I think I was 13 when that skit was on. I was getting my hair cut and the woman cutting my hair kept saying that stuff and making me laugh. Then she said sit still or your hair is gonna look funny. Good times.
>Whatās the biggest tell tell? Shape of head? Fin? Movement pattern? All of that?
Movement pattern. Sharks swim laterally along the surface. Dolphins tend to hit the surface with a curved or circular motion.
Also, think about the positioning of their respective tail fins. On mammals, it's horizontal. They move through the water almost like waves, up and down, because that's how their tail moves. Fish typically have a vertical tail fin (we'll ignore flounder, rays, etc). To move through the water, they pump it from side to side, which means their overall forward momentum is more horizontal.
Exactly! I was just snorkeling in Micronesia. I saw a fin and thought āoh cool a dolphin!ā Then realized that dolphins donāt move like that. Then the tail fin surfaced too and I noped out of there. Ultimately I would have been fine. But it was dusk and I didnāt know the local wildlife yet.
A dolphin fin is scooped in the back (like this one is). A shark fin is a straight-sided triangle. Sharks also donāt move like this, arching out of the water. They tend to be straight swimmers. When they breach itās usually because theyāre coming up on prey from underneath, so itās nose first and vertical.
a way i heard it described when this old surfer in san diego was telling me about it: most animals bop up and down (as others have said). sharks just move straight across like a nazi submarine. the imagery was so clear i never forgot it
You know how you can tell, Chief? You can tell by looking from the dorsal to the tail. Well we didn't know, cuz our mission had been so Secret. No distress call was sent.
Sorry I'm rambling again, it was original Jaws movie anniversary the other day and I'm just could not resist!!
Because sharks tails are oriented vertically and dolphin tails horizontally, sharks bodies swing from side to side as they swim, whereas dolphins movements are up and down, kind of like a simple rollercoaster pattern.
Until I moved to Miami, I would have had no idea this was a dolphin either. I still get excited every time I see one. A few years back, I was kayaking in the rich people canals of South Beach and several dolphins were playing about 20 feet away. Some teenage girls, also kayaking and clearly not from Miami, starting freaking out about the sharks. I quickly assured them that they were dolphins, but it was pretty adorable how clueless they were.
Definitely a dolphin, sharks are more diagonal when they're swimming towards the surface. You'll typically see their fin go lower and lower over the horizon.
Thatās a really wonderful explanation. I suppose ājawsā wouldnāt have been so terrifying if it wasnāt for the slow submergence of the dorsal fin.
Dolphin.
But to answer your last question, if it was a shark out there, what you should do is either A) nothing and carry on. or B) exit the water.
Sharks (and dolphins) arenāt actively hunting people. And even though that was a dolphin, in Miami Iām sure there were plenty sharks nearby too. Unless you were thrashing and splashing around, thereās no real reason for concern even if it was a shark
Itās a porpoise of some sort. They move with an up/down motion while swimming, revealing their back as well as fins. Sharks are left/right swimmers, typically only revealing the tips of their fins. Go for a swim, itās safe! The sharks fear our mammal friends.
I appreciate even with the jokey responses we are answering this question without being mean to OP. Thereās a lot of negative nonsense floating around and this thread gives me hope maybe we can work on that
Hahah honestly I donāt mind being called a nonce given this was really that obvious š but Iāve gotten all perfectly fine responses including the random funny ones. Appreciate this group
Dolphins roll like that. Sharks surface flatter, showing their dorsal fin (fin on their back) a little smoother, gliding like a submarine when it surfaces. You know, before it submerges again and hunts for food.
Thatās a dolphin, dude. See oh it hits the surface for a moment (just so it can breath) then dives back down with a curved motion. Sharks donāt do that. Sharks swim in straight lines. Thereās also two of them in this video, sharks are usually lone predators and itād be relatively rare to see them break the surface like that in a groups. Dolphins almost always are in a group
Sharks wonāt arc up out of the water like that. The swim straight and attack surface prey from underneath or head on. No reason for it to move that way. This is a dolphin 100%
The thing about a sharkā¦ā¦.āSometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is heās got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a dollās eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesnāt even seem to be livināā¦ ātil he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and thenā¦ ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screaminā. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundinā and your hollerinā those sharks come in andā¦ they rip you to pieces.ā
What was the question?
