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)
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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)
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God I love sharks. I just wish they weren’t filled with so many rows of murdery teeth.
The top one is so stinking cute!
They’re both adorable though.
They’re all adorable
I just want to boop the top ones nose so bad!
Why does the middle one look embarrassed
I wish to be friends with both
The baby great white already looks evil
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.
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.
Thank you. I felt like it was too small and too big to be a baby
Well the real ones are cute too, until they go nom nom with your heads tho
It’s other close cousin, the Porbeagle, looks just as derpy.
Great white givin off big phteven energy
Still looks scary
I LOVE that baby sharks are called “pups.”
Clearing up misconceptions is so important. Thank you?
“Baby” yea right, the sharks think they are slick or somethin
Um. Am I the only one who can’t really tell the difference?
Is a salmon shark just a great white with bad posture?
It’s so cute
All I know is.. baby shark doodoodoo
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.
No one ever listens
… 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?
But aren’t great whites (among others) mackerel sharks?
Jeremy Wade knows all about these.
You’re doing the lord’s work
[Sauce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_shark)