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Tracking the Most Elusive Shark Species | Expedition X | Discovery
Tracking the Most Elusive Shark Species | Expedition X | Discovery
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No sign of Sandra yet.
0:02
>> None.
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>> I'm starting to get a little worried.
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>> Sandra, do you copy?
0:08
Do you copy?
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I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
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>> Hang on. I see something.
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Holy
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>> Phil, quick walkie
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>> Walkie check. Can you hear me at all?
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I think I found a big cave.
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>> YOU FOUND A CAVE?
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OKAY, BE CAREFUL.
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K 844
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>> The water here feels completely
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different. Like it's sucking me in.
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>> How far back does it go?
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>> I don't know. Doesn't look safe to go in
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there.
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>> Do you want to grab the ROV and see how
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far back that cave goes?
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>> Yeah, for sure. Send it down.
1:01
>> Who knows how deep or narrow this blue
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hole gets, or whether the Lusca Sammy
1:05
saw might be hiding in the cave Phil
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found.
1:10
But the ROV can safely go where Phil
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can't.
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>> I see the cave.
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I'm at the entrance.
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>> It's a narrow cave, but an octopus can
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fit into some very narrow places because
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it has no bones.
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The only rigid part of its body is the
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beak, which is made of chitin, the same
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hard substance as an insect's shell. As
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long as an octopus's beak can fit
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through a crack, the rest of its highly
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malleable body can maneuver through as
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well.
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That means even an unusually large
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octopus could squeeze into this tight
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cave.
1:47
>> Feel like I'm constantly fighting
1:48
against a current. I keep thinking I'm
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getting hung up on some of these rocks,
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but then I look and there's I'm I'm
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actually fine. I'm just getting pulled
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around.
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Look at that.
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I mean, how can I not go through here?
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I think I can fit it in there.
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Oh, I'm going to get that ROV stuck.
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Ugh.
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Okay, come on.
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Where are we?
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There we go. We're out.
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That's as far as I can go. Any further,
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we may lose the ROV. I'm bringing it
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back up.
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>> Copy that.
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>> ROV's up.
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Ooh.
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>> That thing was so deep in there, Jess.
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Easily something could fit through
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there.
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>> It's feasible. It's feasible for a lusca
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to be in here, or at least come here,
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use it as a feeding ground, hang out for
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a while, and then ditch out and go
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somewhere else, which could also explain
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multiple sightings. I definitely think
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this particular cave system connects to
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the ocean.
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>> Oh, yeah.
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>> Absolutely.
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>> it has to.
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>> Yeah.
2:58
While we were investigating the inland
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blue hole where Sammy had his
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frightening encounter,
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I got a message from another local.
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So, I think us being here on the island
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looking for the lusca is making the
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rounds. One of the locals, this lady
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named Charlene, she reached out to me. I
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figured we could go meet up with her
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where she works. In a weird twist, guess
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what the restaurant she works at is
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called.
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>> Uh, what?
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>> Lucky Lusca.
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>> Oh.
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Interesting choice.
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>> [music]
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>> Look.
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>> There's the Lucky Lusca.
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>> Charlene Wimms was born and raised on
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Andros.
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In addition to running the restaurant,
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she's also a police officer.
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>> From a little girl, always hear my mom
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speaking of the lusca. I thought it was
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just oh, it was something that they were
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making up, and they didn't want us to go
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to the holes, but I had family friends
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that went out on a boat. These were
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actual divers and they went diving in
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the blue hole in the ocean
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and they never came back.
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>> So, what's the theory behind what
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happened to them?
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>> Well, up today we have no story. They
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had divers come in to go and look for
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them. They dove all of those blue holes
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and they found absolutely nothing.
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>> Could it not have been a shark or
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something like that?
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>> they found no tank, no swim gear, which
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makes me believe that there is a Lusca.
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>> I would think even with a shark you
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would still have tanks and other
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equipment left over even if it was torn
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up.
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>> So, I guess if they completely
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disappeared, the idea is that the Lusca
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took them into one of the caves or
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tunnels.
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>> and carried them away.
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>> where it's hiding.
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>> Yes.
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>> So, where's the location of the blue
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hole?
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>> The location of the blue hole is about 2
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miles off of Small Hope Bay.
