UPDATE: As pointed out to me by a subscriber, Roman Butchaski has been missing since November 2023, presumed eaten by saltwater crocodiles. More: www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/search-for-missing-sydney-radio-host-roman-butchaski-suspended/103107848
"Menacing creatures beneath our shores". The media is absolutely loathsome. Imagine, sharks being sharks in their own home, the ocean. The entitlement of humans is mind boggling. May be terrible to say but since they cause so much division and fear, the media needs to be dropped over Guadalupe Island to fend for themselves. Just discovered your channel, love it! I am a huge shark fan, observing from the dry Arizona desert! 😜😂
So tragic that sharks and wolves always are pictured as plague and villans Only because they do what they have done for centuries: hunt and eat Just because we hold their pray as cattle (reindeers) and hunt what they are hunting (fish)
Just wanted to clarify, in Australia, we do actually have news of crocodiles & snakes. EDIT: sky news sucks btw, this reporter shits me. I also think if you don’t want to be attacked by a shark, go to a swimming pool, not the ocean. You have a higher chance in Australia to be stung by a bluebottle jellyfish than get bit by a shark. 🤷🏻♀️
Was only ever familiar with sky from rugby coverage back in the day. Sounds to me you lots have the same problem Americans have where your media outlets are so busy playing politics games with each other and just spending their time fighting each other by pulling narratives rather than spend time doing what they are supposed to which is give reliable information. I could be wrong tho, could be just sky news but it would seem strange to me if the game was played solo.
I haven't watched cable in a decade. Everything on there is AD breaks (usually longer than programs) interrupted by BS, often called news or "interesting programs." _I don't have a fish in the tank or dog in the race regarding this topic,_ *_I feel like both sides are insane._* As a hunter, I understand if we remove predators, even if just a few, this could lead to unfathomable *_EXPLOSIONS_* as population control is done by hunters / predators! (Animals! NOT human hunters). Sharks just *_are_* in the water. It's a fact of life! They're always there. They can't go anywhere else! It's good that numbers are up now, I hope it stabilises and you don't get overpopulated with too many whities! However, whether they know it or not, just like every hiker, *_every swimmer, every single one,_* and every person in the water no matter how shallow, has accepted that the ocean is not your home, that you are invading a lot of animals space, and that you are on their "good grace." That said. The water is warm. Australia is known *worldwide* because unlike American incidents with the *_same species,_* there is an interesting phenomenon where by the American coast you survive mostly unharmed, there is very seldom a fatal white attack. However, for some reason, out of incidents here in Australia, a much, *_MUCH_* bigger / higher percentage are fatal! I know there are likely a combination of factors such as water temperature, higher concentration of people constantly, very popular spots to do a lot of different water sports, including the most dangerous one, *_swimming._* 🤫 I don't care about the hysteria, *_NOR_* about the people saying there's nothing to worry about. I don't want to scare them at all, but just like walking into a jungle puts you at a risk, going into the water does as well, *_especially_* if the water is deep enough, as great whites love to torpedo prey from the deep. They also often come _relatively_ close, then make a run if decided. Another strategy that ALL the big 3 / 4 (white tip included) use is ambush from a channel or cliff, anywhere where a normal bottom turns to a cliff, channel, whatever it is, that is deeper, sometimes very substantially deeper! These are some of the spots, right at the edge of underwater cliffs, where many divers will tell you they're uncomfortable with where they are and want to stick to the bottom and / or want to do anything else, as it's equivalent to a mouse stumbling around and on it's way crossing your dogs food bowl. Yes he's not hungry and doesn't like it, but if he was starving, bye bye mouse.
@@monticore1626 As a South African, I'd argue most "news" channels are complete garbage. They were click and rage baiting before those were even terms.
Sorry for the late comment but we have plenty of guys like him on our news channels here in the USA. Is it bad I don't live in Australia but just hearing how his tone and how he was talking about sharks made me know what kind of news station Sky News was? 🫠
As an Australian I'm mortified by that entire news segment, Thank you for addressing the inherent fallacy and misinformation being used to vilify sharks for being a freaking shark!! Also the fact about K-listed species was fascinating🦈💙
There has been a lot of attacks off off of western Australia. I would like to see a system where you tag sharks, and have drones flying off of beaches. It would be nice to see people warned and given time to get out of the water when there is a large Great White in the area. We should be able to handle this where we make beaches safe for sharks and people.
@jeffk464 you do realize that white sharks are very often in close proximity to people swimming, and don't attack. Therefore meaning this system you're suggesting would have people being warned to evacuate the water a ridiculous amount of times to the point it would start pissing people off.
I don't understand how you could be so calm and collected in this analysis, when I usually hear something this stupid relating to my fields of study/interest I usually lose my shit pretty quickly. Kudos to you my man
Very frustrating to see a news station push this message. I'm glad you made this video. I wish they had someone like you there instead of just two angry dudes agreeing with each other. P.S Have you ever heard of Vic Hislop? He also pushed the 'sharks are killing machines' narrative and hunted many Great Whites. He also had a museum where it claimed the government was covering up shark attacks. Might be an interesting topic to cover if you want to feel very frustrated.
What I hate most about these types of news segments and all of the shark culling is that the removal of sharks has led to ACTUAL problem species that are far, FAR more likely to attack and kill people, to proliferate. Namely squid. And squid are waaaaay more terrifying and aggressive than sharks as a whole.
How embarrassing 😮 As a proud Western Australian this really frustrates me, sharks live in the ocean and it’s their home, we need to get real. If you want to swim in the ocean, it’s the risk you take. What a joke Sky News 😳 OMG
Sky News Australia was also suspended from TH-cam for spreading misinformation about covid-19 so I think their science coverage might be a little suspect in general. Are they still owned by Rupert Murdoch? Because it felt like Fox News with an Australian accent.
I feel you on that fox news with Australian accents. I heard the news guy start talking and just went "I didn't know Fox had any channels in Australia"
@@AdorableFloof1999 I might be a little off basis, but this just reminded me of Piers Morgan and certain other British casters. Not that they sound alike, but the same self-assured smugness Might very well be intentionally acting high and mighty delivering BS as I can see how causing high blood pressure and anger might be the goal, doesn't matter if we're angry, as long as we are watching! News just feel pointless nowadays, the *legacy news stations* have just as much if not more drama and intrigue compared to _actual_ *_important_* _news_ to *keep* the *population informed* on happenings, mostly local and national, with a little bit of international news on top!
This is a very poor analogy. Yes, it's dumb for them to use the term "plague" to describe sharks, but 2 a year isn't insignificant considering the fact that the vast majority of people who go to the beach barely go in the water. Surfers, snorkelers, long distance swimmers, and divers are the minority..not the norm. Comparing that to cars, where almost every single adult worker on the planet drives a car the majority of the week, is frankly insane. Obviously the things that we live with and handle on a near daily basis is going to involve more negative incidents!! This is such a mindless approach to statistics.
In fact, the interesting thing is the sharks kill as many people per year as crocodiles. Crocs are far more dangerous, to the point where people likely avoid where they live even more than sharks, yet sharks still rack up a respectable number of attacks.
@@joeberger3441 Agreed, dumb analogy, just as dumb as that coconut one where they extrapolated a number that doesn't even exist. Australia only has 23-24 million people, and only a small percentage of that population ever enter the ocean and only certain months of the year, so 2 a year is quite high when you factor everything in.
Blows my mind how people get SO angry and antagonistic over ocean animals just…existing in the ocean. As if they do so to spite us, humans. It’s honestly hard to keep myself from getting just as worked up in response- must be an ‘angry greenie’, lol. This was a challenging vid to get through for those reasons, but I appreciate your thorough coverage all the same, as always. Great work!
average of two people a year that is so much smaller than anything else, but this segment was like they were actively seeking out humans to hunt, for several hundred sharks they are pretty useless at it if they were doing it on purpose, several hundred adults that is.
