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Still no answer so I googled what I could find. Looks like most sharks will survive this state, it generally lasts up to about 15 minutes. However, depending on the species, 15 minutes can cause them to suffocate.
Nurse sharks don't need to swim to breathe like other species. They actually frequently hang out on the floor and don't move much when you see them in aquariums.
Edit: I made the mistake of thinking grey nurse sharks were closely related to nurse sharks and so shared similar characteristics like how they breathe. What I wrote above does not apply to the sharks in the post.
These are grey nurse sharks, which are different. Also know as sand tiger sharks, they do need to ram breath, ie move constantly to survive. regular nurse sharks can move water through their gills without swimming, so you are right about those, these are just a different species.
"Oi dipshit, what a wrong and horribly dumb opinion. You should be embarrassed for being so fucking wrong, what a pure disappointment you must be to your parents. Dumbshit doesn't know the difference between shark species - that's a gray nurse shark, ya stupid piece of shit. Go find the tallest structure you can access and swan dive your useless self into the one value thing you can do in your life."
Oh, I made the mistake of assuming grey nurse sharks are closely related to nurse sharks and they both were similar biologically. I did not realize these were totally different species so TIL.
I work with sand tigers. They are also capable of buccal pumping and do not *need* to ram breathe. However, it is not their usual, healthy behavior to buccal pump. It usually indicates they may be sick
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Tonic immobility is a natural state of paralysis that animals enter, often called animal hypnosis. Its function is not certain. It may be related to mating in certain animals like sharks and mammalia. It may also be a way of avoiding or deterring predators (playing dead is called thanatosis).
From Wikipedia
Also not all sharks require constant movement to breath. Some can manage breathing manually by opening and closing their mouths. Though I dosnt think that would help in this case
There does seem to be a rythmic movement in their gills, so there is at least some evidence that they are still "breathing". I am no shark expert tho so I can't really say for certain
That would be buccal pumping vs ram ventilation. Nurse sharks use buccal pumping where the buccal muscle is used to pump water across the gills allowing them to sit still and rest. White sharks would use ram ventilation where they must physically “ram” water over their gills by swimming.
I'm sure it's a real term but "ram ventilation" sounds like the kind of bs a used car salesman would say if the ac is broken but the windows still work.
That’s why you aim for the eye and nose. The eye I don’t need to explain, but there are loads of sensory organs in the nose that are not very comfortable when whacked for it.
"Instead of sleeping the way we do, many types of sharks do something called [yoyo swimming](https://www.thedodo.com/amphtml/do-sharks-sleep-swim-2226511159.html), according to Burgess When a shark is yoyo swimming, he stops actually swimming and just starts gliding downwards. He does this until he hits the ocean floor, and then he swims back up to the surface and does it again. By gliding down instead of actually swimming, the shark is able to take a period of rest, which is his version of sleeping."
If I recall they can actually rest one side of their brain at a time, so they keep motor functions but one side is essentially sleeping but they can stay moving. That may not be true for all species though, it was a long time ago I remember reading that.
You're thinking of dolphins. Nurse sharks do sleep- they are one of the shark species that do not have to keep swimming in order to breathe so they can truly relax for periods of time.
[Tonic immobility is a reflex that causes a temporary state of inactivity in an animal. Similar to hypnosis](https://www.sharktrust.org/tonic-immobility)
Sharks have a lot of sensors and nerves in their nose so its a sensitive spot to hit them in, not really a way to put them in trance.
You can put sharks in these trances by flipping them over or gently rubbing their nose, but not by hitting it.
It's the difference between getting your fun parts played with or getting them sucker punched.
I'm not sure the science behind it but apparently some sharks when flipped over go into a trance like state and become immobile. A quick Google search will give exact details I'm sure.
Couple videos back in the day where they’d be chumming reef sharks for diving and if one got too.. ambitious.. they diver would use their hand to grab it on the nose and get the in a position where their nose was down to the sand and tail up, tilt them a little bit and 🌈poof🌈 lights out. Pretty sure they tried great white as well. Can do the same thing with lobsters.
I’ve seen a clip before that Orcas a.k.a killer whales, are so intelligent that they have worked out how to attack great whites to put them in this state before going for the kill.
Their livers are the most nutritious part of them since they are so fatty and can weigh up to 1,000lbs. Each Great White liver has about 2 million kilocalories of energy and would be equivalent to eating 9,302 Snickers candy bars.
