This is a cool show - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gfq9w/Natural_World_Great_White_Shark_A_Living_Legend/

Watching it now, its surprising how much you can learn about an animal when dont have that irrational fear of it.

Is this another documentary that spends as much time focusing on the skills of the presenter as it does its subject?

Quote from: Clockd 0NeWatching it now, its surprising how much you can learn about an animal when dont have that irrational fear of it.

You learn even more when it mistakes you for a seal...

Really Great whites dont normally go for humans, they seem to not like the taste of us. Most people actually survive bites from them, although the damage is quite drastic. This idea though is controversial, the shark may be just waiting for its meal to die before tucking in and then the body gets stolen out the water.

Quote from: GWsharkHey!! Thats my meal you thieving bastards. Ive not finished. Bring it back!!!

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Quote from: Clockd 0NeWatching it now, its surprising how much you can learn about an animal when dont have that irrational fear of it.

You learn even more when it mistakes you for a seal...

Really Great whites dont normally go for humans, they seem to not like the taste of us. Most people actually survive bites from them, although the damage is quite drastic. This idea though is controversial, the shark may be just waiting for its meal to die before tucking in and then the body gets stolen out the water.

Quote from: GWsharkHey!! Thats my meal you thieving bastards. Ive not finished. Bring it back!!!

Its not just white sharks that dont like the taste of us, the international shark attack file lists very few attacks where the victim was actually eaten. In the case of sharks like the white more recent evidence suggests that rather than mistaking us for prey as was previously thought (and biting and rejecting once it realises you arent a seal) you are more likely perceived as another animal competing for the same prey, so bites and nudges (nudges can be just as damaging, if not more so than a quick bite given how abrasive shark skin is) are a swift warning to stay out of the way or a means to establish dominance. Unfortunately for us we just arent as tough as sharks so a bite that another shark would shrug off will likely leave us missing limbs and potentially bleeding to death.

Ive have a fascination with sharks ever since I saw basking sharks off the Isle of Arran when I was a kid, and they are a subject I do like to delve into from time to time. Ive actually only recently finished reading a paper regarding observations on the predatory behaviour of great whites in South Australia. Intriguing stuff. Diving with great white sharks would have to be one of those "must do before you die" ambitions.

Preferably not a do at the same time as you die option. I have eaten shark before, several times, reminds me...

Quote from: Chinese cookYou eat him while you got the chance, he eat you if he get the chance

A person on a surfboard looks a lot like a seal to an underwater shark, same as people on a beach can appear obscured due to the waves. In either case the shark takes what to it is a taste and the result is a massive slice half way around the persons body.

zpyder, theres the presenter/scriptreader, a South African shark expert, the sharks and seals. Its most definitely interesting though.

I might give it a watch then

I just cant stand "documentaries" like the one with that freediving lass. They spend more time focused on her in her skintight silly wetsuit talking about how amazing her abilities are, than actually filming and talking about the fish

Quote from: zpyderI might give it a watch then

I just cant stand "documentaries" like the one with that freediving lass. They spend more time focused on her in her skintight silly wetsuit talking about how amazing her abilities are, than actually filming and talking about the fish

You may be mildly dissapointed then. I watched it earlier this morning while working whilst the camera work is excellent it focuses on "one man", doing a sort of thing that "no one has ever done before" (free dive with great whites). To be honest turn the volume down and just enjoy the cinematography.

Quote from: zpyderI might give it a watch then

I just cant stand "documentaries" like the one with that freediving lass. They spend more time focused on her in her skintight silly wetsuit talking about how amazing her abilities are, than actually filming and talking about the fish

What show is this?