[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
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[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
Casagrande:
OH, WOW.
CHECK IT OUT!
Narrator:
DEEP IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC,
A DISCARDED COW CARCASS
FLOATS OFFSHORE.
Elliott:
IT'S SO HARD FOR ME
TO DIGEST
WHAT I'M SEEING
RIGHT NOW.
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WHOA!
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JEEZ!
A SHARK HAS CAUGHT
THE SCENT.
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AH, THAT IS
A BIG, BIG SHARK.
AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.
THIS IS
A BIG ONE, TOO.
LOOK AT THIS!
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THERE'S THREE
RIGHT UNDER THE COW HERE,
BUT I CAN SEE FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.
AND THAT'S JUST
IN THE VICINITY.
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WITHIN MINUTES,
IT SEEMS LIKE,
THESE TIGER SHARKS KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
OH, YEAH.
THESE TIGER SHARKS SEEM
TO HAVE NO FEAR.
OH, [BLEEP]
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I'M GONNA GET THEM
BITING THE ENGINES.
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HOLY [BLEEP]!
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BONKERS.
THEY'RE TELLING ME,
"THIS IS OUR ZONE."
MOST TIGER SHARKS
WOULD NEVER COME UP
WITH THIS KIND OF CONFIDENCE
UNDER YOUR BOAT.
CHECK THIS OUT.
IT'S HARD TO ABSORB.
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Narrator:
BUT WHAT IS BEHIND THIS
BIZARRE FEEDING FRENZY?
THE ANSWER?
LIES IN ITS LOCATION.
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900 MILES FROM THE COAST
OF AUSTRALIA,
IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC,
IS A SPECK OF LAND --
NORFOLK ISLAND.
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IN THE 18th CENTURY,
THIS WAS A NOTORIOUSLY HARSH
AND REMOTE PENAL COLONY.
[ VOICE CRYING OUT ]
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[ WHIP CRACKING,
VOICE CRYING OUT ]
AFTER THE CONVICTS
CAME THE WHALERS,
WHO WERE FOLLOWED
BY THE FARMERS.
NOW 1,300 HEAD OF CATTLE
ROAM THIS TINY ISLAND.
BUT A SEVERE DROUGHT
IS FORCING FARMERS
TO CULL THEIR OLDEST COWS.
ON NORFOLK,
THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY
TO GET RID OF ORGANIC WASTE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN
TO SEND IT TO THE SHARKS.
