With this viral news, you’ll find out there’s an easy way to tell if there are sharks swimming near you in the ocean and it only requires a spoon. In 2018 the delivery truck driver was on family vacation at Edisto Beach in his home state of South Carolina. While there, he took it to the water’s edge to film a video to share with his family and friends. In the video, Ridner said that I had an Edystoian tell me a little trick to see if there were actually sharks in this water. All you have to do is use a spoon. So I grabbed a spoon and I’m going to try. This. I’m going to see if this story is true?
Then he explains that you need to get very close to the water, take a spoonful of it and really taste it. He then adds that if it tastes like salt, it means there are sharks in the water. The video immediately became a social media sensation. Rinder told The Charlotte Observer in 2018 that I was absolutely shocked at the response. I thought my family and friends would enjoy it, but then it spread like wildfire. However, at the time of the posting of the video, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy endorsed it on its own Facebook page, saying it was a perfect attempt to locate sharks nearby.
As the World Wildlife Fund points out, there are currently more than 400 species of sharks swimming around the world. However, these amazing sea creatures need our help. According to a study published in 2021 in the journal Nature, the global shark population has declined by more than 70% in the past 50 years. Study lead author Nathan Pacourou, a researcher at Simon Fraser University in Canada, said the decline is not stopping, which is a problem.