Jonathan Bird’s Blue World #6: Thresher Sharks
August 26th, 2009 | by admin |BlueWorldTV asked:
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? … Thresher shark Philippines scuba diving Malapascua …
23 Responses to “Jonathan Bird’s Blue World #6: Thresher Sharks”
By Anonymous on Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
I was at Malapascua 2 days ago and I was very lucky to see both thersher and manta…..
By Anonymous on Aug 29, 2009 | Reply
I was at malapasuca about a year ago and tried to see a thresher shark.. but no luck :/. And btw this voice is creepy.
By Anonymous on Aug 29, 2009 | Reply
That was really great!!!
By Anonymous on Aug 31, 2009 | Reply
Good observations regarding the anchor usage. How about the sitting and resting equipment on the reef, or the shining of the strobes directly into the threshers eyes which obviously spooked it away…
Mr Bird, in case you do read these coments:
You are in the privileged position of showing many people some of the best places and marine life.
You made it through a lot of theory and practice to get where your are – don’t forget the basics and role model!
Hope to see a change!
By Anonymous on Sep 1, 2009 | Reply
but what showed up? A MANTA RAY!!
By Anonymous on Sep 2, 2009 | Reply
your a strange man mr bird, the way you talk is almost creepy to anyone over the age of 10
By Anonymous on Sep 5, 2009 | Reply
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!!!!
By Anonymous on Sep 8, 2009 | Reply
i have no comment
By Anonymous on Sep 13, 2009 | Reply
What a classy video >.>
Fire that douche imo
By Anonymous on Sep 15, 2009 | Reply
Did you ever consider that a series with episodes less than 10 minutes long is targeting children.
By Anonymous on Sep 21, 2009 | Reply
why is he talking to us in a child like tone??? im offended
By Anonymous on Sep 24, 2009 | Reply
They need to protect those things.
By Anonymous on Sep 24, 2009 | Reply
lol he does sound funny
like hes reading us a childrens book
By Anonymous on Sep 25, 2009 | Reply
yeah!!! Philippines idol!!! hehehe! the “BANGKA” boat. look how innovative filipinos are! despite being in a 3rd world country!! hehe! full of corrupt politicians! but still they can carry on! how much more if those guys are good! we could go far from being a 3rd world country to a 1st class one! yeah!!!! DEMOLAY!!!
By Anonymous on Sep 28, 2009 | Reply
a like dis..
By Anonymous on Oct 1, 2009 | Reply
this guy sounds so fucking stupidly gay….
By Anonymous on Oct 4, 2009 | Reply
thresher sharks own they fucking own all of the other sharks
By Anonymous on Oct 5, 2009 | Reply
umm the dude is wrong, banka is boat in tagalog, its not a type of diving boat. anyway cool vid
By Anonymous on Oct 7, 2009 | Reply
well, did you let them go, like catch and realease
By Anonymous on Oct 10, 2009 | Reply
i like this
By Anonymous on Oct 12, 2009 | Reply
they aint that rare near LBI a couple miles off the coast i caught like 15 fishing one time
By Anonymous on Oct 14, 2009 | Reply
yes…mantas are harmless. The stingray’s can be dangerous thou.
By Anonymous on Oct 17, 2009 | Reply
“Scientists think they use their tail like a whip to stun prey”
Ha, fisherman KNOW they use it to stunn prey as a big portion are Tail Hooked not mouth hooked. We find them when they are “tailing.” They ball up baitfish and then whip the fish around stunning them before they are eaten. It’s a beautiful site to see a feeding Thresher doing underwater summersaults while whipping and easting.