I guess the bottom line is sensational headlines sell news. When has the media ever been interested in morality or truth, they choose to be ignorant because it suits them. What shocks me is the general populous's eagerness to believe every word. Good advise would seem to be do your own research and question everything.
People and Human-Beings are seperate species of Homo Sapiens. People are a hopeless lot, de-tached from nature and actual reality. Human Beings are more 'in-tune'.
Yeah, and all right wingers aren’t gas guzzling coal powered tyrants either. Love the topic and the creator, but prefer to leave the politics elsewhere.
I mean I don't think very many people actually feel outraged by the AUDACITY of sharks that they sometimes hurt/kill humans… I think that humans pay very close attention to the behavior of sharks, because sometimes we swim in the ocean, where the sharks are. It's not like people are talking about sharks like they're evil, just that as their behaviors change we all need to be aware of it. And humans are scared of sharks, as well they should, because if you're just swimming in the water where there aren't any riptides or deadly mollusks worth stepping on, at that point you're basically safe unless you're unlucky enough to catch a shark.
My reply to people that call humans the "Superior Species" is "Then fucking act like it." Then be superior and not act like some bully or selfish brat who just wants to mow down anything they find annoying or scary.
I think the best point you made is, they aren’t suggesting culling of crocodiles, snakes, alligators, hippos are any other animals that are also responsible for as many of not more human deaths. If you’re killed by a lion, they most likely blame You for being somewhere you shouldn’t or doing something you shouldn’t or not doing something you should have. Why isn’t it the same for sharks?
Many people do feel those animals should be culled, not least Africans who have to deal with so many dangerous creatures. Hippos and crocodiles are said to be the two animals responsible for most deaths on that continent and there are active culling programs when one of them are identified. The problem with sharks is that we can't identify which one is ''responsible'' in the vast majority of cases.
there's crocodile culling in Australia via permit. aboriginal people are allowed to hunt them. problem crocs are removed and sometimes killed. crocodiles are very dangerous and will happily stalk and eat humans. also venomous snakes are often removed or killed with a licence and country people will often kill them if they become a threat even though it's illegal to do so. venomous snakes and crocs are common in their natural habitats in Australia, most species are definitely not endangered.
Me as an Australian before watching this video: sky news is a fearmongering, biased, unreliable source when it comes to politics. Me after watching this video: sky news is a fearmongering, biased, unreliable source when it comes to politics and sharks
"We're a supreme species" yeah. Sure. Very supreme. -.- This was so painful to watch. I'm not a shark scientist or marine biologist, and even I know that they were thoroughly ignoring facts. Amazing that you can remain this calm and collected in this video. This needs so much more exposure and views! So this one is for the youtube algorithm. Good content. Needs promoting!
Go swim near a drop off next to a sand bar long enough. Great whites kill plenty of people. The international shark attack files do not consider it an attack unless it was witnessed by someone. And the great white sharks being an apex predator are not endangered.
It’s sky news so you have to ask yourself. What financial benefit does Murdoch have from hunting sharks. Once you answer that question you will see why they do this crooked shit
Sky news is such a joke, I was so mad when I saw this when it came out. The fact that their "expert" is just a dude who fishes When there's plenty of great shark scientists here is infuriating. Sadly crocs do get a bit of a bad rap here where they are more common. Bob katter in particular has a lot to say 😅
Watching this a year late, but relevant as Australia is again back in our shark attack season. We've just had a few more attacks reported over the last few days, thankfully none fatal, and I will say what I always say. You are going into the shark's habitat so you have to be prepared that something may happen. Often times the people attached are surfers, who are in full wetsuits, you really can't blame the shark for thinking you're food in that situation. Of course, we need to keep people safe if we can and in most circumstances we do. Australia does have drones and helicopters that fly over beaches during the summer and warn people if they spot sharks too close, I don't like the nets but mostly they are effective. The smart drumlines are better for the marine environment and we do have some. Unfortunately, I don't think anything we do will ever totally stop negative human and shark interactions. You just have to accept that when you go out into the ocean a shark may be there, it is after all their home.
I live in Newcastle, Australia. we have a great white nursery here at Stockton Beach, right next to great surfing beaches. I always thought that when the Great Whites reached over 3m, they migrated to South Australia, where the big boys hang out. Obviously, some would hang out around NSW seal and Penguin colonies, but most would down the Great Australian Bite and the same for Western Australian Great Whites.
they proably mostly do, the sharks he's bitching about stealing fish in northren australia? Bullsharks, there's a good documentry on a study they did on it recently from Nat Geo's Sharkfest titled "bullshark bandits"
Read the CSIRO paper on white sharks, two populations split by Bass Strait. Eastern population covers from above Brisbane to Tasmania and across to NZ.
Let's go a shark bytes episode right before 4.20, that's clutch! Big fan of your long form content compared to your old one that i've been binging. Cheers!
Yet again Sharkbytes being an absolute W and yeah this video was really interesting but very important Glad I watched it,but yeah I wish y'all are having a good day
As an Aussie, I have never heard of either of these wankers. Most people know sharks are out there but go out and enjoy the ocean anyway. Sadly, every country has its "experts" who know very little but have an axe to grind.
I couldn't even finish watching this... on rare occasions like this, the attitude of mankind to the environment and to endangered animals utterly revolts me!
I really love this video because it reminds me I’m not the only one who cares about sharks and I really enjoy watching you spread this around and show how ridiculous these news stories can get.
I've been loving sharks since I was just a lil girl who was in elementary school, and since I discovered the Megalodon, an extinct big shark, and well in those years I've been watching a lot of videos of sharks and tribute videos of the Megalodon, and it bothers me that people hate sharks and wants them to go extinct...like why? What did those gorgeous animals ever do to you? I swear to god that the mayority of people hate them only for existing -_- #stopsharkfishing #protectsharks
I used to charter fish , if we were losing too many fish to sharks , I had a fool proof method to put a stop to it ; I'd move the boat and go fish somewhere else. The Ocean is pretty big.
You shouldn’t apologize for getting worked up! Everything you said as a rebuttal to their discussion was common sense and appropriate. It’s a shame common sense reasoning and statistics aren’t more commonly known. Additionally, by stating other things that endanger humans such as you mentioned- snakes, alligators is a good point to bring up for perspective. Great job!
Super super glad you addressed this vid Kristian! I’ll admit when I sent it to you I only watched half of it cause it was just so dire I couldn’t finish listening to it. I agree with you that most of the time Sky News is not that bad, but on this occasion the amount of uneducated bias was staggering. Was just great to listen to you giving not only an informed response, but also a balanced one too. I honestly don’t think there was a point you raised that I question, particularly when it comes to shark/human interaction. Here’s hoping more people see this response vid!
@@SHARKBYTES It was a very well composed response. Sure, you mentioned your frustrations (which I also felt to the vid - hence the share 😂) however you did not respond in an emotional way but in a formal way with no bias, something I feel a lot of commentators these days lack. That's one of the reasons why I've remained subbed to your channel because I know when I watch I'll get am informed response with plenty of good humour too!
I live in Western Australia, we had 1 fatal shark in the 60's, 3 in the 90's.Since 2000 we've had 20 fatal attacks, 6 in a 12 month period from 2011-12.
Wouldn't it make more sense to limit the number of beaches for human use? If certain beaches were protected with beach monitoring, nets etc, and other coastline beaches were preserved for wildlife and surfers who want to take the risks, maybe it would help.
With all the drone videos along the coasts in California and Australia showing a remarkable number of GW's chilling out near people, I think it's increasingly clear that they simply have no interest in us. I'm starting to suspect that a lot of the attacks are driven by protection of food sources against a perceived rival predator. We know they will bump and threaten spear fishermen. The full attacks may simply be an escallation of aggression. Bottom line--if they wanted to eat us they would be doing it all the time because the suckers are right there all the time.