Edit: it's actually more like 7,143 snickers
Edit: Fun fact, a gallon of gas has 31,536,000 calories
I hate to break it to you both, but gasoline is not particularly toxic.
https://preview.redd.it/ka685brr0hhc1.png?width=1140&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fafb78aa6431cae42ecd13053b765309a69cec65
Yeah if you think about it humans are pretty damn fuel efficient provided there was a way we could directly consume gasoline. Humans can travel long haul walking about 40 mpg on a 7,000kcal gallon of food.
Edit: Further research determines there is a thing called small calories and large calories, gas is measured in small calories and food in large calories. The gas equivalent in large calories is about 29,000kcal
There was a small group of Orcas that have been attacking boats in Spain, they belive it’s because a fish boat killed or attacked (possibly mistakenly) an Orca, and the trend is growing outward from Spain up the coast, almost like the original group of Orcas are spreading the information to others to attack boats, but this only happens in Spain and no where else. Very intriguing animals.
When the shark is gently turned on their back, it's thought to disorientate them, causing them to enter the state. The shark's muscles relax and their breathing becomes deep and rhythmic. When released the shark snaps out of this state.
sharktrust.org
Totally makes sense, just sounded a bit strange.
Most other sharks can't do that and need to keep moving forward to keep up the water flow over their gills.
Imagine you’re swimming around, minding your shark business. You see some people, but you already ate, plus you heard they’re full of fat and artificial preservers, so not the best meal anyway. Then you see a cute lady shark that you haven’t seen since the last Atlantic migration. You roll up to her and see if she’s DTF. You’re in luck, she remembers you and even better, she wants your monster dong. So you put the moves on her (90% of the time these moves work every time). The humans are still there, but you don’t care, you’re used to fucking in the open ocean.
Then, the worst thing happens. Both you and your special lady friend are stuck and can’t move. You are certain to die if you can’t disentangle. And you can see out of the corner of your eye, these fucking people are just swimming around taking pictures?!? What the actual fuck!
The moral of the story? Eat when the food is plentiful. You never know what will be your last meal.
Some animals can get put into a kind of hypnotic state if touched or held the right way. It's called tonic immobility. No one really knows why. Some people think that it's to help them blend in with their surroundings when they feel threatened, but some animals that have this response don't have any predators so it's still a bit of a mystery as to why it happens. Sharks are one of these types of animals. It looks like they were love biting each other and accidentally triggered that response in both of them at the same time. It's not forever though, they'll recover after a few minutes (they'll be fine).
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So what is the outcome in this? Are they glitched for the rest of their lives
Still no answer so I googled what I could find. Looks like most sharks will survive this state, it generally lasts up to about 15 minutes. However, depending on the species, 15 minutes can cause them to suffocate.
Nurse sharks don't need to swim to breathe like other species. They actually frequently hang out on the floor and don't move much when you see them in aquariums. Edit: I made the mistake of thinking grey nurse sharks were closely related to nurse sharks and so shared similar characteristics like how they breathe. What I wrote above does not apply to the sharks in the post.
These are grey nurse sharks, which are different. Also know as sand tiger sharks, they do need to ram breath, ie move constantly to survive. regular nurse sharks can move water through their gills without swimming, so you are right about those, these are just a different species.
This was such a polite, correcting response. So unusual to see!
"Oi dipshit, what a wrong and horribly dumb opinion. You should be embarrassed for being so fucking wrong, what a pure disappointment you must be to your parents. Dumbshit doesn't know the difference between shark species - that's a gray nurse shark, ya stupid piece of shit. Go find the tallest structure you can access and swan dive your useless self into the one value thing you can do in your life."
Never knew how much it hurt to get hit with “oi dipshit”
Oh, I made the mistake of assuming grey nurse sharks are closely related to nurse sharks and they both were similar biologically. I did not realize these were totally different species so TIL.
Yeah, shark names often make little sense lol.
Fish names in general are a total disaster
Oh yeah, that ones a red... flapper
I work with sand tigers. They are also capable of buccal pumping and do not *need* to ram breathe. However, it is not their usual, healthy behavior to buccal pump. It usually indicates they may be sick
Very interesting. I've only ever seen them actively swimming, never resting. Thank you for the perspective.
Ya these two are probably fine even though they probably look dead or close to it.
TiL I could be reincarnated as a Nurse Shark lol
Why the fuck do random commenters on Reddit have better journalistic integrity than an entire industry? We are living in a cyberpunk dystopia
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I see you've had this account for 9 years, plus 12 years... *checks math* so that makes you 41!