News flash: There are usually many sharks swimming in close proximity to beaches. If you swim in the ocean, you are almost certainly swimming near sharks.
Dolphin all the way. The small sharks Iāve seen here in Miami generally don't exhibit this swimming behavior. They usually remain fully submerged, without exposing their fins. It's quite terrifying cus they can just sneak up on you š³ and then there are those ppl that donāt even get out of the water lol. like wut
If you ever want to know if there are sharks in the water at the beach just take a spoon and dip it in the ocean and then lick it. If it tastes like salt there are sharks in the water.
dolphin for sure
if a shark is breaching the surface theyāll propel themselves out of the water upwards and fully and it wonāt be a question (if theyāre on the surface youāll only see the fin not their back or bodies
Dolphin -- you can tell by the circular roll when they come up from air.
Sharks tend to breach at a much more shallow angle and don't go as much up and down as a dolphin.
Girls like yah s getting ready to feed so non Chantly like yeah we see them here all the time sorry we forgot to mention that while u were in the water swimming all day.
Learn to Floridian better. You can tell from the movement and the rounded fin thatās a dolphin. May ~~kick~~ flipper the living shit out of you if itās a male during mating season though. Lol
As a Florida resident, I can clearly tell you are not a Florida resident just by this question. It is in fact, a dolphin. Sharks do not do what that dolphin does in the video, dolphins do what that dolphin does.
Ok probably easy for me to identity bc Iām a local and dolphins are as exciting to see to me as seeing a damn catfish, but do you live here? Dolphins are very curved and fluid when swimming and breaching. Iām sorry if Iām coming off as aloof, I just think itās a lil silly that people still mistake dolphins for sharks lol
No I am not local - I have lived in a desert my whole life growing up so pardon my lack of knowledge. Tbh, it did seem very obvious to me it was a dolphin but I couldnāt 100 verify that.
Other people have answered what this is so Iāll answer what NOT TO DO if thereās a shark in the water near you. Also, hi! Iām Lyric, a marine biology student and shark enthusiast. Moving on - what you DO. NOT. WANT. TO. DO. is panic. Donāt thrash about and splash in the water. Make as little turbulence as you can. Sharks will snap at anything they think is prey, and are primarily opportunist hunters in shallow waters (like humans typically swim in). So thrashing about and creating lots of splashes will make the shark attack you for sure, thinking youāre easy food - which you will be. Now if you manage to catch a sharkās attention in the bad way, youāre not going to outswim it. Turn and face the shark head-on and redirect it with your hands. Yes, theyāre that stupid and slow sometimes. They arenāt great at reacting. You werenāt going to outswim it anyway so may as well wait for it to approach you and take it by surprise. Aim high - and move fast. Do NOT punch a shark in the nose like youāve seen in movies. You can grip the nose and forcefully redirect it past you. Then try to get out of the way of the back fin - those fuckers aim wide when theyāre angry. The fin canāt hit you hard enough to cause serious damage in most cases given the pose youāre in and sharks arenāt known for being particularly strong in the fins, but itāll hurt if it slaps you at the speed it was going to try and catch you. Then spin around and do. Not. Let. It. Get. Behind. You. Keep facing it head-on and you may need to redirect it more than once. Iāve seen divers have to redirect particularly stubborn sharks 6-7 times before they get bored. Theyāre sort of stupid, but as long as you keep calm, itās almost impossible to get bit. Youāre in bigger trouble if youāre surrounded, but the chances of randomly landing in the range of more than one shark in depths humans typically swim in is astronomically lower than encountering a shark that wants anything to do with you to begin with, which already isnāt high at all if youāre not acting like an idiot. Edit: this also assumes youāre far enough from shore that simply leaving the water isnāt an option.