Maybe they are just considering a change in their diet from various sea creatures to beach goers. If they have evolved up to this point, who's to say where their evolving stops? Who's to say they can't evolve what their favorite flavor is? And who are you to say that they can't grow legs and use computers?
Yes, they CAN eat us at any time, hence the concern. I do wonder how some might feel if they had to surveil their own backyards for bears or wolf packs before they stepped out the door.
For a second, thought this was a Dame Edna Everage Spoof Comedy sketch ! " We're the Supreme species !" If the age of planet earth equated to an hour, what has the Supreme species inflicted on it, damage wise in, the last 30 seconds ? Would've had more sense if hosted by an octopus & a sea slug ! 🦈
Im ur new subscriber from Australia😅 love your vlogs n the content u share deeply researched and not biased on any particular point👍👍 going through all the topics u covered n hope that u would cover more on sharks whenever possible
Totally agree with you Kris! This topic upsets me as well. Humans have got to stop thinking they’re the most important species. Every species is priceless and needed. More education about safe swimming practices, sharks in general and safe shark repellent is a great start.
We ARE the most important species in that we're agonizingly aware that we're being eaten when we are. Elephants may mourn as well. I'm not saying that sharks aren't important to the ecosystem, just that they haven't the capacity to ''care'' and ''suffer'' as we do. When PETA stated that chickens slain for dinner was a ''genocide'', it made most people puke for obvious reasons. It's important not to put animal worship above human life. I'm NOT saying you are, but some nut cases do, like Heinrich Himmler, who thought deer hunting was ''murder''.
@@TGP109 So sick of people like you thinking being more considerate and caring for other organism in this planet is a fucking worshipping or not caring for human life. We live in a shared ecosystem, the other organisms MATTER. We put an enormous amount of strain to this planet like no other species therefore we have more responsibility and burden in how we navigate in this planet. No one take PETA seriously anymore. Comparing a wild animal that is more susceptible to environment change and overhunting to a domestic farm animal is fucking stupid. Go watch animal being eaten alive and you'll see they are agonizingly aware of being eaten (what was even your point with that??). Educate yourself and stop 'worshipping' your own self righteous ass.
@@TGP109 And how exactly is care and suffering important in this context?? This is about preservation of the ecosystems and biodiversity which keeps us, a living organism on this planet, alive. Also humanity is the biggest threat to humanity through us currently causing the 6th mass extinction event in Earth's history. Sharks have existed in one form or another for more than 450 million years. I doubt us humans will make it much more than 10.000 years into the future, unfortunately. Not with our shortsighted, selfish greed.
Shark Bytes, I'm gonna be honest, I was gonna lose my mind when I saw the title until I noticed the quotation marks. Great commentary on this problem. What ticked me off the most was the egregious enforcement of the word "Plague" when referring to a natural occurrence.
The Greens are pretty horrible here in Australia and I say this as someone who is a borderline environmentalist. The Greens probably do more harm to the environment than they help. For instance they helped push through bans on back burning and making back burning more difficult. This is a big part of why we get these massive uncontrollable bushfires because of so much build up of undergrowth. Also, yeah I cringed too at the supreme species line. Not surprised at the tone of this article at all. It's the rare occasion when the MSM isn't overly politicized, sensationalized tripe. I really like your balanced approach to these issues. You acknowledge that we have needs and rights, but so do the animals. It's all too easy in these debates for someone to take a very polarized position that just holds up either our own rights or that of the animals/ecosystem.
Please do a video on Emma the friendly Tiger Shark, I've been a little confused about how tiger sharks can be affectionate towards humans? Would love your opinion on it, is this similar to the Ocean Ramsay situation?
So. I've always wondered this-- When we talk about White Shark or really any shark population, how do we know the numbers? For instance, do we only count the numbers that are tagged, or are we guessing how many are also not tagged as well? Also, migration. If one gets tagged in Eastern Australia, but moves to Western Australia for a year or so, does that count for both populations of White Sharks? If someone knows, I'd love to hear how the numbers get tallied. I've tried to look this up, but I never get an explanation of how. Great video, by the way!
Here in Massachusetts where white sharks are also here in large numbers, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has a sharktvity app. for your phone, alerting you when a tagged shark swims by one of their bouys and there strategically placed all along the beaches of the outer Cape, including Block Island, in Rhode Island… Alerts also pop up on the app. If a shark is seen near a beach, and let’s you know what beach!!! It really is unbelievable!!!
You know you're watching conservative media when you have a elderly white dude in a suit say _"We're a supreme species!" _*_*chuckles*_* Kinda sums up their entire agenda doesn't it?
ah yes, endangered animals arent endangered world wide but only in specific spots around the world. just like the, now extinct, african elephants roaming the flat fields of the netherlands, they are still around in africa but they havent been seen in the netherlands in the wild since recorded history, or ever. stupid logic is stupid. xD
I just discovered your channel today, the first video I saw was what happened when people tried to keep great white sharks in aquariums and I was hooked (no pun intended😂) I just wanted to say I’ve been binge watching your videos and you are doing great things for sharks by spreading real science and dispelling all of the garbage that’s out there. I’ve always been a HUGE great white lover and it’s nice to see someone giving accurate info about them instead of fear mongering. You gained a subscriber with me for sure.❤
sky news is like fox news for Australia, they really shouldn't be listened to on.... basically anything. It's all backed by Murdoch so who knows if we'll ever be rid of their idiocy.
i have also seen these news and it made me quite angry to watch, so it was nice to hear you break it down. I have seen a documentary about shark nets and how to improve them. They did find out that a "bubble wall" may be an option. A tube which would produce bubbles would be placed along the sea floor and the sound and movement of the bubbles would hide what ever was on the other side, so the shark would not be able to pick up any movement. Trials have also shown that even tho bait was placed near the wall, the shark didn't take it.
Awesome video! If they would keep the Discovery Channel Nat Geo out of the waters , doing everything possible to get GW's to show up on camera , same thing with tourism. It's actually man causing them to take their catches.
7:57 Wrong bro. The amount of people who have been eaten in our waters especially in Perth is a lot more than just Simon. It is very common to turn the tv on and see attacks and fatalities.
You are wrong. There are only around ten deaths per year from sharks when tens of millions at least swim in oceans. Falling coconuts, which kill 150 people a year are more of a threat to us than sharks.
So annoyed at those two. The fisherman moaning about sharks eating "our fish". He is the type of person that would sanction the hunting of sharks to extinction then complain to the government when the fishing industry crashes. These people need educating pecause talk like that is misinformation scaremongering and dangerous to the ecosystem.
Hi there, thanks for the video! I have a question for you Christian: Where do you usally work? (Making research at home, at the lab, on the open ocean, all of them).
Anyone who chooses to swim in shark infested water deserves whatever they get. It's very, very, very to easy to avoid ever being bitten or eaten by one. Just stay out of their water unless you're on a boat.
GWSharks have been attacking and killing humans since man first went in the water, and since tourism in the Mediterranean, they have been hiding attacks and predations, all for the sake of a pound-note, no-one who goes there, is ever told it's where they come to give birth, people should at least be aware, that they are in the Mediterranean. Found you, after HAL mentioned your show, glad I found you fella, great show.
Yeah ive fished northern australia. Its various species of warm water sharks that steal fish, not great whites. But id assume the various bull sharks and tiger sharks would be aggressive towards humans due to the fact that almost nobody enters the water in northern australia due to crocodiles
We almost wipe Crocs out, then protect them till they overpopulate. Then we do it with sharks. All while depleting wild food sources worldwide. AND YOUR SURPRISED!
