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Solidgone
Solidgone Posts: 10,206
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We came across this shark whilst in the Caribbean Sea (off Panama). We were told it was a reef shark but I couldn’t agree. It looks more like a dog fish. Google check incorrectly says a whale shark or reef shark. Again I don’t agree with either. Can anyone identify it? 
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  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,241
    Nah Reef Sharks, specifically Caribbean reef sharks are bigger and more 'sharky'. That said I have no idea what that big dark bastard in the photo is but not a reef shark. You see one of them, you shit yourself then get out of the water. In that order 
  • Arthur_Trudgill
    Arthur_Trudgill Posts: 464
    Looks like a nurse shark
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Just when you think there are no new subjects for a thread on Charlton Life we’re playing “guess the shark”. 
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    Yes. 
    Its Baby Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo
    Baby Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo
    Baby Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo
    Baby Shark
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    Reckon tope and any of the houndshark are more narrow and have a sharper nose than that. 
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,070
    Looks like a nurse shark 

    Or a juvenile great white whose Mum was just out of shot, good job you didn't get eaten 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Exiled_Addick said:
    Also, why did you go snorkeling in jeans and a hoodie?
    I thought it was a shirt and tie. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Solidgone said:
    We came across this shark whilst in the Caribbean Sea (off Panama). We were told it was a reef shark but I couldn’t agree. It looks more like a dog fish. Google check incorrectly says a whale shark or reef shark. Again I don’t agree with either. Can anyone identify it? 

  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    I’d sh*t myself regardless of whatever shark it was
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  • Paddy Powell
    Paddy Powell Posts: 2,842
    Leopard shark, I think.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    I’ll ask my shark supporting mate.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    I'm not too interested in guess the shark. 
    Why is someone swimming wearing shirt, tie, trousers & watch and are they wearing socks & shoes? 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    Covered End said:
    I'm not too interested in guess the shark. 
    Why is someone swimming wearing shirt, tie, trousers & watch and are they wearing socks & shoes? 
    Shark dresser
  • robroy
    robroy Posts: 4,425
    Came here thinking it was about the cordless Hoover 
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890

  • Kindoncasella
    Kindoncasella Posts: 258
    I think i'm put off getting in the sea beyond knee hight for life after seeing the report/video about that Russian man in Hurghada last summer.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    Kindoncasella said:
    I think i'm put off getting in the sea beyond knee hight for life after seeing the report/video about that Russian man in Hurghada last summer.
    I've been to Hurgada 6 times in the last 3 years. 
    Going again in October. 
    I always swim in the sea as snorkeling out there is incredible. 
    I must admit though that I'm always nervous in case I see a shark.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    blackpool72 said:
    Kindoncasella said:
    I think i'm put off getting in the sea beyond knee hight for life after seeing the report/video about that Russian man in Hurghada last summer.
    I've been to Hurgada 6 times in the last 3 years. 
    Going again in October. 
    I always swim in the sea as snorkeling out there is incredible. 
    I must admit though that I'm always nervous in case I see a shark.
    You’re a braver man than I Blackpool. Two fatal attacks in 2022 is enough warning for me. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Kindoncasella said:
    I think i'm put off getting in the sea beyond knee hight for life after seeing the report/video about that Russian man in Hurghada last summer.
    I've been to Hurgada 6 times in the last 3 years. 
    Going again in October. 
    I always swim in the sea as snorkeling out there is incredible. 
    I must admit though that I'm always nervous in case I see a shark.
    You’re a braver man than I Blackpool. Two fatal attacks in 2022 is enough warning for me. 
    Not sure I'm braver tbh.
    My wife thinks I'm an idiot for doing it.
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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    blackpool72 said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Kindoncasella said:
    I think i'm put off getting in the sea beyond knee hight for life after seeing the report/video about that Russian man in Hurghada last summer.
    I've been to Hurgada 6 times in the last 3 years. 
    Going again in October. 
    I always swim in the sea as snorkeling out there is incredible. 
    I must admit though that I'm always nervous in case I see a shark.
    You’re a braver man than I Blackpool. Two fatal attacks in 2022 is enough warning for me. 
    Not sure I'm braver tbh.
    My wife thinks I'm an idiot for doing it.
    Well stay safe anyway.
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,186
    It's a nurse shark. Notice the protrusion at the top rear end of the tail fin.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Judging by the dorsal fin and snout, it looks very much like the Greater Bollock Munching Shark (Testicolis Manger).  You were VERY lucky.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    That‘s not me in the photo, that is a our guide while deep boarding. He is wearing a shirt to protect from the sun. I was on another deep board wearing a tuxedo. 🤓
    A nurse shark seems right as it was having a rest. 

  • KingKinsella
    KingKinsella Posts: 1,309
    I'm watching the shark behind it, and wondering what's behind me...........help get me out of here!
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,782
    AFKABartram said:
    I’d sh*t myself regardless of whatever shark it was
    Let's face it, next to you that would look like a great white.  :D
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    I thought this thread was going to be about Shark Vacuum Hoovers when I first opened it
  • swordfish
    swordfish Posts: 4,234
    Call that a shark? Huh. It would need to be much bigger to get me skulking in the kelp.
  • PeterGage
    PeterGage Posts: 1,793
    My wife and I have a seen  Nurse sharks at close quarters in The Maldives. They are considered to be very docile and will only react if provoked.

    In opposition, we have been down in a sharks cage off of Cape Town observing Great Whites. My wife's experience was terrifying for her. The shark grabbed and shook the cage! She fortunately has video footage of the incident
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,559
    Think our Shark is an improvement on the old Dyson if that helps. Not tried it underwater yet though.

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