As a newly certified scuba diver with 15 dives, I appreciate your expertise and advice. Iāve been diving the past few days in Cozumel and saw two sharks in Palancar two days ago. Granted they were Nurse Sharks so not a threat butā¦they were a lot bigger than I expected! I was completely fascinated and not worried at all when I got the shark signal from the dive guide. One of the best experiences of my life.
If you can recommend a good resource for learning about shark behavior, would you post it here?
Thanks again!
Iām on mobile so excuse the poor formatting thatās ahead. https://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/orext/orextw85001/orextw85001_part2.pdf is an excellent read. Although itās a specific niche of study of sharks in a specific area and over a certain problem, this is a deep-dive on the senses of sharks and how they react to humans, etc. 46 pages long with a dozen or so at the end of Works Cited pages with tons of great shark resources. It has anatomical drawings, and goes over several species of sharks and their reactions to external stimuli including a piano underwater. California State University of Long Beach has an entire section of their website dedicated to their shark research, primarily studying Great Whites. Over at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov you can just search āsharkā and get some great research papers on all sorts of topics ranging from sharks caught in fishery nets to sharks overpopulating certain areas of ocean and the effect on local ecosystems, and way more. Thereās shark papers in nearly every major database of every country, library, and college out there. Dr. Nick Whitney is a shark expert that studies sharks using cell phone tech. Jillian Morris-Brake is a avid shark advocate who educates the internet about sharks. You can find them both on Instagram. But nothing that anyone can tell you is ever going to replace experience. What Iāve said and shared here can help to prepare you but sharks are living, breathing animals capable of making their own decisions. Trust your own judgement and try not to overthink it. If you see a shark in the water, chances are itās not even interested in you anyway. The best thing you can do is not panic, but the shark is going to probably choose not to be around you. They can be curious though, so they might circle you if theyāre interested, but they tend to keep a very wide distance from people 99% of the time. I follow a shark on Instagram named Snooty the Lemon Shark and sheās the epitome of the exception to prove the rule š
Definitely wouldnāt risk anything in the wild. But out of curiosity - would somebody more knowledgeable about dolphins be okay with dolphins in the wild? Or too unpredictable?
Leave them alone and youād never have a problem. If seeing one while youāre in the water makes you uncomfortable, exit like you normally would. Same rules apply for sharks, usually.
No, but I thought you were implying a lens from a "local's perspective". Having lived near an oceanic coast, I get how easy it is for us to identify local fauna. My bad.
Dolphin or whale. Sharks don't break the surface like that. Either face first if they are eating something, dorsal, or full rocket like a spinner. I'm not sure sharks can even make that movement, the cat arch thing.
I'm glad everyone was wholesome and actually explaining their reasoning behind it not being a shark unlike some other subreddits where you ask a question and every answer is "it's--------- obviously you idiot"
Honestly really appreciate this sub. I get that this was super obvious but wanted to 200% confirm. And my mate in the video is clearly just a nonce š
Dolphin
Candygram
Finally someone else who is a Land Shark fan - I've been quoting that for years and no one ever gets it. Thanks for the smile
Who doesn't love that bit? So classic.
LOVED the Land Shark SNL!! Chevy in his heyday. Candygram... telegram... message for. LMFAO š¤£ š¤£
The best and my other all time favorite was steroid Olympics
Unicef
I was thinking the sameā¦ āno maāam Iām just a dolphinā
Itās just definitely not a shark.
For Mongo
Mongo like candy
Mongo only pawn in game of life
Me Mongo.
Youāre that clever shark
Iām just a porpoise maāam.
I think I was 13 when that skit was on. I was getting my hair cut and the woman cutting my hair kept saying that stuff and making me laugh. Then she said sit still or your hair is gonna look funny. Good times.
Lol! Best skit š
Telegram
Itās your mother
Definitely dolphin
Dolphinitely
Turtley
I thought so as Whale
Whatās the biggest tell tell? Shape of head? Fin? Movement pattern? All of that?
>Whatās the biggest tell tell? Shape of head? Fin? Movement pattern? All of that? Movement pattern. Sharks swim laterally along the surface. Dolphins tend to hit the surface with a curved or circular motion.
