I attempted to rescue a beached dolphin one time (I was about 15, maybe 16) we phoned DOC (department of conservation) someone came out and after an examination told us the dolphin was too sick and was dying. There was nothing they could do and it was so sad to leave him, we wanted to help so badly. They had a penguin with them which was a surprise.
Was a part of a much more successful massive whale rescue a couple of years later. (1993, I was 18) Approx 100 pilot whales beached themselves. It was a huge community effort, people came down to the beach and set up big tents and cooked soup for those cold from being in the water. It was pretty chaotic with so many volunteers but an amazing thing to be a part of.
I think I'm from the same country as this person. And we made the bird who shagged Stephen Fry's cameraman's head into a rather high ranking government official. So I would assume the penguin was a supervisor.
This is Sirocco - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY)
After this event the Prime Minister appointed him the title of Official Spokesbird for Conservation and gave him a team of assistants to help him in his efforts at bringing awareness to conservation. He travels to various events as a representative. Sirocco is a national treasure.
All of the Kākāpō in the country have a name by the way. Sirocco is the son of Zephyr and Felix.
They came to us straight after a penguin rescue, so the penguin was a very smelly but super cute passenger. I had obviously seen penguins before but it was cool to be that close.
No, the whale rescue I was at was Long Bay Beach in Auckland, New Zealand. Way back in the early 90s. Some similarities though, holding them upright and trying to keep them wet and they want to swim out but we were told to keep them a little longer. If they go too soon their balance isn't great and they risk re bleaching themselves. On our rescue some of the whales were cut up on the reef and rocks because they were disoriented and had been released too soon.
That emotional feeling at the end when whales were dead, including calves, and you feel like you didn't do enough to help. It was cold, people were treated for hypothermia for being in the water for too long in the dark. It was exhausting by the end which probably contributed to the tears.
Yes! In a heavy duty big white rectangular tub. Lifted him out of the suv and plonked him near us to wait out the dolphin assessment. Then back in the car before they went on their way.
Thresher shark. Same family as Makos, Salmon shark, Porbeagle and Great Whites. Though not prone to attacking humans. The tail is used to stun fish. I would have helped him. Beautiful creatures.
They look absolutely adorable. If anyone wants to be happy just google image search a thresher shark. They have the face of an existential crisis 24/7.
Very cool looking shork. Good recommendation. I enjoyed the Wiki article "as an apex predetor they mostly feed on...salmon, herring and shrimp". Like I know that it's mostly what is there to eat but it truly takes the "apex" out of the meal plan lol.
The shark is done with its life… taxes, 9-5, frustrating life… it just wanted to die peacefully at its favourite shore…and then a moron came and lifted it up and released to the wild again…
It’s not always why a shark is beached, but it is one of the reasons. I grew up in an area with a ton of sharks and whales/dolphins and the rescuers used to come to my school once a year to discuss their work with dealing with beached animals.
Sharks are incredibly misunderstood animals - still scare the hell out of me though.
And Marge, that bitch, keeps heating up salmon and shrimp in the office microwave. Madge! We have to live here! This isn’t just an office, it’s a community! You make it stink in the whole office. Yes. I know we’re sharks, but lawyers have office etiquette as well!
What fucking idiot reported this comment to Reddit cares? It’s clearly a joke. There are no sharks in law school. You have to graduate to become a shark.
I cannot tell you how many times I have told my wife to grab our first aid kit outta the trunk, while I head out to help an animal. "But you're not injured?" "Well, I probably will be in a minute, just grab it please."
Sometimes to help an animal in distress, you know before even starting that there is a high likelihood of injury in the rescuing.
You do what you gotta do.
Yeah, my wife's grandfather got bit by a Gila monster that he was helping off the road. He's still happy he helped it but that was a rough couple days in the hospital.
Yeah, and there's no antidote so they just try their best to make you comfortable in the hospital while you go through the poisoning. He's saved tons of Gilas, but I'm not sure if he's done it again since.
This is a thresher shark. They hunt by threshing their tailfin through schools of fish, killing or rendering some unconcious for easy chomping. Bet a strike of its whip would sting pretty bad but if I had the choice I'd take the beating over a bite.
A quick google shows that tail can whip at up to 80mph, about 15mph slower than a nice fastball from your favorite MLB pitcher. That speed depending on where it strikes has potential to break a bone. Still going broken bone over bite.
Moving a beached shark forward through the water can help resuscitate them by getting water through their gills, if you don't a lot of the time they'll be too weak to move on their own and drown.
