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Scientists Speak Out Against Shark Harassment

1/19/2019

There are good scientists out there, many actually, but why is it that the ones who are so quick to stir up an attack against people are also the ones who just so happen to be media seekers themselves?

Thanks for showing us how to respect sharks, doc! Now, just move a little to the left for the photo.

These shark scientists (whose methods of capturing and tagging sharks have actually led to mortalities) calling swimming with sharks harassment are leading ya’ll down a path of B.S.. Tagging is a tool used in the process of forming a larger scientific picture, but the act of tagging in itself is not salvation for sharks nor is is always performed by those with pure intentions.
#taggingisalie #shiffman #conartist #fakescience #fakeconservation #taggingsavesnothing #realharssment #shark #sharkharassment

Identifying Lucy from Drone Footage

12/1/2018

One of Guadalupe's legendary white sharks is Lucy, known for her size, personality, and extremely damaged tail.
This clip explains how Lucy's injury can be spotted from the air in order to identify her. I also take a moment to address common notions and misconceptions about shark size and growth potential, shark intelligence and perceived signs of intelligence and strategy.
Drone footage by Skyler Thomas. Underwater footage by Andy Dellios.

#lucy #guadalupe #sharklegends #sharkID #drone #mavic #greatwhites #whiteshark #whitesharkvideo #wsv

54 Minutes of White Sharks (from above)

11/30/2018

Every moment of white shark footage from my trips to Guadalupe this year...it's not all highlight reels, but if you want to just kick back and watch great white sharks from varying heights please sit back and enjoy. The shark is sometimes hard to see, but if the footage is included, it means it is somewhere in the frame, so have some fun trying to spot it before it becomes obvious.
#greatwhites #drone #4k

Culling in the USA?

9/18/2018

Will shark culling become a thing in the United States? Ever since I documented the political agendas behind shark culling in Australia I've had a fear that these ideals would continue to spread like a disease and eventually take seed in the Untied States. I expressed these concerns to Dr. Christopher Neff during an interview in 2014. He stated that if it were going to happen, Cape Cod would be the most likely place. He also made me aware of the fact that culling already has taken place in the U.S...more than once.
As far as I'm concerned culling already does take place regularly across the United States. We just call it something else and hand people trophies for it. Read and watch more here.

Moments in the Food Chain

8/30/2018

How do we survive the moments when we unintentionally enter the food chain? Inspired by interviews with Chris Fallows, Andrew Fox, Alessandro de Maddalena, Neil Hammerschlag, and more, host Skyler Thomas looks at possible explanations for our survival.

This video was originally made as an episode for Animal Bytes TV in 2014. Although not my best work, the topic of content is worth watching. Alessandro de Maddalena provided many amazing predation photos to assist the video.
#andrewfox #neilhammerschlag, #chrisfallows, #skylerthomas

Dog Saves Man from Sharks!

8/25/2018

A playful and curious boxer tries to interact with nurse sharks in French Polynesia.
Sorry for the BS headline - just pretending to be the Daily Mail, or The Telegraph, or a Shark Week episode.
I had to remove the audio because whatever song was playing on the beach radio flagged the copyright content monitor.

Do Rogue Sharks Exist?

8/16/2018

Rogue sharks, or as Shark Week refers to them, "Great White Serial Killers" (thanks again for all you do for sharks, Shark Week, barf) are sharks that have supposedly developed a taste for humans and intentionally target us. It just so happens that I met and interviewed someone in South Africa who witnessed one of the rare occurrences of a white shark consuming a human. That particular area, Fish Hoek, has had two apparent consumptions. Does this mean there's a rogue shark in those waters? Several years after that interview I asked Dr. Christpher Neff about his work on the "rogue shark theory."

After watching, let me know what you think about this idea of rogue sharks. The most recent thought I have regarding this matter is, even if a rogue shark did exist, how would such a menacing predator manage to only successfully kill and eat a human twice over the course of several years?

What's Wrong with the Phrase Shark Attack?

8/14/2018

What's wrong with the phrase shark attack? After all, the term is used so commonly that even scientists and shark advocates use it. Dr. Christopher Neff helps explain how using the phrase is damaging for both sharks and people.
Watch the full one hour interview at whitesharkvideo.com/chrisneff

#sharks #sharkattack #sharkbite #sharkpresence #sharkthreat #sharkencounter #sharksighting #chistopherneff #skylerthomas #whitesharkvideo #greatwhitelies #wsv #sharkcull #mediahype

"Killing Sharks is Good Politics"

8/11/2018

This is an extended scene from Great White Lies featuring Dr. Christopher Neff. For the sake of pacing I cut all my interviews heavily, but All of Dr. Neff's words are worth hearing so I am rolling out his entire interview to the public over the next several days.
In this segment we are discussing his early research regarding Western Australia's reactions to shark bites and basically predicted Colin Barnett's shark cull. He then goes on to explain how killing sharks is a political platform, whether it makes people safer or not. Perhaps most disturbing is that manipulating the public rather than educating them puts them at even greater risk.

While Dr. Neff's interview was brilliant, I'm afraid my filming wasn't. I wasn't sitting behind the camera and the autofocus was failed, but please try to ignore that and focus instead on his message. #greatwhitelies #predictingthesharkcull #sharkcull #nosharkcull #sharknets It's like Shark Week...except it's good for sharks.

Dog paddle boarding with sharks

8/7/2018

Nothing spectacular here, just a fun and unexpected encounter with a large group of baby great white sharks.

Oops, I mean leopard sharks. :)

Skyler Thomas and his dog Wolf Bear encounter dozens of leopard sharks while paddle boarding in Tomales Bay, California. el pero el tiburon

Wolf Bear and Skyler decided to share a little info about these sharks, even if they aren't great whites.

Active-swimming predators, groups of leopard sharks often follow the tide onto intertidal mudflats to forage for food, mainly clams, spoon worms, crabs, shrimp, bony fish, and fish eggs.

Skyler Thomas and his dog Wolf Bear encounter dozens of leopard sharks while paddle boarding in Tomales Bay, California. el pero el tiburon

The leopard shark occurs in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean, from the temperate continental waters of Coos Bay, Oregon to the tropical waters of Mazatlán, Mexico, including the Gulf of California. It favors muddy or sandy flats within enclosed bays and estuaries, and may also be encountered near kelp beds and rocky reefs, or along the open coast.

Skyler Thomas and his dog Wolf Bear encounter dozens of leopard sharks while paddle boarding in Tomales Bay, California. el pero el tiburon

There are a few sharks that use the word "leopard" in their title. The leopard shark featured in this video is found on the Pacific coast of North America.

zebra / leopard (Stegostoma fasciatum) Australia / Asia

leopard catfish (Poroderma pantherinum) South Africa

leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) Pacific North America

Skyler Thomas and his dog Wolf Bear encounter dozens of leopard sharks while paddle boarding in Tomales Bay, California. el pero el tiburon

Footage shot by Skyler Thomas for White Shark Video unless otherwise stated. Stock footage licensing is available at www.whitesharkvideo.com/footage

Dogs and sharks!

Un perro se encuentra con docenas de tiburones

#dogsandsharks #paddleboarding #paddleboardingwithsharks #leopardshark #skylerthomas