1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,960 Hello and welcome back shark. Here is to another. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,000 Episode of Deep Dives with. Sharks, I am the host here. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,160 My name is Alex, and for those of you joining us for the first 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,120 time, welcome in. And for those of you that are 5 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:12,760 returning, I am very. Happy to see. 6 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,240 You here again. We officially have Shark Week. 7 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,960 Versus Shark Fest 2020. Five it took over 2. 8 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,800 Months to get here, but you know we got it done. 9 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,840 As those of you that have been following along know there were 10 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,840 a lot of life events going on between finishing school, 11 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,120 working jobs, internships, the whole 9 yards. 12 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,040 But we finally I got enough free time for me to go back and 13 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:36,080 actually watch these on Discovery Plus and also on that 14 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,960 Geo Plus over on Disney Plus. There's a lot of pluses. 15 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,880 Going on these days, but for those of you who do not know how 16 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,880 this works, who haven't listened to last year's, I watch some 17 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,160 shows from both Discovery Shark Week and National Geographic's 18 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:51,440 Shark Fest and we'll discuss my thoughts on them, how I feel 19 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,360 they portrayed sharks and their message towards the overarching 20 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,840 goal of conservation. Now, this year is going to be a 21 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,240 little bit different as I've also been asked to talk about my 22 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,080 experience at Shark Khan, so that'll be coming at the end. 23 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,760 So that way if you. Want to hear that you've got the 24 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,680 option, and if not, then you get the important information first, 25 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:08,640 right? It works out. 26 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,480 Now there are a couple things going on in the background when 27 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,040 it comes to the podcast. So keep an eye out. 28 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,960 On the social media, more specifically over on Instagram. 29 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:20,760 At deep dives with sharks. So that way you can participate 30 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,560 in polls when I throw them up eventually. 31 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,920 There's things we're considering working on and we're going to 32 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,080 see if they fit in now or if we're going to hold off for now 33 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,200 and work on it later. But we also have a Twitter at 34 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,280 Deep Dive Sharks. I don't update that one as much. 35 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,920 I need to be better about that and I'm going to try to do that. 36 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,720 But without further ado, we are going to officially get into. 37 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,040 Shark Week versus Shark Fest. 2025 Now. 38 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,120 Both events were created to initially spread awareness of 39 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,200 sharks, their importance to the environment, the grace and 40 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,000 beauty, and the power and prowess that they have and the 41 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,920 respect. That they deserve over the 42 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,760 years. They have changed their delivery 43 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,840 of information. As they are part of. 44 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,120 Television networks and they need to be entertaining to 45 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,080 retain viewership and that can cause messages to be blurred at 46 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,000 times. These programs do not have a 47 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,199 proper entertainment factor. They will not retain viewers and 48 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:10,960 that will cost their channels a lot of money and therefore they 49 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,920 will be cancelled. Now I am the type of person who 50 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:15,520 could watch documentaries on sharks. 51 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,200 All day, every day. For 12 hours through the month 52 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,000 of July and still want more when August rolls around. 53 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,080 And for some people, that just simply won't do. 54 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,640 They need a little bit more. A little bit more violence, more 55 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:29,320 bites, more fear, more hutzpah. They need a little something. 56 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,200 Extra but each special. Is going to do it differently, 57 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,400 and that can even be among the same events. 58 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,080 It can be something simple as having a shark expert explain 59 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,560 what they're doing and that'll get me really excited, or 60 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,120 including a celebrity. Or they can also take that 61 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,160 celebrity and put them 5 inches away from the shark and have the 62 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,120 shark bite something and. Have the celebrity. 63 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,640 Lose their mind, making you think they just got bit, kind of 64 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:52,920 like how Shark Week did when they had Mike Tyson who punched 65 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:54,480 at a shark and then they cut the commercial. 66 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,720 It's got to be something to hook you, but different things can 67 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,520 hook you in different ways For example, whenever I watch Blue 68 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,040 Planet or anything narrated by Sir David Attenborough, his 69 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:05,200 voice does it. I'm simply. 70 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,120 Hooked by his voice. He has that special way of 71 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,960 gripping the viewer by using the cadence of his voice. 72 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,280 He doesn't speak monotone and boring, but stresses certain 73 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,440 words that they grip you. So for example, he could be 74 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,600 talking about something like a. Coral and he'll sit. 75 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,400 There and go. Here we have the amazing sponge 76 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,160 coral. It does it's amazingness by 77 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,400 sitting here and absorbing the sunlight and it has no defence 78 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,360 to the sea turtle that eats it. And the entire time I'm hooked 79 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:34,680 simply. By the way, he delivered. 80 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:35,800 That. Now that is a horrible 81 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,640 impression. Thank you for sitting through 82 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:38,560 it. But that was to let you know who 83 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,600 David Attenborough is. But all that is simply to say 84 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,040 that shark. Week has to make money for 85 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,320 Discovery the same way that Shark Fest needs to make money 86 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,600 for National. Geographic, but I feel. 87 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,880 That one has leaned more into an educational message while 88 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,720 utilizing entertaining factors, while the others simply aim to 89 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,440 entertain their audience even if their message spreads fear 90 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,320 around sharks. Now all this will of course be 91 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,600 wrapped up in a nice bow at the end, but for now we're going to 92 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,360 get into the shows and starting with Shark. 