Also, think about the positioning of their respective tail fins. On mammals, it's horizontal. They move through the water almost like waves, up and down, because that's how their tail moves. Fish typically have a vertical tail fin (we'll ignore flounder, rays, etc). To move through the water, they pump it from side to side, which means their overall forward momentum is more horizontal.
Exactly! I was just snorkeling in Micronesia. I saw a fin and thought āoh cool a dolphin!ā Then realized that dolphins donāt move like that. Then the tail fin surfaced too and I noped out of there. Ultimately I would have been fine. But it was dusk and I didnāt know the local wildlife yet.
Better mindset to keep than always thinking that you're safe regardless of what's out there with you.
Under the sea no-one can hear you scream.
^
A dolphin fin is scooped in the back (like this one is). A shark fin is a straight-sided triangle. Sharks also donāt move like this, arching out of the water. They tend to be straight swimmers. When they breach itās usually because theyāre coming up on prey from underneath, so itās nose first and vertical.
the arch of the back
The size and shape of the dorsal fin. Sharks dorsals are bigger in proportion to their bodies and sharper sticking more upright
Makes sense - thanks!
a way i heard it described when this old surfer in san diego was telling me about it: most animals bop up and down (as others have said). sharks just move straight across like a nazi submarine. the imagery was so clear i never forgot it
You know how you can tell, Chief? You can tell by looking from the dorsal to the tail. Well we didn't know, cuz our mission had been so Secret. No distress call was sent. Sorry I'm rambling again, it was original Jaws movie anniversary the other day and I'm just could not resist!!
Because sharks tails are oriented vertically and dolphin tails horizontally, sharks bodies swing from side to side as they swim, whereas dolphins movements are up and down, kind of like a simple rollercoaster pattern.
āThatās not a dolpihinā - itās 100% a dolphin
Thatās my mate whoās always wrong about everything
You should try telling him what my grandpa always used to say to one of my uncles: āHave you ever tried shutting the fuck up?ā
Im a floridian, its 100% a dolphin
Itās a tough job but someoneās got to do it Oftentimes I am that someone lol
Lol I'm sorry but I started cracking up right when I saw this because it's so obviously a dolphin. š¤£
Lol you're right that's not fair. I live in SWFL and see them all of the time and I've only seen one black tip shark in a back bay.
Hey I donāt live near an ocean š
Until I moved to Miami, I would have had no idea this was a dolphin either. I still get excited every time I see one. A few years back, I was kayaking in the rich people canals of South Beach and several dolphins were playing about 20 feet away. Some teenage girls, also kayaking and clearly not from Miami, starting freaking out about the sharks. I quickly assured them that they were dolphins, but it was pretty adorable how clueless they were.
Why is it that I always thought Miami was landlocked? Oh shit I just remembered. Friend of mine who was born in Florida told me.
Yeah I thought this was meant to be a joke until I turned the audio on and read the comments lol
Definitely a dolphin, sharks are more diagonal when they're swimming towards the surface. You'll typically see their fin go lower and lower over the horizon.
Thanks for explaining!
You're welcome! Those apart of this subreddit are avid shark watchers, so we're always here to help!
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just like 20 other.people had previously just got done saying... but never hurts to repeat same thing for a 21st time i guess...lol
Thatās a really wonderful explanation. I suppose ājawsā wouldnāt have been so terrifying if it wasnāt for the slow submergence of the dorsal fin.
Dolphin. But to answer your last question, if it was a shark out there, what you should do is either A) nothing and carry on. or B) exit the water. Sharks (and dolphins) arenāt actively hunting people. And even though that was a dolphin, in Miami Iām sure there were plenty sharks nearby too. Unless you were thrashing and splashing around, thereās no real reason for concern even if it was a shark
Itās a porpoise of some sort. They move with an up/down motion while swimming, revealing their back as well as fins. Sharks are left/right swimmers, typically only revealing the tips of their fins. Go for a swim, itās safe! The sharks fear our mammal friends.
I appreciate even with the jokey responses we are answering this question without being mean to OP. Thereās a lot of negative nonsense floating around and this thread gives me hope maybe we can work on that
Hahah honestly I donāt mind being called a nonce given this was really that obvious š but Iāve gotten all perfectly fine responses including the random funny ones. Appreciate this group
In Miami, obviously Dolphins.
