1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,760 Hello and welcome back Shark. Here is to another episode of 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,640 Deep Dives with sharks. My name is Alex and I am the 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,520 host of this thing, and I feel like everyone thinks that I'd 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:13,120 become a shark if I could, and they're right, but I do feel 5 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:17,000 like I'd miss my hands. Anyway, we're back for the third 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,480 time with Shark Week versus Shark Fest to see which I felt 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,520 portrayed sharks best and provided useful messaging or 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,320 where they failed to do so. You may have realized last year 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,880 I said it was Week versus Fest 25 because I evidently cannot 10 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:34,320 read a calendar, but this is the true and correct 2025 episode. 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,440 I would like to add that I am not paid by either Shark Week or 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,960 Shark Fest Discovery or Nat Geo, so all my opinions are formed by 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,320 watching 3 specials from Shark Week 3 from Shark Fest and then 14 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,240 comparing them. Please do not take this as any 15 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,280 excuse to send any negative comments or any sort of attacks 16 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,360 towards either organization or event. 17 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,440 They both were started to raise awareness about sharks and help 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,200 protect them and hopefully they will continue to spread these 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,720 messages. Now I also want to note that I 20 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,440 did take these notes and write them out as I was watching them. 21 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:10,200 So it may seem a little bit forwards and backwards, but 22 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,800 it'll make sense. It's chronological that you'll I 23 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,600 think you'll get it. It's not too too confusing. 24 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,960 If it is, yell at me in the comments and I'll do better next 25 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:19,920 year. Now I do want to real quick take 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,960 a second There was some very sad news the other day. 27 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,920 On Thursday morning, the Georgia Aquarium announced that one of 28 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,640 their whale sharks, Toroko, had passed away and I was lucky 29 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,880 enough to get to see him twice. The first time was along with 30 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:39,760 Alice Trixie and Yu Shawn in 2019 and then again in 2024 when 31 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,480 it was just Toroko and Yu Shawn. Now all the whale sharks were 32 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,520 absolutely beautiful. They received great care from 33 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:51,080 the team at the Ocean Voyager exhibit and these sharks were 34 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,640 initially rescued from a fish market which is what got them 35 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,200 into Georgia in the 1st place. So the options were to either 36 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,240 have them become food or other materials or live in an aquarium 37 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,120 and thankfully they chose the latter. 38 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,720 Now I wanted to send all the love possible to the Georgia 39 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,199 Aquarium and all of their staff, but especially those who worked 40 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:12,080 with Toroko as this is like losing a family member, 41 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,560 especially for them. My heart goes out to the people 42 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,680 who live in Atlanta as well who are also grieving as any of you 43 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,640 who might be taking it hard as well. 44 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:24,400 I believe me, I get it. When I found out, I had to take 45 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,480 a minute to fight tears because I felt like it was losing a 60 46 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,760 foot friend. But of course, we love and miss 47 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,920 you Toroko already. But I do want to reset the 48 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:36,200 momentum because this is a more fun episode and it stinks that 49 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,000 we have to kind of bring it down a little bit with that, but real 50 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,360 fast because everyone's probably really stressed out again and we 51 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:42,760 haven't done this in a little while. 52 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,720 We're into a little quick the exercise. 53 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:50,560 So as we shift into therapy slash counseling slash calm 54 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:56,480 voice Alec like us to real quick take a deep breath in and then 55 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,320 let it back out and then once more we're going to take another 56 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:08,160 breath in and then back out. And you can keep doing that, but 57 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,120 real quick. I also want you to just think 58 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,120 about something you really love or you really appreciate. 59 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:20,520 It feels nice, right? Just taking that moment to take 60 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:25,120 a break, kind of get away from all the hecticness and then 61 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,640 breathe in once more and then right back out. 62 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:33,040 Just remember to take care of yourselves and also it's time to 63 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,240 get started. So we're going to ramp the 64 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,520 energy a bit back up and also to stay up to date on everything 65 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,160 that is deep dive with sharks. You can hit the follow button on 66 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,000 Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram, Twitch, YouTube, Amazon Music, 67 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,760 anywhere you get your podcast or any of the social medias. 68 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,280 Once again, I don't really use Twitter as much, so if you 69 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,680 followed me there, it's kind of crickets. 70 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,880 I don't even think I've updated what episodes I've put out 71 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,960 there. But that's all right. 72 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,440 We'll get there eventually. Now I do have a little 73 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,840 correction corner to get to because we are back on the topic 74 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,680 of whether or not sharks have bones and this will definitely 75 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,880 come up again, but I got a message from Metal Fan that shed 76 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,360 a lot of light on this debate, or at least made it make sense 77 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,880 of my own brain. So sharks do in fact not have 78 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,760 bones. Other jaws and teeth are made-up 79 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,360 of calcium, but they are still cartilage and have different 80 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,320 structure than bones. So they're bone adjacent, which 81 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,680 is kind of the conclusion that my brain landed on, which 82 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,960 although bone adjacent still means no bone. 83 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,000 That's why, as they mentioned in their message, we haven't found 84 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,800 a full set of jaws. It's usually recreations or 85 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,640 things like that as the cartilage tends to wear away. 86 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,320 As mentioned before, it does depend on the source that you 87 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,680 are using. I have found websites in the 88 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:49,640 past that will 100% say with certainty that it is yes bones 89 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,880 and no not bones. So the debate will definitely 90 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,640 continue as more research comes out, but this I kind of felt 91 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:58,720 made the most sense in my own brain. 92 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,120 Now of course if you have more information on it and want to 93 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,560 send even more info my way because I feel like the 94 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,800 correction corner is low key turned into do sharks have bones 95 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,680 debate corner. And that's OK, I'm fine with it. 96 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,080 But it is one that'll probably come up again because you all 97 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,920 seem to know a lot more than I do, which is really cool. 98 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,040 But going on to the event at hand, we are going to start with 99 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,560 Shark Fest this year. Now Shark Fest, of course, is 100 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,640 the three-week event put on by National Geographic and usually 101 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,280 takes place throughout the month of July, although they've also 102 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:35,440 dipped into August and late June, so can kind of go 103 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,280 wherever. But the first show that I 104 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:39,320 watched was called Sharks of the North. 105 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:43,640 And this follows Alina or Alana, I'm not sure how she pronounced 106 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:44,120 it. I missed it. 107 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,440 Who's an ocean educator and scuba instructor in Nova Scotia, 108 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,040 Canada. Despite not working closely with 109 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,960 or really seeing any sharks in the water during her dives, she 110 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,040 worked with sharks researchers to learn more about the white 111 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,600 sharks of Nova Scotia. Which is incredible because that 112 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,840 is just something that is not usually part of her world. 113 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:03,800 But hey, let's learn more about it. 114 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,080 I love it. Now, this program gives a very 115 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,160 good background on white sharks, such as how they're warm blooded 116 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,840 and can regulate their body temperature above the water 117 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:15,640 temperature around them. And the research that has been 118 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,160 conducted in Nova Scotia, like tagging, tracking their movement 119 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,520 throughout the area. And they even tagged one 120 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,640 individual who traveled over 10,000 miles, which I wish I 121 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,240 wrote down that shark's name because that is incredible as 122 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,040 well. Now, they did share that the 123 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,840 great whites can smell a drop of blood in 10 million gallons of 124 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:36,440 water. Now, a lot of times people like 125 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,160 mention that to me and they're like, is that really true? 126 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,080 And it's like, well, yes, but it's not pinpoint. 