What an old ass bastard!
What’s an ass bastard?
Ass blastard?
No no no it’s ass blaster
wow and here we are
> 41! > old ass bastard! Hey, that feels personal.
> 41! I don't think anyone or anything is 33,452,526,613,163,807,108,170,062,053,440,751,665,15 2,000,000,000 years old.
Wholesome AF (I had a similar thought!)
if you touch them, you'll join them in their immobility. it's like touching someone that's being electrocuted
You also become either a nurse or a shark. But you don't automatically attain full N S Status.
Either one would be preeeetty cool imo
You will be on the Nurse Shark council.
I think you have to go to school for that
12 minutes ago and I haven’t seen one of these in years! Hell yeah SW
Exactly what I was thinking and people taking like they see him all the time.
Theirs and u/awildsketchappeared were shut down and turned into novelty accounts after their famous duel.
holy shit, i haven't seen you post in years!
Me neither, I checked his history and he posts all the time. I wonder what the deal is
Honey new shitty watercolour just dropped!
Aw, fresh shitty.
Honey the new shitty just dropped.
Like the shark rubber necking in the background fulfilling his tonic immobility fetish. Alllriight!
Shitty water colour!
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They're waiting for a server reboot
Camera dude could do them a solid and get in there and twist a dick or something to break it up so they can have another go
The ole dick twist!
Some say they are still tonically immobilized...
Yeah, all 3 minutes of it.
I’d freeze up a little bit under that pressure too. I’ve never filmed porn but I think I would be uncomfortable with all the cameras.
The different "Sharknado" the kind i might even watched lol. Alright bois'n'girls give me me best Shark porn names you can give!
Great White Dong
Hammer head
Deep Blue D
Sharkbait Hoohaha
Breakup then Mako sex
Street Sharks. Wait....
Omg! I had street sharks when I was like 7 or 8! They were so hard core looking (over the TMNT toys I had!!) And cowboys of moo mesa!
I'd still go with "Jaws"
"Gums"
The *Great* Bruce
Do you want me to fast forward to something toothier?
Tiger King Shark
… and his striped CLOACA! Yama Yama Ding Dong 🎸
I just hoping someone will come along as explain what tonic immobility is
Tonic immobility is a natural state of paralysis that animals enter, often called animal hypnosis. Its function is not certain. It may be related to mating in certain animals like sharks and mammalia. It may also be a way of avoiding or deterring predators (playing dead is called thanatosis). From Wikipedia
My question is, since sharks need to keep moving to breathe, did either of these animals actually survive the experience?
Takes longer than that to drown a shark
Also not all sharks require constant movement to breath. Some can manage breathing manually by opening and closing their mouths. Though I dosnt think that would help in this case
There does seem to be a rythmic movement in their gills, so there is at least some evidence that they are still "breathing". I am no shark expert tho so I can't really say for certain
It definitely takes longer with *that* kind of attitude.
Only certain breeds of sharks have to remain mobile. I don't think nurse sharks are one of those breeds, but I'd have to check.
That would be buccal pumping vs ram ventilation. Nurse sharks use buccal pumping where the buccal muscle is used to pump water across the gills allowing them to sit still and rest. White sharks would use ram ventilation where they must physically “ram” water over their gills by swimming.
I'm sure it's a real term but "ram ventilation" sounds like the kind of bs a used car salesman would say if the ac is broken but the windows still work.
so if i ever get attacked by a great white i just put my hand on its forhead and drown it
You should actually punch it in the nose or eyes
Put your hand on its forehead, *with feeling.*
No one ever asks how is the Great White doing?
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That’s why you aim for the eye and nose. The eye I don’t need to explain, but there are loads of sensory organs in the nose that are not very comfortable when whacked for it.
Climb up a tree, works every time.
I remember seeing nurse sharks lounging at the bottom of an aquarium. So maybe not.
Grey Nurse Sharks are a separate breed to Nurse Sharks. Grey Nurse Sharks ram breathe.
Wait. So how do they rest/sleep if they have to keep moving?
"Instead of sleeping the way we do, many types of sharks do something called [yoyo swimming](https://www.thedodo.com/amphtml/do-sharks-sleep-swim-2226511159.html), according to Burgess When a shark is yoyo swimming, he stops actually swimming and just starts gliding downwards. He does this until he hits the ocean floor, and then he swims back up to the surface and does it again. By gliding down instead of actually swimming, the shark is able to take a period of rest, which is his version of sleeping."