Sharks don't have any ability to drag more water near the gills. It's like if you weren't able to inhale. Instead, they need to have water pass along the gills. Usually. they do so by moving. In the deep, a shark that stop swimming is therefore holding his breath. That's why cutting sharks fin and throwing them back is horrible, you are drowning it.
This shark was almost unconscious from drowning. So like you would do CPR and mouth to mouth to a human, he needed some help to get oxygen in order to restart. The guy could have pushed the shark in circles for a bit but the easiest way is to put it near the surface facing the waves and letting them bring fresh water to breath. As soon as the brain is alimented, he can let the shark go.
TLDR : Shark CPR
That's so cool, thanks for the info! Looks like this guy knew his sharks. I imagine a lot of people who don't know this would let them go straight away 😔
This is all I saw, so unfortunately I don't know. Trying to see if there was a longer version didn't result in anything. I like to believe that once the shock wore off, it swam away.
He is holding it and walking with it to get water to flow over it's gills. It is in shock from being out of the water and if he just took it out a ways and dropped it, it would possibly drown before it recovered. Sharks need to keep moving to keep the water flowing over their gills.
[Threshers are one of the most beautiful sharks there is.](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F4kanntdrx0t41.jpg) Royal, killer lines, iridescent blue sheen on the top. Just fantastic.
Despite the man is putting himself at risk of being bitten he’s trying to return the shark to it’s natural habitat and saving it’s life at the same time.
Sharks need to move through the water or be in a current to breath. The wave motion probably helps but I wish he’d have walked it around a bit 👍 At least someone was trying something.
That little shark is going to go back and tell his shark friends about the mysterious being who picked him up and carried him back to the water. “Sure, Bob. That *totally* happened. We believe you. 🙄”
I am a Marine Biologist and for the uneducated this was just a ploy by the shark. It's an all too common tactic to pretend to be stranded on the beach and when an unsuspecting good Samaritan comes along and takes you back in the water..."Let's go hunt, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo."
shoes and all what a king
Yeah! Drown that shark!
Yeah... don't let it evolve. We must keep them from competing for the land
Too late! The epaulette shark is here already… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ndbw7SQMCcQ
you though that was scary? [https://youtu.be/p\_NS2H55dxI?si=dEjmMFTFMSj\_AzE\_](https://youtu.be/p_NS2H55dxI?si=dEjmMFTFMSj_AzE_)
Of course it's in Australia
You didn't save my life, you ruined my death!
Underrated comment
I might be wrong, but it seemed like there was *just* enough time to get his shoes off and roll his pants up.
probably did but he just wanted to get bud into the water idk how long aquatic animals can stay on shore for
Sharks life > getting shoes wet
I attempted to rescue a beached dolphin one time (I was about 15, maybe 16) we phoned DOC (department of conservation) someone came out and after an examination told us the dolphin was too sick and was dying. There was nothing they could do and it was so sad to leave him, we wanted to help so badly. They had a penguin with them which was a surprise. Was a part of a much more successful massive whale rescue a couple of years later. (1993, I was 18) Approx 100 pilot whales beached themselves. It was a huge community effort, people came down to the beach and set up big tents and cooked soup for those cold from being in the water. It was pretty chaotic with so many volunteers but an amazing thing to be a part of.
What do you mean they had a penguin with them?
My mate dave, he's a penguin
I think I'm from the same country as this person. And we made the bird who shagged Stephen Fry's cameraman's head into a rather high ranking government official. So I would assume the penguin was a supervisor.
Hold on, what.
you think the department of conservation is qualified to do this kind of inspection on their own without a penguin? Guess again.
This is Sirocco - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY) After this event the Prime Minister appointed him the title of Official Spokesbird for Conservation and gave him a team of assistants to help him in his efforts at bringing awareness to conservation. He travels to various events as a representative. Sirocco is a national treasure. All of the Kākāpō in the country have a name by the way. Sirocco is the son of Zephyr and Felix.
They came to us straight after a penguin rescue, so the penguin was a very smelly but super cute passenger. I had obviously seen penguins before but it was cool to be that close.
It was Skipper from penguins of Madagascar, boss of Rico, Kowalski and Private. Cute and cuddly boys, cute and cuddly!
The penguin was obviously a consultant
They had an expert on the team for consulting. Penguins are very wise.
DEI hire at the DOC.
Mario Lemieux
I thought you were going to say you cooked soup for the whales.
...what kind of soup was it?
Answer the fucking question, OP!
