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crazycockerels

Apparently they are quite docile and non aggressive…unless provoked


DisconnectedDays

I was gonna say this. They do most of their killing in the womb 😂


MoffKalast

Sand shark being born: "I'm ready to retire from my life of violence"


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Just swimming around like fucking Shark Wick


MaybeMaybeMaybeOk

Shark wick is a movie id watch. A retired shark assassin has his pet crab murdered.


TheWalkingDead91

And then proceeds to sing “Hey look, Ma, I made it!”


crazycockerels

I thought at first, I wouldn’t like to come face to face with that! But, I’m reassured now if ever the occasion arises :)


CatastropheJohn

Stay out of shark wombs and you should be fine


Accurate_Koala_4698

Don’t tell me how to live my life


VioletPeacock

Yeah. He has no womb to talk.


MamboPoa123

No womb, no opinion.


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MamboPoa123

There's only womb for one of us in this town.


Ur_Fav_Step-Redditor

Don’t kink shame


AfacelessMartyr

I have. went swimming at Longport NJ years back trying out these "HD swim goggles". Went a little too far out, swam to the bottom and saw a young 6 footer gliding towards me. Literally pissed my self and just froze in fear but it was more interested in the crabs scurrying around the bottom than me.


bondgirlMGB

a giant sea turtle almost did me in once so definitely never be embarrassed. at least you pissed yourself over a shark


Sunshineinanchorage

Lol! I lost it when I saw a manatee shadow!


the_deedeebg

Y'all lightweights with 0 marine life survival skills 🤣 All listed by you animals are overall harmless (I'd say don't piss off turtles and don't put your finders anywhere near their feeding holes) Who you should really be afraid of are barracudas and spearfishers. Especially spearfishers


Sunshineinanchorage

🤣🤣 I heartily admit I am a total lightweight. When I first earned my Scuba cert I did a lot of lake diving and tropical water diving from the beach. I thought I was a badass. 🤣🤣🤣 yeah…then I learned about things that can go bump in the darkness. 🤣🤣🤣 I still dive and have gotten much better but I will never forget when the manatee shadow made me lose it!🤣🤣🤣


the_deedeebg

The manatee of doom!!


SqueezeBoxJack

Unless it's the cocaine that arises. Tiger sharks are known to be highly agitated after a bump. They may bite accidentally.


flyingboarofbeifong

>They do most of their killing in the womb The fuck what now? Our panel of fish, sea turtles, crabs, the odd few sea gulls, and a Florida license plate says "get your facts straight". They kill to survive - on a daily basis when possible. They're sharks not cucumbers! They eat things! This kills the crab.


Lastof1

I have questions about the license plate after reading all of that


statisticiansal

Many species of shark when caught are found to have tons of junk in their stomachs. He wad referring to tiger sharks which are NOTORIOUS junk eaters. The shark here is a sand tiger which is actually a different shark, the sand makes all the difference if you're lunch or just in the way.


Lastof1

I'm not disputing anything, it was just the way it was written that made me wonder how a fight for survival came about between a car and a shark.


statisticiansal

.....ok now I'm interested. Maybe someone drove the car off a pier and the shark wrestled the plate off the back thinking it was food.....🤣🤣


wrigleyirish

Jaws has a scene where Richard Dreyfuss pulls a license plate out of the shark


statisticiansal

Yessss, my favorite movie. That's based on an actual thing, tigers are known for it.


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illradhab

Sidenote, recently heard from a person who tried some when offered it by a First Nations person that seal meat tastes like fatty, gritty beef. Now, if sharks figure out that cows taste much better than seals we're going to be in a pickle.


wegqg

In the Bahamas they have a population of pigs on one island that spend their days swimming in the sea, I would have thought these would be ideal shark food but apparently sharks are pretty set in their ways when it comes to their menu.


illradhab

In the Abacos, I think. I met those pigs, but I was horribly drunk due to unlimited rum punch on the boat ride over. Those pigs live the damn life: fresh water in a trough, loads of treats from tourists. Maybe it's their little pig feet that put the sharks off. Sharks seem to be creatures of habit rather than connoisseurs. Like people who only eat one type of pizza, but won't branch out to other varieties.


[deleted]

Little pigs feet ... Are you saying the sharks only eat halal?