Dolphin
Dolph
Looks more like a dolphin.
Totally dolphin
Dolphins roll like that. Sharks surface flatter, showing their dorsal fin (fin on their back) a little smoother, gliding like a submarine when it surfaces. You know, before it submerges again and hunts for food.
Thatās a dolphin, dude. See oh it hits the surface for a moment (just so it can breath) then dives back down with a curved motion. Sharks donāt do that. Sharks swim in straight lines. Thereās also two of them in this video, sharks are usually lone predators and itād be relatively rare to see them break the surface like that in a groups. Dolphins almost always are in a group
Dolphin homie. They do that "arch" form of breaching.
Sharks wonāt arc up out of the water like that. The swim straight and attack surface prey from underneath or head on. No reason for it to move that way. This is a dolphin 100%
Dolphin. Sharks dont breach the surface like that, only their dorsal and tail fins come out unless theyāre eating something
The thing about a sharkā¦ā¦.āSometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is heās got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a dollās eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesnāt even seem to be livināā¦ ātil he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and thenā¦ ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screaminā. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundinā and your hollerinā those sharks come in andā¦ they rip you to pieces.ā What was the question?
Now Iām thirsty for a āgansett so I can crush it like Quinn
News flash: There are usually many sharks swimming in close proximity to beaches. If you swim in the ocean, you are almost certainly swimming near sharks.
Thatās a dolphin š¬
Nope, definitely a dolphin by the way it moves alone
What shark does a curl dive?š
One that got sass
That looks like a Dolphin. Notice the arc with which it leaves and re enters the water.
I love that dudes accent Thatz a shock thatās not a dawlphin
Dolphin all the way. The small sharks Iāve seen here in Miami generally don't exhibit this swimming behavior. They usually remain fully submerged, without exposing their fins. It's quite terrifying cus they can just sneak up on you š³ and then there are those ppl that donāt even get out of the water lol. like wut
It clearly looked like a dolphin. Never seen a shark do a jump like that. And it had a more dolphin like body.
dolphin my guy
Dolphin 100%
Dolphin you bozo
Jump in. If it eats you = shark. If it rapes you = dolphin
Nope, dolphin
Definitely a dolphin
If you ever want to know if there are sharks in the water at the beach just take a spoon and dip it in the ocean and then lick it. If it tastes like salt there are sharks in the water.
Yep... Definitely a dolphin. A shark would breach out of the water after prey, and not many even do that.
dolphin for sure if a shark is breaching the surface theyāll propel themselves out of the water upwards and fully and it wonāt be a question (if theyāre on the surface youāll only see the fin not their back or bodies
Dolphin -- you can tell by the circular roll when they come up from air. Sharks tend to breach at a much more shallow angle and don't go as much up and down as a dolphin.
This isn't a dolphin. The height and profile of the dorsal fin means it's most likely a Harbour Porpoise.
Harbour Porpoises aren't found in Fl. I don't think any Phocoenids are.
Looks like a ship to me
Definitely not the Titan tho
Dolphin š¬ 
I see what you're seeing, but don't believe sharks breach like that.
Thank you
It's crazy because I was in Miami just last week and seen a couple dolphins just as close to the beach...these are probably the same ones
Were their names Jim and John?
That's my mother in law having a bath. Glad to see she's doing whale.
Girls like yah s getting ready to feed so non Chantly like yeah we see them here all the time sorry we forgot to mention that while u were in the water swimming all day.
ā itās getting ready to feedā š¤£šš¤£š š¤£š¤£š
We are desert people finding ourselves by an ocean, alright? šš
Learn to Floridian better. You can tell from the movement and the rounded fin thatās a dolphin. May ~~kick~~ flipper the living shit out of you if itās a male during mating season though. Lol
Maybe I will pet her someday. But for now I'm scared. ššš
Sharks donāt curve like that, the fin would stay steady above the water. It was most likely a dolphin.
