Has a Great White shark newborn been filmed for the first time? | BBC News

What's believed to be a newborn Great White Shark has been captured on film for the first time ever by YouTubers in California.

Carlos - who posts under the name of TheMalibuArtist - uploads drone videos that have wracked up millions of views on YouTube, often showing great whites swimming worryingly close to humans.

As far as experts are aware, the birth of a great white shark has never been witnessed - but this new footage could be the closest thing to that.

However, some marine biologists urge caution at jumping to the conclusion that this is definitely a newborn great white shark.

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[casperreininga]

You know what? Seeing that in this current day and age in which negative news seems to pile up non-stop something so wholesome and basically small slice of animal life moment makes the news really warms my heart.

[treasurechest]

Carlos may not have a degree in science but his method is truly scientific. Observe, document, observe, etc

[sharkscrapper]

I can't get enough of The Malibu Artist's shark videos. And this was icing on the cake of some awesome shark videos.

[StLProgressive]

The footage that The MalibuArtist got of this newborn is extremely convincing, if you watch the whole thing., meaning the female acting erratically who dives, then this teeny tiny white swims up. There’s no other conclusion possible. And yeah, it’s a sample size of 1, but come on. He’s managed to capture something no one else has. Using drones like this is so much better than getting artificial behavior from the sharks due to chumming etc. His videos are gorgeous, capturing the shark’s behavior without any interference from humans.

[oliverschmidt]

Good on him. Finally getting big credits

[oppsyikesreally]

We Malibu locals are aware that we live in a nursery. We had a baby shark bite a few years ago. I enjoy seeing the Malibu Artist being interviewed.

[pingukutepro]

5 mins, the BBC reporter is a fan herself. The production team had give the cue to stop lol

[alistairrobinson]

Credit to the newsreader also as she clearly is very interested and asks genuine and intelligent questions 🙏

[GIBBO]

TheMalibuArtist is the channel this video is on, if anyone is wondering

[mrmartinezm]

Although scientists say more evidence is needed to be sure it was in fact a newborn great white shark, I find it wonderful that there are people like Carlos Gauna working to learn more about this key stone predator to protect it, basically, from humans

[TheDarkArtofAngling]

TheMalibuArtist is absolutely brilliant, I love his video's. They are definitely worth a watch if you are a shark or wildlife lover.
Keep up the great work Carlos 👍

[byron]

You don’t need to be a biologist to understand that is something we haven’t seen before.

[JammastaJ]

His YT channel is amazing and also his voice is like buttery smooth.

[thatrandomchannel]

2:00 the problem is he didn’t discover it.

[RocketDog]

Well done Carlos. Hopefully your channel will go viral. You deserve it 👍

[videogalore]

Great to see him getting the recognition he deserves, his channel is fantastic, highly recommended if you've never seen it before.

[SmashyPants]

I'm so happy it's The Malibu Artist who filmed this as he has a superb channel. His videos show so much about Great White Sharks that we're not used to seeing and now this, a hugely exciting video that may lead the way to a much better knowledge of Great White Sharks. Good work!

[NiX_aKi]

What I'm more amazed by is the blatant disrespect of the production to the guest 😅 Just let the anchor cut the conversation! Playing that loud tune is so unwarranted & unprofessional 🙄

[Pear-zoem]

Great White Sharks are amazing. The footage is superb, well done with having the patience to capture this moment.

[alishademmery]

Phenomenal congratulations mother great white shark