
About the Show
Great White Sharks get airborne like never before as National Geographic shark expert Ryan Johnson heads to sea with Alta De Vos, a young researcher on the brink of a huge scientific breakthrough. Altas work focuses on Cape Fur Seals, the favourite prey of Ryan’s beloved Great Whites. Together Ryan and Alta plunge into the predation zone around Seal Island, a seal megacity at the southern tip of Africa. Their journey results in amazing sightings of how sharks tackle seals, and what the seals do to survive. But there’s a bigger purpose. Alta is giving Ryan a personal introduction to the science that will make her famous. Her confirmation of the idea that when death threatens, its natural to gamble selfishly.
Credits
- Executive producer: National Geographic Channel
- Producer: African wildlife films
- Director: Lynn Richardson
- Host: Ryan Johnson
- Camera: Phil Richardson
- Underwater camera: Charles Maxwell
- Scientific talent: Alta De Vos, Dr. Justin O’ Rian
- South Africa’s Seal Island’s is where it all happens. Some of the most advanced predator prey games in the natural world are played out here
- Two large bull seals fight for their territories on the beach
- Nothing is more exciting than seeing a 4m great white launch from the depths of the sea
- Where we sat for many hours waiting for sharks to launch themselves out of the water
- This is when you start to see Seals as more than shark snacks
- Having a chat with Alta on her understanding of seal behaviour
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