127 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,200 Like they're not sniffing and all of a sudden are like, oh, 128 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,480 Yep, there's blood exactly 2.4 kilometers that way. 129 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,320 It's more like when you notice it's about to rain and you can 130 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,440 smell the rain coming, but you haven't, it hasn't started 131 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,440 raining yet. You can kind of be like, oh, 132 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,160 there's rain somewhere. Well, sharks do the same thing. 133 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,040 They're like, oh, there's blood, blood, but where? 134 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,760 So that's when they use their other senses to find it. 135 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,040 It's not like an exact pinpoint. They can find that drop of blood 136 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,680 amongst the water and be like, I got it. 137 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,960 They still have to search. Now they did introduce their 138 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,400 drone operator who was named Nick. 139 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,320 He's probably still is named Nick, but they showed footage of 140 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,760 a shark biting the boat that he was on a few years back. 141 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,200 And while presenting that footage, they had to call music 142 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,280 in the background, like almost uplifting, like kind of the end 143 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,880 of Undercover Boss episode type music. 144 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,600 And he discussed his excitement and his journey filming sharks. 145 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,480 And I absolutely loved that they didn't put spooky music or 146 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,680 create tension as sharks aren't bringing boats down on the 147 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,000 regular. That's orcas and it's yachts, 148 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,640 but that's different, and so about 12 minutes into this 149 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,880 program I realized I was loving it so much I could not recommend 150 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,720 it enough at this point. They've explained that sharks 151 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,840 are naturally found in the area, why they would be there, and 152 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,520 positive interactions the crew has had with sharks previously 153 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,160 was just a big old ball of shark love and it was fantastic. 154 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,160 They did a great job explaining the behaviors displayed by the 155 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,240 sharks as the great whites would come up to the bait and test it 156 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,240 out a little without fully biting any of it off. 157 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,240 They would take a pass, hold it for a couple seconds and then 158 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:09,720 spit it out if they weren't sure. 159 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,960 And the researchers discussed their usual cautious behavior, 160 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,160 especially since great whites are portrayed as mindless eating 161 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,200 machines, especially in the media. 162 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,560 So giving them this more cautious example and being like, 163 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,160 yeah, no, this is their usual behavior, not just ripping 164 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,040 things apart. It's pretty cool. 165 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,520 They also foster a healthy fear of the ocean, though, because 166 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,920 they have been kind of portraying sharks in this nice 167 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,640 light. But they did discuss the effects 168 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,159 sharks, discuss how weather effects sharks research and this 169 00:08:36,159 --> 00:08:38,919 case in a pending hurricane, force them to return to shore 170 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,200 rather than attempt to dive in unsafe conditions and also 171 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,240 talked about how sharks can bite people. 172 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,720 So it is kind of a nice ball of shark love while also giving you 173 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,000 a healthy dose of reality of, hey, you can love sharks and 174 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,440 have a great time with them, but also be careful because they can 175 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,200 hurt you. The program also paid homage to 176 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,040 the native Canadians who inhabited the land and how they 177 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,640 interacted with sharks during their time, which was incredibly 178 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,880 cool. Such as using different things 179 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,720 like using teeth in tool making and a lot of stuff like that. 180 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,000 You can also find that in the indigenous people around 181 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,120 Florida. One of the museums I saw up in 182 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,200 Gainesville, that one had a really cool exhibit that showed 183 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,560 how shark teeth were used and I thought that was really neat. 184 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,280 But yes, it's definitely something that's really cool. 185 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,000 Although they did note that the interactions between early 186 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,000 settlers and or the native people I should say and sharks 187 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,440 does tend to end historically once the European settlers moved 188 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,240 in as Europeans tend to not interact with sharks as much. 189 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,720 Now that is not to take a shot at anyone there, that is more 190 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,840 just a fact of the history of it. 191 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:44,160 Europeans weren't using shark teeth as often if at all in any 192 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,840 of their tools. Meanwhile, Native Americans and 193 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:52,440 Native Canadians, I believe also the Australian Aboriginals, and 194 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,200 I believe the Inuits as well, tended to utilize shark teeth in 195 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,800 their tools because when you find a thing that's razor sharp 196 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,360 on the beach, that's going to be really helpful thing to use. 197 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,960 Now it also captured a reality of working with sharks in the 198 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,520 field and that was that they can go days, weeks, even months. 199 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,360 So without finding what you're looking for due to weather or 200 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,520 the animals just not wanting to be in that area and a variety of 201 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:19,080 other factors, I think they waited over a month to finally 202 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,680 capture these white sharks on camera because they were mostly 203 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:25,160 just sitting on the boat. And one of the jokes they made 204 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,160 was that I believe it was the drone operator Nick kept saying, 205 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,800 I I've got a good feeling about today. 206 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,440 And the captain looked at him and said, you said that 207 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:34,800 everyday. So it is one that they do kind 208 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,600 of capture that reality because I feel like often times these 209 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,640 programs are like, Yep, you're going to get on a boat and see 210 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,080 sharks guaranteed. And that's just not the case. 211 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,600 They're wild animals. They're going to do what they 212 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,520 want to do now. They did get amazing shots of a 213 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:51,320 6m or 19 foot great white, which was really cool because of 214 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,600 course having that pay off is really rewarding for the viewer 215 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,240 as well. Even though all we did was sit 216 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,760 here and watch, it still makes it a lot more fun. 217 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,400 They did wrap up the footage by explaining how this shark being 218 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,560 here is good for Nova Scotia as it shows signs of a healthy 219 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:06,800 ecosystem. Without those apex predators, 220 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,440 the ecosystem can fall out of balance, which can have 221 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,080 devastating effects. They also discuss the benefits 222 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,680 of sharks and how they aren't as scary as people tend to assume. 223 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,280 So clearly, I mean with the notes, I feel like it's very 224 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,600 easy to tell. I love this program and highly 225 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,520 recommend all the shark here is to check it out. 226 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,520 I feel like this is one that's good for every one of all ages. 227 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,880 It's not scary, it's very cool and it gives you a lot of 228 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,040 different information. So the next one that we're 229 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,280 looking into is called Super Shark Highway, and this one we 230 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,160 focused on the first episode of 6, which followed shark 231 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,280 migration routes around Australia and why the sharks 232 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,080 migrate here, as well as looking at larger sharks that tend to 233 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,720 hang around northern Australia and why they are there. 234 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,040 So I'll be focusing on that episode out of the six. 235 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,800 Now, I'm not positive that this is the one that came out this 236 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,000 year. It could be 6 years old and I 237 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,480 just didn't realize they were doing this. 238 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,560 For those of you that missed the Shark Week versus Shark Fest 239 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:02,760 episode last year, I used to be a very strong Shark Week 240 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,880 supporter and thought Shark Fest was like whatever. 241 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,880 And then I realized Shark Khan that I went to was also hosted 242 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,240 by Shark Fest. And it kind of made me realize 243 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,560 that the programming I was looking for more laid in Shark 244 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:17,840 Fest. But I'll also talk more about 245 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,800 that later. But also, I'm very new to it is 246 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,200 essentially what I'm trying to get out of here. 247 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,360 I'm not positive that I've watched all the new ones from 248 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,400 this year. I tried to, but you know, we'll 249 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,040 get better as time goes on I'm guessing. 