93 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,080 Week we've got Belly of the beast. 94 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,360 Bigger and bloodier. So the promise of this is the 95 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,160 same that they did kind of last. Year they had a. 96 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,800 Belly of the Beast event where they debuted a whale. 97 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,720 Carcass sub that would allow researchers. 98 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,600 To mimic a dead whale, that would be an easy meal for 99 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,640 sharks, thus getting amazing. Sharks. 100 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,240 Shots of sharks. Eating that. 101 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,520 Was a lot of SH. Sounds shots of sharks eating or 102 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,480 grabbing and tearing into a whale. 103 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,520 Now they named the whale Earl, which is kind of neat. 104 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,080 But this year their. Goal was to find the queen boss. 105 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,160 They had a lot of terminology like this which I felt was 106 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,760 trying to reach to the younger generation with Skibbity. 107 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,040 Rizz or is the older? Generation calls it brain rot, 108 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,280 so you know that that kind of thing. 109 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:50,760 But they've used similar phrases in the past, so this is not new 110 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,880 for them, but they've called them big Mama, monster, Mama 111 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,480 queen, shark, etcetera. So it was kind of like going for 112 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:03,040 the more I guess youthful terminology there, but they 113 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:07,200 wanted to get a large female do a lot of damage on Earl, a large 114 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,080 issue I have. With this is last year they had 115 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,400 a. System that could pump a lot of 116 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:11,960 material. Through a hood. 117 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,360 That would mimic when the. Whale would fill with gas. 118 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,120 And then it would explode. I did not see that in this 119 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,080 year's rendition, but it's fins were ripped off rather easily 120 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,480 once again and then spit out because of course they're not. 121 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,680 Blubber they're I forget. What material? 122 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,440 But they're made of something different and it always puts me 123 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,000 on edge because the sharks are strong and they just kind of RIP 124 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,320 it apart really easily. And I don't think it's made very 125 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,280 flimsy. But I still feel that the. 126 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:38,560 Divers occupying the stomach area are one stomach blubber 127 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,080 bite away from being in serious trouble and thankfully that 128 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,000 hasn't happened that I know of now. 129 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,720 Next year if they bring Earl back and you see a. 130 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:46,840 Shot where? A shark. 131 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:50,520 Bites the stomach. I want credit, that's all I'm 132 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:51,440 saying. It's fine. 133 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,560 I just just they listen. That's what I want to know. 134 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,160 But I didn't feel like it got a whole message or goal out of 135 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,800 this program. Just kind of felt like, hey, 136 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,680 we're going to take a big shark and it's going to. 137 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,320 Bite a fake. Whale and we're going to make 138 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,080 some money so that was that was neat but going into. 139 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,040 Shark topia by Shark Week. I picked the last program 140 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:13,520 because it mentioned bloodier so I assumed it would be a bunch of 141 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,960 blading and blood and. It it really. 142 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,080 Wasn't so kind of misleading there, but this one I chose 143 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,120 because it sounded fun. You know, Sharktopia. 144 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,280 Woo Hoo. And I was right, because 145 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:26,040 whenever I see a program that's got to be Dread Man himself, 146 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,720 Kina Scully, it's a good time now. 147 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,720 Kina seems like a mega sweetheart who simply loves 148 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,360 sharks, and I want him to be my friend. 149 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,760 So Kina, if you were listening, please let me know. 150 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:37,160 I'd be very happy to interact with you. 151 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,080 But anyway, they're trying to look. 152 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,120 For zebra, sharks or leopard. Sharks as they're known down and 153 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,400 sorry for the impressions. I don't have my Adderall 154 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,520 currently. I picked it up today though. 155 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,160 Exciting but unless you want more accents let me know in the 156 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,440 comments. I I can do a better Australian 157 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,880 eventually It'll it'll come out probably one day. 158 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,120 But this program was very neat as it showed many cool. 159 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,000 Sharks like the epaulette shark, the zebra shark, the. 160 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,280 Wobegong and a lot of whale sharks too. 161 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,200 Except all sharks. Are cool. 162 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,680 So, you know, if just 'cause you see a shark and you think it's 163 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,280 odd, it's, it's cool, don't worry. 164 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,440 But it showed a lot of diving scenes and showed the different 165 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,200 cool things that sharks can do. I like how the epaulette. 166 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,960 Shark can walk or the woebegong is a stealth ambush predator and 167 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,680 how whale sharks will inhale fishnets to get some food. 168 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,920 But on that note, I need to have a quick. 169 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,360 Chat with the people. Who live around the Hallmahera 170 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,800 Sea as their name for whale sharks, according to the program 171 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:32,640 translates. To stupid shark. 172 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,000 I just want that to hang there for a minute because why must 173 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,720 you hurt me in these ways? I did find it. 174 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,600 Really wild because I guess if a great white looked at a whale. 175 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,120 Shark and had a conversation like Dang, you have to be eating 176 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,800 so many huge fish to get that big and the whale shark is like 177 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,480 Nah, microorganisms. The Great White would definitely 178 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,160 think that's a rather. Stupid way to do that. 179 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:55,440 But that's another little tangent. 180 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:56,880 The whole point of the program was to. 181 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,360 See if it would be viable to release a Babri zebra. 182 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,520 Shark or leopard shark into the area that they were looking at 183 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,120 and if it could survive towards the end of the program, we do 184 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,320 get an adorable. Shot of a zebra shark. 