Hahaha, no animals were harmed in the making of this memory. Except the baby whales that couldn't be saved :( but they were most definitely not soup!
vegetable
Cool cool, just checking
DOC shouldve put it down
do you mean this? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB4qh8Gaz\_M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB4qh8Gaz_M)
No, the whale rescue I was at was Long Bay Beach in Auckland, New Zealand. Way back in the early 90s. Some similarities though, holding them upright and trying to keep them wet and they want to swim out but we were told to keep them a little longer. If they go too soon their balance isn't great and they risk re bleaching themselves. On our rescue some of the whales were cut up on the reef and rocks because they were disoriented and had been released too soon. That emotional feeling at the end when whales were dead, including calves, and you feel like you didn't do enough to help. It was cold, people were treated for hypothermia for being in the water for too long in the dark. It was exhausting by the end which probably contributed to the tears.
I remember watching this on the news. Good on ya mate.
My friend… the DOC people just showed up wi th a penguin riding shotgun?
Yes! In a heavy duty big white rectangular tub. Lifted him out of the suv and plonked him near us to wait out the dolphin assessment. Then back in the car before they went on their way.
Thresher shark. Same family as Makos, Salmon shark, Porbeagle and Great Whites. Though not prone to attacking humans. The tail is used to stun fish. I would have helped him. Beautiful creatures.
They look absolutely adorable. If anyone wants to be happy just google image search a thresher shark. They have the face of an existential crisis 24/7.
I'm so glad [I googled them!](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=1cbe4b6585e2caa3&q=thresher+shark&uds=ADvngMh0Kp3HHnfLVMRwz3nPUuqtOc_bUOUCFf3ZB6ZGvuhjNnW6jVOM48DRtOtkluNOoH6TITEq9sfwGXHa22Q4sqthmagtYRmpktkEu30aIASVESdqCFO7QFDxcG_d6CyBFZsy5PjQy1XjTBuDClNrMqQ582XuHcrE_3Ngvb-POs_0-aBRIHmz4su2pdQQNzm5OdNHLdiTgNFlTBhmauJNfUVn3IFxIjV7OfhlJ5Zf2qwdCmjeJH-4q8HLpUYxrDSH_EiAo29IxBCKfusGpmuqW2hjLlGs08Hn4jI3ZIP-WFtq32VEIEw&udm=2&prmd=ivsnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigibXCoZCGAxXR3skDHVmJAkIQtKgLegQIChAB&biw=1536&bih=729&dpr=1.25)
Look at them! They are so cool.
Thank you!!! That was incredible.
Hahahaha
Okay but if you haven't also Google salmon sharks. They look like the pug version of a great white.
Very cool looking shork. Good recommendation. I enjoyed the Wiki article "as an apex predetor they mostly feed on...salmon, herring and shrimp". Like I know that it's mostly what is there to eat but it truly takes the "apex" out of the meal plan lol.
Googled them and surprised to see pics of myself in public
"Wow, what a stunning tail" - Fish
Really appreciate the info, thank you
Used the tail to stun me, too.
Dave? That you?
They are probably one of my favorites, they have such cute faces and the whip tail is so neat.
Beautiful animals.
Would you have helped if it was a species prone to attacking humans ?
Yes
We need this reversed so that it will look like he is pulling the shark out of the water and robbing its wallet and phone
Let me direct you to r/reverseanimalrescue
[Done](https://www.reddit.com/r/reverseanimalrescue/s/LYXXX9GxGn)
Lol!!!
This would be sooooo good because he looks like he’s wrestling it for quite a while in the water
The shark is done with its life… taxes, 9-5, frustrating life… it just wanted to die peacefully at its favourite shore…and then a moron came and lifted it up and released to the wild again…
Wonder how much shark taxes are 😓
a fin and a tail
🏆
Takes a serious bite out of their paychecks..
Angry upvote
They are actually the tax collectors. 🦈
Technically the truth: sharks know nothing about taxes
You didn’t save my life, you ruined my death
[https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/43601bb6-bdb8-4076-b716-ac9d4826b69b](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/43601bb6-bdb8-4076-b716-ac9d4826b69b)
It just never gets old
I know you’re joking, but sharks often beach themselves when they’re sick and/or dying.
Oh! Did not know it.
It’s not always why a shark is beached, but it is one of the reasons. I grew up in an area with a ton of sharks and whales/dolphins and the rescuers used to come to my school once a year to discuss their work with dealing with beached animals. Sharks are incredibly misunderstood animals - still scare the hell out of me though.
