Bitten by a baby Lemon shark

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I sat still for several hours patiently waiting for these juvenile Lemon sharks to come closer and interact with me. When they eventually came close the slightest movement from me would scare them off. After circling me for ages they would eventually come closer and head butt me or whack me with their tails and on one occasion actually tried to test bite me to see if I was food. (I literally lost a hair follicle and that is all. It was not a successful or aggressive bite) Once they realised that I am not food or a threat they would approach closer and search for the source of the fish scent that is coming from a small piece of fish placed inside a perorated water bottle, then eventually a loose piece of fish placed directly in front of me. What is interesting is that if I picked up the bottle or the piece of fish the sharks would stay away. (In fact any movement from my arms would deter them) It was also interesting to see how much difficulty they had in pin pointing the exact location of the fish. The adult reef sharks I work with would zero in on a piece of fish instantly. As youngsters maybe they still need some practice. The reason that I am doing this is that I have not seen juvenile Lemon sharks in this area before and I really want to know them better and study them for my own personal knowledge. There are 4 individuals but only 2 or 3 come over at any one time. One has some marking/damage to the snout (The young female one that bit me) and she is my favorite. :) I could just sit here for hours watching these beautiful creatures swimming and interacting with me. I find them truly beautiful and mesmerizing. I have condensed some of the action into this clip but the reality is that most of the time they would just gently swim around me in a calm and relaxed fashion. Without the fish bait in the bottle they would simply stay away. I tried. They are very shy and hesitant creatures. This is not on a reef or in the ocean but an inland ocean hole surrounded by mangroves in a creek. I spend a lot of time with sharks so please do not attempt this yourself. Obviously I would not do this with adult lemon sharks! I am probably the first human they have seen.

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[GladstnJones]

Shark: "You food?"
*Test bites leg*
Shark: "No, not food."

[loafofbreadindo]

-*swims*
-*bites a guy leg*
-*refuse to elaborate further*
-*leave*

[mickeytwister]

Even the name “lemon shark” sounds adorable.

[Jinxsubliminal]

People: sharks are cruel, heartless and dangerous animals!

Lemon sharks: *dog*

[-ExperienceWithMe-]

Her:He's probably cheating on me
Him: Sitting on bottom of the ocean

[ObsidianCrocodile]

Awww 🥰 that’s the cutest ‘attack’ I’ve ever seen! ❤

[Killbayne]

the masculine urge to just sit on a shallow ocean bottom and be among the fish. No responsibilities, no loud noises, no talking, just some water blubber and peace.

[SlouchingBadger]

Technically speaking... you're now a shark attack survivor. Now - go forth and use your new accolade to pick up the ladies!

[ahmadtsabitmakarim]

Only a guy named Chad can get bitten by a shark and act totally relaxed.

[LogicalNiko]

They basically are just scavengers, and they don’t have the greatest eyesight. They are mainly sensing with receptors in their “nose” that can sense small electrical signals made from nerves firing, chemical changes in the water, and heat. So a lot of times they just test things with their mouth to see if it seems like food or not. Once they can feel that you’re not a chunk of fish, squid, etc they immediately back off.

[sp]

Never watched someone sitting at the bottom of the ocean like he is on a picnic 😀

[ahrenortile]

The Cameraman really is immortal. He's even immune to drowning.

[dubaikay]

Nobody can convince me this is not just an orange cat in a fish custome

[jucyjames]

This guy just sits on the seafloor like its his living room.

edit:how did this get 13k likes lmao

[ansbekk]

This man found more peace down with baby sharks than up with humans.

[tobiaspain]

Awww that was the cutest little lemoney bite.

[mrzonks]

It’s so cool that you dedicated hours of your day for this! I totally understand wanting to study creatures like these and I’ll admit I’m a little jealous of you 😭 this looks like heaven

[AverageAlien]

I love how he bites him then runs right away

[megalosergamer]

2:00 the way it tries to bite you is cute

[IchEsseHaende]

wow these lemon sharks are beautiful! Thanks for sharing this with us. I love these old school type youtube videos. Just people uploading the interesting stuff they filmed. No bs.