185 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,520 Pup eating a little shrimp and it made me want a zebra shark 186 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,560 pup because it's so tiny and adorable and I want to pet. 187 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,840 It it looks very pettable. But it will bite me and I cannot 188 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:18,960 properly care. For it, so I will. 189 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,440 Have to love them from. Afar, but I thought. 190 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,160 That one was pretty neat. I like that one a lot. 191 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,080 It did kind of do what I hoped the programs would do, which. 192 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,720 Was showcase the beauty of? Different sharks showcase a lot 193 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,200 of them and it did a great job at that. 194 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,320 So that one I thoroughly enjoyed and definitely recommend 195 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,480 watching that one now. We do have shark week. 196 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,720 Caught when sharks attack. This one sucked. 197 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:43,720 I I'm just right off bat I'm just going to say it. 198 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:45,320 It was it was trash. I did not like it. 199 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,400 It was just footage of people getting bit by sharks with 200 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,880 little to no explanation and being like oh they could. 201 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,600 Die like dude dude. Shut up. 202 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,120 Like come on, stop. They had input from shark. 203 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,840 Experts such as Doctor Chris Lowe which a huge shout. 204 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,600 Out to him I got to see one of. His talks talks at Shark. 205 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,320 Con, which I'll talk more about that in a little bit, but 206 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,920 there's just nothing but panic and cutting off the shark. 207 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,800 Experts so it. Seems sharks are scary and 208 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,720 horrible. One point they. 209 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,280 Acted shocked because a shark. Eats a dolphin? 210 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,800 Yeah, that happens. Like they also eat fish. 211 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,040 Whoa, weird. I was so mad watching this. 212 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,920 Like the the notes on this are quite literally just me roasting 213 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,360 this program and this is the toned down version of it. 214 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,280 At a certain point they mentioned that. 215 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,560 A great white gives a spear Fisher the. 216 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:36,160 Stink eye quote UN quote. After he shot a. 217 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:41,480 Fish and then shoved the shark. The shark just kind of looked at 218 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,440 him. You shot a fish and the fish is 219 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,360 freaking out and the shark stole your. 220 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,520 Fish. Like, I don't know. 221 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,080 What the surprise is? Like, let me let me set up a 222 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,640 scene for you real quick. Imagine you're at home. 223 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,880 You're playing some good old Scrabble, as one does, maybe 224 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,720 some farkle even. You know an alien comes into 225 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,360 your house, goes to your kitchen, pulls out some ground 226 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,280 beef from the freezer, cooks it into a beautiful cheeseburger 227 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,560 with your favorite toppings, or, for those of you who may not eat 228 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:10,880 meat or animal products, a lovely lentil bolognese. 229 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,200 And you eat it, but your alien guest gets a noise with you, 230 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,800 annoyed with you for eating it for reasons you don't quite 231 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,160 understand. Congrats, you are the shark in 232 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,280 this situation. It was dumb, but it makes just 233 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,600 as much sense. You took a thing the shark eats 234 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,160 regularly, made it even easier to eat, and you got surprised. 235 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:29,880 And that the shark. That it stole your fish. 236 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,640 Like it? It does not make sense the 237 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,400 announcer in this program. Also. 238 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,280 Loved interrupting the shark experts just to contradict 239 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,640 anything they said, which was. Really cool dude. 240 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,320 Like so cool. I'm really glad that a person 241 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,320 with a deep voice was like, oh, this. 242 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:48,280 Shark's giving the stink eye like no, it was so annoying. 243 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,840 Like at one point I remember. Doctor Lowe was. 244 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,240 Talking I I can't remember about what it was something with a 245 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,240 great white and the spirit Fisher. 246 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,920 And he was like, yeah, things like this will happen when you 247 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,760 shoot their prey, but they happen to do these things and 248 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,400 you see him open his mouth to say another line and they cut 249 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,160 and you're like, he was going to add to that man. 250 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,640 And I'd rather hear what he has to say instead of this shark's 251 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,440 giving the stink eye. Cool like that. 252 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,280 Oh my God, it was so dumb and stupid and dumb. 253 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,560 I give that one a 0 out of 10 like any any episode like. 254 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:23,400 That we're just simply just, hey, look. 255 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,840 This shark's biting a person. Hey, look, this shark's biting a 256 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:27,440 person. Look at this shark bite. 257 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,720 But we're going to blur it like it's dumb. 258 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,040 No, like, don't do that when you're trying to spread 259 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,360 conservation. And your whole message is look 260 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,360 at how horrible and horrifying these can be. 261 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,120 And it wasn't even like, hey, here's how to be safe, and 262 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:42,680 here's what measures they're doing to be safe. 263 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,560 Like they showed doctor. Lowe at the end with the Shark 264 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:50,360 Lab looking at different like tags, kind of like what he talks 265 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,480 about in the upcoming talk that I'm going to let you know more 266 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:53,920 about. There's a lot of talking. 267 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:55,880 But he. Talked about a shark con, which 268 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,560 will make sense in a minute. But anyway, they showed him 269 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:01,000 doing that a little bit, which was cool. 270 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,240 But then they don't explain how that data helps to protect 271 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,600 people and also helps to protect sharks. 272 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,040 Like it doesn't really, it doesn't link the two together. 273 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,560 Like someone like me who's seen both sides of the talk and 274 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,600 understand what's happening. I'm like, oh, that's neat. 275 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,040 But when you're just watching and you do not know what's going 276 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,200 on, it's like, OK, cool. They're like they're putting 277 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,200 acoustic tags on to track the sharks. 