Nature: Sharks

Product Description The award-winning Nature series is the longest-running weekly natural history series on television. Two great programs from PBS Nature on one disc! Program 1: The Secret World of Sharks and Rays - For all their Hollywood-bred notoriety, sharks have been deeply mysterious, almost unknowable creatures... until now. This compelling program goes below the surface to probe the long secret world of these sleek and sneaky predators. You will discover the fearsome great white shark is not alone, and that there are more than 370 other shark species streaming through the oceans, including one that can grow to more than 50 feet long (the whale shark), one whose snout is long and teeth are sharp and spiked (saw shark), and one that hides in the sandy ocean bottom to surprise its prey (angel shark). While following their daily life-and-death rituals, you also encounter their close cousins, the rays, whose odd flying-saucer shape makes them seem much less imposing than sharks. Indeed, the most intimidating ray, the stingray, is just seafood to cousin shark, which dramatically demonstrates that, in this unforgiving underworld, blood is no thicker than water. Program 2: White Shark/Red Triangle - They call it the red triangle, and with bloody good reason: many great white sharks prowl the waters here. But, why do they choose these specific waters in the coastal area between San Francisco and Monterey to practice their vaunted kill skills? This intrepid program follows sharks as they hunt their favorite comfort food, the blubbery elephant seal that comes to this area every year by the tens of thousands. But, despite their seemingly slow and awkward manner, the seals do not easily succumb, and the program captures the interestingly elaborate game of pursuit and retreat that sharks must play to win their prize. Occasionally, hungry sharks have to resort to other food, such as baby whales, and sometimes humans inadvertently get in their way, with frightening results. It is all part of life and death in the red triangle. Review ...The greatest cinematography on earth. --The New York Times About the Actor Bert Pence is an actor and narrator known for KaBlam! (1996), Red Dead Redemption (2010), Red Dead Revolver (2004), and Meet the Press, among others. About the Director Sabina Daley has served as Art Director for 65 episodes of the TV series PBS Nature, 149 episodes of the TV series Now, and 54 episodes of the TV series Great Performances, among many others.
ASIN: B0001GH6SC
VSKU: DBV.B0001GH6SC.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Narrated By Bert Pence|Art Direction By Sabina Daley
Binding: Dvd
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