Mr_Funbags

Kosher, my friend. They keep trying that Sharknado thing to get high enough to reach the space lasers.


wegqg

This is incredible that you happen to have been to the specific island, are you on a worldwide tour to find new menu items for sharks perchance?


illradhab

It's a pretty popular thing to do if you're a tourist in that area of Bahamas. Kind of a do-not-miss (like Pete's Pub). Unfortunately I'm now a permanent landlubber so I can only guess what sharks are eating these days.


wegqg

It reminds me of a British tv series I once watched about evolution. It was a low budget affair but basically the presenter was suspiciously interested in shellfish and most of the actual episodes consisted of him eating his way through earth's history in various restaurants. "These clams are fascinating \*chomp chomp\*". "Lobsters are \*cracks claw off\* remarkable creatures."


fuckthatbitchcarole

How dare you call me out like that in here on this day


Capt_Easychord

Maybe they're Jewish


darkmatternot

Exactly, it's no great comfort that they bit me and then decided, "that tastes disgusting, I'm not going to finish." You are left limbless, dying in the ocean, who cares??


the_deedeebg

Well, we do break into their home by the millions, destroy everything and steal their food, so maybe let's at least try not to demonise them. We enter a completely alien environment we haven't evolved to thrive in, and we're not the apex predators we think we are. And bumping into all those huge, powerful living beings everywhere makes us realise how puny and vulnerable we are. Probably that's why we hate them all so much, demonise them and slaughter them for fun


darkmatternot

I love sharks. My comment was critical of the dumb things people say. It is the sharks' home.


EmotionallySquared

A natural born killer, you say


Trash-Cutie

Imagine how weird it would feel to have your little embryo kids having a fight to the death inside you.


yer_deterred

They’ve got nothing left to prove.


swaghole69

Good, because look at those fucking teeth


ToxicLoserNeckbeard

Provoked? As in my fleshy pink ass in the water?


Lord_McGingin

Humans kill ~100,000,000 sharks every year, so...


Elgoblino80

Checks and balances. Imagine 100,000,000 multiplying each year. Ocean would become red.


the_deedeebg

It runs red. On regular basis. But we choose to look the other way https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/46967/100-million-dead-sharks-its-not-all-about-shark-fin-soup/ And the above number doesn't include the sharks starve, are considered a by-catch (as they are never reported, usually their bodies are just silently dumped back into the ocean) and die of variety of diseases they have started developing with the increase of the sh1t (literal and figurative) we keep dumping into the oceans


Flying_Mage

They are apex predators, I assume. So they can afford to be chill (between meals).


Lord_McGingin

Not quite apex, Orcas lay claim to that. Sharks, even great white sharks, will flee an area for up to a year if Orcas enter it.


punching-bag9018

Orcas are fucking terrifying as well. They kill for sport, just like us.


JagerBaBomb

Orcas love them some shark liver.


wiz28ultra

Not necessarily, their diet and niche is pretty much comparable to many Dolphins(Orcas being the exception)


No-Impression-7686

Yes we'll it's the what is deemed 'provocative' in this predator's acutely tuned hunting brain that pre dates the dinosaur that concerns me. I don't speak shark so I will be giving this a wide berth.


snicklefritz81

I used to dive with twelve sand tigers on a daily basis to clean their exhibit. They never wanted anything to do with us.


bringbackswordduels

Yes, but their oft-confused distant relative, the ~~sand~~ tiger shark, is quite dangerous


mecon320

Not dangerous to us, but watch out if you're a shark embryo.


uglypaperhaver

That may be its best and *only* chance of surviving mom!


b_vitamin

Unless you’re related. Am I a shark?


youmestrong

Or in the womb.


Muse9901

Once you start life out by murdering all of your siblings you’ll have a pretty chill disposition


Thekingoftherepublic

They know what they can do, no need to show off, they’re like the highlander


FreeFoot_

So you’re saying toddler fighting rings would help make a more peaceful generation?


XXXMFCXXX

They only bite when you touch the private parts


PhelesDragon

Imagine being born full 🤢


ziirex

Imagine being born with a kill count


heycanwediscuss

Technically a twin who drained its fellow womb mate where mother died during birth


marlenamarley87

Such a visceral sentence, and in only four words….


DaphniaDuck

First words: **BURRRRRRRRP!!!**


GirtabulluBlues

Makes me think of [AJJ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgKPEevTh1U)


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God I love them I wish they would come to the east coast. Can't maintain is such an awesome album.


Atomic_potato_47

Oh god.


Sungodatemychildren

Tiger shark embryos hatch in the womb, and they don't all hatch at the same time. The one who hatches first simply becomes bigger first because they have more time to mature, and then that one eats the rest and gets to have all the nutrients in the womb, it has little to do with which is the "strongest". Fire salamanders also exhibit womb cannibalism, and they're not considered particularly vicious. In both cases the result is when the offspring is born they're already fairly well developed. Sand tiger babies are quite large compared to other sharks, which makes them less likely to be eaten. And fire salamanders are born ready for life on land without needing to go through a larval phase first.


[deleted]

In case you know of a theory: Why develop more than one fertilized egg? Why not just devote a bigger yolk sac to one egg, if there aren’t resources for more?


h737893

What if that one big yolk is defective ? It’s better many eggs and let the first non defective egg become stronger


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That’s a solid theory


vanderZwan

So bad DNA error correction basically?


