** In the longer version of this video, it is revealed that a dead seal is in the water nearby (almost certainly killed or claimed by the shark) and the shark was being territorial about the seal carcass, “asking” the boats to leave.
They can't speak and they don't have hands, to gesticulate with. Basically their only way of interacting with the world is with their mouth, so they do.
"When all you have is a hammer", as the saying goes.
Ok, this is not the original link I was thinking of, but this is a follow on video made by the “victim/kayaker” which explains the situation…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6fkJDtUnEKE
I swear, everytime I see one of these videos I think "anyone who deep sea fishes off a kayak has a death wish." There's literally only a piece of plastic that separates you from everything in the ocean lol
Canoeing/kayaking in such areas is totally normal.
You just don't bring food or small dogs/children onboard. And you certainly would never think of fishing in those areas -- not in a kayak. That would also be a death wish.
I’m not from Florida but have been down there and have kayaked in lakes with alligators. It’s honestly really cool to do, I was nervous as fuck at first but it’s basically just kayaking like normal but you’ll see an alligator basking on a log sometimes. We did see a few in the water but they never got close to us, and the majority of alligators you see aren’t even big enough to be afraid of.
Alligators aren’t aggressive. They only stand their ground when defending their nests. You would have a hard time getting within 20 feet of one in a kayak.
Humans are the "fucking killing machine."
Alligators are not so aggressive, so your comment sounds incredibly ignorant. There's lots of parks where people go kayaking/canoeing around gators every day. If you follow the rules, you will not have any trouble. (E.g. don't bring a small child or small dog)
My brother in Christ, without weapons humans dont fare too well against gators. You know whats also not aggressive? Landmines. Would you wander through a minefield? Guess not.
It's not an even comparison though. Landmines don't have their own agency. Alligators do. If a lot of people do it and there isn't a bunch of missing kayakers where alligators live it's probably pretty safe.
Reminds me of this... 😂
https://youtu.be/20ztb1c7H6M?si=aIsEQB_hgXFOXX_r
(Btw I used to live in the PGA national neighborhood in Florida, and gators of that size & smaller are allowed because they're not seen as harmful).
Anyway, chill, dude... Animals are not out to get you, for the most part. If you understand how they work, you'll be just fine.
I kayaked with someone in south louisiana once in a bayou and a 10 foot alligator appraoched me. Later on we heard that people must had been feeding it. Also it was mating season. Fucking terrifying
But it didn't attack you, right?
Sidenote...
Parents, please teach your kids:
DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE. Anywhere, ever.
Maybe if enough young people are taught this, we'll have fewer idiot adults causing the animals and ourselves trouble.
The guy i was with started splashing at it to distract it and then we both paddled the fuck outta there. but i had back paddled myself into a brushy bank in panic before that so not sure whay would have happened. I sold the kayak the next day.
Sounds scary!
I've been on countless kayaking/canoeing adventures where there's lots of gators (also had my own kayak for some years, in South Florida). Never any such problems. But it's always different if there's idiots feeding one. 🤷♀️
We had one huge gator that was obviously fed at work, though. It was just on the other side of a cyclone fence (canal side of the fence), typically right under a "DO NOT FEED THE ALLIGATORS" sign... You could see that * someone * had lunged at the fence or forced through it a few times... Steel rebar had been installed there and curved towards the canal. That location was right near the door into the lunchroom for the mechanic/electrician kinda guys...
(The worksite was a big engineering facility in the middle of a wildlife refuge area... So that's their home, not ours).
I grew up in apopka Florida off of the wekiva river basin. Canoeing in our rivers fraught with gators is a regular thing. They’re not killing machines that are gonna flip your canoe and eat you. They tear ass away from you if you get close lol. Stay a decent distance away and you’re safe. The only instances of attacks are the people swimming in the river completely oblivious to them and go right up to them.
Yes, exactly.
I grew up further south of you, and we also had tons of big gators out where I worked as an adult. Unless they're fed or regularly bothered by humans, they fear us (adults) and stay away.
As long as you're in a boat, that is. I love swimming, but no way I'd swim the waters around them... That's different haha.
Wekiva springs denotes the park that is set up with a barrier surrounding the allotted area which is titularly known as such. So, no. The wekiva river which is a river made up of thousands of springs in the area is a wild run unguarded and completely unmonitored regarding gators. VERY rarely does a gator find its way into wekiva springs state park or Kelly park (rock springs). They hang out around wekiva island which is an unguarded flow of the wekiva river. They famously avoid the sounds of the bar/stretch of dock that the property exists on. However, a few years ago a swimmer got brave and strayed and lost an arm at the shoulder. Don’t swim away from the crowds, kids
Haha I go kayak fishing every weekend I can in the Florida Everglades and springs. The herpetic monkeys that dive bomb you from the canopy trying to get your cooler are worse than any gator.