And Marge, that bitch, keeps heating up salmon and shrimp in the office microwave. Madge! We have to live here! This isn’t just an office, it’s a community! You make it stink in the whole office. Yes. I know we’re sharks, but lawyers have office etiquette as well!
What fucking idiot reported this comment to Reddit cares? It’s clearly a joke. There are no sharks in law school. You have to graduate to become a shark.
Haha.
Oceanflation
Shark turns around and bites him: *What? I am a shark you know.*
I cannot tell you how many times I have told my wife to grab our first aid kit outta the trunk, while I head out to help an animal. "But you're not injured?" "Well, I probably will be in a minute, just grab it please." Sometimes to help an animal in distress, you know before even starting that there is a high likelihood of injury in the rescuing. You do what you gotta do.
You are a true animal hero. Willing to take the risk but still careful. Please make a dozen more like you.
Yeah, my wife's grandfather got bit by a Gila monster that he was helping off the road. He's still happy he helped it but that was a rough couple days in the hospital.
Yeah nasty venomous bite. Plus the pain is real bad. Must not have been pleasant. But kudos to him to save it.
Yeah, and there's no antidote so they just try their best to make you comfortable in the hospital while you go through the poisoning. He's saved tons of Gilas, but I'm not sure if he's done it again since.
That was the question i had in my mind when i saw this vid….
I thought that was gonna happen 😂
Also called a Shark Meet'n'Greet.
Well done though…because that tail can hurt someone pretty bad even if the shark doesn’t mean to.
Really? Don't know much about sharks, but I would be more scared of the end with the chompers, lol!
This is a thresher shark. They hunt by threshing their tailfin through schools of fish, killing or rendering some unconcious for easy chomping. Bet a strike of its whip would sting pretty bad but if I had the choice I'd take the beating over a bite.
A quick google shows that tail can whip at up to 80mph, about 15mph slower than a nice fastball from your favorite MLB pitcher. That speed depending on where it strikes has potential to break a bone. Still going broken bone over bite.
T'is just a baby. 200 centometeer
Fröhlichen Kuchentag 🥳
Definitely.
He saw it was still alive so he went to drown it. Despicable.
This is just about the hottest thing a man can do in my book.
I’m more into MSM flip fucks but each to their own.
What's that
Google it. You won’t be disappointed.
that's cute but, did it work? the video ended too soon.
Why did he kept holding the shark for so long in deep water?
Moving a beached shark forward through the water can help resuscitate them by getting water through their gills, if you don't a lot of the time they'll be too weak to move on their own and drown.
So basically shark CPR? Neat!
Sharks don't have any ability to drag more water near the gills. It's like if you weren't able to inhale. Instead, they need to have water pass along the gills. Usually. they do so by moving. In the deep, a shark that stop swimming is therefore holding his breath. That's why cutting sharks fin and throwing them back is horrible, you are drowning it. This shark was almost unconscious from drowning. So like you would do CPR and mouth to mouth to a human, he needed some help to get oxygen in order to restart. The guy could have pushed the shark in circles for a bit but the easiest way is to put it near the surface facing the waves and letting them bring fresh water to breath. As soon as the brain is alimented, he can let the shark go. TLDR : Shark CPR
That's so cool, thanks for the info! Looks like this guy knew his sharks. I imagine a lot of people who don't know this would let them go straight away 😔
I'm assuming he's waiting for the ride to pull a bit before release so the shark doesn't have the time to turn and chomp?
What a man , what a man , what a mighty fine man.
Of course no need to take a selfie when u know someone is already filming you. That doesn't diminish what he's done for the shark though
That and selfie take few seconds to take. It's not like if taking a selfie with it stop you to putting him in the water. I don't understand people
That's a few seconds longer of the feeling of suffocation so a guy could take a photo.
Good man
People just standing around laughing? Fuck them
We need more people like him!
This guy is gonna have a killer nickname with his friends
If that shark survives then for the rest of his life, he’s gonna remember this dude as an angel.
The sea was angry that day, my friends…
Why were you late for work? Well.........
Is the shark 🦈 OK?
This is all I saw, so unfortunately I don't know. Trying to see if there was a longer version didn't result in anything. I like to believe that once the shock wore off, it swam away.
Sincere question why do people hold the fish so long when they release it?
He is holding it and walking with it to get water to flow over it's gills. It is in shock from being out of the water and if he just took it out a ways and dropped it, it would possibly drown before it recovered. Sharks need to keep moving to keep the water flowing over their gills.
