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Sharkland
Introduction

The waters off the tip of Southern Africa are a haven for sharks. Roughly 140 different species inhabit the cold waters along the western coast of the continent and the temperate seas along the east–huge, but harmless whale sharks, and predators like the fearsome Great White, 15-foot-long tiger sharks, swift short fin makos, and the sand tiger shark, one of a surprisingly large number of cannibalistic members of the animal kingdom, in which sibling rivalry reaches murderous extremes.

In Sharkland, you’ll learn why species that are normally found oceans apart converge in this one relatively small stretch of coastline, and you’ll be introduced to many of these unique animals, including the catsharks of the Agulhas Bank a 155-mile-wide stretch of shallow warm seas off the southeastern tip of the continent, Southern Africa’s richest fishing grounds. You’ll also explore nature’s most extreme sharks – the fastest, fiercest, smallest, and strongest – and discover the innovative adaptations that have made the Great White such an efficient killing machine.

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Online content for Sharkland was originally posted May 2007.


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kimberly -- November 19th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

the great white shark looks so cool

jessica batdorf -- November 20th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

sherk a so mean

AmbiBambi -- December 4th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

holy cow i was in the ocean with a shark cause a guy was fishing at the beach on shore(weird) and wen he released the shark it was in the water a couple feet away from me and my sisters luckely it was a tiny baby shark though but we got out the water in time!

esmeralda -- December 10th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

that is cool

viviee -- January 22nd, 2009 at 8:48 am

thats not a great white its a tiger shark. Anyway sharks are not mean they just need to eat.

holden mathers -- March 18th, 2009 at 5:14 pm

megladons are bigger then anything.there not instinkt.

Cynthia St. Clair -- May 28th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

Viviee I agree…it’s a tiger. To call a shark “mean” is silly…they don’t have human motivations, they are just living their lives.

tayler272 -- July 4th, 2009 at 1:17 am

cynthia st. clair i think your right SHARKS DO NOT HAVE HUMAN MOTIVATIONS THAY ARE JUST LIVING THERE LIVES!!

Mike -- August 17th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

Interesting!

Nolan -- August 24th, 2009 at 5:31 pm

At the end of the show it said we could come to this sight and find the fastest, biggest(the whale of course) and other information. I found none of this. Why?

Josef Touet -- August 24th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

I was in south africa in 1957 from august-october and
each weekend i traveled to the caop of good hope i never forget the thinks i have seen there.it was one of the best tomes of my life.i was living on sea point
direct on the beach.beautiful indeed Josef Touet

John -- August 29th, 2009 at 9:37 am

Fascinating! Exceptional photography! Evolution has produced creatures that the mind of man could never have imagined.

Ed Minera -- August 31st, 2009 at 12:58 am

I swam with sharks at the Blue Hole in Belize, it was great! Next stop South Africa!

Jennifer -- September 3rd, 2009 at 8:14 pm

i told my teacher about this show and she didnt believe me

dena -- September 11th, 2009 at 1:31 am

My 9 year old used this show as a guide for her science project. The project was on making a food web using 2 or more food chains… all the different species of shark and what they eat made this much easier for her. Thanks!

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