do sharks willingly jump out of the water? or are the sharks shown on the shark week specials being provoked?

Question

i know it's a strange question...it's just that i saw this show on the discovery channel, and there were a couple of shots of sharks writhing about out of the water. i had never seen it before, and it looked as if there was a rope attatched to the bait the shark was eating. soooo i wasn't sure what was going on...i just knew i would NOT want to be in that shark's way =)

Answer 1

Actually, great white sharks willingly jump out of the water off the coast of South Africa to catch seals. Their technique is to dive down, then swim quickly up straight at the seal to surprise it. Their momentum is so great that they actually come straight out of the water.

Answer 2

Sharks feed alot on seals. When you look on a seal swimming from under the water, all you see is a dark spot (little flippers and a round body) on the surface of that water. So sharks swim at high speeds so the seal won't have a chance to swim away and strike at them, making them jump out of the water.
If not a piece of bait they were probably using a board in the shape of a seal which the shark was lured with. And this is also the reason surfers get attacked often. Picture yourself under the water looking up at a surfer. you see the board and two arms two legs. but the shark doesn't know it's a board or a human, it just sees the over all shape and knows it looks like a seal, so it strikes. Hope I answered your question.

Answer 3

yeah I saw the special too. No body knows why but there is a location off the coast of South Africa where the sharks jump out of the water.

this is taken from National Geographic website...
The phenomenon is best seen near Seal Island, a crowded seal colony near Cape Town, South Africa. There, great whites and other sharks congregate to feed on the pinnipeds.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

yeah! true. I think they provoke them by dangling some fresh meat or chum. it gets them in a frenzy.
kinda like the land sharks at the night clubs.
frenzy!!!

Answer 6

they use fish to get them to jump