Jonathan Bird's Blue World #6: Thresher Sharks

The Thresher shark may very well be the strangest looking shark in the world, with a tail almost as long as its body. This shark is very rare, almost never seen by divers....until now. Using advanced diving technology, Jonathan visits a remote seamount in the Philippines where Thresher sharks show up every morning to be cleaned by small fish. Why do the sharks come to the seamount, and will Jonathan be able to get close to the sharks?

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Thresher
• shark
• Philippines
• scuba
• diving
• Malapascua

[qzuiilw]

your a strange man mr bird, the way you talk is almost creepy to anyone over the age of 10

[f38gl8ng]

Shame on you Jonathan Bird. Allowing your boat to weigh anchor at Monad Shoal when they have buoys there to tie to? Yeah right the guide miraculously found the spot. There are plenty of signs - like 5 other boats diving there too. Your boat's anchoring is one of the things destroying the habitat. Dive responsibly so we can save some of these sights for future divers!!!!

[zSnorlaxx]

I'll bet money this guy is a virgin

[ShakaMan57]

Thrasher sharks are only dangerous if you grab its tail right?

[connormxe2]

He's like a scientific version of Pewee Herman.

[NabIsGeek]

all Mr Bird needs is a high defination camera

[kirw4n]

This man is a tad.... special.

[Context81]

What 'advanced diving technology' did you use? I only saw a rebreather.

You see a thresher shark and then immediately afterwards a manta, I hate you ;)

[GenLodA]

I wonder if he's mr. Bird, why in he actually acting as a Mr. Fish?

[PrimevalHunter300]

I don't think the octopus was trying to reach out to you I think he was trying to get away from the person disturbing him

[theSaint355]

The tail is used to circle and confuse prey you idiots. Exactly like a Sailfishes large dorsal fin. The thresher does this with schools of baitfish. Ive seen it first hand. They circle sometimes in pairs to get fish close toether then jet through and eat weak fish.

[nucleiguy]

i find this difficult to masturbate to.