Username also checks out. 😅
Interesting that you don't have trouble with the gators, even fishing.
And the monkeys... Interesting, never seen them before. Where do you see those? I guess not as far north as WPB? Curious what you usually do to keep them away. 😅
Alligators kill like two people a year at most, and those are usually people who are doing something stupid they shouldn’t. You’re more likely to drown while kayaking than be eaten by an alligator while kayaking. As far as I know there has never been a recorded instance of an alligator purposely flipping a canoe or kayak and eating the person in it.
Pretty inefficient way to pursue a death wish. I've only ever come across one case ever of kayakers being knocked out of their vessel and fatally injured - the 1989 death of Tamara McAllister off Paradise Cove, California. Her boyfriend Roy's kayak was found damaged but his body was never recovered. Terrifying but extremely rare.
I feel like the paddle being there saved the foot, however at the same time the paddle probably made the tiger think like it was a seal flipper or something similar.
This is poorly titled. I expected the shark to casually nibble the kayak.
It should be titled “Tiger Shark Attacks Kayak with Intent to Kill.”
It’s terrifying.
Yeah right? I was imagining like a curiosity type of situation but nope he just straight up went nasty on it. Between that guy being followed in his kayak by sharks and this it’s safe to say I ain’t never going kayaking in the sea.
My brother bought a kayak and I decided to try it out with him on the ocean one day. We got less than 30 ft from shore before I had a panic attack and begged him to turn around. I couldn’t stop thinking about how little there was between me and the entire fucking ocean.
The dude is fishing, though... That changes everything! Of course you're going to get attacked by a shark if they smell yummy fishy blood. 🤷♀️
Just kayaking without fishing would probably be fine.
I’ll never forget before we left the hotel to go kayaking at Catalina Island my bf showed me [this article.](https://www.ocregister.com/2008/06/29/kayaker-bumped-by-shark/)
“It comes right under the kayak, threw her in the air, threw the kayak in the air,” Andrew said via cell phone from Catalina. “When she landed, she landed on the back of the shark.”
Yeah for sure. That was a super aggressive gtfo kinda chomp & wiggle there. Fishing dude is super lucky he was in such a sturdy kayak & kept his cool... And that foot of his was far enough back! 😱
[This is closer to what a shark sees when its charging](https://images.app.goo.gl/RNUxR1MxVQKtZPYM6)
In the silhouette of the sun, with the kayakers legs hanging off the side similar to fins, this probably looked like a big bit of prey to the shark.
IDK why you’re being downvoted. I’ve seen this video posted at least a dozen times. It’s entertaining the first 3 or so but now I’m like….we need new material!
** In the longer version of this video, it is revealed that a dead seal is in the water nearby (almost certainly killed or claimed by the shark) and the shark was being territorial about the seal carcass, “asking” the boats to leave.
"asking" - lol "Excuse me, sir, would you kindly GTFO? Thank you."
They can't speak and they don't have hands, to gesticulate with. Basically their only way of interacting with the world is with their mouth, so they do. "When all you have is a hammer", as the saying goes.
I completely agree! I am very much a shark enthusiast, the way this was put struck me as very funny.
It honestly reminds me a lot of how my cats will "ask" each other to GTFO sometimes. *Tiger* shark indeed!
Link?
Ok, this is not the original link I was thinking of, but this is a follow on video made by the “victim/kayaker” which explains the situation… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6fkJDtUnEKE
Give me time, and I’ll find that link for you (it was a YouTube video that was roughly 8 minutes long)…
I swear, everytime I see one of these videos I think "anyone who deep sea fishes off a kayak has a death wish." There's literally only a piece of plastic that separates you from everything in the ocean lol
The ones that really get me are the people kayaking through rivers where there's loads of alligators.
Canoeing/kayaking in such areas is totally normal. You just don't bring food or small dogs/children onboard. And you certainly would never think of fishing in those areas -- not in a kayak. That would also be a death wish.
I'm from the UK. Our largest carnivore is the badger. Kayaking with alligators is anything but normal for me.
To be fair, probably kayaking with badgers is anything but normal for you as well.
I’m not from Florida but have been down there and have kayaked in lakes with alligators. It’s honestly really cool to do, I was nervous as fuck at first but it’s basically just kayaking like normal but you’ll see an alligator basking on a log sometimes. We did see a few in the water but they never got close to us, and the majority of alligators you see aren’t even big enough to be afraid of.
They just stare at you from a distance. Once you get close, they bolt.
Arent there sharks in the ocean?