278 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,840 OK, now what? Like we just get to know how 279 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:26,720 close they are and they're they're close to shore. 280 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,640 That's terrifying. That's. 281 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:32,240 Really all you get. So that program irritated living 282 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,120 daylights out of me. 0 out of 10 don't. 283 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,520 I mean, go watch it if you want to, but Oh my God. 284 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,640 Anyway, moving on to. Our Shark Fest shows. 285 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,920 We're. Starting with Shark Beach with. 286 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,800 Anthony Mackie. Now this program followed 287 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,080 Captain America himself, Anthony Mackie. 288 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,240 As he shows viewers. Around a 20 year post Hurricane 289 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,400 Katrina, New Orleans and how things in the area, including 290 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,760 sharks have changed since then. The program took us around the 291 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,360 Bayou and gave. Us a look at. 292 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,840 How sharks are interacting with. Fishers offshore as well as 293 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,200 closer. To the city, it starts over at 294 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,040 Lake Pontchartrain, which is an amazing song by Ludo. 295 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,120 This is the most ADHD. Episode I have put out. 296 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:15,720 I'm really sorry Anthony was with experts the entire time but 297 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,760 was able to. Help tag baby bull sharks. 298 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,920 And. Utilize the lake as an estuary 299 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,520 that provides a good food. Source and protection for those 300 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,240 baby sharks. He was also shocked to find out 301 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,960 that the lake he played in as a child would be able to sustain 3 302 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,640 foot and larger. Bull sharks. 303 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,320 They also look at how fishers in the Gulf are encountering. 304 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,680 Sharks around oil rigs. As they become a. 305 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:37,840 Hotspot for sharks to steal their fish. 306 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,680 Now this is where we get to see Doctor Yanni Papas Tamatou. 307 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,840 His name's really hard to say in action, as he is on board the 308 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,440 boat at this time. Now they do. 309 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,200 Hook a few. Fish that are almost immediately 310 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,560 taken off the line by. Sharks as they were really fast 311 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:59,000 to get there, it really showed. The power and hunting prowess of 312 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,680 the sharks in the area as well as the dangers that they can 313 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:04,440 present when hunting in these high density areas. 314 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,440 They're also able to catch. And tag a tiger shark. 315 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,120 I believe. Later in the episode and they 316 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:14,040 show how safety becomes first, especially with students and 317 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,120 celebrities, so Doctor Yanni gives. 318 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:17,880 The pep talk slash safety speech. 319 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,560 Giving reminders that they're essentially fishing by hand, so 320 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:26,040 he is using a hand line there. To stay clear the line, keep 321 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,880 your hands away from his mouth. Etcetera. 322 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,160 Like this is a shark. It's. 323 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:31,160 It's not just here to play, it's. 324 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,680 Here to be a shark, so you got to be careful there, but it's 325 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,320 very cool to see. Overall, how even in these 326 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,160 situations where? You've got the celebrity. 327 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:39,960 You're still. Getting that kind of like. 328 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,040 Hey, like safety first. We can't have Captain America 329 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,600 showing up to the next Winter Soldier event missing an arm, 330 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,400 which is an old reference. Winter Soldier came out forever 331 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,320 ago. But they also looked. 332 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,480 At how the destruction of the wetlands around New Orleans has. 333 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,240 Deteriorated the last line of. Defense against hurricanes 334 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,800 leaving the city vulnerable, and it was an incredible. 335 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,760 Watch I highly. Recommend it if you have. 336 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,480 Disney Plus, Hulu or. Any other way to watch Nat Geo 337 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,000 on demand now? I did get interviewed about this 338 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,520 program at. Shark Fest or Sorry Shark? 339 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:15,360 Khan, hosted by Shark Fest, Surprise and. 340 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,000 They they. Used everyone else's interview 341 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,760 but mine, it's fine. Everything is fine. 342 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,440 But what I will say. Is you are right now going to 343 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,520 get a look. As to what I had to say. 344 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,440 About that program, congratulations. 345 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,480 But I will say, growing up in Maryland. 346 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,800 We had a couple. Hurricanes come through. 347 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,280 We had Isabel. That came up the Chesapeake Bay 348 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,640 and did some damage. Living in Central Florida in the 349 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,000 past couple years, we've only had a. 350 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,000 Couple that have caused. A few issues but nothing too 351 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,360 crazy. Even living in Maryland when 352 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,920 Hurricane Sandy came through that hit mostly New Jersey. 353 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,600 So I myself have not been in anything that. 354 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:54,520 Really was over a category. One, I, I think if that yes, 355 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,960 because Isabel was a Category 1. I don't think anything else has 356 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,560 been, So seeing the flooding and the damage that occurred around 357 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,840 Maryland, we were pretty much up and running before fall. 358 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,480 Hit we. We got in there, cleaned 359 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,840 everything up. From what I remember the 360 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,760 Annapolis had flooded a bit but once the waters receded the 361 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,560 flood damage was taken care of and people were OK for the most 362 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,080 part. But seeing the absolute damage 363 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:20,800 and. Just the utter. 364 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:26,560 Shock of what a storm can do to an entire city 20 years later. 365 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,640 Is crazy they did also. Show how the house that Anthony 366 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,440 Mackie was in when Katrina hit and the levee behind his. 367 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,880 House that broke. So he was very much affected by 368 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:43,200 this and it's really crazy to see him return to that area and 369 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,840 see how it still isn't really. Recovered like that levee that 370 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,480 broke? Behind his house it seems like 371 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,120 that house and the neighbors houses aren't being used. 372 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,000 It's so wild. Just overall. 