gonna need a bigger potion hello my friends and once again welcome
back to life's biggest questions I'll be your host Jerrod Bronstein and today
we're talking about the kings of the water great white sharks
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also be replying to some comments from a previous video at the end of this one
and recommend you check out some of our other shark related questions if you
enjoy this one today we'll be answering the question what if great white sharks
doubled in size as of now the biggest great white shark to have ever been
captured on camera is called deep blue and she's about 20 feet long there were
unconfirmed reports dating back to the 1870s and 1930s of sharks reaching close
to 40 feet but in 1970 it was confirmed the 36 foot shark reported back in 1870
turned out to be 16 point 4 feet in length and a mistake was made in the
original report in regards to the 1930s report many believe it was a
misidentified basking shark which looks similar to great whites in regards to
their shape of their bodies as of this recording the largest confirmed great
white sharks varies depending who you ask many reports believe the Cuba shark
of 1945 was 20 feet and around 7,000 pounds but after analysis of the photo
by experts including our Aiden Martin who's a part of the reef quest center
for shark research it turns out the shark was closer to about 16 feet as
well its weight was hard to determine based off of a photo other photos have
claimed great whites are size up to 21 feet but again imagery is very tough to
determine the legitimate size of something so to date the largest 100%
confirmed great white shark is deep blue who is caught on video and comes in at
20 feet and about 5,000 pounds but what if we had a 40-foot 10,000 pound shark
roaming our waters well for starters not all sharks would
be that large deep blue is actually an anomaly as most sharks average to be
around 15 feet in length and closer to 4,000 pounds it also depends on the sex
of the shark males tend to be slightly smaller than females averaging around 11
to 13 feet in length but let's say on average if sharks were to double in size
they'd be about 30 feet in length and around 8,000 pounds what would that mean
for the entire ecosystem of the ocean well truthfully not a whole lot would
change the only real known threat to great white sharks is the killer whale
which can grow up to 36 feet in length and 12,000 pounds or be as small as
tene feet and 3,000 pounds still pretty big but compared to the biggest ones you
get it if anything having great white sharks double in size would just reduce
the likelihood of killer whales attacking great whites and it's believed
they don't really go out for them all that often although a recent study
showed that killer whales have an appetite for great white shark livers
yes specifically their liver they also feed
on sea birds squids octopus sea turtles other sharks raised fish and seals
killer whales are only hunted by humans which we should stop that because why so
to say that the biology of the ocean would change might be a stretch but if
great whites were to grow as big as killer whales maybe they would include
them in their diet as well it's unlikely though because like most animals great
whites tend to go for fish smaller than they are why make it harder on yourself
to eat kind of thing with all this being said it is fair to say that great whites
would consume double the amount of fish they currently do assuming they were to
double in size I think it's safe to say their appetite would also double this
could be seen as problematic because certain fish populations more
specifically we'll use seals for example could see a decrease in their numbers of
course as I'm sure you've heard in some previous videos on this channel when the
populations of certain animals take a blow it affects the entire ecosystem the
loss of one species can cause a ripple effect of other species eventually going
extinct because they lose their food source here's why I don't think it
happened here though being the top predators even if great whites doubled
their appetite I think there's enough resources for the ocean to continue to
thrive more specifically the seal population declining would it mean great
whites starve when food would start to become scarce the Sharks would migrate
elsewhere and the seals would eventually increase in numbers again if not
overpopulate because the Sharks wouldn't be hunting them in the first place
however other species could be affected following the example just mentioned if
great whites endangered seals for example and then migrated elsewhere to
find an area where food is more plentiful the species that seals eat
such as crustaceans and other fish like salmon and herring could see a big
increase in their population that is until the seals even out their
population but seals are also known to overeat so this may in fact actually be
a good thing but how could the doubling of size of great whites affect us as
humans aside from the scientific research we'd have to do to figure out
how they're growing so large it really wouldn't be all that bad for us either
although it seems people have this notion that great white sharks love to
attack humans thanks Spielberg which also isn't necessarily true yes there
have been of course both provoked and unprovoked attacks of great whites on
humans all over the world but in 2018 there were only 130 total attacks with
just over half literally 66 to be exact being unprovoked according to the
Florida Museum of Natural History but began unprovoked could be a surfer
wiping out near shark-infested waters or a splash near them which makes them
believe there is possible food around overall 130 shark attacks in a calendar
year really isn't concerning considering how many people are swimming in the
ocean on a regular basis so to say if sharks were to double in size there'd be
more attacks I can't 100% deny that but I think it's
unlikely sharks can already make a meal of us if they wanted to
so then doubling in size really doesn't change all that much so to wrap up if
great white sharks were to double in size it may cost us a few hundred
million dollars to do some research on them if that even and find out what's
causing them to grow so large which could be a whole other issue in itself
but we wouldn't be affected all that much nor really see a change in anything
really thankfully it doesn't seem like sharks are doubling in size any time
soon and even if they did just stay away from them I mean you wouldn't like it if
a shark showed up one day in the middle of your house would you how do you think
they feel
and on that note let's reply to some comments from the video what if
Pennywise the clown was real Sarah Alford said my only fear is that my
might reject me Sarah who hurt you why would the clown reject you I mean if
that's your fear then you probably would but then you'd have to worry about it
because won't even come near you so don't worry I'm sure you'll find someone
great panda Nene said if Pennywise can turn into our fears he can't get me
what's going to turn into student loans I don't have ever related so much to a
comment on YouTube like literally oh just be like a number chase me around
then he'd be like listen for the death of me anyways has this so you might as
well finish the job Mathias his vlog story said if Pennywise was real I would
hire the New York Giants to take him out well I hate to break it to you but the
Giants can't even seem to beat any NFL team so the odds of them beating the
evil entity like Pennywise the clown it's not happening anytime soon
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