Hammerhead sharks hunting Black Tip Sharks

[Torcan]

Great drone video footage of Giant Hammerhead Sharks chasing down Black Tip Sharks in Florida
not my video but thought some would be interested in seeing. Some of you may have already seen this on the news, but for others, this is Drone related and interesting to say the least

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[VenomXts]

Pretty cool, the hammer head seems to be a slower predator.. hard to ambush in shallow water like that i would imagine.

 

[DEads]

Very cool footage. Sharks are one of my favorite species on this planet.

 

[Bxr532001]

Great drone video footage of Giant Hammerhead Sharks chasing down Black Tip Sharks in Florida
not my video but thought some would be interested in seeing. Some of you may have already seen this on the news, but for others, this is Drone related and interesting to say the least

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Amazing footage and well done. What beach were you on?

 

[Torcan]

Amazing footage and well done. What beach were you on?

not my video as I stated in my OP, just a share here

 

[Geekser]

Amazing footage and well done. What beach were you on?

I would love to know too - I want to know which beach to avoid this year...... seems like Lifeguards on all of the beaches should have a drone so they can keep an eye out for "visitors" from the deep - I head about a great white attack in MAINE recently - and also about other shark attacks along the Atlantic coast (of course we know it also happens in CA) seems to me like it would be a good investment for each state to either hire a commercial pilot or get their lifeguards to get a license so they can keep track of these predators....

 

[Hardgainer]

Spectacular brilliant footage

 

[Torcan]

some searching found it to be filmed at
Location is: Palm Beach January-March

Mass gathering of blacktip sharks off the beach in Palm Beach County, Fla.

Migrating Blacktip sharks gather seasonally along parts of Florida’s Atlantic coast, in a phenomenon that typically ends by late March.

Great hammerhead sharks are regular visitors to Florida’s Atlantic coastal zone, but are not regarded as a major threat to swimmer-surfer safety. Their primary prey items in coastal waters are tarpon and rays and evidently Black Tip sharks as well.

 

[Scubadiver1944]

Pretty cool, the hammer head seems to be a slower predator.. hard to ambush in shallow water like that i would imagine.

Dived in Bimini, Bahamas in February, before covid-19 struck, in 25-30 feet of water to observe 12-14 foot Great Hammerheads being hand fed by professional feeders from our liveaboard boat. I noticed many bull sharks, which are pretty feisty in their own right and not small, didn't relish coming in close for fish snacks when there was a Great Hammerhead or two about. Didn't seem to worry the dozen or so nurse sharks lying at the feet of the feeder though. Would've liked to have taken my Mavic to shoot aerial footage but Bahamas authorities want fliers to leave a big fat cash deposit with them to ensure you don't sell your drone to a local since they are heavily taxed there as a luxury item. Had to make do with underwater video of passes the fish made swimming by us as close as 2 metres away.

 

[Scubadiver1944]

I would love to know too - I want to know which beach to avoid this year...... seems like Lifeguards on all of the beaches should have a drone so they can keep an eye out for "visitors" from the deep - I head about a great white attack in MAINE recently - and also about other shark attacks along the Atlantic coast (of course we know it also happens in CA) seems to me like it would be a good investment for each state to either hire a commercial pilot or get their lifeguards to get a license so they can keep track of these predators....

That's a reasonable idea which the authorities should take up. Having scuba-dived with the 5 most "dangerous maneaters", there's only one in which I had a cage between us, the Great White. Swimmers & snorkellers are at greater risk than divers from being "nibbled" or worse, but vacationers should remember this has been these fishes' home since before the age of dinosaurs and we've been privileged visitors to their domain for barely a century or so. I understand investigatory bites on swimmers or even waders in Florida waters have been blamed on black-tips but I witnessed upwards of half a dozen of them swimming underneath our dive resort's jetty in New Guinea last year, early every morning from where I was flying my Mavic. Later in the afternoon I snorkelled with them on the house reef with no trouble, as soon as I approached they seemed to remember urgent appointments elsewhere and departed for deeper water!

 

[ChrisOutdoors]

I've dived all over Fl, sharks are just like dogs. Occasionally you bump into a grumpy one but you learn to pick up on their body language.

BlacktipH (video creator) is quite a YT star, he makes his living off his fishing videos.

I know exactly what beach he filmed and when, I've been encouraging UAS pilots on this forum and living in FL to wake up early and patrol the beaches, there's a lot of Natgeo worthy moments out there. Right time right place, but it takes many many trips out there.

 

[Chip]

I've dived all over Fl, sharks are just like dogs. Occasionally you bump into a grumpy one but you learn to pick up on their body language...

I assumed from Shark Week the whole lot were fairly grumpy most of the time but if you guys with experience say no I’ll believe you but still watch from shore!

 

[Scubadiver1944]

I assumed from Shark Week the whole lot were fairly grumpy most of the time but if you guys with experience say no I’ll believe you but still watch from shore!

Shark Week has had some interesting programmes this past week in the UK, with contributions from well known shark diver Joe Romeiro and Max Ammer in Raja Ampat off the Bird's Head peninsula of Western Papua, island of New Guinea, who initiated scuba diving in the region some 30 years ago, know them both. But viewers need to understand many of these TV shows realise that viewing figures go up if you scare the pants off folks! However what could be better than diving on the richest coral reefs in the world and flying a Mavic at 5 am and in the golden hour before sunset to video the islands' scenery? Love it!