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Narrator: MAKO SHARKS...
SOME BELIEVE THEY COULD BE THE FASTEST SHARKS ON EARTH.
BECAUSE SCIENCE HAS BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE
OF THE MAKO SHARK'S TRUE CAPABILITIES...
UNTIL NOW.
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A TEAM OF SHARK-RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
ARE LAUNCHING A COMPREHENSIVE NEW STUDY
INTO THE SECRET LIVES OF THESE AMAZING PREDATORS.
GREG AND HIS TEAM WILL USE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
TO PROVE JUST HOW FAST THEY REALLY ARE.
THIS IS THE SHARK EYE.
IT ATTACHES TO THE DORSAL FIN,
AND IS EQUIPPED WITH FRONT-FACING
AND REAR-FACING CAMERAS.
BUT THE KEY FEATURE IS A BUILT-IN SPEEDOMETER THAT,
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,
WILL CLOCK THE TOP SPEED OF A MAKO.
NOW THE DEVICE WILL FIT FIRMLY ON ITS LARGE DORSAL FIN.
Man #1: CAREFUL, JASON.
Man #2: GET IT AS FAR FORWARD THIS TIME AS YOU CAN.
OH, NO. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD.
SHARK EYE IS HOT, GUYS.
WE'RE FREE! WE'RE FREE!
OH, THERE HE GOES. THERE HE GOES. THERE HE GOES.
-THERE HE GOES! THERE HE GOES! -IT'S GOING.
-YEAH! -GOD, THAT'S AWESOME.
-ALL RIGHT. -YEAH!
-COOL. -AWESOME, DUDE.
-ALL RIGHT. -GREAT JOB.
-BEAUTIFUL! -THAT'S AWESOME
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS,
THE SHARK EYE WILL RECORD EVERY BURST OF SPEED.
SOON, THE WORLD WILL KNOW JUST HOW FAST THESE SHARKS CAN GO.
THE SHARK-EYE SENSORS CLOCKED MULTIPLE BURSTS OF SPEED,
TOPPING OUT AT AN INCREDIBLE 42 MILES PER HOUR.
THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF THE MAKO SHARKS IS,
WE JUST DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY DO.
SO THIS IS SOME OF THE GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH
WHICH WILL SHED LIGHT ON THOSE BEHAVIORS.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH MUCH REMAINS A MYSTERY ABOUT THE MAKO SHARK,
ONE THING IS CERTAIN.
THESE POWERFUL, YET GRACEFUL PREDATORS...
ARE RULERS OF THEIR DOMAIN.
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Narrator: IN HUALIEN, TAIWAN,
SHARK RESEARCHERS DAVE EBERT AND PAUL CLERKIN
HAD AN UNSUCCESSFUL NIGHT
TRYING TO FIND THE RARE MEGAMOUTH SHARK.
Stone: VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS GIANT ALIEN SHARK,
BUT IF PAUL AND DAVE SUCCEED IN FINDING AND TAGGING ONE,
THAT WILL ALL CHANGE.
Clerkin: WE'RE BACK OUT HERE.
SECOND NIGHT ON THE WATER LOOKING FOR A MEGAMOUTH.
AND I KNOW I WAS REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SEEING ONE
LAST NIGHT AND TOTALLY BUMMED THAT WE DIDN'T GET ONE.
Narrator: BUT TONIGHT, THE TIDES HAVE CHANGED
FOR PAUL AND DAVE...LITERALLY.
Clerkin: NORMALLY HERE, THE CURRENT FLOWS
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S FLOWING
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
THIS STIRS UP ALL THE NUTRIENTS,
WHICH MEANS WE KNOW THERE'S FOOD IN THE WATER FOR MEGAMOUTH.
IT'S OUT THERE AND IT'S FEEDING,
AND ALL WE CAN DO IS HOPE THAT IT'S IN OUR NETS.
-OHH! -OHH!
-MEGAMOUTH? -MEGAMOUTH!
-MEGAMOUTH! -GOT ONE.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: TO THE AMAZEMENT OF EVERYONE ON BOARD,
A MEGAMOUTH IS IN THE NET.
WE JUST GOT A MEGAMOUTH, SO...
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, EVER.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER
THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LOCATED
A MEGAMOUTH IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT.
WE'RE GONNA TAG IT, TAKE THE DATA,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS THING OUT.
BE SUPER CAREFUL.
[ GRUNTS ]
-OKAY. -IT'S IN. IT'S GOOD.
-THE TAG'S IN? -YEAH, YEAH. TAG'S IN.
-OKAY. -COME ON.
Narrator: FOR DAVE AND PAUL,
THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE --
FINDING AND TAGGING THE RAREST SHARK ON THE PLANET.
-YEAH! -YEAH, BABY!
SHOULD WE CUT THE NET TO GET IT OUT?
WE'RE GONNA GO FROM KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT MEGAMOUTHS
TO KNOWING A WHOLE TON ABOUT MEGAMOUTHS.
-IT'S SWIMMING OFF. -SWIMMING OFF? GOOD.
THAT'S GOOD. IT'S SWIMMING AWAY.
-WHEW! -OKAY.
-YEAH, MAN! -AWESOME, MAN. WAY TO GO, DUDE.