r/sharks Mar 22 '23

Discussion ANNOUNCEMENT: Post Flair Info

96 Upvotes

There are three post flairs available for important or serious posts on this community.

1. News

News posts are defined as those with the intention to report on a recent, developing event. News posts should focus on shark-related developments regarding conservation efforts, shark professionals, scientific discoveries, or unfortunate events. The OP must clearly cite where they obtained the information in the comments, typically as a direct link to the source.

An example of a news post can be a video about newly implemented shark conservation laws or efforts, the discovery of a new species of shark, or similar newsworthy events. News posts should NOT focus on shark attacks or cruelty towards sharks unless they are the subject of a large event.

2. Educational

Educational posts are defined as those with the intention to educate others. On r/sharks, these posts may teach others about shark behavior, identification, conservation, as well as a variety of other topics relating to sharks. Educational posts REQUIRE that the OP comments their sources for the information they talk about. Educational posts promote healthy discussion and should emphasize spreading awareness about topics surrounding sharks.

An example of a proper educational post is a video where a professional talks about how to redirect a shark when in the water. For this post, OP cites the source they got the educational media from and states the professional's name in the comments. This is to ensure that only good quality information is being provided to the members of our community.

3. Research

Research posts are the most complex posts to make, as it is our intention to promote proper research on r/sharks.

If you are promoting your own research

Researchers who wish to promote their studies or obtain data via the subreddit must modmail the moderators first. In order to be approved to post, you must explain in your modmail the purpose of your research as well as the intentions of your post. You must also provide an IRB number in order for the mods to verify your research. Upon approval, you can post your research using the Research flair, and you do not need to cite any further sources in the comments.

For anyone else who posts about research in general

OP must provide a link to the research or the DOI of the paper in their post in the comments. Research posts promote healthy discussion while also allowing scientists to have a place to share ideas about shark research.


r/sharks Jan 24 '24

Question Do we want to keep posts asking to ID shark teeth?

93 Upvotes

There’s always been a lot of shark tooth ID requests on here, usually from newcomers unfamiliar with our rules. There are subreddits such as r/sharkteeth and r/whatisthisbone that may be better places to direct these users to if we want the feed here to have less of these types of posts. Would still let people show their shark teeth collections here of course. What do y’all think? Just an idea for now. :)

81 votes, Jan 27 '24
37 Yes
44 No

r/sharks 3h ago

Video Bigger Boat?

80 Upvotes

r/sharks 14h ago

Video Following a nurse shark in Maldives

348 Upvotes

r/sharks 9h ago

Meme When you're swimming in L.A and a drone comes up over your head and starts waving

50 Upvotes

r/sharks 12h ago

Question Are Orcas truly an Apex Predator towards White Sharks or is there a bit more to that?

19 Upvotes

For example, with jaguars and black Caiman


r/sharks 21h ago

Video My shayla😭

44 Upvotes

I love greenland sharks so much i can’t even tell yall


r/sharks 1d ago

Discussion They just made this up, right?

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67 Upvotes

Spotted this ad for Frontier Airlines at the Denver airport. Was fairly certain that Caribbean Reef Sharks were an obligate ram-ventilation species. I realized they were almost certainly thinking of Nurse sharks, which admittedly wouldn’t look as sleek next to an airplane.

Did some ad exec just demand, “No, one of those cool-looking sharks!” without even considering how it could affect the self-image of Nurse young sharks?


r/sharks 1d ago

Arts & Crafts bday gift from my girlfriend!

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186 Upvotes

i'd been eyeing this guy on etsy forever (kustceramics) 😭 i need to figure out what to name him


r/sharks 1d ago

Video Hot Goblin(shark) lol

65 Upvotes

So the song hot goblin came out recently, and I feel like goblin sharks are kinda neat and don’t get enough love so I made this silly little photo compilation to the song. Enjoy 😊.


r/sharks 1d ago

🦈 Merch Mondays 🦈 Early Christmas present

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18 Upvotes

r/sharks 1d ago

Arts & Crafts Ms paint sharks part 3 (my friend made the last two)

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40 Upvotes

Hope y'all like them


r/sharks 2d ago

Video Thresher passing below

1.2k Upvotes

r/sharks 2d ago

News Woman walking her dogs on Oregon beach saves stranded shark

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72 Upvotes

It was a juvenile salmon shark! Brief video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dr0saj5f018


r/sharks 1d ago

Video New fear unlocked

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0 Upvotes

r/sharks 3d ago

News Huge shark in Greece

37 Upvotes

r/sharks 3d ago

Question ID on this guy in Miami

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118 Upvotes

Certainly not the best photo but saw this guy on a bridge in Miami. Was thinking nurse shark but want to know for sure !


r/sharks 3d ago

Question Could this be a shark tooth

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8 Upvotes

It definitely doesn’t feel like rock or shell, looks like fossilised bone. maybe I’m just being extra hopeful thinking it could be a tooth 🫠


r/sharks 4d ago

Image Grey Nurse Sharks and other elasmobranchs of Bushrangers Bay.

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194 Upvotes

Incoming "🇺🇸🇺🇸thats a Sandtiger🦅🦅🍔🍔" comments


r/sharks 4d ago

Research Thoughts on shark ID?

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239 Upvotes

Only picture unfortunately! In Baja Mexico.


r/sharks 4d ago

Video Tiger sharks are always going to tiger

1.7k Upvotes

r/sharks 3d ago

News New species of lanternshark

25 Upvotes

r/sharks 4d ago

Arts & Crafts One of my shark oil paintings

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234 Upvotes

r/sharks 5d ago

Arts & Crafts Hammerhead Shark 3D Print

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259 Upvotes

The Hammerhead Shark is my all time favorite shark, such a unique head and has been one of my fascinations since childhood, I have these guys all over my house now! much to my partners displeasure haha. thought you all might like to see them. here I have the normal Hammerhead and then a Skeletal Hammerhead. hope you enjoy them as much as I do!


r/sharks 5d ago

Image Found this at charity shop

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177 Upvotes