Angry bull shark attacks fishing boat

Tarponator

https://www.upi.com/https:/www.upi.com/Odd_News/2018/03/26/Drone-captures-bull-sharks-repeated-attacks-on-fishing-boat/3341522076578/

https://youtu.be/9xYiL1-y9Wo

mustang190

Bet that got their attention!

Florida Ex-pat

Bull sharks are aggressive.  I don't know if you could categorize it as angry.  Just being territorial I am sure.

Tarponator

Bull sharks have the highest levels of testosterone of any animal on the planet. 

They are aggressive animals and the one species of shark that truly scares me.

Respect.

GA Fin

Great post Tarp.

BlacktipH has a lot of good videos on his channel. I'm surprised he's not a member here.

Why do cobia follow bull sharks? I would think they would want to be far away unless it's a "keep your enemies close" deal.

GA Fin

It would be a bad time to be kayak fishing.

AC Man

The shark expert in the video said it was due to the electric field from the zincs on the motor thinking it was prey,  but I always heard electric fields repelled sharks???

Tarponator

GA Fin said:

Why do cobia follow bull sharks? I would think they would want to be far away unless it's a "keep your enemies close" deal.

In my experience, cobia just like to follow stuff that's bigger than them....including sharks and even boats.  I don't get the feeling they are the brightest of fishes, but what do I know.

Resinhead

Doc Stresser posted this last year and I totally agree. Opportunistic feeders that when healthy/uninjured can out swim the bulls.

"Sharks mostly prey on slow moving fish like rays or sick/injured individuals from faster species. They are all over hooked fish since they are exhibiting stressed behavior. Sharks can exhibit short bursts of quickness, but few can run down healthy game fish.

There is always a complex interaction between predators and prey that ensures that most of the healthy individuals in a prey species survive. If you look at the way cobia follow large sharks, you'll notice that they hang out either along side of the shark or will trail it from just behind. In those locations they are pretty much invulnerable to attack by the shark, yet are able to prey on fish that the shark might miss. They also may be saving energy by drafting with the shark where the shark reduces water resistance.

You can be sure that if a large shark encounters a sick or injured cobia that isn't showing the proper behavior, it's curtains for the cobia."

treemanjohn

Once in a lifetime video! That first strike was crazy fast

mplspug

Confucius say, "Better to follow a shark for scraps than be ahead of shark and become scraps". 

mplspug

You see the video of the Great White circling the boat out of Ponce Inlet?

Soda Popinski

Tarponator said:

GA Fin said:

Why do cobia follow bull sharks? I would think they would want to be far away unless it's a "keep your enemies close" deal.

In my experience, cobia just like to follow stuff that's bigger than them....including sharks and even boats.  I don't get the feeling they are the brightest of fishes, but what do I know.

I've heard them called the Homer Simpson of the seas before on here.   

tankard

GA Fin said:

It would be a bad time to be kayak fishing.

Or a bad time to fall overboard while fishing solo, boat in gear, with no kill switch lanyard...but what kind of idiot would do that?? Hmmmm....

Tarponator

mplspug said:

You see the video of the Great White circling the boat out of Ponce Inlet?

I did.  I thought it was tame in comparison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLAx5WGF7vs

SAENole

Whitey saw that it was a Mercury and decided to pass.