Sharks, on the other hand, are fatally threatened by us; a report in Marine Policy found that humans kill about 11, sharks an hour, or between and m a year. In , Discovery brought on president Rich Ross, who pledged an end to documentaries of the Megalodon sort. And in the two installments since, Shark Week has been marginally more restrained in its sensationalist flourishes while also driving some tangible changes, such as congressional legislation introduced last year banning shark finning.
In concept, the spectacle is compelling: Phelps, a ridiculous physical specimen with a body practically tailor-made for competitive swimming, versus the Great White, a fixture in our imaginations, the menacing byproduct of years of evolutionary enhancement.
Kicking off Shark Week is a meter race between time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps and a great white shark. Following Phelps is a special hosted by Dr Mark Meekan and conservationist Paul de Gelder, who traveled to the remote Coburg peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia, where sharks and crocodiles supposedly go head-to-head over sea turtles in this special produced by Big Wave. Being in this vehicle was one of the most amazing things I've done in my life!
Bite-size summary: Great whites had vanished from the waters around Madagascar, but one just journeyed from 1, miles down the coast of Africa. Are more on their way? If you can watch only one Shark Week special, watch this one because: " We dive into a whole new realm that may be one of the last undiscovered hot spots for Great White Sharks," says O'Connell. Bite-size summary: One of the weirdest creatures lurking in the sea is the sawfish, and the experts in this special aim to help the endangered species boost its numbers.
If you can watch only one Shark Week special, watch this one because: You never found the time to watch any of the actual specials, but you still want to fool your friends into thinking you watched Shark Week this year. The two experts not only dispel myths about the predators of the sea, they give Mr. Swim a lesson on how to dive with sharks. If you can watch only one Shark Week special, watch this one because: You get to see Phelps ditch a cage and court danger. Dan Snierson image.
Save FB Tweet More. Pinterest Email Send Text Message. The Great Hammerhead Invasion. Credit: Discovery Channel. Discovery Channel. Phelps - Dive. Continued on next slide. Replay gallery. Pinterest Facebook. Up Next Cancel. By Dan Snierson dansnierson. With the help of shark experts Ralph Collier and Cal Lutheran, and using satellite tags and DNA technology, he wants to out the killer once and for all. Produced by Shark Entertainment. He is our greatest champion to ever get in the water: Michael Phelps.
But he has one competition left to win. An event so monumental no one has ever attempted it before. Produced by Peacock Productions. Mark Meekan and conservationist Paul de Gelder go on an expedition to one the sharkiest places in the world — a remote wilderness called the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia.
What happens when foot crocodiles move into shark infested waters? Produced by Big Wave. Across the world, sharks congregate and concentrate around volcanoes and volcanic islands.
What is it about volcanoes that make them shark hotspots? Mike Heithaus dives in several volcanoes to find out. Produced by Pangolin Pictures. Greg Skomal and Joe Romeiro study the annual spectacle, focusing on three sharks — makos, great whites, and porbeagles — that can out-swim, out-think, and out-compete all the others.
Produced by Productions and Radley Studios. They make a startling discovery that causes us to re-think of everything we thought we knew about great whites.
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