Well, if you are a shark fanatic like us, Discovery Channel drops some mid-summer fun onto our televisions in Shark Week! We have all seen images of air-borne sharks made famous by Shark Week, and if you are reading this blog then undoubtedly you have tuned in to Shark Week yourself.
At the start of this shark week, I tweeted the following:
AllFinsAttached Cameron Jefferies
Here's hoping #SharkWeek is as exciting as ever; most importantly that it emphasizes shark realities rather than mythical mayhem.
Unfortunately, my hope that it would emphasize shark education and conservation amongst the normal mayhem did not materialize. Sure, the Shark Week website has a video on shark conservation and sure the website says the right things, but check out the TV schedule appended to the bottom of this post as described on the Discovery Channel website.
It is unfortunate, to me, that carnage and mayhem has remained the focus of this week and that words like "Invasion", "JAWS", "Rogue", "Killer","Eaten Alive" are the words used to summarize the shows; especially in a time when innovative conservation is attempting to save sharks from senseless slaughter.
Maybe next year?
SHARK WEEK 2011: TV Shows
Sunday, July 31, through Friday, August 5
Shark Week 2011 will feature live co-viewing for iPad, iPhone and web users.
 | GREAT WHITE INVASION Premiering Sunday, July 31, 9PM e/p Great white sharks, in large numbers, are now suddenly being found swimming among surfers and vacationers just off beaches from South Africa to Australia, and up and down the coast of California. Just why they're there and just what they're doing is a mystery that Chris Fallows and an international team of sharks scientists are trying to figure out. | ||
| PHOTOS: Great White Invasion | VIDEO: The Shark Tube | ||
| VIDEO: Diving With Great Whites | VIDEO: Paddling With a Shark | ||
| VIDEO: Sunbathing Shark | |||
 | JAWS COMES HOME Premiering Sunday, July 31, 10PM e/p Jaws Comes Home tells the story of passionate shark expert and U.S. Fisheries scientist, Greg Skomal, as he documents six remarkable months following five great whites with names like Curly and Ruthless. His mission: to understand more about their recently discovered, 1,200-mile journey up and down the eastern seaboard and to reveal all he can about these much-maligned hunters. | ||
| PHOTOS: Jaws Comes Home | VIDEO: Jaws Comes Home | ||
| VIDEO: Great White Slam Dance | VIDEO: Tagging a Ruthless Shark | ||
| VIDEO: Chasing a Great White | |||
 | ROGUE SHARKS Premiering Monday, August 1, 9PM e/p It was the central premise of the hit movie Jaws that still haunts people today: that certain sharks may "go rogue" and decide to go after humans. But does the science back this up? In this hour, we'll weave stories of some of the most horrific shark attacks in history with the larger scientific detective story of whether or not individual sharks ever develop a taste for human flesh and go Rogue. | ||
| PHOTOS: Rogue Sharks | VIDEO: Shark Won't Let Go | ||
| VIDEO: Very First Shark Cage | VIDEO: Rogue Sharks | ||
| VIDEO: Surfer Girl Attacked | |||
 | SUMMER OF THE SHARK Premiering Monday, August 1, 10PM e/p In the summer of 2008 an unprecedented wave of shark attacks sweeps the eastern coast of Australia. Australian shark experts and fishery managers scramble to understand what is happening. Could it be that that the gradual dwindling of the sharks' natural prey due to overfishing has brought man to the top of the shark's food chain? Will the summer of 2008 be a prelude of things to come? | ||
| PHOTOS: Summer of the Shark | VIDEO: Stalked By a Shark | ||
| VIDEO: Tasmanian Shark Attack | VIDEO: Shark Bites Surfer's Leg | ||
| VIDEO: Shark Attack in Sydney Harbor | |||
 | KILLER SHARKS Premiering Tuesday, August 2, 9PM e/p December 1957: the height of tourist season in South Africa. Merry vacationers from around the globe descend on an idyllic resort town along the sunny coast to enjoy the summer. It's not long until the white sands are clogged with dead bodies and the sapphire waters are red with blood. The culprit? The authorities suspected a single, massive rogue shark with a taste for human flesh. | ||
| PHOTOS: Killer Sharks | VIDEO: Go Out Further! | ||
| VIDEO: Scary Cage Dive | VIDEO: Killer Day at the Beach | ||
| VIDEO: Viciously Attacked | |||
