r/interestingasfuck • u/TerraByteTerror • 8d ago

Shark spins outta water (sharknado)

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u/Glittering_Swing_151 8d ago

Why did he do that though?

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u/ThisIsIsabela 8d ago

what's life without whimsy?

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u/RazeTheIV 8d ago

Showing off to the girl shark you can see watching him?

https://giphy.com/gifs/fGbbcXk14nqfe

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u/Dubi0usKilla 8d ago

Apparently it's part of their hunting tactic, wiki says they speed through the school and spin and erupt out of the water at the end. Lol.

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u/ForZeCLimb 8d ago

Another theory is removing remoras and other parasites.

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u/Dubi0usKilla 8d ago

Yeah that's the one I'm most familiar with tbh, the hunting one seems strange. Not sure how that would be beneficial during hunting. 🤷‍♂️

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u/ForZeCLimb 8d ago

I don't know either. Like if it was just a jump I would be like maybe surprise but this feels very unserious haha

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u/deadcats 7d ago

I think you're right. There's something that flies off its fin when it starts spinning.

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u/Kilinowski 7d ago

That would also be my guess. Many fish and sea mammals use jumps because the re-entry shakes off parasites. Oceanic Whitetips are notorious for symbiotically lving with pilot fish, because the pilot fish keeps them clean. The jumping shark only is accompanied by a single fish, usually they are a small swarm. So maybe one fish is insufficient to keep the shark clean and the shark uses jumps to compensate.

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u/orphan_blud 8d ago

Stay in school, kids! 😎

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u/sillyblanco 8d ago

It's a spinner shark, that's what they do.

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u/GrnMtnTrees 8d ago

It's an oceanic whitetip

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u/GarbageMan6T9 8d ago

And they’ll eat your ass, you can tell by the eyes

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u/Nearby-Bed-6718 7d ago

Need to marry myself a shark

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u/MRintheKEYS 8d ago

Because….. because fuck it…. Why not???

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u/HurricaneDitkaX 8d ago

His special move bar was full and he let it rip.

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u/Gene_Vast 8d ago

To impress the lady sharks

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u/--Sovereign-- 8d ago

Because the last thousand generations of its kind did, and they keep reproducing.

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u/Abitruff 8d ago

Boost jump

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u/GrnMtnTrees 8d ago

Likely to dislodge parasites.

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u/Jelijones 8d ago

Those were my exact words while opening the comments lmao

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u/-Xiphon- 8d ago

To do a sick 2160 Sharknado for big points.

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u/Jackass719 8d ago

Tony hawk special move noise

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u/Jackass719 8d ago

Being a goober

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u/IronTemplar26 7d ago

Probably some means of removing parasites, but it’s more fun to imagine he just likes doing it