360 ' Diving with Sharks around the World

Kenneth Brown

8/30/2024

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00:00okay welcome back guys this is where we are today diving with sharks around the

00:06world underwater 8k 360 and give a like always subscribe these are the great

00:13ones when you see air on panel these are good ones here

00:30there are more than 500 species of sharks inhabiting our planet these

00:50predators outlive the dinosaurs and have perfectly adapted to the modern

00:55conditions they are very different let's take a closer look at them

01:16the shark feeding is a form of ecotourism you can see the marine

01:22creatures in their natural habitat not in an aquarium

01:34the profits gained from the tourists coming to see the sharks swim with them

01:39and feed them can be compared to the fisheries revenue thanks to that more

01:44and more places on the planet abandoned shark fishing

01:53certain ecologists assumed that it is harmful for sharks to receive food out

02:00of the human hands and they lose their natural instincts however the data based

02:07on many years of observation have disproved it

02:22you can see many nurse sharks swimming nearby they usually lie on the bottom or

02:28swim in circles waiting for some leftovers

02:38the sharks are fed with frozen fish out of the metal box at the depth of up to

02:4310 meters this action is performed by experienced guides who know the sharks

02:49behavior the tiger shark can't live in captivity in which it dies in several

03:01months the best place to meet the tiger shark is the waters of the Tiger Beach

03:19hammerhead sharks are baited near the area of Bimini Island predators are

03:25alert by accessible food and do not attack humans the Bahamas is one of the

03:34most popular places for shark feeding it is the habitat for six meter long

03:39hammerhead sharks five meter long tiger sharks lemon and gray reef sharks bull

03:46sharks and many other predatory fish species the shark feeding tour is

03:53absolutely safe for the human the main point is to follow the rules of

03:58underwater behavior

04:02these are the bomb and they're air-popped not fried popcorn this is

04:12hard

04:23the great white shark is one of the most well-known predators it is reflected in

04:29other alternative names of these species shark man-eater and white death

04:45the lifespan of great white sharks is estimated to be as long as 70 years

04:50making it one of the most long-living fish in the world

04:57the white shark is notable for its size the greatest length among these sharks

05:03ever registered is 6.1 meters

05:17great white sharks prey upon fish dolphins and other marine animals but

05:23not human beings they are hardly digestible for sharks but still they

05:28are responsible for a great number of injuries and even deaths in 2019 the

05:34number of accidents was estimated to be 272

05:44in some areas there is a tourist program diving with sharks the animal is

05:50attracted by meat and the person wishing to have a look at it is taken under the

05:55surface of the water at a depth ranging from 1.5 to 7 meters in a special secure

06:01cage

06:20the world's largest extant animal is the whale while the largest living fish

06:33species is the shark that was named in honor of this animal the whale shark

06:40its average length is 9 meters but examples of an 18 meter length are known

06:56whale sharks teeth are tiny but it has over 300 rows of them the overall number

07:03of teeth is as high as several thousand

07:10it is a rather peaceful shark nature created this giant fish to be fed on

07:22plankton and small fishes

07:32the shark gathers volumes of water filters it through the gills while the

07:37teeth lock the food in the mouth and then it goes to the stomach

07:47as this shark doesn't need to hunt it is a rather tranquil and slow animal its

07:54maximum speed is 5 kilometers per hour which the shark can reach only under

07:59exceptional circumstances for reference the great white shark one of the most

08:08dangerous predators can swim at speeds of over 56 kilometers per hour

08:20whale shark can be observed in open waters of the tropical oceans and this

08:25video has been created near Malpolo Island

08:42there is an amazing archipelago called the Gardens of the Queens in the

08:47Caribbean Sea the name was given by Christopher Columbus and the natural

08:52treasure itself was declared a National Park by Cuba

09:07the Caribbean reef sharks are one of its inhabitants the predator is capable of

09:13growing up to 3 meters long but mostly you may find a 2 meter long shark

09:22they are not interested in human because there are many fish on the

09:29reefs and hunger can be satisfied by eating them

09:53you

10:10the islands of Fiji that have found themselves in the southwestern part of

10:15the Pacific Ocean are considered one of the best divers destinations in the

10:21world

10:26the famous oceanographic explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau has named them the

10:32soft coral capital of the world as this kind of corals grows here in abundance

10:38this thing in its turn attracts over 300 species of fish a lot of turtles and

10:44many other marine inhabitants

10:51you

10:55one of the most popular places for divers and underwater photographers is

11:01Becca Island it is the oasis of pristine nature with marvelous beaches waterfalls

11:07and coral reefs of the most peculiar forms

11:13you

11:20Becca Lagoon was created by a huge barrier reef and probably once was a

11:26volcano's crater

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