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Shark Attack |
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Sharks and their attacks on both animals and humans are the focus of this episode of Nova, in which daring photography and intelligent narration are vividly combined. Great white sharks are profiled through a visit to scientists who study the massive and deadly fish near the Farallon Islands, off the coast of northern California. Every year the great whites congregate to hunt seals and sea lions, and a team of scientists gathers to photograph the sharks as they hunt. Venturing close in a 14-foot boat, a craft smaller than some of the predators, takes guts, especially when there's blood in the water. The footage shot with underwater cameras dangled from the boats is both beautiful and terrifying. The results when a decoy fitted with a camera is floated in shark-infested water are even more spectacular: heart-stopping shots of a determined shark racing toward the camera and attacking it with an incredibly violent bite. A visit to Hawaii covers the subject of tiger shark attacks, with a particular emphasis on their occasional ambushes of humans and what that may portend for the future of sharks in the ocean. This is a wonderful introduction to the world of sharks, with photography good enough to induce nightmares. --Robert J. McNamara
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