250 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,960 So they have two teams that split up to gather their 251 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,880 research. The first team is tagging as 252 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,720 many great whites as possible, which is really cool and they 253 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,360 know some of the individuals they are tagging as they've 254 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,920 possibly tagged them before or had at least worked with them 255 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,360 enough to identify the individual just seeing them in 256 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,400 the water. Now, this program did a 257 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,400 phenomenal job at explaining a shark's aggressive behaviors, 258 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:53,480 what might be making the shark show those behaviors and what to 259 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,040 expect from them. As many people will look at a 260 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,200 shark and be like, oh, look how cool it is when clearly we can 261 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:03,440 tell that it is darting at you in a way to intimidate you. 262 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:06,000 And people will still sit there and be like, that's so cool and 263 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,400 it's like that's about to bite you. 264 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,000 So it does do a really good job of explaining that and telling 265 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,640 you what to do when that is happening. 266 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,240 The second team was looking at sharks near Heron Island and how 267 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,360 they interact with each other and other species. 268 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,040 Now, this show, I feel fostered a healthy fear of sharks as 269 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,960 well. That may sound crazy to some of 270 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,320 y'all, as I'm usually talking about why folks shouldn't fear 271 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:31,200 sharks, but we do have a healthy fear of them because they can do 272 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,000 a lot of damage to both humans and other animals as well as 273 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,440 equipment. So as much as I'd love to say, 274 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,760 hey, I want people to see sharks as puppies, they're not like you 275 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,120 can get bit by a dog. It's not going to do as much 276 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,600 damage as being bit by a shark. Very different. 277 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,840 So I'm kind of glad they do foster that a bit here. 278 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,680 But they also can be curious, goofy. 279 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,200 And they show the same shark bumping the camera three times 280 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,960 in a row, not being aggressive, but just trying to see what it 281 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,320 was. They also showcased how 282 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,920 different senses play into a shark's ability to explore their 283 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,720 environment. They rattled the diving cage 284 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,160 door to get a shark to come closer and attracted three or 285 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,720 four more. So sometimes has a little bit 286 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,960 more of an A wider array than they intended. 287 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,120 Now they also show some lesser known species such as the bronze 288 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,360 whaler shark, which is absolutely gorgeous and I think 289 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,640 one of the first times I've seen them on film. 290 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,440 So I might love them. They might be my new obsession 291 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,400 for a little bit. And you all are stuck with that 292 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,560 for as long as you listen. And if you want some good views 293 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,160 of multiple sharks interacting, you're going to want to watch 294 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:33,760 this show. There were so many swimming 295 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,560 around and I was just in heaven watching this. 296 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,600 I want to tell you like I just want to be in the middle of it 297 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,840 all, I swear, but also mom, if you're listening, would love to 298 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,560 do that. But I'm going to tell you after 299 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,560 I've jumped into a school of sharks and that survived, So 300 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,520 don't worry. I've also made the the same 301 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,200 promise with my sister, but they also took the time to delve into 302 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,520 a lot of the sciency things that occur on field missions and why 303 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,440 they're doing them. That includes the equipment they 304 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:01,800 use such as Bruvs and fin cams, which often times it seems like 305 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,880 programs just kind of assume people know what they do. 306 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,800 This program really kind of broke down what they do so that 307 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,600 way people are really clued into what's going on. 308 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,120 I also really enjoyed watching this episode. 309 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,320 I'm excited to watch more. They have some beautiful shots 310 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,880 throughout the program. I definitely recommend this one 311 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:19,720 as well. I, I mean spoiler alert. 312 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:24,520 I think I recommend everything. I watched a little spoiler alert 313 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:31,680 for the shark week bit too. Now we lastly for shark fest 314 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,480 have shark quest hunt for the apex predator and it was at this 315 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,360 moment that my TV froze and I was sad about it. 316 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,480 So my note literally says my TV froze dot dot dot cries. 317 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,120 So just just wanted to share that. 318 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,000 Evidently Alex at the time was going through it. 319 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:50,400 We lost Heroko, it's not OK. Now this show looks at the home 320 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,080 video of human shark interaction and how to stay safe while 321 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,600 interacting with sharks. Now, I'd also like to issue an 322 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,200 apology to Ralph at the International Shark Attack File, 323 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,320 as I have made fun of him in previous Fest Versus week 324 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,080 because the guy he was working with, I was acting really like 325 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,280 doofy like, and I kind of just added Ralph into it. 326 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,480 But I did not realize they did you dirty, Ralph. 327 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,240 And I apologize. So I didn't know your game. 328 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,440 I apologize there. So yeah, Ralph, if you're 329 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,240 listening, good work. Now, this episode starts with 330 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,360 the video of the great white getting into the dive cage, 331 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,400 which thankfully no one got hurt, but also led to Mexico 332 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,520 suspending shark tourism around Guadalupe Island due to unsafe 333 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,240 practices. Now, I feel like all of us have 334 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,200 seen this video. It made its rounds around the 335 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,600 Internet. Essentially, the great white is 336 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,000 trying to figure out what is going on with the cage. 337 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,440 And one of the bars break. So he just ends up swimming 338 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,000 right on in the cage, which is terrifying. 339 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,640 So use this to discuss the tools that sharks have to hunt, which 340 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,040 I thought was really awesome. And they also had an interview 341 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,840 with the man who was inside the cage and showed he was unharmed 342 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,280 and did not fear sharks. The cool thing about this show 343 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,040 as well was that it kind of went over like the shark stats of the 344 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,160 different sharks that were involved in the videos because 345 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,400 they went right into the great white senses and how they hunt, 346 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,280 which is incredible. So they did discuss all of that 347 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,520 in this video without making the shark look like a crazed beast 348 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,040 trying to eat the person when in reality they were probably like, 349 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,960 what in the world is this? And the cage broke and they were 350 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,040 like, well, now I'm stuck in here. 351 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,480 Fantastic. So it was, it was a really cool 352 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,000 video to watch, really cool episode. 353 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,400 The next thing they do talk about is a shark bite that 354 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,200 occurred off the coast of California. 355 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,119 It was not bloody or anything, so don't worry. 356 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,840 But they do discuss why the shark may have acted this way, 357 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,720 including not appreciating someone wandering into their 358 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:37,240 dining room uninvited, which I do think was incredible as well. 359 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,320 This one really focused more on the why do these happen and how 360 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:44,080 can they be prevented versus look at how horrible the shark 361 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,800 was as some other programs had done in the past. 362 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,200 Now when discussing the next incident as well, it was 363 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,120 involving shark tourism in South Africa, they discuss what the 364 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:57,240 staff did improperly and what caused the shark to act in this 365 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,440 way. And This is why I look recommend 366 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,240 looking into any company that you are going to work with when 367 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,840 interacting with sharks as the cage they're in was not built 368 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,640 properly, which ultimately puts lives in danger. 369 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,400 So for those unaware of this incident, there was a really 370 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,720 crude shark cage put on the side of a boat and they kind of just 371 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,280 went out in the water. And then we're like, Yep, go 372 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:18,680 ahead. People like jump in. 373 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,520 And the bars that were keeping the shark out, you were supposed 374 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:25,200 to keep like your hands and feet on to keep you from like sinking 375 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,680 or floating away. And of course, a shark comes up 376 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,200 and is trying to figure out what's going on because they 377 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,720 also like threw way too much chum in the water. 378 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,680 So the shark acting on its natural instincts, it just 379 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,320 starts biting stuff, which included the cage, which it bent 380 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,320 very bad. And thankfully, the people that 381 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,920 were involved, no one got bit. Everyone was OK, but it's just 382 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,720 really dangerous to put lives in danger like that. 383 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,560 That's just so reckless for no reason at all. 384 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,480 And as exciting as it may seem, to save money and see sharks, 385 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,400 don't do the cheapest option just because it's the cheapest. 