Incredible footage of nurse sharks mating in Florida from Marissa Wil! To initiate mating, nurse sharks will perform a coupling behavior where the male follows the female for a while. When ready to mate, the male will bite one of the female’s pectoral fins and guide her to deeper water and flip her on her back. There can be multiple males trying to mate with a female at once. It’s theorized that males may even have a dominance hierarchy when it comes to mating, with some males potentially helpin