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Cookiecutter shark video climbs past 47 million views

The video has now topped forty-seven million views and still leads YouTube's U.S. pets and animals chart; the whale is reportedly fine.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on #Trending
Published 10:49 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

At a glance

First reported by YouTube (Zack D. Films): “YouTube: How Cookiecutter Sharks Bite Whales by Zack D. Films”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:49 AM ET on #Trending, by Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock.
Topics: Zack D. Films, YouTube.
BBN covered this story before: Naruto-run video climbs past twenty-four million views (October 14).

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YouTube (Zack D. Films)YouTube: How Cookiecutter Sharks Bite Whales by Zack D. Films

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe cookiecutter shark video is now past forty-seven million views, at forty-seven million, six hundred twenty-four thousand, eight hundred fifty-four, and it's still number one in pets and animals on YouTube's U.S. chart.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's about a million and a half more people since our last look at the little shark that takes a bite out of a giant whale, and I respect every one of them.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA shark the size of a baguette takes a perfect round bite out of a whale and swims off. That's a career I would frame.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the whale doesn't even file a complaint. That whale has the best attitude in the ocean.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA baguette.