373 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,520 Because that is something that I can't even comprehend. 374 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,320 And yeah, that's just an amazing program. 375 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,560 I definitely recommend it. But going on to Sharkano, 376 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,480 Hawaii, now, this program follows Doctor Mike Hite House 377 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:11,119 and Doctor Francis Farabaugh. I'm not sure how to pronounce 378 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:12,400 her last name. I apologize. 379 00:17:13,319 --> 00:17:16,119 As they explore the area. Around Hawaiian Islands and the 380 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,040 Hawaiian volcanoes. Now they are mostly exploring 381 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,960 how tiger sharks interact with the environment and the sharks 382 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,720 around them. But also examine white tip reef 383 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,480 sharks, whale sharks, and others in the area that benefit from 384 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,560 these volcanoes. They aren't looking at sharks 385 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,920 that live inside volcanoes. To be incredibly clear, sharks 386 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,800 aren't swimming around volcanoes that we know of. 387 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,120 As it is very hard. To get inside of a volcano and 388 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:39,840 not. Die. 389 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,360 It's rather hot. But it's not impossible 390 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,040 something could live in the volcanoes, we just don't have 391 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:49,040 the ability to get in them. That being said, don't go jump 392 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,600 in a volcano to try to pet lava. Creatures, if they exist. 393 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:54,280 I feel I shouldn't have to say that, but I'm just covering my 394 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,080 own butt here. It it's something that could be 395 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,480 possible in the future, but for right now we don't have the 396 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,320 ability, but this one it. Was a really beautiful relaxing. 397 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,880 Program that showed the power and beauty of sharks in the 398 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,760 area, even having a tiger shark going in for bait. 399 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,000 Out of the water. Feet away from Doctor Mike's 400 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,840 head, without him panicking or being worried, he simply 401 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:16,880 exclaims about its. Beauty or the power? 402 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,400 Like whoa. Would you look at that? 403 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:19,640 Like something along those lines. 404 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,840 And it was really. Cool to see. 405 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,560 Especially coming off of watching the look at how many 406 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,560 sharks. Bite people every year. 407 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:27,680 OK, cool. Thanks. 408 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,040 Bye. They did also utilize the help 409 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,680 of local dive guides to help respect. 410 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,800 The sharks and the wildlife in the area without causing a 411 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,040 disturbance or a stir. With the Sharks. 412 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,240 They don't want to put them in a frenzy, especially when you're 413 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:46,080 diving there now. IMDb gave this a 5.5 out of 10 414 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,520 and I disagree. I think it was even better. 415 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,600 I gave it at least an 8 if not more. 416 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,320 It was very beautiful, very relaxing. 417 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,400 I definitely recommend checking it out. 418 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,440 I thought it was a good time, but overall both events spread 419 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,000 messages. About sharks, whether it be 420 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,920 through fear. Entertainment, education, 421 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,280 spectacle, and many other ways. Now, as mentioned in the Jaws 422 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,880 episode, fear can still drive shark education. 423 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,320 But people who do not know a lot about sharks may be slightly 424 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,680 afraid of them. And when you incorporate fear 425 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,680 into a program, that gets them talking about it a little bit 426 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,400 more. And then they may end up talking 427 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,000 to their friends, going to an aquarium, something like that, 428 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,640 and mentioning what they saw. Now this can help to spread that 429 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:26,840 message. Of fear a little bit. 430 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,360 But it also can help to cut down on that fear and have that be 431 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:32,440 corrected. Because if you're in an aquarium 432 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,080 and you're like. Oh hey, I saw. 433 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,920 That on Shark Week, sharks are hunting cruise ships. 434 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,440 No, not. Quite cruise ships were. 435 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,000 Disposing of their food improperly and they were 436 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,360 throwing it overboard, which then brought sharks towards the 437 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:45,680 ship. So now it's a practice that has 438 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,440 stopped. Oh that's good to know. 439 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:52,080 Now I'm calmer so it's a whole thing where it helps even though 440 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,720 it's not necessarily the best message to be sending. 441 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,840 I feel that Nat Geo is gone for the educational route. 442 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,080 I find their programs are exciting through showing what 443 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,680 sharks are capable of without showing them biting or 444 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,680 threatening people constantly. Shark Week is gone with the more 445 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,240 entertaining route by having celebrities such as Michael 446 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:13,520 Phelps racing a CGI shark. Which was dumb, especially as a 447 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,320 person who loved Michael Phelps growing up and also living in 448 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,280 Baltimore, which is where he is from. 449 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,880 The idea of him racing a shark was insanely cool to little Alex 450 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,960 and I wanted to see how they. Do it safely. 451 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,240 And then they didn't really do it. 452 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,240 They kind of. Just had a shark casually. 453 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,760 Swim and then Sprint at the end. I could get into a whole rant 454 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,000 about that. We're not going to do it. 455 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,520 But Shark Week? Aims to pick the most. 456 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,040 Relevant celebrities like. Having Wee Man and Johnny 457 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,600 Knoxville on when their movies coming out or having Tiffany 458 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,440 Haddish around when she's involved in a lot of projects. 