REQUIRE that the OP comments their sources for the information they talk about. Educational posts promote healthy discussion and should emphasize spreading awareness about topics surrounding sharks.

An example of a proper educational post is a video where a professional talks about how to redirect a shark when in the water. For this post, OP cites the source they got the educational media from and states the professional's name in the comments. This is to ensure that only good quality information is being provided to the members of our community.

3. Research

Research posts are the most complex posts to make, as it is our intention to promote proper research on r/sharks.

If you are promoting your own research

Researchers who wish to promote their studies or obtain data via the subreddit must modmail the moderators first. In order to be approved to post, you must explain in your modmail the purpose of your research as well as the intentions of your post. You must also provide an IRB number in order for the mods to verify your research. Upon approval, you can post your research using the Research flair, and you do not need to cite any further sources in the comments.

For anyone else who posts about research in general

OP must provide a link to the research or the DOI of the paper in their post in the comments. Research posts promote healthy discussion while also allowing scientists to have a place to share ideas about shark research.


r/sharks • • Jan 24 '24

Question Do we want to keep posts asking to ID shark teeth?

102 Upvotes

There’s always been a lot of shark tooth ID requests on here, usually from newcomers unfamiliar with our rules. There are subreddits such as r/sharkteeth and r/whatisthisbone that may be better places to direct these users to if we want the feed here to have less of these types of posts. Would still let people show their shark teeth collections here of course. What do y’all think? Just an idea for now. :)

81 votes, Jan 27 '24
37 Yes
44 No

r/sharks • • 5h ago

Video Orca feeding on Thresher

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433 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 15h ago

Arts & Crafts Fruit Sharks for Sharktober

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256 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 9h ago

Video Thresher sharks are one of the most elusive sharks in the ocean

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60 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 28m ago

Video Some sharks are trying to eat a crocodile in Australia

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• Upvotes

r/sharks • • 1d ago

Arts & Crafts The beach is closed for Halloween.

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1.1k Upvotes

My wife is a Jaws super fan and a lover of all things shark, so we built a thing for Halloween. My design, my wife’s paint job, and about 20 hours of work. We wanted to do more, but this is what we got.
Will it survive? Maybe.
Where will I store it? 🤷‍♂️
But we had fun making it together.
“Smile you son of a bitch.”


r/sharks • • 11h ago

Image Sky Shark

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22 Upvotes

Recent flight and I see this. Horribly blurry. I took it from the plane.


r/sharks • • 17h ago

Discussion Spooks season ready!

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43 Upvotes

I got this from an online shop and really liked how it turned out.
Here’s the link if anyone’s interested: https://shesaidpartytees.com/halloween-tresher-shark


r/sharks • • 1d ago

Arts & Crafts Shark sculpture on London canal

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317 Upvotes

Group of five large fibreglass sharks that make up the artwork ‘Sharks!’ (2020) by Jaimie Shorten. It’s currently on Regent’s Canal between Haggerston and Broadway Market. I did some googling and found this article. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/18/sharks-man-eaters-unleashed-popular-canal-architecture-antepavilion-prize


r/sharks • • 1d ago

Video Born to roam the deep

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358 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 1d ago

Image Went diving with some Galapagos sharks today

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53 Upvotes

Really cool experience. Was hoping a tiger shark would make an appearance but this was really cool too


r/sharks • • 1d ago

Arts & Crafts Guess the shark! :D

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46 Upvotes

Healed result from February! Absolutely in love with it and how it moves when moving the arm. It's my 6th tattoo, so it was about time to get a shark!🦈😁


r/sharks • • 1d ago

Discussion I'm skeptical that even amongst Lamniformes, Great Whites & Porbeagles are the closest living relatives of Otodus, my thoughts below, let me know what you think.

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r/sharks • • 2d ago

Video Shark? Or Dolphin? Sunshine Coast Australia

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191 Upvotes

Blurry video from our local community page! Person filming originally thought they were dolphins, but the rear fin looks vertical to me.

Hard to tell in this video. Apparently large fish were jumping out of the water just before.

It is also the start of bull shark season here!

So shark or dolphin?

Kings Beach, Sunshine Coast Qld


r/sharks • • 3d ago

Video So I might be making a game about sharks - update

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456 Upvotes

Ok so this is a quick follow up to my screenshot yesterday
https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/comments/1x2gi0v/so_i_might_be_making_a_game_about_sharks/

I promise I won't spam on this project any further, I'll go radio silent for a while after this post. It seemed to get some interest so I thought I would post a recording. There's tons of ways with the (custom) engine to aim for a particular underwater look. All very early stage of course and quite wonky at times.

And yes I know. It's actually quite terrifying.

Hope you like it!


r/sharks • • 3d ago

Arts & Crafts Bluey WIP

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159 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 2d ago

Question Properly documented incidents

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3 Upvotes

Would also really appreciate the insight of this group


r/sharks • • 4d ago

Question What is this?

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593 Upvotes

Photography - king_roberto on Instagram.


r/sharks • • 4d ago

Arts & Crafts Land Shark

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154 Upvotes

My dog accounts for more bites per year than all of the sharks combined.


r/sharks • • 4d ago

Arts & Crafts Rare sighting of the Oregon Fluffer Shark

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93 Upvotes

Unfortunately, she's suffering from fin collapse.


r/sharks • • 4d ago

Image So I might be making a game about sharks

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159 Upvotes

What do you say? Are you vibing with the look?

I'm particularly interested in modelling realistic shark behaviour.


r/sharks • • 4d ago

Discussion I can't be the only one here who wants Street Sharks to get a major revival. I'll even settle for a reboot

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117 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 5d ago

Image Mako loved his sharkies

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259 Upvotes

r/sharks • • 5d ago

Discussion I made a free card game where every card is a real species with almost 300 different shark !

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166 Upvotes

Hello

I recently came across the IUCN Red List and wanted a fun way to discover the species on it, especially the ones close to extinction or already gone. So I made AnimalsMasters, a free card game that runs in your browser.

You open booster packs (a free one arrives every 15min) and collect cards of real animals: each one has its photo, facts about the species and a map of where it was observed. The rarity of a card follows the Red List, from Least Concern to Extinct, so the rarest cards are the species that are closest to disappearing. You can also trade cards with friends.

The data comes from iNaturalist, Wikidata and Wikipedia. I'm not a professional, so if you spot a mistake in a species page, please tell me and I'll fix it.

https://www.animalsmasters.com

Which species would you want to see in the game? Do I miss some?