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Narrator: OFF THE COAST
OF GUADALUPE ISLAND,
A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS
ARE SEARCHING
FOR THE LARGEST GREAT WHITE
EVER RECORDED --
"DEEP BLUE."
THAT HAS LED THEM OVER AN
EXPANSE KNOWN AS "THE LEDGE."
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Man: Ohh!
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[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
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Whoo-hoo!
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Man: AH, WHAT A DIVE.
WHEN THAT THING HIT,
IT WAS JUST, LIKE, BOOM.
SHARK DOWN THERE
MUST HAVE MEASURED
AT LEAST 16, MAYBE 17 FEET.
Narrator:
WITH THE CAGE AT THE SURFACE,
THE TEAM ARE EASY TARGETS FOR
THE HUGE SHARKS LURKING BELOW.
McMillan:
THEY KEEP COMING FROM THE DEEP.
I'D SAY THEY'RE ABOUT
PROBABLY 200 FEET DOWN.
Narrator: BUT THE CAGE
ISN'T THEIR ONLY TARGET.
THE TEAM WITNESSES
ONE GREAT WHITE BITING ANOTHER
IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A PREDATORY ATTACK.
SCIENTISTS USED TO BELIEVE
THAT THIS BEHAVIOR WAS RARE.
BUT A RECENT DISCOVERY HAS LED
TO A CUTTING-EDGE THEORY --
GREAT WHITE SHARKS
COULD FEED OFF EACH OTHER.
THERE ARE SOME THEORIES THAT
WHITE SHARKS ARE CANNIBALISTIC.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH A SHARK
THAT WAS TAGGED IN AUSTRALIA.
THIS SHARK HAD BEEN EATEN
BY A LARGER SHARK.
Narrator: THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF THE NINE-FOOT GREAT WHITE
NAMED "SHARK ALPHA"
HAS FASCINATED RESEARCHERS
SINCE 2003.
MONTHS AFTER SCIENTISTS
PLACED A TAG ON HER,
THE DEVICE SUDDENLY
WASHED UP ON SHORE...
AND THE DATA RECOVERED FROM IT
LED SCIENTISTS
TO A STARTLING CONCLUSION.