I enjoy swimming and I enjoy swimming in the sea, less so at home now as water quality is shocking here in the North East of England but abroad on holiday I love it, clear warmer waters it's just a joy. That said I always remind myself that every time I go into the water I'm agreeing to natures contract, I am voluntarily entering the food chain and in the sea I am no where near the top. When you're in the water you're accepting that whether you like it or not.
Hey there. Kris😀 Always look forward to your vids, and this yet another good one! I wonder if you've seen the documentary on YT: Shark Alarm Australia's deadliest year. + what you think of it. Sorry, I always have problems when trying to post links here but you'll see it if you copy and paste. Cheers, buddy😃
I'm absolutely disgusted at Sky news Australia for allowing this ignorant, fear inducing nonsense and so glad you brought it up and showed the wild inaccuracies and absolute lies spouted there by their "expert" and newscaster!!
@@SHARKBYTES Rupert bought Sky a few years ago, and he is an Aussie. Makes sense to me that the influence is biggest in the home market. There probably lies the biggest interest in influencing the popular political opinion. Why move everything to a tax haven if you can create your own at home? :D I am inferring here obviously, but I don't think it's very far fetched.
Sky news didnt even mention egypt theyre talking exclusively about sharks in Australia lol so what were they right about? Just that sharks should be eradicated from the ocean, I dont think that was their point
Sharks shoudn’t be eradicated and they won’t they have been here more than we have, and evolved millions of years. If us, humans think we can outsmart nature we are purely wrong. Due to pollution these sharks are moving inwards and started to eat humans. Even orcas are attacking boats. Its part of evolution, and we will have to deal with it, in a way that doesn’t affect other species. We must now sacrifice our species because of the greed we have unleashed.
I'm so embarrassed as an Ozzie that this was on air. We don't all think like this. Most realise that we swim in there water so we invade their territory and occasionally an unfortunate incident happens and a human life is lost. Which is always sad. We have many more dangerous animals living in and around our houses!!!! I love sharks and understand that when I go into the ocean ... ocean animals live there and we may encounter them !!!
the most dangerous animal in Oz is on two legs and it ain't no Kangaroo or Wallabie or other Marsupial for that matter, but it is another type of mammal.
Fellow Aussie here, I totally agree with you. The problem is that in this video the fisherman seems like a man who would vote for a total irradication of the Great White, without even thinking or caring for the devastation it would have. Thier ignorance is appauling and disgusting.
I wish they would just tag them and be done with it. Bugga the nets, they can still go under or around them. I'd rather know where they are via GPS tracking and have the day off. We also seem to have had quite a few shark attacks here in Australia in the last few months. I'm not sure what that's all about.
I don't know any Aussies that watch Sky news so this video has gone under the radar here but I'm going to share this to let us Aussies know what the world thinks of us, even when it isn't a true representation.
You watch BBC news, good grief. The BBC is one of the most biased channels in the UK and bury more news stories than any other channel in the UK. They actively attempt to manipulate public opinion via their news, political and current affairs programmes.
The fact the fisherman was saying how he had no clue where the research came from or who by was so telling. A non-expert ranting about apex ocean predators eating their natural food source... He even had an idea of the number of sharks out there - how did those numbers sound big to him?! I really appreciate how calm and rational you were in this video. Much nicer to watch and you feel more reliable.
also to comment on the video, I think you were admirably professional on your criticism of these sad aussies. What I heard from them was only misinformation, fear mongering and pretty infuriating. Glad to see you bring light on this, great vid as always!
UPDATE:
As pointed out to me by a subscriber, Roman Butchaski has been missing since November 2023, presumed eaten by saltwater crocodiles.
More: www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/search-for-missing-sydney-radio-host-roman-butchaski-suspended/103107848
It's how he would have wanted to go.
@@nodiggity9472Yeah as long as it wasn't a shark...
Karma
*starting" they been eating sailors for ages lol. I've no side here but your shark bias is showing!!!
It's all them foreign (South African) sharks going over to Australia away from the Orcas that are making life unpleasant there for the local GWs. 😊
"Menacing creatures beneath our shores". The media is absolutely loathsome. Imagine, sharks being sharks in their own home, the ocean. The entitlement of humans is mind boggling.
May be terrible to say but since they cause so much division and fear, the media needs to be dropped over Guadalupe Island to fend for themselves.
Just discovered your channel, love it! I am a huge shark fan, observing from the dry Arizona desert! 😜😂
So tragic that sharks and wolves always are pictured as plague and villans Only because they do what they have done for centuries: hunt and eat Just because we hold their pray as cattle (reindeers) and hunt what they are hunting (fish)
Sharks gon' shark!
@@SHARKBYTES exactly And they are such beautiful creatures 💖💖
They just want to be themselves!
I live in an ecosystem for both and hear the hate all the time.😢
@@zacharyfaber so sad They are both my favorite animals And orcas
Just wanted to clarify, in Australia, we do actually have news of crocodiles & snakes.
EDIT: sky news sucks btw, this reporter shits me. I also think if you don’t want to be attacked by a shark, go to a swimming pool, not the ocean. You have a higher chance in Australia to be stung by a bluebottle jellyfish than get bit by a shark. 🤷🏻♀️
Was only ever familiar with sky from rugby coverage back in the day. Sounds to me you lots have the same problem Americans have where your media outlets are so busy playing politics games with each other and just spending their time fighting each other by pulling narratives rather than spend time doing what they are supposed to which is give reliable information. I could be wrong tho, could be just sky news but it would seem strange to me if the game was played solo.
I haven't watched cable in a decade. Everything on there is AD breaks (usually longer than programs) interrupted by BS, often called news or "interesting programs."
_I don't have a fish in the tank or dog in the race regarding this topic,_ *_I feel like both sides are insane._* As a hunter, I understand if we remove predators, even if just a few, this could lead to unfathomable *_EXPLOSIONS_* as population control is done by hunters / predators!
(Animals! NOT human hunters).
Sharks just *_are_* in the water. It's a fact of life! They're always there. They can't go anywhere else! It's good that numbers are up now, I hope it stabilises and you don't get overpopulated with too many whities! However, whether they know it or not, just like every hiker, *_every swimmer, every single one,_* and every person in the water no matter how shallow, has accepted that the ocean is not your home, that you are invading a lot of animals space, and that you are on their "good grace."
That said. The water is warm. Australia is known *worldwide* because unlike American incidents with the *_same species,_* there is an interesting phenomenon where by the American coast you survive mostly unharmed, there is very seldom a fatal white attack. However, for some reason, out of incidents here in Australia, a much, *_MUCH_* bigger / higher percentage are fatal!
I know there are likely a combination of factors such as water temperature, higher concentration of people constantly, very popular spots to do a lot of different water sports, including the most dangerous one, *_swimming._* 🤫
I don't care about the hysteria, *_NOR_* about the people saying there's nothing to worry about. I don't want to scare them at all, but just like walking into a jungle puts you at a risk, going into the water does as well, *_especially_* if the water is deep enough, as great whites love to torpedo prey from the deep. They also often come _relatively_ close, then make a run if decided. Another strategy that ALL the big 3 / 4 (white tip included) use is ambush from a channel or cliff, anywhere where a normal bottom turns to a cliff, channel, whatever it is, that is deeper, sometimes very substantially deeper! These are some of the spots, right at the edge of underwater cliffs, where many divers will tell you they're uncomfortable with where they are and want to stick to the bottom and / or want to do anything else, as it's equivalent to a mouse stumbling around and on it's way crossing your dogs food bowl. Yes he's not hungry and doesn't like it, but if he was starving, bye bye mouse.
@@dreammaker9642yeah aussie news sucks
@@monticore1626 As a South African, I'd argue most "news" channels are complete garbage. They were click and rage baiting before those were even terms.