386 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,240 Make sure you will be safe and don't get in the water if you 387 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,680 feel it is not safe to do so. Now this is where my favorite 388 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,960 part comes up because for those of you that saw the episode last 389 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:12,520 year or follow on the Instagram, I posted a picture with Doctor 390 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,960 Yanni, Papa Stamatio, and he popped up on the screen. 391 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,880 So I get so excited whenever I see Doctor Yanni. 392 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,080 But I got to meet him last year as well as Doctor Mike 393 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:23,840 Heighthouse. And I also got to meet Jackson 394 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,120 Hooton. And simply the fact that they 395 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:29,080 acknowledged my existence made them my favorite shark experts. 396 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,400 So it doesn't really take much to win my heart. 397 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,200 Just in case you guys wanted to know. 398 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,360 Yeah, just acknowledge my existence. 399 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,520 It's all I need now. Doctor Yanni was here to tell us 400 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,120 about sand tiger sharks and the fact that they eat their 401 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:44,160 siblings while other sharks will eat unfertilized eggs. 402 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,320 So it was kind of neat but also very weird to come out of 403 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,000 nowhere. They covered a hammerhead shark 404 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,120 going after a kayak after the kayaker was fishing. 405 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,880 Is that what you call them? Kayaker I guess. 406 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:58,800 Kayakee. I don't know when I typed that, 407 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,240 but that word just doesn't look right. 408 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,680 But it's OK now. The program also talks about 409 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,160 shark teeth being stronger than bone, thus confirming no bones, 410 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,960 which is really cool as well. They even touch on how a shark's 411 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,480 jaws and teeth are designed for hunting particular prey. 412 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:16,080 I am blown away to think that this was my favorite program of 413 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,320 all that I watched. No spoiler the ending of the 414 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,440 podcast, but the shows do get better as I watched. 415 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,120 Now I do want to give a quick warning that there is some 416 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:27,160 language in the episode, but it is all bleeped. 417 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,160 And when I go diving and I'm live streaming it follow along 418 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,520 on Twitch, I will probably lose my mind and use a lot of 419 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,240 language too. That's very exciting. 420 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,400 And when a shark is coming at you, it's very spooky. 421 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,680 I've had to mute all the audio from when I snorkeled with whale 422 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,800 sharks and posted any of that because you can just hear me 423 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,080 yelling many words because it is just crazy to see a gentle giant 424 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,920 that close to you. But overall, I do feel that 425 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,720 Shark Week did their shark fest. Sorry, did very well once again 426 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,440 portraying sharks in their natural habitat, doing their 427 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:01,000 natural things, what to look out for and how to interact with 428 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,000 them safely. Which brings us over to Shark 429 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,040 week. So this one, the first one we're 430 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,680 looking at, it's called Black Mako of the Abyss, which is kind 431 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,000 of neat, but also a wild name. So I have no idea what it was 432 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,280 going to be about. I'm guessing a Mako in the deep 433 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,520 at this point. Now one thing that Shark Week 434 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:24,280 does that irritates me, and I've picked up on it more recently, 435 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,440 is they use a lot of negative words when describing sharks and 436 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,160 the things that they do. This one, in instance, gave 437 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,400 violent, horrific, and terrifying right off the bat. 438 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,720 So it had to do a little bit of digging to get in my good 439 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,880 graces. Now essentially they found a 440 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,800 there's a video of a very dark Mako. 441 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,240 So calling it black Mako is rather accurate, but also saying 442 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,640 violent, terrifying, and horrific. 443 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,960 Loki felt incredibly racist. Like, do they say that about 444 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,120 great whites? Yeah, they do. 445 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,920 They say that about many sharks. But you know, still, it begs the 446 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,480 question. Now, I have a lot of love for 447 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,040 Paul de Gelder, so this program does give brownie points for 448 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,040 having him. For those of you unaware, he was 449 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,720 the Navy SEAL or not the Navy. I think it was Australian Navy 450 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,000 SEAL training or something like that. 451 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,320 I forget what they call him, but he was in a training accident 452 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,600 where he got bit by a bull shark and they claimed his arm and 453 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,560 leg. But he now is a shark researcher 454 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,520 and goes on shark week all the time. 455 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,200 He's on like every shark week program. 456 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,760 It's really cool and he's really funny so I like him a lot. 457 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,200 They are trying to identify what caused the shark's behavior and 458 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,560 coloration because this Mako didn't act like normal Makos and 459 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,440 didn't act like short or long fin Makos normally do. 460 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:38,400 So it was a bit different. Now I will say, first Shark Week 461 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,480 being in California feels very weird because me used to 462 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,080 thinking, oh, great whites are thousands of miles away, but now 463 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,480 they're just over there. And it somehow feels different 464 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,440 than seeing places I recognize in Florida on Shark Week or 465 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,360 Shark Fest, which is just a side note I wanted to share. 466 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,400 It was kind of odd to be like they're pretty much just a 467 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,000 stone's throw away. OK, So what they started by 468 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,720 doing was putting thousands of gallons of chum in the water by 469 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,160 utilizing a helicopter that they used to put out fires. 470 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:07,080 Felt like a little bit of overkill, but it did look rather 471 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,040 cool. But that is kind of what Shark 472 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,760 Week does sometimes. Like they will go overkill to 473 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,960 make something look really neat, but that felt highly unneeded. 474 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:18,440 It was neat to see though. They did a great job explaining 475 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,560 Mako hunting tendencies and I do love seeing Mako shark. 476 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,400 So that was pretty great. They did a stupid little 477 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,720 cliffhanger where you make they make you think Paul got bit by a 478 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,120 shark, which is messed up because like I just said, he 479 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,640 lost an arm and leg to a shark during a Navy exercise. 480 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,080 You cannot get him bit by a second shark. 481 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,240 That's not great. But in reality, the shark did 482 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,760 not look very close to him at all. 483 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,360 So it felt rather artificial. Once they got back from that 484 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,600 commercial break, which also I had to watch the commercial 485 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,920 break because I was watching this late anyway and watched it 486 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,640 on Discovery Plus and I was not paying for AD free. 487 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,360 So I actually had to sit through an ad, which was frustrating as 488 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:58,200 all get out as well. Now I do have to give props 489 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,480 though as they discuss the genealogy of Makos and great 490 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,600 whites and how they are related and how it is possible that the 491 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:09,000 two could be the two could be mating, which would make the 492 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,800 black Mako possible. They also talked about a couple 493 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,600 different options. A lot of it was kind of 494 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,840 interbreeding and that was a lot of the, I guess theories they 495 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:23,920 came up with, but it wasn't. I mean that out there anyway. 496 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,000 And I'll also add that the Romeo shark decoy to potentially catch 497 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,880 mating behaviors gave me a solid chuckle. 498 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:34,120 That was a rather hilarious bit that I thought was in the middle 499 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:35,600 of this. And it was also really funny 500 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,240 when they showed the video of the decoy just getting bit by a 501 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,800 Mako, like really just attacked by it. 502 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,920 And Kendall, the other researcher there yells it just 503 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,520 bumped Romeo like we're a little bit past bumped. 504 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,360 He is getting bit to crap right now. 505 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,920 It was so funny. I do have to give a shout out to 506 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:56,640 Captain Keith as he does reveal his way that he catches Makos 507 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,720 and gets them to breach and do all the same things they would 508 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,920 when they're on a hook. But he doesn't have to utilize a 509 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,400 hook. He would utilize the bait and 510 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,640 put the string on it or the line on it in a certain way so that 511 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,880 way it wouldn't come off, but also it wouldn't harm the shark. 