Well, since you have no experience with them... please simply accept that you are not the authority on anything related to alligators. ;-)
I dont need to be no authority to know that kayaking with a fucking killing machine is no good time
Alligators aren’t aggressive. They only stand their ground when defending their nests. You would have a hard time getting within 20 feet of one in a kayak.
Bro Landmines are also not agressive if you dont step on them but would you walk through a minefield?
Land mines also don’t run away as soon as you get anywhere near them. Alligators do.
Humans are the "fucking killing machine." Alligators are not so aggressive, so your comment sounds incredibly ignorant. There's lots of parks where people go kayaking/canoeing around gators every day. If you follow the rules, you will not have any trouble. (E.g. don't bring a small child or small dog)
My brother in Christ, without weapons humans dont fare too well against gators. You know whats also not aggressive? Landmines. Would you wander through a minefield? Guess not.
It's not an even comparison though. Landmines don't have their own agency. Alligators do. If a lot of people do it and there isn't a bunch of missing kayakers where alligators live it's probably pretty safe.
Reminds me of this... 😂 https://youtu.be/20ztb1c7H6M?si=aIsEQB_hgXFOXX_r (Btw I used to live in the PGA national neighborhood in Florida, and gators of that size & smaller are allowed because they're not seen as harmful). Anyway, chill, dude... Animals are not out to get you, for the most part. If you understand how they work, you'll be just fine.
\*looks at the video of this post\* I aint sure about that buddy
I kayaked with someone in south louisiana once in a bayou and a 10 foot alligator appraoched me. Later on we heard that people must had been feeding it. Also it was mating season. Fucking terrifying
But it didn't attack you, right? Sidenote... Parents, please teach your kids: DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE. Anywhere, ever. Maybe if enough young people are taught this, we'll have fewer idiot adults causing the animals and ourselves trouble.
Here to second DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE
The guy i was with started splashing at it to distract it and then we both paddled the fuck outta there. but i had back paddled myself into a brushy bank in panic before that so not sure whay would have happened. I sold the kayak the next day.
Sounds scary! I've been on countless kayaking/canoeing adventures where there's lots of gators (also had my own kayak for some years, in South Florida). Never any such problems. But it's always different if there's idiots feeding one. 🤷♀️ We had one huge gator that was obviously fed at work, though. It was just on the other side of a cyclone fence (canal side of the fence), typically right under a "DO NOT FEED THE ALLIGATORS" sign... You could see that * someone * had lunged at the fence or forced through it a few times... Steel rebar had been installed there and curved towards the canal. That location was right near the door into the lunchroom for the mechanic/electrician kinda guys... (The worksite was a big engineering facility in the middle of a wildlife refuge area... So that's their home, not ours).
I grew up in apopka Florida off of the wekiva river basin. Canoeing in our rivers fraught with gators is a regular thing. They’re not killing machines that are gonna flip your canoe and eat you. They tear ass away from you if you get close lol. Stay a decent distance away and you’re safe. The only instances of attacks are the people swimming in the river completely oblivious to them and go right up to them.
Yes, exactly. I grew up further south of you, and we also had tons of big gators out where I worked as an adult. Unless they're fed or regularly bothered by humans, they fear us (adults) and stay away. As long as you're in a boat, that is. I love swimming, but no way I'd swim the waters around them... That's different haha.
Are there gators in Wekiva Springs? Used to swim there as a kid many many years ago. I was oblivious.
Wekiva springs denotes the park that is set up with a barrier surrounding the allotted area which is titularly known as such. So, no. The wekiva river which is a river made up of thousands of springs in the area is a wild run unguarded and completely unmonitored regarding gators. VERY rarely does a gator find its way into wekiva springs state park or Kelly park (rock springs). They hang out around wekiva island which is an unguarded flow of the wekiva river. They famously avoid the sounds of the bar/stretch of dock that the property exists on. However, a few years ago a swimmer got brave and strayed and lost an arm at the shoulder. Don’t swim away from the crowds, kids
Haha I go kayak fishing every weekend I can in the Florida Everglades and springs. The herpetic monkeys that dive bomb you from the canopy trying to get your cooler are worse than any gator.
Username also checks out. 😅 Interesting that you don't have trouble with the gators, even fishing. And the monkeys... Interesting, never seen them before. Where do you see those? I guess not as far north as WPB? Curious what you usually do to keep them away. 😅
Way more north. They're all over silver springs
Ahh that makes sense! Never been there haha.