459 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,800 But Nat Geo does similar things with Anthony Mackie or Ross 460 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,200 Edgeley, but instead of putting AC. 461 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,560 GI Shark versus Ross Edgeley. They showed why he had a passion 462 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,240 about sharks and showed how he was going to go against four 463 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,560 different sharks in different aspects such as breaching, 464 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,840 eating, speed and agility and see if he can out shark a shark, 465 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,200 which even he sets up as a pretty insane goal they set. 466 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,440 It up to where they'll. Show what the shark can do and 467 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,800 then they show him training for it and then show him trying to 468 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:12,880 compete. As well. 469 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,840 And not really getting close, but since Ross Edgley is a 470 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,080 person who is an insane athlete, and I think he has, I forget 471 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,680 what the number was, it was some insanely high percentage of 472 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,360 muscle mass for his body. But the man is. 473 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:29,200 Just a athletic. Mind blowing person. 474 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,600 It is nuts the dude can do such. Incredible. 475 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:33,320 Athletic. Feats. 476 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:34,240 That's what I'm trying to say there. 477 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,360 We go, we got there, but the way they. 478 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:38,720 Show this on shark Fest I thought was much more 479 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:43,560 interesting than having him be going up like I'm on a race a 480 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,640 shark and then having him train for months. 481 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,880 To race a shark. And then getting in there and 482 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,760 being like, yeah, it wasn't even close. 483 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,040 Like they were like, hey. We're going to have him train 484 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,880 for a couple days. He's been training his whole 485 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,480 life to do things like this. He swam the English Channel 486 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:58,560 couple times. You know he's. 487 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,400 Got like the world record. For that or something. 488 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,960 And we're going to have him who's already trained, instead 489 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,040 of having him trained for months as if he's in a fight, we're 490 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,720 going to just have him do what he can do. 491 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,360 And if he does great and somehow out sharks, a shark and can 492 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:15,040 somehow breach out of the water. Incredible. 493 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,640 If he can't, well, there you go. He he just can't so. 494 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,200 I like the way that they put it because it's. 495 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,440 An insane task as is. It's kind of funny, but I. 496 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:28,200 Love the way they portrayed it. I do still love both events 497 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,320 though. I know this was kind of putting 498 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,200 down some. Of the Shark Week shows. 499 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,360 They were just kind of the ones that happened to pop up first on 500 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:37,080 my feed. I tried to watch different ones 501 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,120 from different days like I said. I was a little bit busy that 502 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:41,240 week. So I didn't get to. 503 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,600 Watch the full week or all of shark Fest. 504 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:44,560 I caught a lot of. It. 505 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,320 When I was at work. So like watching through like 506 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,640 captions which isn't the same. So next. 507 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,680 Year should hopefully be. A good one as well. 508 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,840 But now we go on to Shark Khan, and this was my experience 509 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,200 there. And as I mentioned earlier, 510 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,680 Shark Khan it was. Of course, sponsored by Shark. 511 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,920 Fest so it caused me probably be a little bit more biased. 512 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,960 Towards Shark Fest. This year as well, but I did 513 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:08,840 still love both. Events. 514 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,720 Now going to shark on. I bought a 2 day ticket so that 515 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,920 way I could participate. In both days of the. 516 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,440 Event which took. Place at the. 517 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,600 Expo Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, so I did 518 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,280 not have. To travel too far to get there. 519 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,600 Now I had no idea what to expect when I got there. 520 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,080 I never been to any. Con before comic. 521 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,960 Con anything like that and I didn't realize it was happening 522 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,960 until one of my friends sent me a Facebook invite and I realized 523 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,960 I had to go. Now my uncle's also rather into 524 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,360 sharks and thankfully I got to meet up with him when I got 525 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:41,440 there. So. 526 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,160 There were so many vendors. We got to walk around shark 527 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,640 experts. It was just so incredible to. 528 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,920 To see it was a. Wonderful time, I'm almost 529 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,600 overwhelmed now just thinking about it. 530 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:52,520 But to start. Out we had a little. 531 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,880 Walk around to the vendors to meet with one of my uncle's old 532 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,240 friends who's been a marine biologist in Tampa for most of 533 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,520 her life. She was actually really nice 534 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,760 enough to give me a collection of shark teeth she had found out 535 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,280 of the hundreds, as she had found throughout her time as a 536 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,200 marine biologist. No, unfortunately at this point 537 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,080 my uncle did have to leave, but I decided I'd hang out for a 538 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,120 while, see some of the talks, and see what else I could find. 539 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,440 Did a couple nervous laps around the convention. 540 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,680 Because I was really overwhelmed. 541 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,960 You walked in and saw a giant megalodon. 542 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,720 There were vendors. Everywhere there were people. 543 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,480 In inflatable shark costumes there was a lot going on, so not 544 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:30,960 knowing to. Expect all of that or. 545 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,320 Really expect anything at all. I I was. 546 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:36,320 I was. Shocked to say the. 547 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,000 Least it was. Amazing. 548 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,560 But also I was I was anxious this weekend. 549 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:44,840 I'm not quite sure why, but I started listening to Doctor Mike 550 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,960 Heithaus talk. About the ecology rule of. 551 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,080 Sharks and how they affect the ecosystem around them, which was 552 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,120 incredible. They talked about how usually 553 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:54,960 when you see a reef you can see the the. 554 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,560 Safety area where? You can see some grasses. 555 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,080 Outside of the. Fish don't tend to go. 556 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,760 Past because that's where. Sharks tend to hang out and 557 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:02,960 they'll. Eat the grasses up over. 558 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,680 Here, But once they get too far out, that's when the sharks tend 559 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,680 to get them. So it was really neat to kind of 560 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,160 talk about that. Then Dr. Yanni Papas Tomatillo. 