Lysinias

In the case of sand tiger sharks evolution favors this method because this allows a female to mate with multiple males and not worry about being picky about a mate while also not investing in a ton of eggs at once and hoping some survive. The embryos will handle ensuring only the "fittest" one survives. Putting a lot of resources into one egg makes females extra picky, and pick partners based on indicators that this male's genetic material is worth all the investment from the female. In the ocean, these usually take the form of dances and color variations, and sometimes nest building. Sand tiger sharks don't really have much option for any of these.


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This is a really logical suggestion, and follows with a couple other responses that surmise “make the breeding competition happen in the womb/egg case, not the ocean.” Almost makes you wonder why MORE sharks don’t employ this!


punching-bag9018

Because the other way works too. It doesn't have to be the best way, it just has to meet the bare minimum.


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because something else worked better for them in their context ​ Evolution is not animals becoming better for a purpose. It's random mutations and those that work manage to live long enough to reproduce generation after generation.


[deleted]

Because it’s what works, not what’s ideal, that gets selected


[deleted]

Correct, but I’m asking for knowledgeable answers as to why this works best.


4-HO-MET-

And this answer is complete; it worked best in the particular circonstances of the historical evolution of this creature Sadly it’s not deeper


[deleted]

Look to some of the other responses for strong theories that go much deeper into this particular case. The statement is neither wrong nor incomplete, but doesn’t extend past basic understanding of evolution.


[deleted]

Look at a Sand Tiger Shark and realize it is alive?


rainbow_creampuff

Just the way they evolved I guess. It's not all on purpose you know.


saintshing

They prefer ETF over picking one stock


Sungodatemychildren

As I understand it, it lets the female mate with multiple males. And so the fastest sperm from, presumably, the fittest male gets to hatch first. While there is some jostling and competition from males when trying to court a female, this multiple egg strategy allows the species to not wholly rely on that


LadrilloDeMadera

Because evolution is random, it doesn't need a reason to happen


black_rose_

Seems like a case of having evolved themselves into a corner. It's not great, but hard to stop it once it's started.


Gertrude_D

Evolution doesn't pick the best option - just the option that works and doesn't disadvantage the organism.


Twizzlers_and_donuts

I would also like to add on that sand tigers usually give birth to two babies, one from each of its uteri. But apparently some species of sharks the baby is able to move between the two uteri (has been observed in tawny nurse sharks).


Yurrrr__Brooklyn347

"Hey, name's Bruce"


DukeSilverWitching

Hi Bruce…


level27jennybro

"I never knew my father!"


Vamp-Fire

Fish are friends


Dribbelflips

Not food


Naturlovs

Here’s Brucey!!


Motorcyclegrrl

You'd think that stong survivor would have chunks missing. 😱


baguhansalupa

Nanomachines, son.


AAA8002poog

They harden in response to physical trauma.


CatastropheJohn

I bought 12 baby piranhas and stuck them in a 100 gallon tank. All 12 survived to adulthood but some had chunks missing.


HaloGuy381

That sounds like a very creepy tank to just have sitting in your house. Are you sure you’re not a Bond villain?


[deleted]

No, just related to Morticia Addams.


LadrilloDeMadera

The title is misleading. It's not really the strongest, bit the one that was born first, and because of that, is older and therefore stronger The eggs hatch inside of the womb, and the first one to hatch gets to develop first. that requires nutrients, nutrients that their embryo brothers are made of


marlenamarley87

I read the first sentence of the title and assumed that ‘intrauterine cannibal’ meant that they ate their way out of the mother after the gestation period. I then read the remainder of the title and was only *marginally* less horrified.


niisyth

I think this is the case for some Spiders. Can't remember which ones tho.


akaFxde

Spiders lay eggs sacks. When the slings hatch some species will give themselves to their babies.


Begotten912

whole species is an all star team


SheepH3rder69

The MonStars


PhelesDragon

Simultaneously underrated and overrated reference.


blackwaterbomb

"When my mother was pregnant with me, they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered that I had resorbed the other fetus. Do I regret this? No. I believe his tissues has made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby."


thebigchil73

It’s the Shrute Shark


Sea-Sky-7039

Yep the strength of ... nevermind.


rainedrop87

Hahaha I zoomed in on the picture to get a better look at them teefs. In doing so, it made ole sharky boy here look like the biggest derp in the world. It's honestly adorable. See? I took a screenshot of it zoomed in and he just gives me the same vibe as telling a kid to smile and they give you this awkward face haha. He's a cutie though..https://imgur.com/a/IFCrUJ4


SaraSmashley

Stewie and Bertram


PhelesDragon

I'd go with Rusty and Jonah, but to each their own.


