The incident happened on June 23, when photographer Dan Watson and his three children went to the beach. We can see what happened next in an Instagram post he shared. “See that dark shadow making its way straight for the shore & those people? That was my view this weekend while flying my Mavic 2 Pro… and oh, 3 of those people are my kids!” Watson wrote. “Swipe to see the next image that resulted from my yelling to get out of the water and the unmistakable outline of a shark. Definitely too close of an encounter for my liking!”

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For sharks to keep receiving oxygen, water needs to be kept in constant motion over their gills. This indirectly means that they will need to be in a state of constant motion. But does this mean that sharks must never stop moving, and by implication will never sleep?

Will a shark die if it stops moving?

This may be true for some sharks, while it’s not so for some sharks. Some sharks need to remain in motion to allow water to cover their gills. However, some sharks have spiracles. This structure allows them to breathe while lying down at the bottom of the ocean. It allows them to breathe well while in a state of rest.

Do they sleep?

Sharks that need to be in motion to make breathing possible have their active periods and their resting period. However, they do not sleep as we do, but they seem to be sleeping while in motion. At this moment, a portion of their brain becomes less active which fulfils the portion of the dictionary’s description of sleep- “suspending consciousness.”

Research shows that sharks do not use their brains for movement, but their spinal cords coordinate the whole process of swimming. This means that they can do swimming while being unconscious.

So, sharks actually fulfill the dictionary’s description of what it means to sleep, except that they don’t sleep as human do.

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The incident happened on June 23, when photographer Dan Watson and his three children went to the beach. We can see what happened next in an Instagram post he shared. “See that dark shadow making its way straight for the shore & those people? That was my view this weekend while flying my Mavic 2 Pro… and oh, 3 of those people are my kids!” Watson wrote. “Swipe to see the next image that resulted from my yelling to get out of the water and the unmistakable outline of a shark. Definitely too close of an encounter for my liking!”

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For sharks to keep receiving oxygen, water needs to be kept in constant motion over their gills. This indirectly means that they will need to be in a state of constant motion. But does this mean that sharks must never stop moving, and by implication will never sleep?

Will a shark die if it stops moving?

This may be true for some sharks, while it’s not so for some sharks. Some sharks need to remain in motion to allow water to cover their gills. However, some sharks have spiracles. This structure allows them to breathe while lying down at the bottom of the ocean. It allows them to breathe well while in a state of rest.

Do they sleep?

Sharks that need to be in motion to make breathing possible have their active periods and their resting period. However, they do not sleep as we do, but they seem to be sleeping while in motion. At this moment, a portion of their brain becomes less active which fulfils the portion of the dictionary’s description of sleep- “suspending consciousness.”

Research shows that sharks do not use their brains for movement, but their spinal cords coordinate the whole process of swimming. This means that they can do swimming while being unconscious.

So, sharks actually fulfill the dictionary’s description of what it means to sleep, except that they don’t sleep as human do.

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