561 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,640 Was after. A screening of Shark Beach and 562 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,280 he was discussing his experience tagging sharks with Anthony 563 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,160 Mackie and it was another phenomenal speech. 564 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,120 He did mention that safety. Aspect because of course. 565 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:23,760 He said he's not allowed to send Captain America back to the next 566 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,280 screening. Missing fingers. 567 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,240 That's just not OK. I'm right after. 568 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,600 There was a. Breakout session for 25 people 569 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,200 with Doctor Mike and Doctor Yanni which I was lucky enough 570 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,960 to sit in on and participate in, which I did unfortunately miss a 571 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,120 speech about the cocaine sharks which I was really curious. 572 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:44,200 About but I figured like. Having an experience to actually 573 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,280 talk to shark experts rather than just sit in was. 574 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,240 Going to be a lot. Cooler and in the. 575 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,040 Speech is like breakout. Room. 576 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,560 It was really neat. Because they started early. 577 00:25:55,560 --> 00:26:00,280 And finished a little bit. Late, I will say that I felt a 578 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,120 little. Like I it was incredible. 579 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,800 I I love the whole. Thing but sitting in the hearing 580 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,800 other people's questions, I I was almost. 581 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,400 Outsmarted by people. In the room, which of course, as 582 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,280 I mentioned before, I myself am not a shark expert in the sense 583 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,440 where I have a degree in shark sciences or I have a job in the 584 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,400 shark world. I just have a shark podcast. 585 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,040 So listen to people who are talking about their research 586 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,880 projects that they want to do or the different things that they 587 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,200 want to study or or similar things of that. 588 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,120 It's incredible because it's something that. 589 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,760 I could appreciate. But not exactly live up to now. 590 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,320 I did get to ask a question. About a podcast I was. 591 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,160 Listening to called. Shark pedia, which I definitely. 592 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,920 Recommend. Where they had had a whale 593 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,200 shark. One of the the scientists they 594 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,880 had on had a whale shark in their study that kind of kept 595 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,280 messing with the researchers. He he was a little bit too. 596 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,760 Friendly as they put it when I asked them if they had had any 597 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,680 experiences in that realm and they were both very nice and I 598 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,120 mentioned that they wouldn't say friendly but. 599 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:02,720 They will say that they. Kind of stressed the importance 600 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,040 of having a large sample size, especially when you do have 601 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,520 sharks of that nature and working with sharks. 602 00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:12,400 So that way they will. Not skew your data if they 603 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,440 decide to suddenly get a little bit too inquisitive. 604 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,600 About the researchers. Which I thought was incredible. 605 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,560 You can definitely feel the. Passion and love for sharks all 606 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,520 around the room. It was just incredible. 607 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,400 It also was freezing. I was really jealous. 608 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,920 Of the girl that was sitting next to me because she 609 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,680 remembered a jacket and I was in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts and 610 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,400 dying for a jacket or a blanket or bonfire or anything. 611 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,280 So I remembered to bring one on Day 2. 612 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,680 But it was an incredible time. Doctor Yanni and Doctor Mike 613 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,080 also were kind enough to take a selfie with me. 614 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,280 And also they busted out the gelatin lollipops that they used 615 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,920 to measure shark bites and see shark bite patterns. 616 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,400 Which of course. If you watched any of shark week 617 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,120 or shark. Fest this year they did. 618 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:54,320 Bust them out on both programs, which was neat. 619 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,520 Now when the session was over, I went around and shouted a little 620 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,760 bit around the vendors, which I do want to give. 621 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,640 A quick shout out to. Peppermint, narwhal and sea 622 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,280 monkey. Apparel as they were two. 623 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,440 Of the nicest vendors I got to speak to there now that. 624 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,360 Is just who I got. To speak to, I'm not saying that 625 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:10,400 the rest of the vendors were mean. 626 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,120 No one was mean or or rude or anything like that. 627 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,800 Clearwater Marine Aquarium was also incredibly nice talking 628 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,080 about their new manatee. Exhibit which was very cool to 629 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,040 hear about so. All the vendors were incredible. 630 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:25,360 They did take a good bit. Of my money, the prices weren't 631 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:27,280 insane, it's just I wanted to buy. 632 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,920 Stuff for everyone. That I knew, so I kept getting 633 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:31,680 things for people. So it's definitely great. 634 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,720 Feel free to check them all out. Also follow Shark. 635 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,200 Khan, they have all their vendors still up and everything 636 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,400 like that, and they're also already selling tickets for next 637 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,600 year, so that's fun too. But starting in Day 2. 638 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,560 I decide to hit the. Ground running, getting a little 639 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,240 bit of the feel of the place. I participated in the raffle 640 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,160 that was going on, trying to win a couple things for friends and 641 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,320 myself and only kind of spend around $10 on it, which was 642 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,280 rather good. But I listened to a few more 643 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,120 talks by Doctor Chris Lowe and Jackson Hooton and got to see 644 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,040 the jaws panel, which was really neat. 645 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,680 Although I would have liked. To ask a few more shark related 646 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,760 questions rather than film questions, but there were so 647 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,560 many people sitting there for that panel that they were 648 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,960 standing room only at that point and I did not want to take away 649 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,360 from the people. That were die hard. 650 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,320 Jaws fans. I really wanted to ask. 651 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,440 If they had shark knowledge prior, but you know a lot of 652 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,840 people had really good film questions and as someone that 653 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,600 also loves movies. I thought it was. 654 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:28,120 Really neat to listen to as well, but just to sit back and 655 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,280 watch was great as well and I got to listen. 