#cagethefear

🎉 Cheers to the start of another year with countless opportunities to speak up for sharks and the ocean 💙 Let’s make 2019 the year to say no to shark-fin soup, unsustainable fishing, shark byproducts like shark squalene and cartilage, and single-use plastic! 🙌🏽 // Beautiful photo by our co-founder, @juansharks 🦈 ・・・ 2018 brought the largest tiger shark I have ever seen or at least the widest tiger shark I have documented. This is #Moana in our tiger shark ID program @oneoceansharks. Moana became instagram famous in 2015 when @zacefron dubbed her his spirit animal during dive with her @oneoceandiving. I feel like she may have doubled in size since that dive. I hope to see her babies in 2019 🎉🙏🏼. #nextgeneration #sharks #changethewayyouthink #about #sharks #cagethefear #ApexPredatorNotMonster without sharks, the ocean that we know today will cease to exist. #savingjaws @savingjawsmovie (at North Shore in Hale'Iwa, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJK4V-Bqiq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yhqblsixth4m

Have you watched @savingjawsmovie yet?! It is now available on iTunes, Amazon Prime, and Vimeo/Google Play for international audiences. With shark week around the corner don’t bite into the fear and be mindful of sensationalized and fear based shows that don’t do accurately portray the true nature of these amazing animals. #CageTheFear #SlashFearNotFins #ApexPredatorNotMonster #Repost @juansharks ・・・ So stoked that Saving Jaws is out and available on online. Ironically, I grew u with a intense fear of sharks as a surfer in Hawaii, thanks to media like the movie Jaws. After finding the truth about sharks, I dedicated the last 25 years of my life to changing peoples perceptions of sharks and this film dives into a big chuck of this effort with @oceanramsey In the end saving sharks is about saving the ocean and we really can’t live with out it. Please share this film with everyone or at least the information about sharks in it. Still can’t thank everyone that helped to make this a reality, especially my braddah @keonishoots and #ohana Also be on look out for another eye opening shark conservation film by @realeliroth and @nina hopefully coming soon. #helpsavesharks #ApexPredatorsNotMonsters #coexist #savingjaws #savingjawsmovie #sharks #whiteshark #greatwhiteshark #massive #shark #Hawaii photo by #juansharks using @aquatech_imagingsolutions @canonusa @xcelwetsuits @cressi1946 @freestylewatches @north_sails @guayaki #changingperceptions @savingjawsmovie online on amazon internationally and iTunes locally 💙🦈💙 (at Oneoceandiving.com) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz3sMpdHVpd/?igshid=1dnu6axoalr5l

Meet #sharkIDTank!! Photo by @juansharks What sharks did you meet during your dive? While out in the water we count and ID sharks to better understand shark behavior and numbers. Every shark features different scars and some spark for particular behaviors. Tigers, for example, are a generally cautious and gentle species, but some are shyer then others. Some will stick around, curious, while others will gently swim away. Swim by @oneoceansharks for more! 🦈 ・・・ The curiosity of a tiger... #sharkIDTank, to be more specific 😁 #cagethefear Tiger sharks are more cautious and intelligent than the media portrays. They are still predators and should be given ample respect, but the notion that they are aggressive man-eaters is entirely false. If they were we would not be able to do what we do 💙 (at Oneoceandiving.com) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqyS61LBDUF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19yj6i4309k27

The more we learn about sharks, the more we realize that we still have SO MUCH MORE to learn. We are so grateful that we have the opportunity (and privilege) to study and observe these animals!🦈💙 Underwater shot by @deanocook. Above water shot by @juansharks. 📸 Taken in Guadalupe. ・・・ You have to swipe left to see the top side shot of this great white shark jumping straight up, and not going forward but rather just sinking straight down.  I was lucky enough to get the top side shot and  @deanocook caught the action underwater. I have never seen anything quite like this with white sharks. When they jump they usually have some kind of forward motion.  So much we don’t know about these amazing animals.  White sharks are red listed as endangered animals and if we don’t get more protection for them they may not be around for future generations #ApexPredatorNotMonster #coexist #whitesharks #shark #cagethefear @oceanramsey @oneoceandiving @oneoceanconservation @oneoceansharks @oneoceanresearch @oneoceaneducation @waterinspired https://www.instagram.com/p/BqsqsSyhMFi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=elky2b4mgcy0