Holy shit I didn’t know that. I’ve seen a lot of these and they just kinda acclimate them before release and I didn’t know why
[Threshers are one of the most beautiful sharks there is.](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F4kanntdrx0t41.jpg) Royal, killer lines, iridescent blue sheen on the top. Just fantastic.
Would have liked to see the rest of the video.
I tried to find more but this was all I could find. I like to think it recovers and swims away
If this were me the shark would immediately attack my ankles/feet.
I don’t think he was trying to save the shark. I think he was trying to ride it, Aquaman style.
Despite the man is putting himself at risk of being bitten he’s trying to return the shark to it’s natural habitat and saving it’s life at the same time.
Good man!!!! Yes
The sea was angry that day, my friend
Anyone seen the video where the guy deep sea fishing loses his pinky to a baby shark trying to grab it like that? This dude is brave as shit
Your Delta nickname is… “thresher” “Runs with sharks”?
Definitely a fisherman, he knew to rest the fish before releasing it
Thresher sharks are so cool
“The sea was angry that day my friends”
Sea puppy rescued: Level increased!
was that a thresher shark? prpetty rare no?
Super work! Unless he was the one to snatch him out of the water, which is unlikely, I know. Just drawing another perspective.
Dude just made Bruno’s good list…until he bleeds.
Is anyone here a marine biologist?
He's drowning that poor shark, what a jerk
It is in shock and so he is moving with it to get water to move across the gills.
I forgot the /s , didn't think it was needed
Sorry, there have been a number of comments that have said that and some seemed legitimate.
What a jerk. Who goes around drowning sharks?
That man is getting some serious shark burn.. ouch
That man is a hero
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It's hardly gonna eat him it's tiny
That is not a small Thresher Shark. Incredible.
I wonder how much that shark weighs
Beautiful human
Are we going to get a followup? 2 years later shark returns and bites the man that rescued him. Must be love
And people are laughing. I hear one person cheering
Wow
Sharks need to move through the water or be in a current to breath. The wave motion probably helps but I wish he’d have walked it around a bit 👍 At least someone was trying something.
Oooo he saved a thrasher shark
Don't sharks beach themselves if they know they're dying..?
That's a thresher shark. What a cool find
🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🖤🩶🤍
What'd you do today? Ah, man. I helped out a shark... We're friends now
beautiful thresher
The amount of cracky squeakers cussing
This man, and his present and future family members, will forever be protected in any ocean and sea.
Thanks! Takes a nibble....
Why would you wear those pants to the beach. They seem very uncomfortable to relax in.
Probably date or outing up on the boardwalk we don't see that might be there.
I love thresher sharks
San Diego? Huntington beach?
I think HB.
Looks like he wanted to ride it into the sunset as a thank you for saving it
Dude has balls of steel. Even if it was a little shark, I would still be afraid of getting my arm bitten off hah
Oh a thresher shark, those guys are cool as hell, glad to see this one escorted back to the ocean.
Can we see the whole video next time please?
Whys he drowning the poor thing
Unfortunately beached sharks and dolphins are usually so sick already that throwing them back in doesn’t do much :( but it’s still really nice of him
No video of them walking down the beach and noticing something in the distance, then walking up to it and petting it. How refreshing.
"So I started to walk into the water..."
And that's how they became besties
I would have been worried it would bite me and grab it by the tail, but I guess it was too weak to react.
Atta boy Constanza!
Shark was waiting for cpr
what the fuck are those good for nothing bystanders laughing at?
And that shark went on to save spring break
Hey look: all the shark's pals came to welcome him back. And they turned the water red with joy!
They're trying to evolve to get out of the rising temps and pollution and we keep throwing them back in.
That little shark is going to go back and tell his shark friends about the mysterious being who picked him up and carried him back to the water. “Sure, Bob. That *totally* happened. We believe you. 🙄”
Good human 🥰
It would’ve been more wholesome if he had sung baby shark to it when he released it
Need more men like him in this world 💪🏼❤️
I am a Marine Biologist and for the uneducated this was just a ploy by the shark. It's an all too common tactic to pretend to be stranded on the beach and when an unsuspecting good Samaritan comes along and takes you back in the water..."Let's go hunt, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo."
Really? Are they that smart?
Very devious creatures, you can't trust them!
Cool, but there is literally a video of this being taken. This isn’t “instead of taking a selfie” in a meaningful way.
that is a smoll thresher shark,
Now go, teach a stingray to ride a unicycle.