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.
the great white shark looks so cool
sherk a so mean
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!
that is cool
thats not a great white its a tiger shark. Anyway sharks are not mean they just need to eat.
megladons are bigger then anything.there not instinkt.
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.
cynthia st. clair i think your right SHARKS DO NOT HAVE HUMAN MOTIVATIONS THAY ARE JUST LIVING THERE LIVES!!
Interesting!
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?
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
Fascinating! Exceptional photography! Evolution has produced creatures that the mind of man could never have imagined.
I swam with sharks at the Blue Hole in Belize, it was great! Next stop South Africa!
i told my teacher about this show and she didnt believe me
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!
this show was INCREDIBLE. I enjoyed it so very much. amazing underwater footage. with really good detail. congrats to the film makers A++. pbs rocks!!
Thank you for expanding my world. you never cease to amaze me!!
I can never get this game on the screen; so I do not know what it is about. Every time I try there is always a really long introduction and I do not like it one bit. But the game is fun once I get through the introduction. Soooooo cool!
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