15 Foot Great White Shark Consumes Diver as Family Watches - Therese Cartwright

If you decide to dive/snorkel/swim in an area with a known seal or sea lion colony, you’re basically playing Russian Roulette. Why anyone would choose to take that kind of risk is beyond me.

When my brothers, myself and our mates were teenagers we used to go for moonlight surfing sessions at around 3:30 to 4am in the morning around the Gold Coast, Australia. Looking back on those days, I can't believe what a foolhardy activity that was, and that we all got away unscathed.

I was 12 years old when Jaws came out. Since then, i cant even swim in a lake. Pools only

If orcas appeared chances are that shark bailed asap.

I only ever swim in pools. Not even in the beach.

Hal said it best when he said (about being in the saltwater), "You're giving a giant fish with big teeth the opportunity to eat you. It's ultimately 'a fish's decision-making' on whether you live or die."

Who goes diving with Seals in Australia??

When I see that clip of the seal on the surfboard I always imagine it thinking, "I hope a shark doesn't mistake me for a surfer."

Killer whales just sank a 50 foot sailboat in the Strait Of Gibraltar yesterday, it is the 5th boat the same pod has sunk.

I’m from Perth Western Australia and it must have been about 15 years ago when an American Diver was taken at North Point Rottnest Island, a beautiful island we have 11 miles off the coast. North Point is just off Parakeet Bay, a place I’ve dived and reef scoured all my life. He was apparently only in the water for about 5 minutes when half his body came to the surface. My misses’s sister was the duty nurse at the island for that week and said when they brought him in she started vomiting and she’d seen horrific car crashes but the shark in one bite had taken his left arm, heart, lungs and most of his ribs and spine. I think it was around 16 to 17 feet, an absolute monster. Most people reckon that they are random attacks but it’s strange that in about 5 years around 10 to 12 people went in the same areas. Starting with a guy at Grace town on the way north to Cottesloe in Perth when Ken Crew was taken, about 5 people ended up taken around Gracetown over half a dozen years, one at Left Handers, 3 around Cottesloe and the Rottnest island one which is only 11 miles off Cott. They say that so not to scare anyone but they know where they got a feed before. I saw a huge one while surfing Gracetown about 47 to 48 years ago. Just a massive fin.

Wow! Absolutely amazing odds! Having quadruplets and also getting eaten by a shark, woman was quite the statistic.

I grew up fishing on the ocean. That's why I only swim in lakes, rivers or pools now. I've seen what swims silently below.

This is why when I see the people in shorts videos "redirecting" sharks slowly moving in on them, I just shake my head. If a shark wants to attack you, it's coming in hot. There's no time to "gently but firmly redirect" them.

I remember a seal slowly swimming past my family and I about 25 feet away in a known great white area and instinctively I got everybody out the water and moved to another part of the beach. We didn't go back in the past our calves to be safe 💯 I wish more people protected their families like this we wouldn't see so many stories 😔

When entering the ocean you have just put yourself into the Aquatic food chain.

I never swam in the ocean probably only went knee deep in uk , the main reason was the film Jaws. I was done completely.

When you hear of all the wildlife an attack attracts, it’s a little freaky. When Simon Nellist was bitten in half, a bunch of seagulls were circling the area trying to get scraps before the shark came and took him away.

My husband and I are looking to move back down to Florida and get a boat. We lived there for a few years back in the early 2000s and loved boating. I used to get in the water when we would anchor but I told him I don’t think I will anymore.

As any fan of this channel knows, Hal is one of the best narrators on this platform, and THE best amongst comparable channels. But, for me, one of the most impressive things about watching Hal's videos, is his ability to recall names, dates and events on the fly. I've always assumed that he pre-scripts at least some of his content. But this still doesn't account for his memory of the most obscure details when needed. I suppose that his attention to,and easy recall of, the relevant details speaks to his genuine passion for the subject. And that's just one more of the many things that makes Sharks Happen my favorite channel on all of YouTube, bar none! Keep on keeping on, Hal!

Makes me think of Shirley Ann Durdin in Port Lincoln in Australia in 1985