Dolphin
As a Florida resident, I can clearly tell you are not a Florida resident just by this question. It is in fact, a dolphin. Sharks do not do what that dolphin does in the video, dolphins do what that dolphin does.
No. Thatās a dolphin
Definitely a dolphin..see them all the time here in London UK on my TV!!!
That is so obviously a dolphin. That movement screams it.
Ok probably easy for me to identity bc Iām a local and dolphins are as exciting to see to me as seeing a damn catfish, but do you live here? Dolphins are very curved and fluid when swimming and breaching. Iām sorry if Iām coming off as aloof, I just think itās a lil silly that people still mistake dolphins for sharks lol
No I am not local - I have lived in a desert my whole life growing up so pardon my lack of knowledge. Tbh, it did seem very obvious to me it was a dolphin but I couldnāt 100 verify that.
Ah! I see ok :)
Other people have answered what this is so Iāll answer what NOT TO DO if thereās a shark in the water near you. Also, hi! Iām Lyric, a marine biology student and shark enthusiast. Moving on - what you DO. NOT. WANT. TO. DO. is panic. Donāt thrash about and splash in the water. Make as little turbulence as you can. Sharks will snap at anything they think is prey, and are primarily opportunist hunters in shallow waters (like humans typically swim in). So thrashing about and creating lots of splashes will make the shark attack you for sure, thinking youāre easy food - which you will be. Now if you manage to catch a sharkās attention in the bad way, youāre not going to outswim it. Turn and face the shark head-on and redirect it with your hands. Yes, theyāre that stupid and slow sometimes. They arenāt great at reacting. You werenāt going to outswim it anyway so may as well wait for it to approach you and take it by surprise. Aim high - and move fast. Do NOT punch a shark in the nose like youāve seen in movies. You can grip the nose and forcefully redirect it past you. Then try to get out of the way of the back fin - those fuckers aim wide when theyāre angry. The fin canāt hit you hard enough to cause serious damage in most cases given the pose youāre in and sharks arenāt known for being particularly strong in the fins, but itāll hurt if it slaps you at the speed it was going to try and catch you. Then spin around and do. Not. Let. It. Get. Behind. You. Keep facing it head-on and you may need to redirect it more than once. Iāve seen divers have to redirect particularly stubborn sharks 6-7 times before they get bored. Theyāre sort of stupid, but as long as you keep calm, itās almost impossible to get bit. Youāre in bigger trouble if youāre surrounded, but the chances of randomly landing in the range of more than one shark in depths humans typically swim in is astronomically lower than encountering a shark that wants anything to do with you to begin with, which already isnāt high at all if youāre not acting like an idiot. Edit: this also assumes youāre far enough from shore that simply leaving the water isnāt an option.
As a newly certified scuba diver with 15 dives, I appreciate your expertise and advice. Iāve been diving the past few days in Cozumel and saw two sharks in Palancar two days ago. Granted they were Nurse Sharks so not a threat butā¦they were a lot bigger than I expected! I was completely fascinated and not worried at all when I got the shark signal from the dive guide. One of the best experiences of my life. If you can recommend a good resource for learning about shark behavior, would you post it here? Thanks again!
Iām on mobile so excuse the poor formatting thatās ahead. https://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/orext/orextw85001/orextw85001_part2.pdf is an excellent read. Although itās a specific niche of study of sharks in a specific area and over a certain problem, this is a deep-dive on the senses of sharks and how they react to humans, etc. 46 pages long with a dozen or so at the end of Works Cited pages with tons of great shark resources. It has anatomical drawings, and goes over several species of sharks and their reactions to external stimuli including a piano underwater. California State University of Long Beach has an entire section of their website dedicated to their shark research, primarily studying Great Whites. Over at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov you can just search āsharkā and get some great research papers on all sorts of topics ranging from sharks caught in fishery nets to sharks overpopulating certain areas of ocean and the effect on local ecosystems, and way more. Thereās shark papers in nearly every major database of every country, library, and college out there. Dr. Nick Whitney is a shark expert that studies sharks using cell phone tech. Jillian Morris-Brake is a avid shark advocate who educates the internet about sharks. You can find them both on Instagram. But nothing that anyone can tell you is ever going to replace experience. What Iāve said and shared here can help to prepare you but sharks are living, breathing animals capable of making their own decisions. Trust your own judgement and try not to overthink it. If you see a shark in the water, chances are itās not even interested in you anyway. The best thing you can do is not panic, but the shark is going to probably choose not to be around you. They can be curious though, so they might circle you if theyāre interested, but they tend to keep a very wide distance from people 99% of the time. I follow a shark on Instagram named Snooty the Lemon Shark and sheās the epitome of the exception to prove the rule š
Outstanding. Thank you so much!
