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TOOT TOOT!
THAT'S THE FUN BOAT BACKING IN,
COMING IN TO SHORE TO PICK YOU UP
AND TAKE YOU ON ANOTHER ADVENTURE.
GOING BACK TO "THE DAILY BITE."
LET'S DO THIS.
Narrator: WE'RE THREE DAYS AWAY FROM SHARK WEEK,
AND NOW "THE DAILY BITE" IS GONNA GET SERIOUS
AS A GREAT WHITE BEARING DOWN ON AN UNSUSPECTING LIONFISH.
TODAY, WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT SOME SHARK MYTHOLOGY,
DIVING IN TO SHARK WEEK TECH INNOVATIONS,
AND LEARNING A LITTLE MORE SHARK VOCAB.
JORDAN, GET US STARTED.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, TO THE MAORI CULTURE,
WHICH FINDS ITS HOMELAND IN NEW ZEALAND,
SHARKS HOLD A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
IN FACT, THE ANCESTORS OF THE MAORI BELIEVE
SHARKS WERE GUARDIAN SPIRITS.
LET'S TAKE A DEEPER LOOK
INTO WHAT THE SHARK REPRESENTS IN MAORI CULTURE.
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Narrator: STEWART ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
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A SPARSELY POPULATED COMMUNITY OF JUST OVER 400,
WITH A LONG HISTORY OF SHARKS PROWLING THE SURROUNDING WATERS.
STORIES OF A GIANT SHARK IN THESE WATERS GO BACK CENTURIES.
INDIGENOUS MAORI TRIBES HAVE LONG TOLD TALES
OF AN AWE-INSPIRING CREATURE, CALLED THE MANGO TANIWHA.
THIS SHARK WAS A SUPERNATURAL BEING,
SAID TO BE AS BIG AS A WHALE.
WRITTEN ACCOUNTS SUGGEST THE BEAST TOPPED OUT
AT OVER 30 FEET.
BUT WHAT IF AN ANIMAL OF THIS LEGENDARY SIZE HAS RETURNED?
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN KEVIN BORK CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN ONE.
WE WERE TRAVELING SOUTH, AND MY FIRST COMMAND,
47-FOOT WOODEN COMMERCIAL FISHING TRAWLER,
AND WE WERE LOBSTER-FISHING WITH IT.
THERE WAS A SHARK COMING OUT FROM THE SHORE
ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH US.
AND I'M LOOKING OVER, SAYING, "YES, THIS WAS EASILY 36 FEET."
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LIKE LOOKING AT ANOTHER BOAT GOING PAST.
HUGE.
OH!
YOU NEVER FORGET SOMETHING LIKE THAT ONCE YOU'VE SEEN IT.
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IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON ANY OF THE SOC'S,
YOU KNOW I'M A BIG TECH HEAD.
FROM MY VERY SMART PHONE TO MY VR HEADSET
TO MY SLEEP APNEA BREATHING MACHINE,
I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THESE WONDERFUL GADGETS.
IN THIS NEXT SEGMENT, WE TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME AWESOME SHARK WEEK TECH.
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Narrator: SHARK WEEK HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE
OF GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS
THAT LET US GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH SHARKS.
Man: THE WASP WAS A ONE-MAN WALKING SUBMARINE
THAT ALLOWED YOU TO SORT OF CRUISE ALONG THE BOTTOM
AND INVESTIGATE GREAT WHITE SHARKS.
BEING DOWN THERE, FILMING CHRIS IN THE WASP,
I GOT TO SAY, A FEW TIMES,
I THOUGHT HE MIGHT GET HIS HEAD BITTEN OFF.
Narrator: THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY CAPTURES MOMENTS
THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE
AND ARE CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTANDING SHARK BEHAVIOR.
PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN POSITIONS ARE ABLE TO BE CAPTURED
IN VIVID DETAIL, THANKS TO THIS TECHNOLOGY.
I WAS UNDERWATER. THE WHOLE BUILDUP TO IT WAS.
AND THEN THAT SHARK CAME WITH SUCH MAGNIFICENT POWER
AND JUST, LIKE, DWF-WAH!
EXPLODED OUT OF THE WATER, AND I SAW IT FALL BACK DOWN,
AND FOR THE SPLIT SECOND THAT IT FELL BACK DOWN,
IT LOOKED STRAIGHT AT ME UNDERWATER,
AND THAT MOMENT, I WILL NEVER FORGET.
SO THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE NOT ONLY
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHARK WEEK MOMENTS
BUT ONE OF THE COOLEST MOMENTS OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.
Woman: BY DISCOVERY CHANNEL INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY,
IT SHOWS THIS HUGE LEAP OF FAITH IN UNDERSTANDING
WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE AND HOW THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
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AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF "SHARK VOCABULARY"!
I -- NO ONE HELPED ME.
OKAY, GOD, I JUST LOVE THAT WORD SO MUCH.
MY FAVORITE WORD IS PENUMBRA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT I BET IT'S SHARK-RELATED.
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Man: PLACOLO-- "PLA-CO-ID" SCALE?
Narrator: PLACOID SCALES ALSO DECREASE DRAG,
ALLOWING SHARKS TO SWIM QUICKLY AND QUIETLY.
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[ DING ]
WELL, THAT'S IT FOR US HERE AT "THE DAILY BITE."
GUESS I SHOULD GET UP FROM MY DESK NOW AND --
AND LEAVE.
SERIOUSLY?
YOU GUYS WANT TO THROW CHUM AT ME AGAIN?
NO, I'M -- I AM NOT GOING OUT LIKE THAT!
I'M NOT!
[ CHAIR CLATTERS ]
I'M SWIMMING AWAY!
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?! I'M SWIMMING AWAY!
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING!
LIKE A BLOBFISH!
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