Sorry for the late comment but we have plenty of guys like him on our news channels here in the USA. Is it bad I don't live in Australia but just hearing how his tone and how he was talking about sharks made me know what kind of news station Sky News was? 🫠
As an Australian I'm mortified by that entire news segment, Thank you for addressing the inherent fallacy and misinformation being used to vilify sharks for being a freaking shark!! Also the fact about K-listed species was fascinating🦈💙
Ironic, given the fallacies that riddled the arguments made in this video rebuttal, lol.
What fallacies?? Pls explain because I don’t see none.
@kingkeychim4242 fallacies based on this person's red neck world view I would assume
There has been a lot of attacks off off of western Australia. I would like to see a system where you tag sharks, and have drones flying off of beaches. It would be nice to see people warned and given time to get out of the water when there is a large Great White in the area. We should be able to handle this where we make beaches safe for sharks and people.
@jeffk464 you do realize that white sharks are very often in close proximity to people swimming, and don't attack. Therefore meaning this system you're suggesting would have people being warned to evacuate the water a ridiculous amount of times to the point it would start pissing people off.
That this news segment brought on a random fisherman to talk about this is mind meltingly stupid
I don't understand how you could be so calm and collected in this analysis, when I usually hear something this stupid relating to my fields of study/interest I usually lose my shit pretty quickly. Kudos to you my man
Thanks Matteo, always try to be as balanced as I can to get my message across!
@@SHARKBYTES It sounds more like he the GW off the endangered list so he can fish for them.....
@@SHARKBYTES What do ya think of 'sharks happen'?
@@billcar6805 I LOVE Hal!!!! He's super smart when it comes to sharks and I would love for these two to do a show together
@@SHARKBYTES hey you REALLY need to go check out Hal on Sharks happen channel. He's awesome and it would be great if y'all could do a show together. 😎
Very frustrating to see a news station push this message. I'm glad you made this video. I wish they had someone like you there instead of just two angry dudes agreeing with each other.
P.S Have you ever heard of Vic Hislop? He also pushed the 'sharks are killing machines' narrative and hunted many Great Whites. He also had a museum where it claimed the government was covering up shark attacks. Might be an interesting topic to cover if you want to feel very frustrated.
I’ll check out Vic Hislop, haven’t heard of him before!
Vic is/was a horrible person. He sounded like he had about a third grade education.
What I hate most about these types of news segments and all of the shark culling is that the removal of sharks has led to ACTUAL problem species that are far, FAR more likely to attack and kill people, to proliferate. Namely squid. And squid are waaaaay more terrifying and aggressive than sharks as a whole.
Me, pointing at the dirt: THERE'S A PLAGUE OF EARTHWORMS
I know! So glad I'm not the only one to see them! I thought I was going mad...
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How embarrassing 😮 As a proud Western Australian this really frustrates me, sharks live in the ocean and it’s their home, we need to get real. If you want to swim in the ocean, it’s the risk you take. What a joke Sky News 😳 OMG
Sky News Australia was also suspended from TH-cam for spreading misinformation about covid-19 so I think their science coverage might be a little suspect in general. Are they still owned by Rupert Murdoch? Because it felt like Fox News with an Australian accent.
I feel you on that fox news with Australian accents. I heard the news guy start talking and just went "I didn't know Fox had any channels in Australia"
Technically yeah, Sky News is a part of News Corp owned by Rupert Murdoch. So its basically the Australian version of Fox News in the US
@@AdorableFloof1999 I might be a little off basis, but this just reminded me of Piers Morgan and certain other British casters.
Not that they sound alike, but the same self-assured smugness
Might very well be intentionally acting high and mighty delivering BS as I can see how causing high blood pressure and anger might be the goal, doesn't matter if we're angry, as long as we are watching!
News just feel pointless nowadays, the *legacy news stations* have just as much if not more drama and intrigue compared to _actual_ *_important_* _news_ to *keep* the *population informed* on happenings, mostly local and national, with a little bit of international news on top!
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A plague of two deaths per year is not a plague.
Think about how many people die per year in car accidents.
This is a very poor analogy. Yes, it's dumb for them to use the term "plague" to describe sharks, but 2 a year isn't insignificant considering the fact that the vast majority of people who go to the beach barely go in the water. Surfers, snorkelers, long distance swimmers, and divers are the minority..not the norm. Comparing that to cars, where almost every single adult worker on the planet drives a car the majority of the week, is frankly insane. Obviously the things that we live with and handle on a near daily basis is going to involve more negative incidents!! This is such a mindless approach to statistics.
In fact, the interesting thing is the sharks kill as many people per year as crocodiles. Crocs are far more dangerous, to the point where people likely avoid where they live even more than sharks, yet sharks still rack up a respectable number of attacks.
@@joeberger3441
Agreed, dumb analogy, just as dumb as that coconut one where they extrapolated a number that doesn't even exist.
Australia only has 23-24 million people, and only a small percentage of that population ever enter the ocean and only certain months of the year, so 2 a year is quite high when you factor everything in.
I would imagine crocs take more people than sharks there. Not to mention deadly snakes everywhere 🙄
Humans: "sharks kill people"
Humans: *kills complete ecosystems*
Blows my mind how people get SO angry and antagonistic over ocean animals just…existing in the ocean. As if they do so to spite us, humans. It’s honestly hard to keep myself from getting just as worked up in response- must be an ‘angry greenie’, lol. This was a challenging vid to get through for those reasons, but I appreciate your thorough coverage all the same, as always. Great work!
average of two people a year that is so much smaller than anything else, but this segment was like they were actively seeking out humans to hunt, for several hundred sharks they are pretty useless at it if they were doing it on purpose, several hundred adults that is.
I guess the bottom line is sensational headlines sell news. When has the media ever been interested in morality or truth, they choose to be ignorant because it suits them. What shocks me is the general populous's eagerness to believe every word. Good advise would seem to be do your own research and question everything.
People and Human-Beings are seperate species of Homo Sapiens. People are a hopeless lot, de-tached from nature and actual reality. Human Beings are more 'in-tune'.
Yeah, and all right wingers aren’t gas guzzling coal powered tyrants either. Love the topic and the creator, but prefer to leave the politics elsewhere.
I mean I don't think very many people actually feel outraged by the AUDACITY of sharks that they sometimes hurt/kill humans… I think that humans pay very close attention to the behavior of sharks, because sometimes we swim in the ocean, where the sharks are. It's not like people are talking about sharks like they're evil, just that as their behaviors change we all need to be aware of it. And humans are scared of sharks, as well they should, because if you're just swimming in the water where there aren't any riptides or deadly mollusks worth stepping on, at that point you're basically safe unless you're unlucky enough to catch a shark.
My reply to people that call humans the "Superior Species" is "Then fucking act like it." Then be superior and not act like some bully or selfish brat who just wants to mow down anything they find annoying or scary.
I think the best point you made is, they aren’t suggesting culling of crocodiles, snakes, alligators, hippos are any other animals that are also responsible for as many of not more human deaths. If you’re killed by a lion, they most likely blame You for being somewhere you shouldn’t or doing something you shouldn’t or not doing something you should have. Why isn’t it the same for sharks?
It’s always super interesting that once sharks are involved, it’s “cull cull cull”
@@SHARKBYTES i dont know about Australia but in the US there is alligator culling
Many people do feel those animals should be culled, not least Africans who have to deal with so many dangerous creatures. Hippos and crocodiles are said to be the two animals responsible for most deaths on that continent and there are active culling programs when one of them are identified. The problem with sharks is that we can't identify which one is ''responsible'' in the vast majority of cases.
@@alebroker7587there has been talks of crocodile culls in Australia. They get shut down pretty quick though
there's crocodile culling in Australia via permit. aboriginal people are allowed to hunt them. problem crocs are removed and sometimes killed. crocodiles are very dangerous and will happily stalk and eat humans. also venomous snakes are often removed or killed with a licence and country people will often kill them if they become a threat even though it's illegal to do so. venomous snakes and crocs are common in their natural habitats in Australia, most species are definitely not endangered.