 | HOW SHARKS HUNT Premiering Wednesday, August 3, 9PM e/p Dave and Cody of Dual Survival dive in to investigate why no two species of shark attack in the same manner. Through a series of groundbreaking tests and the use of innovative high-tech camera technologies, they'll examine the shark's unique savagery and specialized methods of killing, revealing exactly why they're so deadly. | ||
| VIDEO: Surviving Great Whites | VIDEO: Tiger Sharks at Night | ||
| PHOTOS: Bahamas Shoot | PHOTOS: South Africa Shoot | ||
| VIDEO: Battling a Tiger Shark | |||
 | SHARK CITY Premiering Thursday, August 4, 9PM e/p Most of us think of sharks as blank-eyed killing machines, but in Shark City, we'll get to know a handful of them as individuals. We'll follow the sharks of the Bahamas through their days and nights to find out how they size each other up, what they like to eat and what it is that they're afraid of. This show will feature the amazing talents and hilarious insights of our Chief Shark Officer, Andy Samberg. | ||
| VIDEO: Andy Samberg Shark Frenzy | VIDEO: Sharking in the Shallows | ||
| PHOTOS: Shark City | VIDEO: The Perfect Kill | ||
RETURNING TO SHARK WEEK IN 2011
 | ULTIMATE AIR JAWS (Originally Premiered 2010) Sunday, July 31, 8PM e/p Shark expert Chris Fallows uses high-tech cameras to track the incredible agility and velocity of the massive great white sharks of South Africa, which famously blast from the water to attack their prey. State-of-the-art technology allows us to slow down each shark's flying leap from one second down to almost a minute, and in so much detail that you can literally count every tooth in the shark's mouth. | ||
| VIDEO: Great White Sharks Jumping | VIDEO: Great White Hot Spot | ||
| VIDEO: Great White Learns to Leap | VIDEO: Air Jaws in Slow Motion | ||
| PHOTOS: Ultimate Air Jaws | VIDEO: Great Whites Off Seal Island | ||
| VIDEO: Sharks Patrol Crowded Beach | VIDEO: Great Whites Shift to Seals | ||
 | JAWS OF THE PACIFIC (Originally Premiered 2005) Monday, August 1, 8PM e/p Analyzing data from new satellite technology, scientists have recently discovered that the great white shark makes incredible long-distance migrations across the Pacific Ocean. Transmitters attached to the sharks may soon reveal hidden birthing and mating grounds. | ||
| PHOTOS: Jaws of the Pacific | |||
 | TOP FIVE EATEN ALIVE (Originally Premiered 2007) Tuesday, August 2, 8PM e/p A diver is caught in the mouth of a great white, and survives. A woman is caught in a tug-of-war between a shark and her rescue crew. Scientists are surrounded by sharks and one has his leg bitten off, but lives to defend the shark. These and more are the world's five most amazing shark attack survivor stories. | ||
| PHOTOS: Top Five Eaten Alive | |||
 | INTO THE SHARK BITE (Originally Premiered 2010) Wednesday, August 3, 8PM e/p Go on a wild ride as we show you the last thing you'd ever want to see in real life: close up views of attacks by the world's most deadly sharks — from inside their mouths! Shark expert Mark Addison and underwater cameraman Andy Casagrande risk life and limb to get their special, miniature HD cameras Into the Shark Bite! | ||
| PHOTOS: Into the Shark Bite | VIDEO: Inside a Tiger Shark's Bite | ||
| VIDEO: Caught In a Shark Frenzy | VIDEO: Cave of the Sharks | ||
| VIDEO: Great Whites Attack Bite Cam | |||
 | AIR JAWS: SHARKS OF SOUTH AFRICA (Originally Premiered 2001) Thursday, August 4, 8PM e/p Witness the awesome power of great white sharks hurtling themselves out of the water to attack their prey. Among the most spectacular predatory events in nature, only the great whites of South Africa's False Bay engage in this mighty display. | ||
| PHOTOS: Air Jaws | VIDEO: Sharks of South Africa | ||
 | 10 DEADLIEST SHARKS (Originally Premiered 2006) Friday, August 5, 7 and 8PM e/p Sharks are among the most feared creatures in the oceans. They are supreme hunters and killers, but most species would never attack a human. A select few, however, can be extremely dangerous to man under the right conditions. From great whites to bull sharks, find out which are the 10 deadliest sharks in the world. | ||
| PHOTOS: 10 Deadliest Sharks | |||
ALSO PREMIERING DURING SHARK WEEK 2011
 | WHEN FISH ATTACK 3 Premiering Thursday, August 4, 10PM e/p Travel the waters of the world to meet people who made some pretty dumb mistakes around dangerous sea creatures, including sharks, as well as folks who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Each story includes actual footage of the events and expert analysis. | ||
| PHOTOS: When Fish Attack 3 | |||
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