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>> Charlene gives us the location and
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suggests where we [music] can grab a
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boat to take us to the offshore blue
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hole where the divers disappeared
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without a trace.
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>> [music]
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>> I'm wondering if this blue hole could be
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the marine lair of the Lusca
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and somehow connected to the inland blue
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hole where Sammy had his run in with the
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beast.
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>> So much of this I initially just thought
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was stories to keep kids from drowning
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in the blue holes. Like they're
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dangerous, I get it. But now we're
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hearing about people dying from a
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supposed Lusca.
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>> Charlene's story was kind of tough to
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hear.
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>> Yeah, definitely.
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The list of known ocean predators here
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that have the ability to kill and
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consume a human is pretty short and most
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of the names on that list end in shark.
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I've dived in the Bahamas before and
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know that these waters are home to tiger
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sharks, bull sharks, and the occasional
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great white.
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If we're going to investigate deadly
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diver attacks, we're going to need some
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experienced backup.
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>> Hey Josh.
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>> Hey.
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>> Hey team. Looks like you're enjoying the
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Bahamas. Look at that, it's paradise.
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Phil, did you do a dive in a blue hole?
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>> Oh, yes. It's dark and murky. It's like
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a totally different world.
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>> It really is. But the big question is,
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did you see a Lusca?
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>> No Lusca, yet. But Phil did see
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saltwater fish in the inland hole and a
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cave that probably connects with the
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ocean blue holes.
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>> Yeah, so there's a big blue hole out
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here where some divers disappeared.
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>> So we're going to go dive?
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>> But we'll need some support. People
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don't call the Bahamas the shark capital
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of the world for nothing.
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>> You're definitely right to be cautious,
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Phil. As I'm sure you know, there are
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more than 40 different shark species
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there, including some serious apex
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predators.
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>> I'm going to let Phil do the diving.
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>> Thanks, Jess.
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>> You're welcome.
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>> Well, you are in luck. I've been diving
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down there a lot, uh and I have a
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contact of Shark Week buddy of mine. Uh
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and if you want to dive in the Bahamas,
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this is the guy. So I'm going to connect
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you with him and uh be careful down
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there, okay?
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>> You got it.
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>> Bye, Josh.
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>> See you, Josh.
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>> Bye-bye.
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>> We grab the rest of our gear and connect
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with Josh's dive contact, Chris Carroll,
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a Bahamian marine scientist who
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specializes in the ocean life here.
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>> This is Jessica.
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>> Including shark, octopus, and I'm hoping
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something in between.
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Have you ever heard of anything called
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the Lusca?
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>> I have heard stories.
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Divers afraid to go in the water and
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have chance of them being eaten or or
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snatched by this mysterious creature.
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>> Do you think it's actually half shark,
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half octopus, or do you think it's
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something that's actually based off of a
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real animal?
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>> With the shark-octopus part of it,
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I think that's a bit for me far-fetched.
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What it could be is a hammerhead shark
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eating a very large octopus and some
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people may have seen that and they see
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the the tentacles in the shark's mouth
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and the shark is swimming away. Somebody
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may have seen that and be like, "What is
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that?" That's what I chalk it up to be.
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>> Sharks are known to prey on octopuses,
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so it makes perfect sense that people
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reporting a creature
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with the head of a shark and flailing
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cephalopod appendages
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could have actually witnessed natural
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predation in action.
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>> Should we gear up? Get ready?
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>> Yeah, let's do it. Let's get in.
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>> Okay.
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>> Sure, it's an interesting theory from
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another scientist, but with so many
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Lusca sightings, they can't all simply
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be seeing a shark eating its lunch.
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We close in on the coordinates Charlene
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gave us for the blue hole where the
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divers were last seen.
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And as we take our first look at the
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submerged blue hole, I'm suddenly extra
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glad we brought reinforcements.
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>> Oh boy, right there.
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Look out.
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That is incredible.
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>> Fortunately for us, hammerheads have
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small mouths compared to their large
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body size, [music]
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so they know attacking a human would be
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biting off more than they can chew.
9:08
But we still need to keep our heads on a
9:10
swivel for other types of sharks down
9:11
here, especially El Monstro.
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>> [music]
9:23
>> Is this the shark topia you were
9:24
promised?
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>> Incredible.
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We are surrounded by sharks here. Wow.
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>> [music]
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>> That's a very good signal.