Me as an Australian before watching this video: sky news is a fearmongering, biased, unreliable source when it comes to politics.
Me after watching this video: sky news is a fearmongering, biased, unreliable source when it comes to politics and sharks
Same here
“Lurking beneath our shores” you mean there home?
Hahaha exactly, where else are they supposed to go 😂
That's usually in the news items. Lurk-lurk-lurk!!!
"We're a supreme species" yeah. Sure. Very supreme. -.- This was so painful to watch. I'm not a shark scientist or marine biologist, and even I know that they were thoroughly ignoring facts. Amazing that you can remain this calm and collected in this video. This needs so much more exposure and views!
So this one is for the youtube algorithm. Good content. Needs promoting!
That bit was actually vile to hear!!
@@SHARKBYTES I can imagine! Made me cringe when they said it.
i'm surprised they didn't show a scene from 'jaws' as proof.....
Go swim near a drop off next to a sand bar long enough. Great whites kill plenty of people. The international shark attack files do not consider it an attack unless it was witnessed by someone. And the great white sharks being an apex predator are not endangered.
It’s sky news so you have to ask yourself. What financial benefit does Murdoch have from hunting sharks. Once you answer that question you will see why they do this crooked shit
Sky news is such a joke, I was so mad when I saw this when it came out. The fact that their "expert" is just a dude who fishes When there's plenty of great shark scientists here is infuriating.
Sadly crocs do get a bit of a bad rap here where they are more common. Bob katter in particular has a lot to say 😅
if protecting my sharks makes me an "Angry Greenie" so be it lmfao :D. Def a massive load a bull on their behalf. Thanks for covering it friend
Thanks for watching!!
Watching this a year late, but relevant as Australia is again back in our shark attack season. We've just had a few more attacks reported over the last few days, thankfully none fatal, and I will say what I always say. You are going into the shark's habitat so you have to be prepared that something may happen. Often times the people attached are surfers, who are in full wetsuits, you really can't blame the shark for thinking you're food in that situation.
Of course, we need to keep people safe if we can and in most circumstances we do. Australia does have drones and helicopters that fly over beaches during the summer and warn people if they spot sharks too close, I don't like the nets but mostly they are effective. The smart drumlines are better for the marine environment and we do have some.
Unfortunately, I don't think anything we do will ever totally stop negative human and shark interactions. You just have to accept that when you go out into the ocean a shark may be there, it is after all their home.
We r food to some of them
@liammaenza3435 are we bollocks..
This one of your best ever videos! Calling out people for their foolishness. GREAT WORK!!!👍
I live in Newcastle, Australia. we have a great white nursery here at Stockton Beach, right next to great surfing beaches. I always thought that when the Great Whites reached over 3m, they migrated to South Australia, where the big boys hang out. Obviously, some would hang out around NSW seal and Penguin colonies, but most would down the Great Australian Bite and the same for Western Australian Great Whites.
they proably mostly do, the sharks he's bitching about stealing fish in northren australia? Bullsharks, there's a good documentry on a study they did on it recently from Nat Geo's Sharkfest titled "bullshark bandits"
Things are changing and have been for the last decade
Read the CSIRO paper on white sharks, two populations split by Bass Strait. Eastern population covers from above Brisbane to Tasmania and across to NZ.
Those two Aussies definitely saw Jaws The Revenge a few too many times and thought it was an accurate representation.
Weak film, can’t wait to tear into it on a movie commentary
😂😂
They think the movie Jaws is a documentary.
Let's go a shark bytes episode right before 4.20, that's clutch! Big fan of your long form content compared to your old one that i've been binging. Cheers!
Cheers! Will be trying to make some more longer content this season for you all
@@SHARKBYTES I would love that :)
Murdochs sky in Australia is very different to the uk version. It’s basically a big budget gb news
I lived on Amity Island, NY,back in '75. We had a ton of trouble with a GW. A dog, a kid & even a ham got munched.
That poor ham!
Yet again Sharkbytes being an absolute W and yeah this video was really interesting but very important
Glad I watched it,but yeah I wish y'all are having a good day
Ima take that W and run with it 🏃♂️💨
The worst part is alot of people just eat up all this info without questioning it, some people man....
I hate fear mongering like that, they're being ridiculous over there at Sky News, ol Australian Fox.
Yeah I didn’t realise Sky was like that over there!
As an Aussie, I have never heard of either of these wankers. Most people know sharks are out there but go out and enjoy the ocean anyway. Sadly, every country has its "experts" who know very little but have an axe to grind.
I couldn't even finish watching this... on rare occasions like this, the attitude of mankind to the environment and to endangered animals utterly revolts me!
Always love your vids. Definitely my favorite shark channel by far.
Thank you!! Glad to have you watching the channel 😁
I really love this video because it reminds me I’m not the only one who cares about sharks and I really enjoy watching you spread this around and show how ridiculous these news stories can get.
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I've been loving sharks since I was just a lil girl who was in elementary school, and since I discovered the Megalodon, an extinct big shark, and well in those years I've been watching a lot of videos of sharks and tribute videos of the Megalodon, and it bothers me that people hate sharks and wants them to go extinct...like why? What did those gorgeous animals ever do to you? I swear to god that the mayority of people hate them only for existing -_- #stopsharkfishing #protectsharks
I used to charter fish , if we were losing too many fish to sharks , I had a fool proof method to put a stop to it ; I'd move the boat and go fish somewhere else. The Ocean is pretty big.
What a pair of gits, those two. Thank you as always for speaking up for the sharks!
"Oh no I'm so sad I can't get people to give me value-less kudos for killing sharks.Wow. Please validate me."
Such a weird take from both these chaps
You shouldn’t apologize for getting worked up! Everything you said as a rebuttal to their discussion was common sense and appropriate.
It’s a shame common sense reasoning and statistics aren’t more commonly known. Additionally, by stating other things that endanger humans such as you mentioned- snakes, alligators is a good point to bring up for perspective.
Great job!
Super super glad you addressed this vid Kristian!
I’ll admit when I sent it to you I only watched half of it cause it was just so dire I couldn’t finish listening to it. I agree with you that most of the time Sky News is not that bad, but on this occasion the amount of uneducated bias was staggering.
Was just great to listen to you giving not only an informed response, but also a balanced one too. I honestly don’t think there was a point you raised that I question, particularly when it comes to shark/human interaction.
Here’s hoping more people see this response vid!
Thanks for sending to me Adam, hope you enjoyed the rebuttal
@@SHARKBYTES It was a very well composed response. Sure, you mentioned your frustrations (which I also felt to the vid - hence the share 😂) however you did not respond in an emotional way but in a formal way with no bias, something I feel a lot of commentators these days lack. That's one of the reasons why I've remained subbed to your channel because I know when I watch I'll get am informed response with plenty of good humour too!
are you kidding ? sky news is terrible, this is just one of many bs articles they spew out
I live in Western Australia, we had 1 fatal shark in the 60's, 3 in the 90's.Since 2000 we've had 20 fatal attacks, 6 in a 12 month period from 2011-12.
More people in the water.
Wouldn't it make more sense to limit the number of beaches for human use? If certain beaches were protected with beach monitoring, nets etc, and other coastline beaches were preserved for wildlife and surfers who want to take the risks, maybe it would help.
With all the drone videos along the coasts in California and Australia showing a remarkable number of GW's chilling out near people, I think it's increasingly clear that they simply have no interest in us. I'm starting to suspect that a lot of the attacks are driven by protection of food sources against a perceived rival predator. We know they will bump and threaten spear fishermen. The full attacks may simply be an escallation of aggression. Bottom line--if they wanted to eat us they would be doing it all the time because the suckers are right there all the time.