Even if the media taught us to fear it doesn’t mean we can change our mindset through experience. Sharks aren’t the problem, lack of understanding of their nature is. We need sharks in order to have a beautiful ocean to enjoy. Mahalo @9292anna for giving sharks a chance and speaking up for them! We hope to see you out with us again soon 💙🦈 ・・・ 🌺: Turn fear into fascination. #CageTheFear | 🦈The first and only cage-less shark research and diving program in Hawaii. #PelagicProgram #PelagicSharkProgram #NorthShore #Haleiwa #Oahu #Hawaii When I first decided to swim with sharks it was all about getting an amazing photo (@ivana_sljapic 😆). Then I started to watch documentaries, videos, Ted talks, to learn more about these misunderstood pelagic animals and to read researches about their importance to the health of our ocean, instead of relying on the misleading information that media feed us. The fact is we can #coexist but in order to coexist, they need to exist. 70 to 100 millions sharks are killed every year (mostly for shark fin soup) #SayNoToSharkFinSoup #NotYourFins #StopFinning Their populations are rapidly decreasing around the world and we need to use our voice to spread the awareness #SpeakUpForSharks #HelpSaveSharks #WeNeedSharksAlive cause they are keystone structures to the health of the #Ocean! #SaveTheOcean P.S. we got a bunch of amazing photos! 😁 Mahalo nui loa! @oneoceandiving @oneoceanglobal @oneoceanresearch @oneoceaneducation @oneoceanconservation @oneoceansharks @waterinspired @oneoceandesigns @littleoceantours @oneoceanhawaii @oneoceanbikini https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKrYpYB7VX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4rnsdxsjrdgc

Do you still think sharks are monsters? ... Or more like the cutest thing you’ve seen today? A baby black tip reef shark coming to say hi to @juansharks 😍 ・・・ Baby black tip reef shark meets toes for his 1st time and I still have all of my toes. #smartbaby Really considering how much a splashing humans looks like a hurt injured animal swimming or surfing that sharks don’t make more mistaken Identity bites. With only an average of 8 to 10 deaths from sharks a year, humans have really no reason to fear sharks and sharks have every reason to fear us,as humans we kill 100 million sharks each year. #stopthecull #stopthefear #cagethefear #ApexPredatorsNotMonster #helpsavesharks #sharethetruth #coexist #oneocean #onechance https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFl0mVhOtS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oclnnniw0te2

Mahalo to Tara for coming out with us and spreading awareness for shark conservation! We love being able to change perspectives from fear to respect and educating the genera public about the true nature of these misunderstood animals. #ApexPredetorNotMonster Come out with us to learn more, we look forward to taking you out again sometime in the future! 🤙🏽🦈 _____________ Repost @tara_xxo ・・・ So thankful to have had the opportunity to freedive with 35 of these beautiful, gentle giants. Although initially nerve wrecking, the experience is extremely tranquil and turns fear into fascination. So quickly does your perception of sharks change and you begin to appreciate these peaceful creatures. Sadly, 70-100 million of them are being killed every year. Mahalo @oceanramsey and @juansharks and your team at @oneoceandiving for the amazing experience and educating me on the importance of sharks in our ecosystem🤙🏽 I learned so much in one day and can’t wait to go back and swim with these graceful beauties again! I truly loved this day so much. #SaveSharks #CagetheFear #SaveTheOcean #OceanConservation #MarineResearch #ApexPredators #GoPro _____________

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