656 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,960 To doctor Chris Lowe talk about his experience with. 657 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,440 Tagging sharks over in California and working with 658 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,000 students. At the Shark lab. 659 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,720 They've been able to tag many juveniles and position the 660 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,480 receivers just offshore created. Grid so that they. 661 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,640 Could see movement of these sharks as well as water 662 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:49,400 temperature and depth that would almost give pinpoint data and 663 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,480 also. Would be able to provide. 664 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,360 Potential explanations as. To why the sharks are. 665 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,720 Moving in these ways so. For example. 666 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,080 One shark did not like the water temperature when it got too warm 667 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,800 and went down South to then go up into the Baja California 668 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,320 peninsula, which was rather neat. 669 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,520 But I do want to give another massive shout out to Jackson 670 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:08,720 Hooton. He gave the. 671 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,720 Last talk at Shark. Khan, but it was probably my 672 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,360 favorite. He connected sci-fi references 673 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,240 to white sharks. As it was white shark. 674 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,360 Sunday and I thought. All the talks were. 675 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,560 Great, but this one really resonated with the nerd side of 676 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,640 my brain as I am a fan of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Solar 677 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,800 Opposites. All the stuff like that. 678 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,240 One of my favorite things to do is when the topic is about to 679 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,160 change in a conversation and all randomly just chiming to go. 680 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,120 You know? I don't mean to get political. 681 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,200 But the Galactic Republic was corrupt. 682 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,200 They let a trade. Federation be part of their 683 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,640 Senate and ignored an attack on Naboo. 684 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:41,800 But why do I do this? I don't know. 685 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,000 It's not even funny, but that's just. 686 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,160 Showbiz baby. What we got to do? 687 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,120 But anyway, back on track, Jackson connected with the 688 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,000 audience of nerds as we proclaimed ourselves to be in a 689 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,120 way that other speakers had not. And if you're listening, 690 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,120 Jackson, please at least come to Shark Khan again next year, 691 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,160 because I would love to pick your brain about all the sharky 692 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,000 things. But Shark Hum was a. 693 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,680 Great way to talk to. Shark experts, meet local 694 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:06,240 vendors and just feel completely immersed in sharky awesomeness. 695 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,880 You walked in and saw a giant inflatable megalodon. 696 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,080 As mentioned, the staff was incredibly helpful and nice, and 697 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,880 I also won a Shark Lab hoodie and hat which I am still wearing 698 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,640 to this day. I need to put that on again 699 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,560 because it's getting a little bit chilly, but they're also 700 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,320 selling Jaws theme pinball machines. 701 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:27,040 I did not have $6000 to drop on one of those, unfortunately. 702 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,360 And also my apartment is not large enough to house a pinball 703 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,760 machine at this time at least. Maybe we'll do something to 704 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,320 change that in the future. We'll find out no time soon, but 705 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,960 they did have them set up and allowed anyone to play them and 706 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,680 I may or may not have been the coolest guy in the room to one 707 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,480 kid watching as I got my third multi ball in a row and set a 708 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,680 high score. Not trying to brag, but the song 709 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,560 Pinball Wizard was clearly written about me 28 years before 710 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,680 I was born. It's fine they could foretell my 711 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,160 coming but I plan on attending next year and. 712 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,560 Hopefully we'll be able to. And hopefully I'll be able to 713 00:31:58,560 --> 00:31:59,800 see some of the shark here is there. 714 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,800 If you all are there. As well I would also like to see 715 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,320 if they can book a speaker on simply getting into the world of 716 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,040 shark sciences from a non traditional way as someone like 717 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,400 myself who does not have a degree in sharks doesn't really 718 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,760 know how else to get into them other than just talking about 719 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,400 them in a podcast which is neat. But I will say. 720 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,320 If you do make it out to the con next year and it's at the Expo 721 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,600 Center once again, bring a hoodie. 722 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,840 It's in Florida in the middle. Of July, but that AC. 723 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,680 Works incredibly well. It is nuts. 724 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,600 But. That is what I have for Shark 725 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:36,440 Khan, Shark Fest and Shark Week of 2025 or 2024. 726 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,000 I don't know why I kept saying 2025, what year is it? 727 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,360 Oh my goodness. Anyway, 2024 I completely. 728 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,720 Skipped the whole year. And it took me till this point 729 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,160 to realize I don't know what year we're in 2024. 730 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,920 That's great. But anyway, hopefully we'll be 731 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,680 there at 2025. I just realized it's because 732 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,800 I've been reading the Shark Khan post and they told me that it is 733 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,360 the Shark Khan 25 tickets are selling already. 734 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,440 Oh boy. Anyway, this was 24. 735 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,000 You'll hear me mention 25 a whole bunch and then I'll have 736 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,040 to address that next year as well. 737 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:09,360 But thank you all for listening. Appreciate you all being here. 738 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,360 Please share with a friend if you'd like to someone that will 739 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,000 enjoy it, hopefully someone who might not as well send it their 740 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,240 way to why not, but thank you all for being here. 741 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,160 I appreciate you all so much and I look. 742 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,880 Forward to talking. To you in the next one.