Why are there so many great white sharks? President Nixon 🦈

The U.S. is surrounded by great white shark infested waters, and it's all former President Nixon's fault 😳🦈 Well, sort of.

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[definitelynotthefoundation]

Great White shark-infested waters???
Bro thats their natural habitat 😭

[bulgna]

"the tragedy is that not only did we stop the extinction of a species, we also helped another one in the ecosystem to flourish"

[JonHenri]

I hope this is sarcasm. The waters aren’t exactly swarming; and because of the movie Jaws, all sharks were overhunted for sport.

[BionicJ]

Aren't great white sharks endangered? I see this as an absolute win. Saving two species with one act.

[smears]

This is an unironically good thing, why is it being framed in this way….

[captainliddle]

"Sharks invested waters" like, their home?

[jbarnhart]

This is actually a very good thing in ocean health. Great whites hunt more than just seals aanndd play a larger role in the marine ecosystem, other animals do prey on them. They really are important and amazing creatures, why is this video trying to make it sound like they aren't?

[WilliamPauley]

This is a weird way to contextualize things. Seal and shark populations returning to pre-colonization magnitudes is inherently good. The motivation and driving force of the law that did so is rooted in political sketchiness, but the end result was ultimately good.

[MojaditoCutie]

“Shark infested waters”👨🏽‍🦯❌“human infested houses” 🗣️✅

[doug]

This lady walked through a tree-infested forest and was like ‘you know what I have a great idea about a shark video’

[haouribi]

Bro leave the sharks be it’s been like that for literally millions of years for them

[fert]

If anything, they’re human infested waters.

[saltysmoke]

Yeah blame Nixon for saving the seals and sharks.. what is wrong with people

[HannesA-myxp]

The sharks were there first, humans invaded their habitat. Nixon just gave them their home back

[nazodreemur]

"Great White Shark Infested Water" Is like saying "Human populated Land"

[obvv]

“Shark infested waters” is the most asinine term. It’s literally their natural habitat lol.

[EVROPAEAESTHETICA]

Why attribute Nixon’s environmental policy purely as an appeal to young environmentalists? He intrinsically supported environmentalism, creating the EPA in opposition to big business.

[TerrariaTree]

Shark Infested waters ❌
Human Infested Waters ✅

[hmhyihv]

Sharks don't usually hunt/hurt ppl 😂

[carsonpiano]

More sharks? Great! We are way, WAY more dangerous for them than they are to us. We needs more sharks, less industrialized fishing, and our ocean habitats will have time to recover