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Shark Week video contest

Posted on July 15, 2010July 15, 2010 By David Shiffman 3 Comments on Shark Week video contest
Conservation, Popular Culture, Science

The Discovery Channel needs your help! They are hosting an online contest to help promote Shark Week. Film yourself singing about sharks to the tune of their wildly successful “Boom de ya deh” ads , and you could find yourself on the air during Shark Week! Let’s get some conservation-friendly humiliating singing on there! I’ll be submitting one. Let me know if any of you are!

Here are the details:

Thanks to Abandon Fear for bringing this to my attention.

~WhySharksMatter

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3 thoughts on “Shark Week video contest”

  1. Rachel Fleming says:
    July 16, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    I made one!! 😀

  2. WhySharksMatter says:
    July 16, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    Show us a link! I wanna see!

  3. Rachel Fleming says:
    July 23, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cF7ZnVso4&feature=watch_response

    my sister (left) agreed to make one with me lol it was fun

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