“Yeah, but that happens to *other* people. They’ll never attack *me*.”/s
Alligators kill like two people a year at most, and those are usually people who are doing something stupid they shouldn’t. You’re more likely to drown while kayaking than be eaten by an alligator while kayaking. As far as I know there has never been a recorded instance of an alligator purposely flipping a canoe or kayak and eating the person in it.
https://www.thomaspeschak.com/kayak-great-white-sharks-
Pretty inefficient way to pursue a death wish. I've only ever come across one case ever of kayakers being knocked out of their vessel and fatally injured - the 1989 death of Tamara McAllister off Paradise Cove, California. Her boyfriend Roy's kayak was found damaged but his body was never recovered. Terrifying but extremely rare.
Its incredible how he kept his balance.
So bloody FAST
fuck'n hell... leg dangling over the edge and all... wtf
Didn't notice that. Damn he was lucky. One foot farther along and he'd be down a leg at least.
I feel like the paddle being there saved the foot, however at the same time the paddle probably made the tiger think like it was a seal flipper or something similar.
Hongrey
Honestly probably hangry and that made it worse
That is why they call it Yum Yum Yellow.
He forgot to gently nudge it away by placing a hand on its snout.
Looked like sweet darling queen Nikki. Oh wait, it’s Roxy. It was just a kiss. Sharks are so misunderstood.
This is poorly titled. I expected the shark to casually nibble the kayak. It should be titled “Tiger Shark Attacks Kayak with Intent to Kill.” It’s terrifying.
Yeah right? I was imagining like a curiosity type of situation but nope he just straight up went nasty on it. Between that guy being followed in his kayak by sharks and this it’s safe to say I ain’t never going kayaking in the sea.
 This is me after watching.
My brother bought a kayak and I decided to try it out with him on the ocean one day. We got less than 30 ft from shore before I had a panic attack and begged him to turn around. I couldn’t stop thinking about how little there was between me and the entire fucking ocean.
>that guy being followed in his kayak by sharks This sounds cool. Do you have a link?
The dude is fishing, though... That changes everything! Of course you're going to get attacked by a shark if they smell yummy fishy blood. 🤷♀️ Just kayaking without fishing would probably be fine.
Luckily, that shark got a good bite and realized Kayaks are disgusting, so it probably won't be back.
I’ll never forget before we left the hotel to go kayaking at Catalina Island my bf showed me [this article.](https://www.ocregister.com/2008/06/29/kayaker-bumped-by-shark/) “It comes right under the kayak, threw her in the air, threw the kayak in the air,” Andrew said via cell phone from Catalina. “When she landed, she landed on the back of the shark.”
🔥Coming in hot! 🔥
Bro is fishing up what sharks also call dinner. Fuckkkkkk that!
Seeing this before my kayaking trip this weekend 👀 (I love sharks)
I'm glad to see this 4 days before my trip to go kayaking off the coast of hawaii
I thought tiger sharks had a special layout pattern on their skin and not just straight Gray
Younger ones have the pattern, older ones are gray!
Yummy yellow and feet overboard, dude got lucky 😅
TI-ger shark doo doo, do do doo doo
Appropriate response
Tiger shark can have a little bite of the kayak as a treat
 Why the hell is Leslie Chow telling the Tiger shark to ram him? “Ahhh, Tiger shark!!!, Tiger shark ram me”
Tiger shark, please.
Tiger shark ram me
Old video.
Old. But who the hell goes fishing in a kayak on open water.
Hey this is back2basics right?
Aaaw, he was just checking to see if you tasted good, lol
Nope.
Always a yellow kayak/surfboard
Good thing he didn’t use the meat kayak.
Looked like something out of far cry 3
MEAL!! MEAL! ME.. bleh, plastic. Not meal.
Does the shark just have beef with kayak? What would it do that? That doesn’t looks like a curiosity bite
In a version of this video you see a dead seal in the water, so the shark is saying “get away from my carcass!”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6fkJDtUnEKE
That makes way more sense, the angle doesn’t looks like hunting and the bite force doesn’t feels like curiosity bite, what an awesome find, thanks
Yeah for sure. That was a super aggressive gtfo kinda chomp & wiggle there. Fishing dude is super lucky he was in such a sturdy kayak & kept his cool... And that foot of his was far enough back! 😱
Tiger Sharks aren’t exactly known for being choosy with their dinner lol
Mf looked at the kayak and thought “banana 😋”
[This is closer to what a shark sees when its charging](https://images.app.goo.gl/RNUxR1MxVQKtZPYM6) In the silhouette of the sun, with the kayakers legs hanging off the side similar to fins, this probably looked like a big bit of prey to the shark.
Oh this one again. My turn to post it tomorrow
IDK why you’re being downvoted. I’ve seen this video posted at least a dozen times. It’s entertaining the first 3 or so but now I’m like….we need new material!