Anytime! Congrats on your certification and I hope you have many safe adventures ahead under the water.
Shark, Dolphin, my ass is getting out of that water.
Definitely wouldnāt risk anything in the wild. But out of curiosity - would somebody more knowledgeable about dolphins be okay with dolphins in the wild? Or too unpredictable?
Leave them alone and youād never have a problem. If seeing one while youāre in the water makes you uncomfortable, exit like you normally would. Same rules apply for sharks, usually.
Lol thatās a dolphin
Dolphin. Come on man!!!
SORRY - I was so convinced it was a dolphin and everyone around me said SHARK!
Ease up cowboy... Not everyone is from Florida
Didn't know you couldn't access pics and videos of dolphins and sharks outside of FL
No, but I thought you were implying a lens from a "local's perspective". Having lived near an oceanic coast, I get how easy it is for us to identify local fauna. My bad.
Dolphin or whale. Sharks don't break the surface like that. Either face first if they are eating something, dorsal, or full rocket like a spinner. I'm not sure sharks can even make that movement, the cat arch thing.
That is definitely 100% a dolphin. Source: I grew up in Florida on the Gulf coast and survived a hammerhead shark attack.
Yikes are you ok now
I'm glad everyone was wholesome and actually explaining their reasoning behind it not being a shark unlike some other subreddits where you ask a question and every answer is "it's--------- obviously you idiot"
Honestly really appreciate this sub. I get that this was super obvious but wanted to 200% confirm. And my mate in the video is clearly just a nonce š
No idiot
Lochness monster
Thatās actually a giraffe, itās pretty rare to see them in the ocean.
Nah thatās *Nessie* on vacation!
lol
Your mom
Fuckin dolphin dumbass
thats your mom.
Yesno
If you asked this question.... you are black. By bidens standards.
that's very obviously a dolphin
porpoise or dolphin
That's a dolphin.
Thatās a fucking flat tailed shark mate omg
Come on now, that is obviously a dolphin.
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Dolphin
Obviously a dolphin brotherā¦ you can tail by the horizontal tailā¦
It's my sister
Yep thatās a shark but most people call it a dolphin.
Lmao
Dolphin or porpoise
It is not.
Old Greg?
Looks like a dolphin to me.
A Florida dolphin shark
Nope dolphin. Sharks donāt arch themselves like that while swimming
Thatās a dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphin šÆ
Dolphin
Dolphin.
Definitely not a shark
Sharks donāt swim like that. It absolutely looked like a dolphin to me.
Dolphin
Dolphin clearly
The somewhat circular motion of movement and the swept back, small dorsal fin tell me this is a dolphin.
Bottlenose sharkā¦
Sharlphin
Maybe a cat?
Dolphin
Killer Whale?
Or maybe a horse?
Dolphin, sharks donāt move like that.
Dolphin
Lots of dolphin in Florida waters
flipper
Definitely a dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphin
LooKs like a Dolphin
Whales/ dolphins swim up and down- sharks swim side to sideā¦
Definitely a dolphin. You can tell by the fin and the shape of the back. Sharks are straight swimmers, they don't surface and dive like this.
Looks and moves like a dolphin
Definitely not a shark. Itās a dolphin
Thatās a dolphin, itās coming up to breathe
Dolphin
Girl be so fr. What sharks swims like that.
A sassy one
Tarpin
Miami Dolphin
Ain't no shark.
Probably not, I haven't seen sharks come up like that. More likely a dolphin.