512 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,680 And eventually the shark would get for like get it far enough 513 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,800 eaten that their teeth would just cut the line and they'd be 514 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,040 able to go free. But you'd still get that that 515 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,840 shot, which I thought was incredible, I hope more people 516 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,920 utilize in the future. Now, I do think there were a lot 517 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,760 of really cool shots in the program and it showed off the 518 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,720 skill set of Makos very well. I do also have to yell at 519 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,360 Tristan a bit here as my man, he's another researcher there, 520 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,400 but my man missed two chances to get a bio sample and that's of 521 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,360 course all jokes as he did mention it was unsafe to leave 522 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:47,600 the cage for the 2nd and for the first it was just unfortunate 523 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,840 they were shuffling stuff around, he didn't have the pole 524 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,720 ready. Stuff happens and there will be 525 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,160 other chances in the future and that's kind of the main goal is 526 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,880 just getting it done eventually. The sooner is usually better 527 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,880 than later. But at the same time, as I 528 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,520 always tell you guys, do not put yourselves in danger to try to 529 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,760 save a shark or anything of that nature. 530 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,120 So in this case, trying to do shark research, don't put 531 00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:10,800 yourself in danger either. That's just not necessary. 532 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,600 Now I will say the program and ended rather abruptly. 533 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,960 I thought there was going to be more program and all of a sudden 534 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,080 the credits are rolling. So we didn't really get an 535 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,040 answer as to what was going on with this shark. 536 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,080 But I guess it's kind of how they draw you in for next year 537 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,920 because I can almost guarantee we'll see some Shark week 538 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:32,240 program that says Black Mako of the Abyss answers or something 539 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:33,840 like that. If I'm correct. 540 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,920 Someone run me my money. That's incredible. 541 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,120 But it was a really fun watch. I had a few laughs and saw some 542 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,280 amazing shots of blue and Mako sharks. 543 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,320 They didn't show off a lot of blue sharks there, which was 544 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,560 really cool. So definitely recommend watching 545 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,240 that. But of course, do realize that 546 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,040 they will have, for some reason, a lot of negative talk about 547 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:52,800 sharks, which is just kind of crazy. 548 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,080 Now. The next show that we watched 549 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,160 was called Attack of the Devil Shark. 550 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,520 Now I started by saying this better be a species called the 551 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,120 devil shark and not just here's a great white that bit somebody 552 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:07,520 and we literally demonized it. I still stand by that it was not 553 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,840 it was a tiger shark. But anyway, in a bit two people. 554 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:15,200 So a little bit different, but we're starting with spooky 555 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,280 narration and images of a tiger shark. 556 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,840 So that was just kind of crazy. They then went into the 557 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,960 narration of some say she's possessed jumping into 558 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,120 fisherman's boats. First off, what? 559 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:31,280 Second off, they showed image of the shark biting bait next to 560 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,520 the boat. Like they kind of just were 561 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,400 doing all the things that they they typically lean into that I 562 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,200 hate. Like that spooky narration, just 563 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,240 stating things that aren't true. Like what are you doing now? 564 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,080 I was going to call them out for saying that it was the same 565 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,520 shark, but then they added that they had DNA from the bites on 566 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,040 both victims that proved it was the same individual. 567 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,760 So I'm going to give them a little bit of credit because 568 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,120 normally when people are like, oh, the same shark bit X amount 569 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:02,040 of people, I'm like, in a span of how many hours across how 570 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,920 short mile? Like, no, that was multiple 571 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:05,320 sharks. There's no reason a shark could 572 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,440 be just chill in there. But anyway, in this case, it was 573 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,680 actually the same individual and it was like months apart. 574 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,760 But yeah, so they, they were right there. 575 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,760 I can't yell at them. And as much as I will defend 576 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,480 sharks, I will also be realistic and warn that sharks are wild 577 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,440 animals and can have different personalities. 578 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,680 So it is Percival that this Percival possible that this 579 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,840 shark is just a complete jerk. It is very true that he could 580 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,320 have just seen people and gone. You know what? 581 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:30,560 I'm a bite him and that's what happened. 582 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,680 The same way that you've been waiting for a parking spot and 583 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,680 someone just takes it. They're a jerk. 584 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,120 There's not much you can do there. 585 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,480 Now. The plan in this show was to get 586 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,560 samples from large tigers in the area of where the bites occurred 587 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,960 to see if they can find the individual responsible and learn 588 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,440 more about it, which I don't hate. 589 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,480 The one thing I didn't really make clear was what was going to 590 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,040 happen after they they learn more about it. 591 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,080 Like were they going to like try to just keep track of them? 592 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,080 Were they going to do horrible things to it? 593 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,440 I didn't like that they didn't have kind of a backup for any of 594 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,200 that or, or the what happens after. 595 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,480 But anyway, didn't really matter. 596 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:12,880 Now there was a horrible idea that they mentioned they the 597 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,880 divers get in the water and find a huge tiger shark and it's 598 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,520 heading off of drop off. And one of the divers literally 599 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,720 says let's follow it. For those of you who have 600 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,680 listened to the safety portions of this podcast, one of the 601 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:30,280 things I've said numerous times, do not follow sharks. 602 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:32,760 That is seen as a hunting behavior. 603 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,800 And if you are following a shark and it does not like that and it 604 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,760 notices you following it, it could act defensively. 605 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,960 It's kind of the same way if you feel like you're being followed 606 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,040 at night, you're going to pull out the pepper spray. 607 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,200 It's creepy. So don't follow a shark if it's 608 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,400 going away from you, kind of just hang out and see if it 609 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,160 comes back or if another shark shows up. 610 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,920 Don't go chasing sharks. Just like TLC taught us not to 611 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,280 go chasing waterfalls. OK Stick to the rivers and 612 00:29:58,320 --> 00:29:59,840 streams that you're used to. Gosh. 613 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:04,040 Anyway, I highly recommend watching at least the 1st 10 614 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,440 minutes as the shot of the underwater fissures was 615 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,800 beautiful. They are talking a lot about the 616 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:14,640 volcanoes in the area and it's just that shot there scratched 617 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,440 every itch in my brain, which was really cool. 618 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,000 And then keep watching a bit more because the focus on tiger 619 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,800 sharks and just how beautiful of a shark they are in general. 620 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,480 Even with a name like this program has, which I am not 621 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,600 going to lie, I already forgot Attack of the Devil shark. 622 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,120 There we go. I had to go scroll to look at 623 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:32,960 it. But even with a name like that, 624 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,720 they do show tiger sharks very beautifully. 625 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,600 And I mean, you get some wonderful, wonderful views. 626 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:43,080 It was, it was a great watch. Now please do not do what these 627 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,640 divers were doing. Once again, they were hanging 628 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,240 out right on top of the bait, staying in the water with sharks 629 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,960 showing aggressive behaviors and even calling out that they don't 630 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,160 like how the sharks are acting and then put their head back 631 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,440 down and dove into the water. Just get out of the water. 632 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,800 If the sharks are in a frenzy and there is no controlling 633 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,200 their behaviors, which nine times out of 10, it's kind of a 634 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,160 mutual respect until what, like they get triggered by the food 635 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:12,040 or something like that. And then like the guy it felt 636 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,600 like was trying to protect the bait box. 637 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,080 At this point, it's over. Like just let them do what 638 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,400 they're going to do. You get out of the water, get 639 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,240 yourself safe. Like they're the, your bait's 640 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,120 gone that you need to go get more anyway. 641 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,920 So just get out the water. Now shortly after this, they 642 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,640 decide they want to see if it's volcanic activity that is 643 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,720 causing sharks around the area to be more aggressive. 