Yup attacks on boards, kayaks etc are TERRITORIAL
I think everyone whose interested in sharks realises a lot of these interactions are territorial. Maybe lack of food sources plays a role?
Maybe they are just considering a change in their diet from various sea creatures to beach goers. If they have evolved up to this point, who's to say where their evolving stops? Who's to say they can't evolve what their favorite flavor is? And who are you to say that they can't grow legs and use computers?
Yes, they CAN eat us at any time, hence the concern. I do wonder how some might feel if they had to surveil their own backyards for bears or wolf packs before they stepped out the door.
@@tjunk2869 Maybe they can explain FUCKING EXCEL TO ME THEN!!! Shit drives me nuts!
For a second, thought this was a Dame Edna Everage Spoof Comedy sketch !
" We're the Supreme species !"
If the age of planet earth equated to an hour, what has the Supreme species inflicted on it, damage wise in, the last 30 seconds ?
Would've had more sense if hosted by an octopus & a sea slug ! 🦈
That supreme species line was so bizarre, actually pretty vile to hear it!
If the age of Earth was equal to one hour, humans only appeared in the last second. 30 seconds ago humans wouldn't even be imaginable.
Im ur new subscriber from Australia😅 love your vlogs n the content u share deeply researched and not biased on any particular point👍👍 going through all the topics u covered n hope that u would cover more on sharks whenever possible
Welcome to shark bytes!! 🦈
Totally agree with you Kris! This topic upsets me as well. Humans have got to stop thinking they’re the most important species. Every species is priceless and needed. More education about safe swimming practices, sharks in general and safe shark repellent is a great start.
Species have been coming to and end since the beginning of time. It's nature. Please stop promoting weird unnatural logic.
We ARE the most important species in that we're agonizingly aware that we're being eaten when we are. Elephants may mourn as well. I'm not saying that sharks aren't important to the ecosystem, just that they haven't the capacity to ''care'' and ''suffer'' as we do. When PETA stated that chickens slain for dinner was a ''genocide'', it made most people puke for obvious reasons. It's important not to put animal worship above human life. I'm NOT saying you are, but some nut cases do, like Heinrich Himmler, who thought deer hunting was ''murder''.
@@TGP109 So sick of people like you thinking being more considerate and caring for other organism in this planet is a fucking worshipping or not caring for human life. We live in a shared ecosystem, the other organisms MATTER. We put an enormous amount of strain to this planet like no other species therefore we have more responsibility and burden in how we navigate in this planet. No one take PETA seriously anymore. Comparing a wild animal that is more susceptible to environment change and overhunting to a domestic farm animal is fucking stupid.
Go watch animal being eaten alive and you'll see they are agonizingly aware of being eaten (what was even your point with that??). Educate yourself and stop 'worshipping' your own self righteous ass.
@@TGP109 And how exactly is care and suffering important in this context?? This is about preservation of the ecosystems and biodiversity which keeps us, a living organism on this planet, alive.
Also humanity is the biggest threat to humanity through us currently causing the 6th mass extinction event in Earth's history.
Sharks have existed in one form or another for more than 450 million years. I doubt us humans will make it much more than 10.000 years into the future, unfortunately. Not with our shortsighted, selfish greed.
Being attacked by a shark is a personal risk you incur by entering the ocean.
Shark Bytes, I'm gonna be honest, I was gonna lose my mind when I saw the title until I noticed the quotation marks. Great commentary on this problem. What ticked me off the most was the egregious enforcement of the word "Plague" when referring to a natural occurrence.
The word plague means disease, it is actually many times a natural occurrence.
The Greens are pretty horrible here in Australia and I say this as someone who is a borderline environmentalist. The Greens probably do more harm to the environment than they help. For instance they helped push through bans on back burning and making back burning more difficult. This is a big part of why we get these massive uncontrollable bushfires because of so much build up of undergrowth.
Also, yeah I cringed too at the supreme species line.
Not surprised at the tone of this article at all. It's the rare occasion when the MSM isn't overly politicized, sensationalized tripe.
I really like your balanced approach to these issues. You acknowledge that we have needs and rights, but so do the animals. It's all too easy in these debates for someone to take a very polarized position that just holds up either our own rights or that of the animals/ecosystem.
that news report is so gross and irresponsible
The supreme species line made me feel a bit ill..
Please do a video on Emma the friendly Tiger Shark, I've been a little confused about how tiger sharks can be affectionate towards humans? Would love your opinion on it, is this similar to the Ocean Ramsay situation?
So. I've always wondered this--
When we talk about White Shark or really any shark population, how do we know the numbers? For instance, do we only count the numbers that are tagged, or are we guessing how many are also not tagged as well? Also, migration. If one gets tagged in Eastern Australia, but moves to Western Australia for a year or so, does that count for both populations of White Sharks? If someone knows, I'd love to hear how the numbers get tallied. I've tried to look this up, but I never get an explanation of how.
Great video, by the way!
Considering most of our caost line is marine parks and no commercial fishing is allowed, there is plenty of food for all species mammals and sharks.
I have a suggestion for creature feature: the manta
i'll make sure its on the list Lukas
"Bureaucratic green tape"
is the color wheel also upside down in Australia?
Here in Massachusetts where white sharks are also here in large numbers, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has a sharktvity app. for your phone, alerting you when a tagged shark swims by one of their bouys and there strategically placed all along the beaches of the outer Cape, including Block Island, in Rhode Island… Alerts also pop up on the app. If a shark is seen near a beach, and let’s you know what beach!!! It really is unbelievable!!!
See thats some great technology use right there!
That turtle caught in the net was tough to see.
the nets off the beaches is a really tough topic
Great video! People like this really make me rip my own hair out. I am glad that you make videos about such topics!
Thank you! Felt like this one definitely needed to be spoken about
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You know you're watching conservative media when you have a elderly white dude in a suit say _"We're a supreme species!" _*_*chuckles*_*
Kinda sums up their entire agenda doesn't it?
ah yes, endangered animals arent endangered world wide but only in specific spots around the world.
just like the, now extinct, african elephants roaming the flat fields of the netherlands, they are still around in africa but they havent been seen in the netherlands in the wild since recorded history, or ever.
stupid logic is stupid. xD
Agreed, not much logic from either of these two on the video
I just discovered your channel today, the first video I saw was what happened when people tried to keep great white sharks in aquariums and I was hooked (no pun intended😂) I just wanted to say I’ve been binge watching your videos and you are doing great things for sharks by spreading real science and dispelling all of the garbage that’s out there. I’ve always been a HUGE great white lover and it’s nice to see someone giving accurate info about them instead of fear mongering. You gained a subscriber with me for sure.❤
Glad to have you on the channel Samantha - hope you become a regular in the comments section here on Shark Bytes!!
Fly a drone WHEREVER UR going to get into water. It helps
sky news is like fox news for Australia, they really shouldn't be listened to on.... basically anything. It's all backed by Murdoch so who knows if we'll ever be rid of their idiocy.
I actually didn’t know this about Australian sky news!!
why is it always fishermen who say that we shouldn’t protect sharks and never an actual expert
i have also seen these news and it made me quite angry to watch, so it was nice to hear you break it down. I have seen a documentary about shark nets and how to improve them. They did find out that a "bubble wall" may be an option. A tube which would produce bubbles would be placed along the sea floor and the sound and movement of the bubbles would hide what ever was on the other side, so the shark would not be able to pick up any movement. Trials have also shown that even tho bait was placed near the wall, the shark didn't take it.
That's really neat.
Classic case of "shitting the bed is way easier than cleaning it".
Awesome video! If they would keep the Discovery Channel Nat Geo out of the waters , doing everything possible to get GW's to show up on camera , same thing with tourism. It's actually man causing them to take their catches.