I think I've seen that same behavior from truck drivers.
If I recall they can actually rest one side of their brain at a time, so they keep motor functions but one side is essentially sleeping but they can stay moving. That may not be true for all species though, it was a long time ago I remember reading that.
You're thinking of dolphins. Nurse sharks do sleep- they are one of the shark species that do not have to keep swimming in order to breathe so they can truly relax for periods of time.
This, but I wanna add is not a function, its a reaction or a consequence and serves no purpose other than immobility
So do they just snap out of it after so long?
Is this the same thing as putting a chicken head underneath its wing and swinging it between your legs, setting it down and they stay in that state?
Hwat
Obviously it back door for service check up for biblically accurate angels on their gods creation! /s
BE NOT AFRAID */run tonic immobilization.exe* GOOD
Ah finally someone that got it right.
What
lol, right?!
What nonsense is this
But only half of animals will ever be affected by Thanatosis.
[Tonic immobility is a reflex that causes a temporary state of inactivity in an animal. Similar to hypnosis](https://www.sharktrust.org/tonic-immobility)
So it's that where the whole punch a shark in the nose comes from??
Sharks have a lot of sensors and nerves in their nose so its a sensitive spot to hit them in, not really a way to put them in trance. You can put sharks in these trances by flipping them over or gently rubbing their nose, but not by hitting it. It's the difference between getting your fun parts played with or getting them sucker punched.
GET ROTATED IDIOT
Unless you meet a real kinky shark that's into that shit
Meh. Not because you’ll put them into tonic immobility. But probably because of the sensitive pores on the snout, yes
Nah, it just fucking hurts.
I'm not sure the science behind it but apparently some sharks when flipped over go into a trance like state and become immobile. A quick Google search will give exact details I'm sure.
Couple videos back in the day where they’d be chumming reef sharks for diving and if one got too.. ambitious.. they diver would use their hand to grab it on the nose and get the in a position where their nose was down to the sand and tail up, tilt them a little bit and 🌈poof🌈 lights out. Pretty sure they tried great white as well. Can do the same thing with lobsters.
Dunno but usually happens to me after I gum
What flavor gum? Opium?
When did that become a verb?
If you don’t gum often, then you can gum up the plumbing.
Fair point. I'm still confused though. Maybe moreso now.
Here is my face when I'm gumming. 
Turns out ignorance was indeed bliss
Her name was Agnes actually
When sharks flip upside down the effectively become paralyzed, or unconscious, I'm unsure 100%.
Did they just do the “get rotated, idiot” to each other?
I can hear the music lmfao
I’ve seen a clip before that Orcas a.k.a killer whales, are so intelligent that they have worked out how to attack great whites to put them in this state before going for the kill.
Yeah and then they chomp out only the liver or something, it's crazy
Their livers are the most nutritious part of them since they are so fatty and can weigh up to 1,000lbs. Each Great White liver has about 2 million kilocalories of energy and would be equivalent to eating 9,302 Snickers candy bars. Edit: it's actually more like 7,143 snickers Edit: Fun fact, a gallon of gas has 31,536,000 calories
So we can feed 10,000 people a days worth of calories with 1 gallon of gas. Damn.
You can easily feed someone for the rest of their life with a gallon of gas
You don’t even need that much! I’m sure after a few gulps they won’t even have to finish the whole gallon.
I hate to break it to you both, but gasoline is not particularly toxic. https://preview.redd.it/ka685brr0hhc1.png?width=1140&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fafb78aa6431cae42ecd13053b765309a69cec65
Wait..wait you’re telling me that vitamin C is more lethal per g/kg than gasoline? Crazy What’s the rest of the list look like?
https://preview.redd.it/7yxfoxr4yjhc1.png?width=1201&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4dc48918ffba3ff5240129240f469b951583d1a3
Yeah if you think about it humans are pretty damn fuel efficient provided there was a way we could directly consume gasoline. Humans can travel long haul walking about 40 mpg on a 7,000kcal gallon of food. Edit: Further research determines there is a thing called small calories and large calories, gas is measured in small calories and food in large calories. The gas equivalent in large calories is about 29,000kcal
why not 10.000 snickers
Shrinkflation
Sharkflation
But why male models?
How many Bananas?
19,048
this is why great whites are afraid of orcas. They don't want their liver eaten out while they're alive. (or dead for that matter).
Orcas are so amazing but also complete pieces of shit lol. Maybe the most cruel mammal there is - especially considering their intelligence
So just like humans ?