644 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,400 I don't know, I mean that's just kind of their their method and 645 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:41,640 I, I feel like that's possible, but I also feel like that's a 646 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,720 little bit far fetched. But anyway, I don't know enough 647 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,800 about volcanoes. I need to talk to a volcano 648 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,520 expert. If anyone knows a volcano expert 649 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,520 let me know. I really do not love the shaky 650 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,320 Cam when they activated the sphere to emulate volcanic 651 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,720 activity as other shots were perfectly still. 652 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,880 So it was clearly added in post and I felt added a whole lot of 653 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,520 nothing. Now, the sphere brought in a lot 654 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,760 of sharks, but I feel like sharks are often drawn to 655 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,920 electronics due to their electric output and you know, 656 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,800 the ambulate of Lorenzini. So I feel like that was kind of 657 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,960 a moot point there. But you put a lot, a lot of 658 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,920 electric equipment on the bottom of the ocean in a sphere and 659 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,800 we're surprised it brought many things that sense electric 660 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,680 pulses. I don't I don't see where the 661 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,120 disconnect was. They're like, look at this, they 662 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,880 like the volcano. Do they or do they like the 663 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,400 electric? We don't know. 664 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,840 Now they feel that was enough to approve that they're more 665 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,080 aggressive around volcanoes. And I feel like we have the same 666 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,600 sample size and are using this correlation as causation. 667 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,440 But you know, I disagree. But they're on Shark Week and I 668 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:41,920 paid to go to Shark Con last year. 669 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,760 So we're not the same. I'm better. 670 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:44,880 No, I'm kidding. I'm not. 671 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,520 But yeah, no. So it's it's very just that was 672 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,280 just a point that made no sense to me because it just you threw 673 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,200 electric in the water safely, not just shocking the sharks, 674 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,800 but normally sharks can sense their prey through the ambulate 675 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,040 of Lorenzini with their electronic pulses. 676 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,840 So the fact that you have this fear that's emulating heat and 677 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:07,160 like shaking. Well, yeah, it's it's pulsing. 678 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:08,400 They're going to come look at it. 679 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:12,080 So I feel like it's more that once again, I'm not a shark 680 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,200 researcher, I guess like kind of am not really. 681 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,360 But still it's it's I don't get it now. 682 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,760 They then decided to do a night dive and the music they chose 683 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:27,160 for the night dive and cracked me up because they chose kind of 684 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,560 like a Call of Duty style which felt like a choice because why 685 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,440 does it feel like I'm about to drop into war Zone when I'm 686 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,760 watching Shark week? Like I feel like I should be 687 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,600 relaxing on the couch not watching my 6. 688 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,640 What is going on here? I do got to give another shout 689 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,760 out to someone. Connor the shark Wrangler that 690 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,600 was AI. Didn't know that was a title. 691 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,640 It was really neat. Do not try anything he did by 692 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,440 yourself because it was incredibly dangerous. 693 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,200 But clearly the man does it on the regular. 694 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:56,240 But he lassoed a shark and because the the shark, they 695 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,880 caught a tiger shark, they were going to try to do a bio sample 696 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,760 and see if it could be one of the ones that was connected or 697 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,240 the one that was connected in the bites. 698 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:07,400 And they got the tail tied up, but then it like spit the hook 699 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,120 out. So it was kind of just like the 700 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,159 head was of course, the part that's moving, which is not 701 00:34:13,159 --> 00:34:16,280 great when the head is also where the teeth are. 702 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:20,040 And tiger sharp, Tiger sharp tiger sharks have some of the 703 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,800 sharpest teeth, or at least the best to, like, get through 704 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,880 turtle shells. So for me, I was like, this man 705 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:31,000 is putting a lasso around a shark's head that can turn and 706 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,960 bite him on a dime. That's crazy. 707 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,760 And he did so successfully without getting bit or getting 708 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,199 any blood or anything. Like there was not a whole lot 709 00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:42,400 of trouble involved. Now, one thing that kept 710 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,800 reiterating is that these sharks are aggressive, but I've really 711 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,360 only seen a few aggressive behaviors, but nothing too 712 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,199 crazy. My like, maybe I'm just not 713 00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:52,639 paying full attention at that point because I was also taking 714 00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:55,800 notes, but I, I thought it was really wild to hear all these 715 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,880 sharks are wild. They're so aggressive and like, 716 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:01,560 it's just a shark swimming. I'm like OK, rather crazy that 717 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,680 they got a real jaw scene though as one of the sharks they hooked 718 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,440 literally dragged A buoy underwater and bent the hook to 719 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,960 free itself. So that either had to have been 720 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,160 a massive shark or now thinking back on it, it could have also 721 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,120 been fake options. I don't think they faked that 722 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:22,240 because that's a lot of work for like a shot, but if they did it, 723 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:26,480 that's pretty sick. Now they got me really stressed 724 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,840 on this night swim as well. And they did first thing they 725 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,960 did was put a darkening filter over the night swim. 726 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,440 So it was already hard to see because it's night. 727 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,400 But then like when you look at the lights, you're like, even 728 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,680 these look dim and I don't think they'd be that dim. 729 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,840 And then it really had me stressed because like they had 730 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,640 this like suspenseful music going. 731 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,840 They put all these sharks in the same area and they kind of made 732 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:52,320 it feel like it was just, I mean, it, it felt so much more 733 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,000 high stakes. And then they're all shouting 734 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,840 and screaming. I'm like, Oh my God. 735 00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:02,280 So it had me stressed until a shark showed up. 736 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,480 And the narrator gives a description of a girthy 16 foot 737 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,960 tiger shark. And I had to pause because the 738 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,440 immaturity in my brain just started firing. 739 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,280 And that was that was pretty funny too. 740 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,960 Now, thankfully, unlike the previous episode, they did get a 741 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,560 sample of the monster tiger shark. 742 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:23,080 So we did at least get that nice satisfying ending of this night 743 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:26,000 dive as well. And they also ended the program 744 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,720 saying there's dozens of devil sharks around the area, which is 745 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:33,240 stupid and dumb and stupid. And I hate it because they did 746 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:35,480 things to rile up the sharks, then went, whoa, they're 747 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,960 violent. It's probably the volcanoes. 748 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:42,240 Like, no, you just jabbed a shark and then like wiggled food 749 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:44,520 in its face. And then when it was like, oh, 750 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,040 food, you're like, oh, Jesus, it's so violent. 751 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,920 Like, no, it's not. It's being a shark. 752 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,160 It's what it's doing. Like you wouldn't throw a just 753 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:57,080 piece of meat out in the Sahara cover with A1 steak sauce and 754 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,920 then watch a lion eat it and go look at how violent it's like 755 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,240 you enticed it to do that. It was taking a nap before then. 756 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:05,200 Come on. But I did like the shooting of 757 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:06,560 this episode. I thought there were some of the 758 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,360 most beautiful images I've seen from both events. 759 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,480 And there's great shots of sharks. 760 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,840 The information I felt was a little bit shoddy here and 761 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:17,440 there, but not terrible. So I gave that one a good, good 762 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,440 review as well. And now the last one I watched. 763 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:24,120 This one is so goofy and I I loved it so much, but it's 764 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,960 called Franken Shark and I first wasn't going to watch it because 765 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,240 it sounded dumb, but I gave it a shot and they showed the video 766 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:34,800 of someone getting bit by an Angel shark, which how the hell 767 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,640 did you manage that? So I'm hooked like dude, Angel 768 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,160 sharks like you really got to mess with them to get bit. 769 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,160 So it kind of cracked me up. But their goal was to combine 770 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:46,040 different sharks attributes to create a shark that can take 771 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:47,720 down one of the sharks biggest predators. 772 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,000 And orca. They're always on the back of my 773 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,120 mind. See they're what I'm always 774 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,000 looking out for orcas. They're spooky now. 775 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,480 They showcase so many sharks in the show and I love that because 776 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,400 they started with the Greenland and this blunt nose 6 gill 777 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,840 sharks, which who starts with those? 