Man: GET BACK DOWN.
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COMING IN, COMING IN,
COMING IN.
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Narrator: CURLY IS 18 FEET
OF PURE BITING MACHINE.
Skomal: OH-HO!
WITH A FORCE OF NEARLY
2 TONS PER SQUARE FEET,
IT SAWS OFF HUNKS OF FLESH
THE SIZE OF TRASH CANS.
SON OF A...
GOD!
Woman:
THE SHARK KNOWN AS AIR JAWS
WAS SPOTTED CLOSE TO SHORE.
Narrator:
1-TON, 25-MILE-PER-HOUR
FLYING GREAT WHITE.
THESE ATTACKS CAN LAST
A MERE ONE SECOND.
LIKE A CAR CRASH,
IT'S FASTER THAN
A HUMAN BRAIN CAN PROCESS.
Man: THEY'RE LITERALLY BUILT
LIKE A TANK.
THEY MAX OUT
AT AROUND 20 FEET.
THEY'RE THICK,
THEY'RE STRONG,
AND THEY'VE GOT A MASSIVE HEAD
THAT'S FILLED WITH
HUNDREDS OF RAZOR-SHARP TEETH.
SO THEY CAN ACT FIRST
AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER.
THAT SHARK PROBABLY LEFT MORE
OF A LASTING IMPRESSION ON ME
THAN I DID ON IT.
Narrator: THE THRESHER SHARK.
FISH LIKE SARDINES
SCHOOL IN DENSE CLUSTERS
AS A DEFENSE
AGAINST PREDATORS,
BUT THE THRESHER HAS EVOLVED
A COUNTER STRATEGY.
RARE VIDEO HAS CAUGHT THE
THRESHER'S LETHAL NINJA MOVE
IN ACTION,
BUT ONLY FROM A DISTANCE.
THE THRESHER SPEEDS
TOWARD SCHOOLING FISH
AND USES ITS TAIL
LIKE A WHIP.
THE TIP OF THE TAIL MAY REACH
SPEEDS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR.
Man: A BEAUTIFUL FEMALE.
SHE'S VERY BIG.
IT IS LUPITA,
WHICH IS SHORT FOR GUADALUPE.
Narrator: HEAVILY PREGNANT,
LUPITA'S TRIP IS ALL ABOUT
FATTENING UP ON ELEPHANT SEALS.
SHE COULD GIVE BIRTH TO
UP TO 14 LIVE PUPS.
LUPITA.
I LIKE THAT NAME A LOT.
THE OCEANIC WHITETIP.
THE OCEANIC WHITETIP
CAN DO THESE LONG MIGRATIONS
WITHOUT FOOD SOURCES.
Wharton:
THEY LIVE FAR FROM LAND,
FAR FROM NUTRIENTS,
LIKE A FOOD DESERT.
Narrator:
THE WHITETIP HAS EVOLVED
THE PATIENCE OF A ZEN WARRIOR,
BUT WHEN FOOD IS
SUDDENLY PLENTIFUL,
IT LAUNCHES INTO
A FEEDING FRENZY.
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THE HAMMERHEAD.
IT'S MASTERED
THE ART OF DETECTION.
ALL SHARKS SENSE
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
GENERATED BY LIVING THINGS
USING SPECIAL RECEPTORS
ON THEIR SNOUTS.
BUT HAMMERHEADS TAKE
THIS EXTRASENSORY SKILL
TO A NEW LEVEL.
THOUSANDS OF RECEPTORS
ARE PACKED
INTO THEIR UNIQUE HEAD SHAPE.
IT'S LIKE
THIS HUGE METAL DETECTOR
JUST RUNNING ALONG THE SAND,
TRYING TO SENSE LITTLE, MINUTE
THINGS UNDERNEATH THEM.
AND IT DOES SENSE IT BETTER
THAN ANY OTHER SHARK.
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Woman: WE JUST HAD A BIG HIT.
WOW. LOOK AT THAT.
Narrator:
A 20-FOOT GREAT WHITE SHARK
CALLED DEEP BLUE.
Man:
IT'S A BIG GIRL, EH?
WITH A MASSIVELY SWOLLEN BELLY,
SHE IS HEAVILY PREGNANT
AND HUNGRY.
AND IN AN EXTRAORDINARY TWIST,
SHARK CAM HAS BECOME THE PREY.
MATILDA --
A FULLY MATURED GREAT WHITE.
SHE HAS ALREADY PASSED THE
GREATEST TEST OF ANY SHARK...
...BREACHING ON PREY.
MATILDA IS A WARRIOR.
NOW SHE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL
THE YOUNG SHARKS IN THE ALLEY.
THE MEGAMOUTH.
Stone: TILL 40 YEARS AGO,
NO ONE EVEN KNEW THIS GIANT
OF THE SEA EXISTED.
SCIENTISTS DESCRIBED IT
AS AN ALIEN
COMING OUT OF THE DEPTHS.
Narrator:
WHEN IT OPENS ITS HUGE JAWS,
BIOLUMINESCENT GLOW
AROUND ITS LIPS
LURES KRILL
RIGHT INTO ITS MOUTH.
Man: SO, YOU CAN
REALLY APPRECIATE
JUST WHAT A SPECIALIZED PREDATOR
THESE ARE.
THEY'RE JUST FINELY TUNED
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
IN WHICH THEY'RE FEEDING IN.
THIS IS A SMALL ONE, AND I THINK
I MIGHT FIT IN HIS MOUTH
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