Good to see a younger person show this much enthusiasm about other living animals, and actually care. Good job
Let me just say i love these videos. And I love the Star Wars art!!! Great content
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Glad to hear you’re enjoying the content Marc!
I live in Australia. Sky News is regarded as slightly better than used toilet paper.
All Australian mainstream media is absolutely rubbish honest unbiased impartial journalism is stone cold dead😢
7:57 Wrong bro. The amount of people who have been eaten in our waters especially in Perth is a lot more than just Simon. It is very common to turn the tv on and see attacks and fatalities.
You are wrong. There are only around ten deaths per year from sharks when tens of millions at least swim in oceans. Falling coconuts, which kill 150 people a year are more of a threat to us than sharks.
So annoyed at those two. The fisherman moaning about sharks eating "our fish". He is the type of person that would sanction the hunting of sharks to extinction then complain to the government when the fishing industry crashes. These people need educating pecause talk like that is misinformation scaremongering and dangerous to the ecosystem.
It’s definitely been shown, if you remove sharks, you will not have a healthy fish population. But sadly, a lot of people don’t buy that!
Hi there, thanks for the video! I have a question for you Christian: Where do you usally work? (Making research at home, at the lab, on the open ocean, all of them).
Anyone who chooses to swim in shark infested water deserves whatever they get. It's very, very, very to easy to avoid ever being bitten or eaten by one. Just stay out of their water unless you're on a boat.
Agreed 👍.
That bite through the canoe is pretty impressive ! I wonder how big the shark was . Does anyone know ?
3 meters
@@drk321 ,Thank you !
GWSharks have been attacking and killing humans since man first went in the water, and since tourism in the Mediterranean, they have been hiding attacks and predations, all for the sake of a pound-note, no-one who goes there, is ever told it's where they come to give birth, people should at least be aware, that they are in the Mediterranean. Found you, after HAL mentioned your show, glad I found you fella, great show.
Same here, Hal's videos brought me here :3
Yeah ive fished northern australia. Its various species of warm water sharks that steal fish, not great whites. But id assume the various bull sharks and tiger sharks would be aggressive towards humans due to the fact that almost nobody enters the water in northern australia due to crocodiles
We almost wipe Crocs out, then protect them till they overpopulate. Then we do it with sharks. All while depleting wild food sources worldwide. AND YOUR SURPRISED!
Sharks are taking fisherman catches in Florida and other places as well.
Definitely, depredation does happen globally. Although i think there are better ways of dealing with it
Fisherman are stealing the oceans inhabitants food! Man is raping the ocean with their greed. We can eat something else.....
I enjoy swimming and I enjoy swimming in the sea, less so at home now as water quality is shocking here in the North East of England but abroad on holiday I love it, clear warmer waters it's just a joy.
That said I always remind myself that every time I go into the water I'm agreeing to natures contract, I am voluntarily entering the food chain and in the sea I am no where near the top. When you're in the water you're accepting that whether you like it or not.
Hey there. Kris😀 Always look forward to your vids, and this yet another good one! I wonder if you've seen the documentary on YT: Shark Alarm Australia's deadliest year. + what you think of it. Sorry, I always have problems when trying to post links here but you'll see it if you copy and paste. Cheers, buddy😃
I’ll make sure to check it out, is it talking about the attacks in Australia from the last year or so?
@@SHARKBYTES 2020 when there were 8 fatal attacks I think
@@surfrider986 Oohh okay, I’ll definitely check this out. Stick it on my never-ending to do list 😂
@@SHARKBYTES Cool - it has some decent interviews with shark attack survivors and some interesting theories
How about the menacing number of creatures lurking above the water consuming every thing in their site. With an unquenchable appetite for destruction.
BTW, the other animal the Aussie news demonises is the magpie. Yes. Never mind crocs, snakes and spiders, a bird is enemy number 1 come spring.
I'm absolutely disgusted at Sky news Australia for allowing this ignorant, fear inducing nonsense and so glad you brought it up and showed the wild inaccuracies and absolute lies spouted there by their "expert" and newscaster!!
Shy news is a right wing channel, much like fox news in the US. They are definitely politically motivated.
Never knew that was the case in Australia!
@@SHARKBYTES Rupert bought Sky a few years ago, and he is an Aussie. Makes sense to me that the influence is biggest in the home market. There probably lies the biggest interest in influencing the popular political opinion. Why move everything to a tax haven if you can create your own at home? :D I am inferring here obviously, but I don't think it's very far fetched.
Hmm.. do you think you were wrong and SKY news was right after the Egypt tiger attack?
Sky news didnt even mention egypt theyre talking exclusively about sharks in Australia lol so what were they right about? Just that sharks should be eradicated from the ocean, I dont think that was their point
Sharks shoudn’t be eradicated and they won’t they have been here more than we have, and evolved millions of years. If us, humans think we can outsmart nature we are purely wrong. Due to pollution these sharks are moving inwards and started to eat humans. Even orcas are attacking boats. Its part of evolution, and we will have to deal with it, in a way that doesn’t affect other species. We must now sacrifice our species because of the greed we have unleashed.
I'm so embarrassed as an Ozzie that this was on air. We don't all think like this. Most realise that we swim in there water so we invade their territory and occasionally an unfortunate incident happens and a human life is lost. Which is always sad. We have many more dangerous animals living in and around our houses!!!! I love sharks and understand that when I go into the ocean ... ocean animals live there and we may encounter them !!!
the most dangerous animal in Oz is on two legs and it ain't no Kangaroo or Wallabie or other Marsupial for that matter, but it is another type of mammal.
Fellow Aussie here, I totally agree with you. The problem is that in this video the fisherman seems like a man who would vote for a total irradication of the Great White, without even thinking or caring for the devastation it would have. Thier ignorance is appauling and disgusting.
I wish they would just tag them and be done with it. Bugga the nets, they can still go under or around them. I'd rather know where they are via GPS tracking and have the day off. We also seem to have had quite a few shark attacks here in Australia in the last few months. I'm not sure what that's all about.
This is why I watch BBC news, not Sky news.
I don't know any Aussies that watch Sky news so this video has gone under the radar here but I'm going to share this to let us Aussies know what the world thinks of us, even when it isn't a true representation.
You watch BBC news, good grief. The BBC is one of the most biased channels in the UK and bury more news stories than any other channel in the UK. They actively attempt to manipulate public opinion via their news, political and current affairs programmes.
Oh no, what if one shows up on my door step ringing the door bell dressed in an overcoat, wearing sunglasses, and a hat. Sneaky bloody buggers.
The fact the fisherman was saying how he had no clue where the research came from or who by was so telling. A non-expert ranting about apex ocean predators eating their natural food source...
He even had an idea of the number of sharks out there - how did those numbers sound big to him?!
I really appreciate how calm and rational you were in this video. Much nicer to watch and you feel more reliable.
Glad you enjoyed it! Would have loved to have debated this chap live on air 😂
@@SHARKBYTES Oh man! That would have been gold 😂
What exactly is wrong with a right perspective?
Under the shore?..so they are under the sand in one inch of water?
Hahahhahaha, sand sharks 👀
also to comment on the video, I think you were admirably professional on your criticism of these sad aussies. What I heard from them was only misinformation, fear mongering and pretty infuriating. Glad to see you bring light on this, great vid as always!
Thanks - definitely needed to put this one right!
Menacing creatures lurking beneath our shores... UK Water Companies!
LOL THEY GOT A FISHERMAN TO COMMENT ON SHARKS, conflict of interest much?
I wouldn't be surprised if over fishing does eventually lead to this.
Since the ocean is where the sharks live, if they're THAT concerned about it, they should just stay out of the sharks' home. 😝
Yeah it’s so strange they always suggest culling, straight off the bat