778 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,760 That's just so exciting. Like of course, of the sharks 779 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,000 I've talked about so far on this episode, we've mentioned great 780 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,040 whites, tigers, and I believe I've mentioned hammerheads. 781 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,960 At this point, I might not have. This might be the longest I've 782 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,560 gone into an episode of Shark Week versus Shark Fest and not 783 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,560 mentioned Hammerheads. But they talk about these like 784 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,840 lesser known sharks, which I thought was really cool because 785 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,720 usually the only time we get those is in the Alien Shark 786 00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:28,880 program, which is when you're looking for them. 787 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:32,160 So to kind of have them in this, like, hey, we want to showcase 788 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:33,880 these different sharks attributes. 789 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,720 Here's 2 that you don't really hear of a lot. 790 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:38,960 I thought that was sick. That was really cool. 791 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:44,600 Now they have amazing shots of whale sharks while talking about 792 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,200 the fact that they have the thickest skin and regenerative 793 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,800 properties which I was not aware of and I had to Google and found 794 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,800 out it was correct which is really neat. 795 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:58,200 Now, one thing that I did not like that Shark Week did a lot 796 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,640 this year was show a lot of sea turtle murder. 797 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:06,000 And it was like, usually it comes with a territory and you 798 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:11,200 usually get one, maybe 2 clips, but I feel like I've seen about 799 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,920 8, like just in watching these three episodes. 800 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:19,360 And I'm not quite sure why they're doing that, but there 801 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,200 was just a lot. So just just be aware. 802 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,120 Now they go piece by piece, starting with the body and 803 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:28,560 moving into the teeth and the head shape and things like that. 804 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:32,160 So they're quite literally like 3D animating this shark that 805 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:33,720 they're building to take down orcas. 806 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,160 Now, one thing that I did notice that Shark B does that Shark 807 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,480 fest does not is play these orchestral notes as a shark is 808 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,320 taking a bite, making it seem very spooky and frightening, 809 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,680 despite the divers not really showing any panic and or just 810 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,880 pushing them away. And then when someone does get 811 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,200 bit by a shark, they didn't play anything. 812 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:56,800 So like dude, pick a lane. Now I will say I'm writing this 813 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,520 during a commercial because I don't pay for AD free as 814 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,400 mentioned earlier. But I felt like the diver who 815 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,960 got bit was folding that fish a little too long which leaves 816 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:08,800 more room for getting bit. So as mentioned previously if 817 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,240 you are ever hand feeding a shark a do so with 818 00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:13,560 professionals. And also you shouldn't just in 819 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,160 general, but still it is one of those. 820 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,440 That you have to be careful. Don't do that thing where you 821 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,840 keep moving your arm across because eventually your arm is 822 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,800 going to run out of distance to like go left to right. 823 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,240 And eventually you're going to think you're still going left to 824 00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:30,400 right, but all you're doing is moving your arm backwards. 825 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,920 So now you're going more north to South, if that makes sense, 826 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,520 or like forward to back. So now you're pulling it closer 827 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:36,960 towards yourself without realizing it. 828 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,800 And that shark can sense the electric pulses that are in your 829 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,440 own body as well. And they'll like sense food and 830 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,920 be like, oh, it must be there because there's where the 831 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:48,720 electric is. And then you can get bit. 832 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,400 So I always recommend if you're going to do it when the shark is 833 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,240 coming, let it go. The shark will find it. 834 00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:56,080 You don't need to put your hand in his mouth. 835 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,720 It's OK. But the guy that did get bit, he 836 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,360 took it like a champ. I'd be crying, screaming, 837 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,880 throwing up. And he literally just went, got 838 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,400 some holes in my hand. But I'm all right. 839 00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:10,760 I got blood on the deck. That was his whole response. 840 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,920 That was it. I'd be like, I might be dying, 841 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:18,600 I'd be losing it, and he's just like, we're going to have to 842 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,600 clean the deck. That was his main concern. 843 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,720 It was wild. And I also do need to give props 844 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:26,280 once again, as it did not look like they used AI for the 845 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,880 footage, but actually used an animator for Frank and Shark, 846 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,280 which I did like. Now, they did make a statement 847 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,960 that said the bull shark is the Conor McGregor of the ocean. 848 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:38,920 And I prefer men's mental health advocate and universal BAMF 849 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,480 Patty the baddy pimlet. But go on. 850 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,480 That's just me being annoying. Now the the showcase, the bull 851 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,240 shark aggression, they're going to provoke it. 852 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,800 And when I heard this, my brain was like, what are you about to 853 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,360 do? Now? 854 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,320 The plan that they initially set out made it sound like they were 855 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,960 going to go ahead and like punch a shark or something like that 856 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,320 or like poke it and irritate it. And I'm like, this is such a 857 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,200 horrible idea. And then it stressed me out even 858 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:04,080 more because bulls work in packs. 859 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,600 And they were talking about how they're going to get one, but 860 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,680 now there's five around. And I'm like, are you still 861 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,440 going to, like, poke this guy? Like, what are you about to do? 862 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,560 And thankfully what they were about to do was just release 863 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:16,840 bait. So they made it sound like they 864 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,480 were going to smack a shark up, but instead they just released 865 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:20,800 bait. And it was like, ah, this is how 866 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:22,240 I eat. And ever like look at how 867 00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:23,240 aggressive. Like what? 868 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,120 OK. But it was rather funny because 869 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,280 I literally let out a side because I thought they're about 870 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,840 to take like a beach umbrella post and like start poking at a 871 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,640 shark until it like lunged at them. 872 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,720 And I'm like, this is such a horrible idea. 873 00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:39,200 But thankfully, they did not. Now, I didn't like that they 874 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,400 were kind of vilifying species of sharks by giving half 875 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,160 information. Like, bull sharks are 876 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,840 aggressive, yes, but there's ways to not provoke them. 877 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,680 And they highlighted how oceanic white tips have attacked 878 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,440 shipwreck survivors. Like, you could say something 879 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:52,680 nice about them right now, please. 880 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,080 But they kind of provoked this letter. 881 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:57,720 Not provoked, but they kind of pointed out like, oh, yeah, in 882 00:42:57,720 --> 00:43:01,040 this plane crash and in this, like, ship sinking, oceanic 883 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:05,160 white tips bit people. And it's like, yeah, not their 884 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:07,640 finest moment. They also bit people around 885 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:09,040 Egypt. Like, are we going to talk about 886 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,000 all the horrible things Oceanic white Tips did? 887 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,160 Like there's much better things we can talk about with them, 888 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,040 like how beautiful they are and how curious they are and how to 889 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:17,960 not get bit by them. But we didn't do that. 890 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:22,160 Now they did suggest at one point to give this Franken shark 891 00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:25,560 and epaulette sharks walking abilities and that got rejected 892 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:27,360 only for them to turn around and go hammerhead. 893 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,040 Give it a big old hammerhead which I feel is disrespectful to 894 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,560 the epaulette shark because why would you want this giant 895 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,360 hammerhead when instead you could have this orca try to like 896 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,600 go hide somewhere and then here comes the epaulette shark 897 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,760 walking around which would just be crazy. 898 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,040 So it is just a wild show all around. 899 00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:47,520 Highly recommended. And they have the shark shield 900 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:51,160 that they introduce. Now for those of you who are 901 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:54,520 unaware, it essentially is like an underwater electric fence. 902 00:43:55,240 --> 00:44:00,160 But what it does is it sends electric pulses into the water 903 00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:04,520 that are designed to confuse and cause a shark to get I guess 904 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:06,040 like lost directionally essentially. 