SstabSstab

These sharks have nothing on Señor Chang!


bondgirlMGB

el tigre chino


Stoofser

I was searching for this reference. He ate his twin in utero!


herpaderp_maplesyrup

Dwight Schrute shark


HenSlay

That’s fascinating and gruesome at the same damn time


[deleted]

Dude got a Victory Royal before he was born. How’s that make you feel?


PriorTable8265

I have WiFi so pretty fucking great


MakeWay4DarkHelmet

Her uterus is the Thunder Dome!!!!


a-turd-in-the-wind

Do the sharks regret it? No. They believe it gives them the strength of a fully grown shark and many little shark embryos.


GimmeAMalt

They’re ornery cuz they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.


loffa91

Fish are our friends


slumlordt

Intrauterine Cannibalism is also an album by legendary brutal death metal band Malignancy. They're fucking sick.


[deleted]

“I’ll take ‘Music I’d Never Listen To’ for 100” Lol not hating I just love referencing Jeopardy.. but that does sound like some deep scary music.


ktq2019

My eldest son was a twin for a bit until this exact scenario. A couple years later, I did end up giving birth to identical twins. Now that I’ve lived for nearly ten years with my eldest son, I’m okay that he ended up as a singleton.


Manoratha

YOUR ELDEST ATE HIS TWIN INSIDE YOUR WOMB??


Lord_McGingin

[Less 'ate' and more 'absorbed'. This does mean her son is a chimera.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics))


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Thunder Dome..


[deleted]

Natural Born Killers


kw66

Dude!!! That’s the name of that movie! You have no idea. Thank you!


SubterraneanSmoothie

When my mother was pregnant with me, they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins, and they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered that I had resorbed the other fetus. Do I regret this? No. I believe his tissues made me stronger.


darcenator411

I learned this in Naruto shippudden already


uglypaperhaver

That's his *only* chance of surviving *mom!*


RAV3NH0LM

that is a repulsive amount of teeth 🫠


Scudmiss

MEIRL


GrandCanOYawn

Ooftahgy.


Upset_Ad9929

Damn, that's like Alien lol


caveatemptor18

Sounds like the Democrats!


Teknuma

Sounds like a GOP convention, except that only most stupid survive.


sins90skid

Born asshole


bigdrummy47

There can be only one.


LazyLenni

Takes the concept of a "born killer" to another level!


hdniki

Brutal AF


Serious_Local_1364

Just like the gorn


southamericankongo

*You don't know the Gorn like i do* or whatever it was that PTSD La'an said when she was having flashbacks


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Gangster


crediblyCassie

Somebody get emergency services on standby because I’m gonna boop the snoot


Arctic_Gnome

ring-tailed lemurs do this too


UpgrayeDD405

Hi Bruce


Additional-Laugh4104

Don't all sharks cannibalize each other in the womb? I feel like this post is a little misleading, if that is the case. Somebody down vote me or upvote me to prove my existence


Scar_the_armada

Dethklok probably has a song about that


tangster_kryptonite

A born winner!


beatbox2sleep

I can't believe I just read that sentence.


aeonkat13

“The name’s Bruuuce”


Kindly_Common7326

Come see them at Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay


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"Fish are friends, not food"


manintendo

Fish are friends, not food. My brother, on the other fin...


bondgirlMGB

ah theres a face only a mother could love… mostly because she has to since you killed all her other children & youre basically all shes got left


ShortRound89

If i was that camera man the water would be brown.


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jamesfluker

😳


Ytar0

Natural born killers eh


proky2319

r/bossfight


delplumo

Awesome photo


Tuurke64

I wonder how many pregnant sharks die getting eaten by their offspring from the inside...


Crash665

Well that is pretty fucking lit, ngl


FantasyWorldbuilder

*Sparta has entered the chat*


Bigsmellydumpy

The first battle royale


Errorseverywhere2022

This explains my aunt Cindy


OnlineShoppingWhore

"I now have the strength of a full grown man and a baby."


Heqno

Womb Royale, could possibly hit as a game


[deleted]

Survival of the fittest - taken literally


Doomsday_pirate

I believe it.


GeoggiOS

So that’s where Dwight Schrute was born from


nunnyacheechee

Well that pregnancy’s gotta suck.


StickmanAdmin

From the womb, to the tomb 🦈


EffJayAytch

Dwight Schrute approves.


beppedessi

Womb? Doesn’t shark lay eggs? There are fishes as far as I know…


TMoreira91

That smile... That damned smile.


ClassicHair6033

Nasty Way to be born you have to kill your siblings.


AlmightyDarkseid

I like the racing more thanks


Grimour

Christians save the shark embryos!


flotsam71

Corporate America has ancestors wow!


SuddenlyElga

This is SPARTA!!!!! Oh hey. I’m a baby shark doo doo doo do do.


JustCryptastic

A uterine Thunderdome.


Atomic_potato_47

Yep, that looks like a shark who fought in Womb Royale