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>> [music]
9:48
>> I know the perfect place to put the
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camera.
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>> Okay, Heather. We have a spot for the
9:54
first camera. Lower the seaweed camera.
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>> Camera trap coming down now.
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>> All right, this is the world's first
10:01
underwater trail camera.
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>> This revolutionary new device uses
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[music] a specially trained AI that can
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identify hundreds of shark species. It
10:12
will also immediately flag anything that
10:14
it can't ID, which could mean El
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Monstro.
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>> Lower.
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Lower.
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Got it.
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>> This camera is in place.
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>> Okay, cameras are set.
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>> Heather, let me check the video.
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>> I've got images coming in. That's a
10:38
great spot.
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>> Now we just have to see who visits.
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Maybe we'll get the monster down here.
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>> This area is called the cleaning
10:49
station. It's a place where the
10:51
butterfly and the angel fish live around
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the corals and the sharks come to get
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cleaned. They will take the parasites.
11:01
>> So, this is like going to the car wash
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for shark.
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>> Look,
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sharks are coming.
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>> Wow.
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>> If you stay calm and you don't move,
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sharks will come more close to you.
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We have to go deeper to see the monster
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shark.
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Go lower.
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>> Copy. Let's go deep.
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>> We leave our cameras in the warmer
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waters where most of the food supply is
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in hopes of catching El Monstruo coming
11:38
up for a meal or maybe a car wash
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cleaning.
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Then we venture down into the cold water
11:45
depths in search [music] of the monster
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shark.
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>> 25 m.
11:51
Water is very cold.
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Temperature the monster like.
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>> This is where the monster shark lives in
11:59
this cold water.
12:05
Woah, strong current down here.
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>> Phil, don't separate to me.
12:10
Here the currents are more dangerous
12:12
than the sharks. The current can take
12:15
you very far in just few seconds.
12:22
>> The water right here is extremely rough.
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I know that there are a ton of currents
12:25
underneath the surface that are very
12:28
dangerous to deal with, but we're on
12:29
this boat and we are getting tossed
12:31
around like rag dolls.
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>> Current's taking me. Sandra, where are
12:36
you?
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>> Don't fight against the current.
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Stay calm.
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>> This current's taking me for a wild ride
12:44
out here.
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I've never faced a current this strong
12:48
before and the more energy I spend
12:50
fighting it, the more dangerous it
12:52
becomes as I'm expending precious air.
12:56
Separated from Sandra and still facing
12:58
strong currents, I decide it's time to
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abort the dive [music] and leave the
13:01
cameras behind to do their work,
13:03
continuing to search for this shark
13:05
24/7.
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All right, let's safely head back up.
13:16
Heather, over here. Heather.
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>> We're coming for you, Phil.
13:20
I see your buoy. I see your buoy. We're
13:21
coming for you.
13:27
Right.
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>> Have you guys seen Sandra?
13:34
>> No.
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>> We got split up.
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You guys see a buoy anywhere?
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>> No where. Yours was the only buoy we
13:42
saw.
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>> All right.
13:44
Yeah, currents were crazy down there.
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>> Yeah, it's rough as hell up here. I
13:47
don't know how you're handling it.
13:48
>> Surrounded by hammerheads at one point.
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Absolutely incredible. It's a heck of a
13:54
lot of sharks.
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No monster sighting yet.
13:57
>> Keyword yet.
13:58
>> Yeah.
13:59
>> Yeah.
14:04
>> It's crazy how quickly the current
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pulled us apart.
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No sign of Sandra yet.
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>> None.
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>> I'm starting to get a little worried.
14:12
>> Sandra, do you copy?
14:16
Do you copy?
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I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
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>> [music]
14:41
>> YOU SEE HER?
14:42
>> NO.
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THERE, THERE, THERE. BUOY, BUOY.
14:48
>> Let's go. Look, there's Sandra.
14:55
>> [music]
15:01
>> So, right now they're under the water
15:02
doing their safety stop.
15:04
They put up the safety marker to
15:05
basically let us know where they are.
15:07
With that length of dive and these
15:09
currents, they could easily take you a
15:10
few hundred yards away.
15:14
All right, she's good. She's good.
15:21
That was amazing.
15:22
>> It was really amazing, amazing, amazing.
15:25
>> Nonstop shark action.