905 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:07,880 So it tells them to turn right instead of left. 906 00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:10,040 But they can't really go over it. 907 00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:11,480 They are trying to investigate it. 908 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,080 A lot of the nurse sharks are checking it out. 909 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,560 And then some of the I think the hammer heads wouldn't really 910 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:17,520 even go near it. And that kind of made me think, 911 00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,160 I wonder if they'd try implementing this in, like, 912 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:23,200 certain beaches because, of course, shark Nets and things 913 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:25,400 like that tend to claim a lot of shark lives. 914 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,960 And my thought was, oh, well, this will work a little bit 915 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:29,400 better, right? Because it'll keep all the 916 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,840 sharks from, like, coming in. But then my brain remembered, 917 00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:35,680 like, half the problem with the shark Nets is that they can't 918 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,200 keep the sharks from swimming in from the side and then getting 919 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:39,800 caught between the net and the beach. 920 00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,240 So effectively just trapping them in with people. 921 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,720 And then secondly, I was like, what if we just move it up on 922 00:44:44,720 --> 00:44:46,080 the beach? And I'm like, I feel like with 923 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:49,200 electric and water, you don't want to expose it to air at this 924 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:50,520 point too. I'm like, I feel like we're just 925 00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:53,600 going to start shocking people. And then my thought was to bury 926 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,040 it, But I was like, you know, dudes just be digging holes at 927 00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:58,360 the beach. So essentially it's like a neat 928 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:01,320 idea, but I feel like it would need to be implemented very 929 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:02,840 strategically. And I don't think it'd be 930 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:06,680 implemented on like large scale operations or anything to like 931 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,440 protect beaches because I feel like it'll just trap sharks and 932 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,200 then end up getting them hurt and getting people hurt. 933 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,440 So that's my little take on it, but it was kind of neat. 934 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,000 So that was the thoughts I was having while watching that. 935 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:21,280 Now they did also add a thresher shark tail at the end, which 936 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,720 unnecessary but also incredibly wanted. 937 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:27,640 I this is probably the one that I recommend the most because 938 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:31,000 this show was hilarious and just a lot of fun just being goofy. 939 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,400 And the at the end, they were quite literally like patting 940 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:37,120 themselves on the back because they're like, you know, we set 941 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:40,160 out to design A shark that's going to go ahead and take down 942 00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:41,960 an orca. And I think we succeeded. 943 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,640 And it's like you had unlimited conditions. 944 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,440 It just had to be a shark and use shark parts. 945 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,000 You gave it a whale shark body with a hammer head and tiger 946 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,000 shark teeth just to give away some of the things that they did 947 00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:57,840 and the thrasher shark tale. You think you're going to lose 948 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:01,080 in what world? Like you should win if you don't 949 00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,440 win. That's embarrassing, But it was 950 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:05,360 a lot of fun. I I had a lot of good laughs at 951 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:07,680 it. I think it was a lot of fun for 952 00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,920 anyone to watch and also it I I do appreciate the fact they did 953 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,720 not just use AI to create this shark and they actually had like 954 00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:16,960 a little battle at the end, which wasn't much of A battle as 955 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,760 much as just watching some made-up shark beat the crap out 956 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:23,360 of an orca, which further crimes that port and Starboard have 957 00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:26,520 committed. I feel I'll watch a virtual orca 958 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,280 get attacked. Feels fair enough. 959 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:33,120 But to give the little compare section here, we're going to get 960 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,400 to the section where I talk about what I did and did not 961 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:37,280 like about these programs did overall. 962 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:40,120 And of course, I did take a small sample size and was rather 963 00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:41,640 busy. So I did not get to watch these 964 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:43,800 events during their running on TV this year. 965 00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:46,680 I had to watch them on Disney Plus and Discovery plus. 966 00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:50,040 Once again, not sponsored. I was pleasantly surprised this 967 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:52,800 year though as I felt last year's Shark Week really hyped 968 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,720 up the violence and gore of what sharks can do, but I felt like 969 00:46:55,720 --> 00:46:58,200 it was much more toned down, at least in the programs that I 970 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,920 watched. Overall, I think both programs 971 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,520 did a good job showing off different sharks abilities and 972 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,600 their physical features that allow them to have these 973 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:07,760 abilities. Where I feel that they differ 974 00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,360 though, is that Shark Fest still portray sharks in a more 975 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:13,280 positive light and comes with the intention of educating folks 976 00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:16,360 about how cool, yet also dangerous sharks can be. 977 00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,800 I felt Shark Week covers a more entertaining narrative, though 978 00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,160 possibly leaving out some information. 979 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:26,840 As for what I felt did the best job, well that simply depends on 980 00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,920 what you are looking to get out of the experience. 981 00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:32,120 If you're someone like me who loves sharks with every fiber of 982 00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:34,680 my being and wants sharks to be viewed the same way we view 983 00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:37,680 puppies and literally shed a few tears after finding out Toroko 984 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,720 the whale shark from the Georgia Aquarium past, you'll want them 985 00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:43,200 portrayed in a nicer light and want to learn as much as you 986 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,400 can. And that's where Shark Fest is 987 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,920 fantastic. But if you want more excitement, 988 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,800 tense moments, storytelling, being able to see the force and 989 00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:54,040 power of a shark and aren't really worried about getting 990 00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:57,320 every detail exactly right, then Shark Week will definitely 991 00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:00,200 scratch that itch. Of course, you do not have to 992 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,880 pick one or the other. I usually try to watch both but 993 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,600 as mentioned things got hectic so I watched after they aired 994 00:48:05,720 --> 00:48:08,840 but it was still a great time. I don't want to say they did a 995 00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:10,320 bad job. I will say that I feel like 996 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:13,160 Shark Week expects viewers to already have somewhat of a love 997 00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,600 and respect for sharks before watching their programming and 998 00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:18,200 expecting those who fear sharks to already not be watching. 999 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,080 But Shark Fest takes into a consideration that many coffee 1000 00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:25,080 cups say caution hot on them, and viewers may need a gentle 1001 00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:27,520 introduction into loving sharks before they can handle more 1002 00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:30,240 graphic content. So I highly recommend watching 1003 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:32,800 both programs as I had a lot of fun watching them and believe 1004 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,600 they taught me a lot I didn't already know, which I learned 1005 00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:38,240 every year. And I will say in the past, I 1006 00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:41,640 have given both Shark Week and Shark Fest their flowers as 1007 00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:43,400 beating the other one. And this year I kind of gave it 1008 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:46,160 a tie because I feel like there are things that people are 1009 00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:48,320 looking for. There's a reason why there's a 1010 00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:51,160 horror movie genre. Some people like that spookiness 1011 00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:54,120 and that scariness, and that's where you'll get a lot of that 1012 00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:56,720 in Shark Week. Shark Fest does have some of 1013 00:48:56,720 --> 00:49:00,720 that as well, but it does come, I feel more still with an 1014 00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:04,000 education factor that does try to prove, well, here's why this 1015 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:07,440 happened and here's how it has been prevented and here's what 1016 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:09,000 we're doing to make sure it doesn't happen again in the 1017 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:10,800 future. Meanwhile, I feel like Shark 1018 00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:13,080 Week will sometimes end things like they did with Attack the 1019 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:15,000 Devil Shark. Well, they'll go, there's dozens 1020 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,840 of devils in these waters and you're like, OK, come on. 1021 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:21,520 So there's dozens of sharks everywhere, Let's be real. 1022 00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:24,920 But that is what I have for this year's Shark Week versus Shark 1023 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,840 Fest. I apologize for not having a 1024 00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:31,120 shark con section, but I moved away from Tampa so it's kind of 1025 00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,920 harder to go there and flying back would be expensive. 1026 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:36,240 So possibly next year we'll find out. 1027 00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:38,480 But I do appreciate you all listening. 1028 00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:41,760 Please give us a rating anywhere that you are allowed to tell 1029 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,400 your friends about it. Come join us on the weekends for 1030 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,120 a stream so that way we can talk more things sharky. 1031 00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,480 And of course, I will see you guys in the next one. 1032 00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:51,240 Take care.