"There is that 30% where the shark behaves like it did in this case, where it came back and killed the person." He has also worked in education, editing and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. The adult Great White female can grow to a height of 6.1 m (20 ft) and weigh 1905 kg (4200 lb) when fully grown. 100%. They put all this bogus crap on shark week and advertise it like its real. OMG!!! Why should I trust anything else produced by Discovery Channel now? Im done. Old cells hang around as we age, doing damage to the body. Like the guy Boyd Roe I mean(mark elderkin). I just noticed that the video evidence of the cunning behavior of Submarine they showed is actually filmed in the Gulf of Mexico. Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine premiered on Discovery on Sunday night. Even the limber holes which allowed water to pass inside the Akulas outer hull had retractable covers to minimize acoustic returns. I had just been saying how the jaws outlook is no longer, and people are now curious and excited about sharks. Most shark species have dumped this arrangement for five gills. I agree with that viewer as well. There is a real problem with the destruction of sharks by fear, fishing or for their fins by people in Asia. A better name would be the Mythology Channel.. In actual science taking bits and pieces of factual information and crafting them into a knowingly false story is EXTREMELY disdained. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk. Why wetlands are so critical for life on Earth, Rest in compost? After finding out this program was fak, I cant let my children watch this garbage any more. Im surprised they didnt interview the shark to get his side of the story. dying!!!!!! Shark week aka ancient aliens. I watched this show believing that what I was watching actually happened. from the University of Cape Town studying the anti-predator tactics of Cape fur seals in Shark Alley, Geyser Rock, South Africa. Right. They were armed with two externally mounted 53-centimetre (21-inch) torpedoes or mines and were intended to attack coastal shipping. What, they didnt notice that earlier, before going through that old footage from the rigs? The irritating thing is that they present these farces as controversial. Copyright 2023 Center for the National Interest All Rights Reserved, long and eventful history of submarine disasters. Add . . Both my boyfriend and I are guilty of believing this disgusting show. Im hoping that the tag will shed light on the sharks home range and maybe, since its a male, the location of breeding grounds., The teams success is proof that animals can be successfully tagged in the deep sea from submersibles. Thirty years later they remain the mainstay of the Russian nuclear attack submarine fleetand are quieter than the majority of their American counterparts. It had the man's body in its mouth, and his arm was in the air. God I love Reddit. Im so disappointed in Discovery Chanel for including a fake documentary on Shark Week! I could just scream. if I want to see some fake shark garbage I watch sharknado I mean seriously Ive been watching Shark Week since I was a little kid now I have to explain the my little kids that this is fakeDiscovery Channel has really disappointed me again thank goodness for DVR I didnt waste two hours of my time. hmmm. Ok rant done. I believe nothing else Descovery Can ell says now they have discredited themselvestheir Producers should be firedand me personally. The IUCN Red List identifies bluntnose sixgills as being in danger of extinction worldwide, but the population is unknown. Guess others thought that it was real and possibly alive todaymaybe like big foot or the lockness monster. It was uploaded to social media by Gavin Naylor, a Professor at the University of Florida, where it has received more than a million views. Shark Week hasdone it again with their Shark of Darkness nonsense. http://profile.typepad.com/melthurmond. and talking about its enormous size. http://submarinesightings.typepad.com/, Now you might think hes been blogging since January. Disgraceful! 09:27 GMT 03 Aug 2019 Posted on May 23, 2022 by 0 Submarine shark pushes man out to sea. Whether we find body parts, it's very unlikely. We can make very exciting features with awesome footage of real sharks with a little dramatization but dont need to make fake-you-mockeries. I am so angry that Discovery thinks that fooling viewers like this is worthy television. This feature on Submarine or any shark for that matter should be based on the facts and if any ACTUAL footage exists, have that be included. After the prolific Victor class and expensive titanium-hulled Sierra class, construction of the first Project 971 submarine, Akula (Shark), began in 1983. I was very upset after watching this show. But I also kept saying, these people seem like actors. Plus, little is known about Greenland sharks, and discovery should spend more time on documenting stuff like that than making up things to lead people astray. K signing off from Belgium. These submarines are very easy to keep, pilot, and maintain. i went home right after that amazed but scared, i had sucked up my seat cushion. Second: Discovery Channel-You make me sick. Also it was weird how EVERYONE on the boat seemed to be prepared with a camcorder and compelled to film themselves and everyone else in b-style horror movie fashion before takeoff (almost like they were introducing a cast) also they just watched the shark lead the one guy out to sea and kill him. ), We really do not know much about the oceanand the little we do know is in the top 500 meters (1,640 feet), reflects Naylor. Watching this stopped me again. Megalodon drew 5 million