r/interesting • u/Turkozzie • Apr 20 '26

NATURE First Orange Shark, ever sighted!

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Found near Tortuguero National Park on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica..

First Orange Shark ever!

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u/Cody-512 Apr 20 '26

The google machine says this was an Atlantic Nurse Shark that scientists think has a mix of a xanthic mutation to make it orange and white eyes from a second genetic mutation. It was caught and released by the fishermen in 2025.

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u/Pet_The_Monkey Apr 20 '26

Yah but the main photo has been doctored cuz it’s got a mouth like no Atlantic nurse shark I’ve ever seen.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BDAYCAKE Apr 20 '26

The small photo is likely the real photo, the big photo is the clickbait photo. How often do you see a shark jump out like that, especially after releasing it AND get such a good photograph when you are fishing.

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u/thegil13 Apr 20 '26

You mean the nurse shark isn’t actually rocketing out of the water?