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Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine is a fake documentary

Posted on August 10, 2014March 18, 2015 By Michelle Jewell 119 Comments on Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine is a fake documentary
Popular Culture, Science

Shark Week has done it again with their Shark of Darkness nonsense.  This show goes after everyone, from the whale watching industry, to shark cage diving, to South Africa as a country, and literally broke my heart to watch.

As always, a brief and vague disclaimer appears after all the credits have rolled.
As always, a brief and vague disclaimer appears during the show.

The fake-u-mentary is supposedly based in Hout Bay, but continually shows a map of Dyer Island and Geyser Rock and refers to Shark Alley that are all in Gansbaai, ~100km to the east.  So why would they say Hout Bay?  If you google “boat capsized in Hout Bay”, you will find that there was a boat which capsized outside of Hout Bay in 2012, killing 2 passengers onboard.  This boat was capsized by heavy swell in the middle of the day and had nothing to do with a shark, let alone a mythical one.  So I can only assume that Discovery Channel chose to include this very real tragedy in order to somehow legitimize their fake-u-mentary.  This is horribly insensitive.

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Shark Science Monday: Christopher Neff discusses shark management policy in the US, Australia, and South Africa

Posted on January 25, 2011January 25, 2011 By David Shiffman
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In this week’s edition of Shark Science Monday, Christopher Neff discusses how shark attacks play a role in shark management policy in three countries- the United States, Australia, and South Africa. If you have a question for Christopher, please leave it in the comments and I’ll make sure it gets to him.

Shark Science Monday: Geremy Cliff discusses South Africa’s “shark control” program

Posted on January 10, 2011January 12, 2011 By David Shiffman 2 Comments on Shark Science Monday: Geremy Cliff discusses South Africa’s “shark control” program
Conservation, Science

In this week’s edition of Shark Science Monday, Geremy Cliff of the Kwazulu Natal Sharks Board discusses South Africa’s “shark control” program. If you have a question for Geremy, please leave it as a comment below and I’ll make sure that he receives it.  

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