viewers, but Shark of Darkness drew 3.8 million, a significant decrease from the previous audience. Soviet shipyards pumped out seven Akula Is while the U.S. Navy pressed ahead to build the even stealthier Seawolf-class submarine to compete. I refuse to watch anymore of it. A Blue Planet II submarine was shoved by sixgill sharks last summer. What are they trying to accomplish by this? I sent a complaint to Discovery last year after that horrible Megaladon show and its obvious they didnt care. The reality is it is human nature to try at almost any cost to rescue another human being. "More than 70% of recorded great white attacks on humans result in just the shark biting and then leaving," she said. Prop is a real great white shark that was wounded by a direct hit from a boats propeller in Gansbaai, South Africa. We recommend Feedly for RSS management. TLC is no longer a legit channel in my mind. The Chrtien government bought the submarines second-hand from Britain in 1998 at a cost of $750 million. According to the Marine Technology Society, as of 2017, there are only 14 crewed underwater submersible vehicles dedicated to science in the world. This predilection for deep water makes bluntnose sixgills a difficult bunch to study. Shawn Larson, the curator of research at the Seattle Aquarium who has long studied bluntnose sixgills in the Puget Sound, is excited to see what new evidence the tag holds. A 33-year-old Florida man will face criminal charges after he allegedly beat a shark with a hammer at a Florida beach in December 2022 and then returned it to the ocean, an incident that was . I want to see real facts and videos of sharks. I thought the point of Shark Week was to dispell these myths. The monstrous predator swam out of the gloom at 528 metres below the surface, where sunlight cannot penetrate, in Cape Eleuthera off the coast of the Bahamas. Guess Im going to change my channel to NatGeo and watch SharkFest instead. Unbelievable discovery ! I feel a bit betrayed. From pioneering the use of solar energy to helping to eradicating disease, here are just a few ways the 39th U.S. president has made the world a better place. So why would they say Hout Bay? Thanks Discovery.. This cat-sized shark in the photograph to the right does not appear intimidating, but it possesses the ability to destroy an entire nuclear submarine, making it a potential threat. Youre ruining Shark Week. An Otto electric motor has 14 rows, and a 13 horsepower (9.7 kW) gasoline engine with 13 rows. Complete nonsense, discredits every other show they air. Lmao. It is a feared predator of the deep ocean, and is known to attack and eat anything that it can fit into its mouth. 14 min. Oh it seems on this page the user cant edit the dates for when posts where made. HOWEVER, In The Past Few Years its become apparent that its not as truthful and informational as it used to be. That they have no more viewers. Discovery channel no longer has any credibility and I will not be watching it anymore. These animals can sniff it out. This species is found throughout the world in abundance. Discovery . Jim B. hmmmmm. I look forward to Shark Week all year and this just ticks me off. More people in the age group of 25-54 watched Shark Week programming this year than last. (Take the quiz: How much do you know about the deep sea? Did I just waste 138 min watching a fake documentory? Sharks have also been the focus of numerous. On the third night, a pesky grouper swam by at exactly the moment they had fired at a sixgill, intercepting the precious tag. We watch shark week for facts not fiction. I plan to study sharks once I complete my degree and its shows like this that will make my job more difficult. I miss what the Discovery channel used to be. Very disappointing Discovery! So I can only assume that Discovery Channel chose to include this very real tragedy in order to somehow legitimize their fake-u-mentary. Usually very critic to what looks fake..but Shark of darkness looks incredibly real and truthful..thx so much then for such a professional scientist to add some facts..thank u Michelle..especially for the revealing of the distance between the 2 locations mentioned in the programme I mean seriously the dude last nightThe human shark that will eat anything? Seaview is designed and built by scientist and engineering genius Admiral Harriman Nelson (USN-Ret). maybe?? This would make the submarine considerably smaller than the great white shark. I hate it enough when these stupid Satirical (AKA FAKE!) Thank you for that detailed explanation. The reality is at least one of these four would have been attacked during the swim from the shipwreck to the cage. And testifying to it. I think Discovery Channel is reaching their lowest point in history. There have been plenty of shark attacks near Africa and Australia. Shame on you!!! I too was lmao when they actually said submarine watched the killer whales and learned from them.what?? The submarine shark is a large predatory fish that can grow to be up to 20 feet in length. I get the entertainment factor, it just seems that it goes against everything discovery channel is supposed to stand for. Also, way to be commitmentphobic Discovery Channel, last year Submarine was a relic Megaladon, and now hes been downgraded to just a fucking huge Great White. K-129 was a Soviet Golf II-class diesel-electric ballistic-missile submarine launched in 1959. To be perfectly honest When i was watching there were a couple things that rang alarm bells in my mind that it might be fake. However, even as the Soviet Union collapsed, it launched the first of five Project 971U Improved Akula I boats. Ltd. Navi Mumbai Maharashtra 400614 2022. Terribly disappointing but