Remember those “Baby Great White” pictures you keep seeing on the internet? Well, they’re actually Salmon Shark pups, a much smaller cold-water cousin. (Real baby great white on the bottom)

When I was in South Carolina many years ago, I remember being in a lagoon where a few shark pups were trapped. The water was a couple feet deep at most. Me and a few others put bait fish in so they could eat while we worked on getting them back into the actual ocean. I felt one kept running up against my leg, so I reached down and was able to pick him up. I held his gills shut while I showed a much younger kid because he was absolutely fascinated. Then I walked the pup over to the water and let him go. It was really wholesome. I hope those pups didn’t get harassed too much by people trying to “play” with them. They’re absolutely phenomenal creatures. Gave me a newfound appreciation for who they are.

You’re doing the lord’s work

Jeremy Wade knows all about these.

[Sauce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_shark)

… Like a dolls eyes

One will likely never get to see a live Great White unless they go out to the open water. Great Whites can’t be kept in captivity for any long period of time ([the record is 198 days](https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/07/06/this-is-why-you-wont-find-great-white-sharks-in-aquariums.html) and it was a juvenile, only 1.2m long) because they often suffocate or starve or both.

Cool freaking animals though.

He is so cute.
How big are they when they’re born?

Um. Am I the only one who can’t really tell the difference?

All I know is.. baby shark doodoodoo

But aren’t great whites (among others) mackerel sharks?

Is a salmon shark just a great white with bad posture?

It’s so cute

No one ever listens

“Baby” yea right, the sharks think they are slick or somethin

I wish to be friends with both

God I love sharks. I just wish they weren’t filled with so many rows of murdery teeth.

I LOVE that baby sharks are called “pups.”

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Still looks scary

I made a photoshop battle edit a long time ago on that first photo:

https://reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/3eudmu/_/ctijfq2/?context=1

Why does the middle one look embarrassed

I just want to boop the top ones nose so bad!

They’re all adorable

They’re both adorable though.

The top one is so stinking cute!

Clearing up misconceptions is so important. Thank you?

Anyone know what watch this guy is wearing? Where my /r/watches at?

Great white givin off big phteven energy

It’s other close cousin, the Porbeagle, looks just as derpy.

Well the real ones are cute too, until they go nom nom with your heads tho

Thank you. I felt like it was too small and too big to be a baby

Salmon sharks are so neat! They’re very docile too, and rarely seem unless you catch one while fishing. Working as a kayak guide at the time, I had one pop up near us and immediately return to the depths. I had never seen one at the time, and was not expecting them to look like cartoon great whites.

Found this out when a salmon shark was beached and I posted it. The difference is pretty subtle.

Edit: the one I found was on the pacific and the life guard said this was number 4 in 20 years, so I was pretty lucky to see it.

The baby great white already looks evil