Shark size comparison Living Extinct

[dariugrinov]

they definitely hit him with the "oh so you like sharks, name every shark"

[holleysdotcom]

I can honestly say, I had no idea there were so many different species of sharks. Nicely done.

[captainfruitpunch]

Fun fact about greenland sharks, they have been found to be one of the longest living animals in the world, with one individual estimated to be over 400 years old. They reach sexual maturity at around 150 years old.

[applesauce]

Such well behaved sharks, lining up to get their photos taken.

[Iguanak]

The fact that so many of those huge extinct sharks had spines on their fins kinda concerns me.
Many small fish have similar spines as a defense mechanism to not get eaten whole...

[manunu]

I’m mostly amazed at how they got all these extinct sharks here, let alone get them all to line up without moving. Massive credits to the diver, camera man and the rest of the team who put together this amazing video.

[ethant]

Man heavy respect to the scuba diver for risking his life to get us a size comparison with those deadly sharks 😬

[RosiePosie-ellj]

... You know, of all the songs one could play when showing us the largest sharks in history, I did not expect an instrumental version of Dschinghis Khan's Moskau.

[Vain-Voyager]

Extremely appreciate the time taken to produce such quality work. Its fun to observe the morphologic changes over evolution. Besides, really like the background opera.

[ProtiumPower]

We are fortunate to witness 2nd largest shark.
Fun fact: Sharks only leave their teeth as fossils, so we don't know exactly what extinct sharks really looked like.

[Iguanak]

Its crazy how many (even big ones) sharks are there that I never heard about.
And I watched my fair share of ocean documentarys. Almost feels like every documentary shows the same 5 to ten species of sharks, and noone bothers to show more species.

[GoofBean]

I’m bored, so here are fun facts about sharks:
-The small scales on sharks are known as “Denticles”. They are very sharp, and different species denticles look very different to one another under microscopes.
-The top 4 most dangerous sharks, based off attacks on people, are the great white, the tiger, the bull, and the oceanic whitetip Shark.
-tiger sharks have been found with things such as pillows, armour, number plates, and even land animal remains, likely thrown in by boats.
-there have only been a few megamouth sharks ever washed up, and one is at the Fremantle Maratime Museum in Western Australia. I have seen it lots of times myself.
-many scientists think that the bull Shark is more dangerous than the great white, because they live close to shore, near humans, and in murky water, where it is very difficult to see them. They usually escape unseen after attacks.
-tiger sharks and sand tiger sharks are not related. The great white is closer related to the sand tiger Shark than the actual tiger shark. Funny coincidence, huh?
-only 6 known species live dominantly in rivers. They are very rare.
-the smallest Shark, the dwarf lantern shark, is the size of a banana, but the whale shark can grow up to 20 metres, the size of 2 school buses.
-there have only been a few great whites successfully put in captivity, and survived. Most great whites die the first few days of captivity.
-tiger sharks actually get bigger than great whites on average.
-cookie cutter sharks take bites of things that are very small, like mackerel, but also massive creatures like whales. They even bite underwater cables and SUBMARINES!
-cookie cutter sharks are actually parasites, as they feed on living creatures, and they rarely die after attacks, just missing a bit of flesh.
Anyways, that’s all for now, hope you enjoyed😊
Edit: I’m still bored, so I’ll try and name every shark I can- great white, tiger shark, bull shark, sand tiger, frilled shark, horn shark, wobbegong, epeualette, cookie cutter, lantern shark, basking shark, megamouth, shortfin mako, longfin mako, goblin shark, catshark, dogfish, sawshark, greenland, roughshark, salmon shark, porbeagle shark, six gill shark, sleeper shark, seven gill shark, spinner shark, dusky shark, reef shark (all types), great hammerhead, scalloped hammerhead, speartooth shark, crocodile shark, lemon shark, night shark, whale shark, bronze whaler, gummy shark, angleshark, port- Jackson shark, weasel shark, zebra shark, leopard shark, thresher shark, blue shark, and I’m done, I can’t think of any more. Hope you enjoyed, comment a shark that I missed (alive today)😊. Thanks

[danielrobinson]

The Greenland shark is my favorite. They’re so slow and docile that you kind of forget that they could end you in one bite should they be hungry. They just move slowly to conserve energy. They are more than capable of moving quickly to catch their prey.

[braydancoe]

Amazing that the diver survived all that apparent danger😰

[MPdude]

Towards the end, I thought all larger sharks were extinct, so I was surprised with the Basking Shark and the Whale Shark being still living sharks and making it that high on the list.

[dawnscript]

I never knew how endangered some of these sharks were, especially hammerheads and great whites. This saddens me and I hope something is done about it!

[alaxel]

I do feel the need to point out that Stethacanthus technically isn't a shark. It's actually a holocephalian which is the group of fish chimaeras belong to. Still a cool looking fish though and very shark-like in appearance.

[breadstick]

“so here’s this little freak, he’s this big. yeah, he went went extinct about 300 million years ago… welp, into the shark pile with you!” *wet slapping noises as i throw this shark on top of all of the other every single shark*

[januszpolak]

Its sad that there is so many cool extinct sharks yet people only talk about Megalodon.

[anabelleadams]

Sharks are beautiful in my opinion even they can be dangerous. The whale shark is just a big friendly giant where the great white shark is like a grumpy old man with cool teeth. The megalodon is creepy though. The rest of sharks that do exist are pretty cool.