expected..which is the worst part. There ruining the sharks reputation. I was looking forward to watching the documentary but based on your very factual report I will now not be watching. The man was terrified and tried to swim back to shore, but the shark kept pushing him further and further out. It came from below and grabbed the man. Conducting research on one of those submarines would be orders of magnitude more expensive than tagging sharks from a boat. Bad enough theses sharkumentaries are all human attack centric. There is so much more out there to air. It sucks! Which was subsequently found by Mel Thurmond who comments about wanting to know more about the footage and hes been doing shark research in that area. Or that schedules are prepared months ahead of time. If Discovery wants people to believe their shows they really shouldnt use actors that have been in several movies. The mermaids thing the year beforeyeah pretty much the same thing, I never really bought into it. After a deadly attack at Fish Hoek six years ago, shark spotters were posted on mountain slopes to look for sharks close to popular swimming spots. My son and I have been watching shark week for 25 years..please dont end a family tradition! Though he couldnt see well, Naylor felt confident he could predict where the shark had gone. Sharks are some of the most iconic sea creatures. Never saw it, have no proof etc. But despite outside support and resources, things did not immediately look promising. I wont lie I totally bought that crap too. Sharks are some of the most iconic sea creatures. Its disappointing to lose trust in a somewhat reputable source (unless ive been made a fool of all this time), So much for discovery,makes you want to change the channel or better yet, turn it off and go experience the real world. This is absolutely disappointingthere should be no shark week if it continues like this. Think Loch Ness. Did you guys forget to hire a script supervisor? They never saw him because he was still and vertical right? $12.00 . At the time, this submarine was the smallest in the Kriegsmarine.a Beretta (submarine)class. Nah it is sharks nature to just chomp! After all, its not like these things take months to make. I want to protect sharks and these kinds of shows just make people want to kill them. The older Kashalot even has been honored for tailing a foreign submarine for fourteen days. All of these incidents have highlighted concerns that the U.S. Navy needs to refocus on antisubmarine warfare. Also you had me until you said that submarine stopped and waited for the right time, and pushed the man further out to sea to separate him from the others, thats actually laughable , orcas yes ,great white.not !! As the team lowered Nadir, a bulbous three-seat submarine, into the waters off of the Bahamian island of Eleuthera on June 29th, the rain that had pummeled them that afternoon began to wane. I have to admit that I actually enjoyed the MOVIE. To think of some kid watching this and taking it in as fact annoys me to no end. 10:04 GMT 03 Aug 2019. Michelle Jewell (Wcisel)isa Zoologist specialized in predator/prey behaivour and the Scientific Communicator forEDNA Interactive. The aircrafts propellers were rated at 32 horsepower (24 kW). She recalled: "My husband had just pointed out how far the man was swimming from the other people. Instead we got a viewing experience wherein a giant shark has, in addition to its many other newly acquired (and impressive) array of skillsets and tradecraft, developed a reverse gear which allows him to forgo with all of the messiness which a universal law of general applicability entails. Did not seem right that they filmed this while people were supposedly dying. Assassin's Creed is a thriving franchise and this is the installment that sent players out to sea during the time of pirates. Their target was the bluntnose sixgill, a massive creature with glittering emerald eyes and six gills to most sharks five. The acting and special effects were so bad, it felt like self-parody. Wow.I was flipping through channels when I began watching. Everyone who has worked on white sharks has seen their version of the Submarine, but it does not actually exist. I know some parts did look fake and i know it even said some parts were dramatized. 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. 4 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. Story. All rights reserved. So, of course, were led to believe this entire documentary and its core premise was all put together in less than 2 weeks in order to be the premier event of Shark Week. How STUPID am I????? With the somewhat obvious visual effects I doubted it. There are so many people watching this and thinking that this is true. The idiot's guide to commanding a German submarine and fleeing to America with it. This sharks injuries were first identified by the Dyer Island Conservation Trust. Great job Discovery channel execs. then i thought, this is too much like blair witch and why would families give permission of their family members being devoured by a shark to be shown on t.v.? As always, a brief and vague disclaimer appears during the show. Its a shame that an educational program has turned to this. Sure you would have to dramatize scenes because it is very doubtful you would have enough actual footage for a full length hour or two feature, but this happens all the time. Phillip brown was spearfishing barramundi off the coast of queensland on. Ms. Wcisel, thank you for your article on this ridiculous show. Sharks have also been the focus of numerous. Unauthorized use is prohibited. But, now I feel like a fool for believing in it. 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