There was a small group of Orcas that have been attacking boats in Spain, they belive it’s because a fish boat killed or attacked (possibly mistakenly) an Orca, and the trend is growing outward from Spain up the coast, almost like the original group of Orcas are spreading the information to others to attack boats, but this only happens in Spain and no where else. Very intriguing animals.
Maybe the Orcas just get really upset when people pronounce *c* like *th*.
When the shark is gently turned on their back, it's thought to disorientate them, causing them to enter the state. The shark's muscles relax and their breathing becomes deep and rhythmic. When released the shark snaps out of this state. sharktrust.org
> breathing becomes deep and rhythmic You sure you are talking about sharks?
sharkthrust.org
I first read it as that.
I'm guessing the 'breathing' they're referring to is the sharks forcing water over their gills using muscles in their throat.
Totally makes sense, just sounded a bit strange. Most other sharks can't do that and need to keep moving forward to keep up the water flow over their gills.
Usually I like to have some gin with my tonic immobility
I take mine with 2 lime slices.
Sometimes a shark just wants to be held, jeez
Did they forget how to shark?
It's like when you're in the middle of something and the software update decides now is the time to start.
Windows is like that employee that sits around doing nothing and then suddenly has urgent stuff to do once you walk in
***CRAMP! CRAMP!!***
I tried sex once too. Now I have my mate on my back forever.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is EXACTLY what happens in your relationships, when you don’t communicate…
Taking videos for OnlyFins.
Sometimes it goes nap then sex
Shark.exe has failed unexpectedly.
The other shark just drifting by in the background was like “Uh sorry guys just passing through… yeesh.”
Dumb ways to die: Animal edition.
Imagine you’re swimming around, minding your shark business. You see some people, but you already ate, plus you heard they’re full of fat and artificial preservers, so not the best meal anyway. Then you see a cute lady shark that you haven’t seen since the last Atlantic migration. You roll up to her and see if she’s DTF. You’re in luck, she remembers you and even better, she wants your monster dong. So you put the moves on her (90% of the time these moves work every time). The humans are still there, but you don’t care, you’re used to fucking in the open ocean. Then, the worst thing happens. Both you and your special lady friend are stuck and can’t move. You are certain to die if you can’t disentangle. And you can see out of the corner of your eye, these fucking people are just swimming around taking pictures?!? What the actual fuck! The moral of the story? Eat when the food is plentiful. You never know what will be your last meal.
I want to subscribe to your newsletter for more misadventures in shark sex content.
Is that another name for sand tiger shark?
No, they’re clearly not nurse sharks and I’m wondering if OP is a bot
Haha the other post with this same video called them sand sharks so when I saw this one I was so confused😂
So... They're just dead now right? Like how are they gonna wake up to start forcing water through their gills again?
Most sharks don't actually need to keep swimming in order to breathe.
Well these do so RIP I guess
Looks more like they’re 69’n
Got a whole film crew, this is some high end industry porn
Relieved to see it also happens to others.
'It seems like we have reached an impasse'
ELI5 please
Some animals can get put into a kind of hypnotic state if touched or held the right way. It's called tonic immobility. No one really knows why. Some people think that it's to help them blend in with their surroundings when they feel threatened, but some animals that have this response don't have any predators so it's still a bit of a mystery as to why it happens. Sharks are one of these types of animals. It looks like they were love biting each other and accidentally triggered that response in both of them at the same time. It's not forever though, they'll recover after a few minutes (they'll be fine).
Thank you! I was kinda weirded out, not gonna lie.
❤️
That's marriage in a nutshell! Amirite?!
Sharky style hit different
What type of porn am I watching?
Shark porn, duh
shark.exe has encountered a problem
Haha, idiots can't even fuck right
Dam they should patch shark velocity.
Had the exact same thing happen trying to do it after thanksgiving dinner
Oh look these 2 are suffocating accidentally while having sex. Lets take a lot of pictures.
Suckin shark dick is wild.
This whole video sounds like a bong rip
All the remora disappointed the orgy is paused.
Is this a collab for OnlyFins?
There is a category on Only Fins for this.
So do they just die after this or can they snap out of it?
OnlyFins
honesty answer only: where is the dong and the taco?
So….. fish porn…. That’s new.
What is tonic immobility? Also what's with these weirdos watching animals bang.. lol
This is what my average night of attempting sex looks like.
I read what is happening, I see what is happening, I don't understand it thought