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00:00okay welcome back guys this is where we are today diving with sharks around the
00:06world underwater 8k 360 and give a like always subscribe these are the great
00:13ones when you see air on panel these are good ones here
00:30there are more than 500 species of sharks inhabiting our planet these
00:50predators outlive the dinosaurs and have perfectly adapted to the modern
00:55conditions they are very different let's take a closer look at them
01:16the shark feeding is a form of ecotourism you can see the marine
01:22creatures in their natural habitat not in an aquarium
01:34the profits gained from the tourists coming to see the sharks swim with them
01:39and feed them can be compared to the fisheries revenue thanks to that more
01:44and more places on the planet abandoned shark fishing
01:53certain ecologists assumed that it is harmful for sharks to receive food out
02:00of the human hands and they lose their natural instincts however the data based
02:07on many years of observation have disproved it
02:22you can see many nurse sharks swimming nearby they usually lie on the bottom or
02:28swim in circles waiting for some leftovers
02:38the sharks are fed with frozen fish out of the metal box at the depth of up to
02:4310 meters this action is performed by experienced guides who know the sharks
02:49behavior the tiger shark can't live in captivity in which it dies in several
03:01months the best place to meet the tiger shark is the waters of the Tiger Beach
03:19hammerhead sharks are baited near the area of Bimini Island predators are
03:25alert by accessible food and do not attack humans the Bahamas is one of the
03:34most popular places for shark feeding it is the habitat for six meter long
03:39hammerhead sharks five meter long tiger sharks lemon and gray reef sharks bull
03:46sharks and many other predatory fish species the shark feeding tour is
03:53absolutely safe for the human the main point is to follow the rules of
03:58underwater behavior
04:02these are the bomb and they're air-popped not fried popcorn this is
04:12hard
04:23the great white shark is one of the most well-known predators it is reflected in
04:29other alternative names of these species shark man-eater and white death
04:45the lifespan of great white sharks is estimated to be as long as 70 years
04:50making it one of the most long-living fish in the world
04:57the white shark is notable for its size the greatest length among these sharks
05:03ever registered is 6.1 meters
05:17great white sharks prey upon fish dolphins and other marine animals but
05:23not human beings they are hardly digestible for sharks but still they
05:28are responsible for a great number of injuries and even deaths in 2019 the
05:34number of accidents was estimated to be 272
05:44in some areas there is a tourist program diving with sharks the animal is
05:50attracted by meat and the person wishing to have a look at it is taken under the
05:55surface of the water at a depth ranging from 1.5 to 7 meters in a special secure
06:01cage
06:20the world's largest extant animal is the whale while the largest living fish
06:33species is the shark that was named in honor of this animal the whale shark
06:40its average length is 9 meters but examples of an 18 meter length are known
06:56whale sharks teeth are tiny but it has over 300 rows of them the overall number
07:03of teeth is as high as several thousand
07:10it is a rather peaceful shark nature created this giant fish to be fed on
07:22plankton and small fishes
07:32the shark gathers volumes of water filters it through the gills while the
07:37teeth lock the food in the mouth and then it goes to the stomach
07:47as this shark doesn't need to hunt it is a rather tranquil and slow animal its
07:54maximum speed is 5 kilometers per hour which the shark can reach only under
07:59exceptional circumstances for reference the great white shark one of the most
08:08dangerous predators can swim at speeds of over 56 kilometers per hour
08:20whale shark can be observed in open waters of the tropical oceans and this
08:25video has been created near Malpolo Island
08:42there is an amazing archipelago called the Gardens of the Queens in the
08:47Caribbean Sea the name was given by Christopher Columbus and the natural
08:52treasure itself was declared a National Park by Cuba
09:07the Caribbean reef sharks are one of its inhabitants the predator is capable of
09:13growing up to 3 meters long but mostly you may find a 2 meter long shark
09:22they are not interested in human because there are many fish on the
09:29reefs and hunger can be satisfied by eating them
09:53you
10:10the islands of Fiji that have found themselves in the southwestern part of
10:15the Pacific Ocean are considered one of the best divers destinations in the
10:21world
10:26the famous oceanographic explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau has named them the
10:32soft coral capital of the world as this kind of corals grows here in abundance
10:38this thing in its turn attracts over 300 species of fish a lot of turtles and
10:44many other marine inhabitants
10:51you
10:55one of the most popular places for divers and underwater photographers is
11:01Becca Island it is the oasis of pristine nature with marvelous beaches waterfalls
11:07and coral reefs of the most peculiar forms
11:13you
11:20Becca Lagoon was created by a huge barrier reef and probably once was a
11:26volcano's crater
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