1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:14,647 NARRATOR: Sharing the ocean with nature, is not without risks. 4 00:00:19,319 --> 00:00:22,422 One of the most frightening is a shark attack. 5 00:00:22,489 --> 00:00:24,457 DUSTY: The top half of her leg’s gone. 6 00:00:24,524 --> 00:00:26,459 NARRATOR: And on the frontline surfers and 7 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:30,096 others using boards make up over 50% of attacks. 8 00:00:30,764 --> 00:00:33,033 MARJORIE: We have to get out of the water, I’m bleeding. 9 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:37,504 TOMAS: You don’t think it’s real, blood everywhere. 10 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:39,339 MAN: Oh, shark! 11 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,382 NARRATOR: It’s Spring, 2017. 12 00:00:51,785 --> 00:00:53,853 Surfer, Dusty Phillips and his partner, 13 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,989 Leeanne Ericson have been together for 14 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:58,058 three and a half years. 15 00:00:58,124 --> 00:01:01,861 As a weekend break they chose San Onofre Beach. 16 00:01:02,495 --> 00:01:07,934 A magnet for swimmers, surfers... 17 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:09,369 And sharks. 18 00:01:15,208 --> 00:01:18,878 Some 60 varieties swim off the coast of California. 19 00:01:19,846 --> 00:01:23,650 Mostly harmless to humans. 20 00:01:23,716 --> 00:01:25,685 But lurking in the depths. 21 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:28,555 The tiger shark and great white. 22 00:01:31,858 --> 00:01:33,726 LEEANNE (off-screen): It was so beautiful that weekend. 23 00:01:33,793 --> 00:01:36,196 The water so blue and sparkly. 24 00:01:36,262 --> 00:01:39,466 All the guys had their boards, I was the only one swimming. 25 00:01:39,532 --> 00:01:42,202 DUSTY: Leanne and I were about 100 yards out floating around 26 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:44,037 in the water having our fun. 27 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:47,907 LEEANNE: We had noticed a sea lion had surfaced to my left 28 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:52,178 and looked right at us and I looked at Dusty and I said, 29 00:01:52,245 --> 00:01:54,714 "That sea lion looks a little panicked to me," 30 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:58,218 and then right away he dipped back down under and was gone. 31 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:02,055 DUSTY: I pull the board out from under to turn to 32 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:04,624 paddle for a wave. 33 00:02:10,163 --> 00:02:13,166 LEEANNE: I started to turn away back to shore to swim in. 34 00:02:15,835 --> 00:02:18,671 DUSTY: As soon as I turn to start to paddle. 35 00:02:18,738 --> 00:02:24,477 LEEANNE: A shark had grabbed me by my right upper thigh, 36 00:02:24,544 --> 00:02:27,814 I felt this razor blades go into my leg, 37 00:02:27,881 --> 00:02:31,251 I screamed as loud as I could. 38 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:36,723 DUSTY: And the scream disappeared under the water. 39 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:41,594 A scream that piercing, 40 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:43,997 you know sends chills up your spine. 41 00:02:44,898 --> 00:02:48,635 LEEANNE: I remember thinking about Dusty not knowing 42 00:02:48,701 --> 00:02:52,005 where I was or what was happening to me. 43 00:02:53,940 --> 00:02:56,543 DUSTY: I looked around, waited, waited, waited. 44 00:02:56,643 --> 00:03:01,314 She never surfaced, wasn’t nowhere to be found, she’s gone. 45 00:03:04,350 --> 00:03:08,555 LEEANNE: I remember trying to push the shark off of my leg. 46 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:14,594 I went maybe 25, 30 feet, it was deep enough that I could 47 00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:18,598 notice the, the light change and it was getting darker and 48 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:20,500 darker the further I was going down. 49 00:03:24,837 --> 00:03:30,610 DUSTY: I jump off my board and look for her under the water 50 00:03:30,677 --> 00:03:32,645 and she wasn’t under the water. 51 00:03:33,746 --> 00:03:35,782 LEEANNE: It was very quiet and calm and 52 00:03:35,848 --> 00:03:37,717 peaceful it was under the water. 53 00:03:41,454 --> 00:03:46,259 The only thing I could find was its eye 54 00:03:46,326 --> 00:03:51,464 and so my whole hand just went into his eye and 55 00:03:51,531 --> 00:03:55,134 I stuck it in as deep as I could 56 00:03:55,201 --> 00:03:57,570 and it was super-soft; it felt like I stuck my hand 57 00:03:57,637 --> 00:04:02,308 in a cup of Jell-o and then the shark jerked its face away 58 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:06,546 from me and I was swimming to the surface. 59 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:11,351 DUSTY: I pick her up out of the water to set her up on 60 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:15,288 my surfboard and the top half of her leg’s gone. 61 00:04:16,322 --> 00:04:17,523 That’s when ... got real. 62 00:04:19,559 --> 00:04:23,162 LEEANNE: I was just in a red blood pool and 63 00:04:23,229 --> 00:04:27,300 little bits of my fat was floating around in the water. 64 00:04:29,168 --> 00:04:32,272 DUSTY: I yell multiple times, "Shark, help!" 65 00:04:32,905 --> 00:04:34,807 LEEANNE: Everybody was still playing football on the beach, 66 00:04:34,874 --> 00:04:36,442 the kids were still running around. 67 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:38,745 Nobody knew what was happening. 68 00:04:38,811 --> 00:04:42,882 DUSTY: We get into waist to knee-high deep water, 69 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:45,985 and we are getting some people coming out and helping us. 70 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:46,986 PARAMEDIC (over phone): Paramedic! 71 00:04:47,053 --> 00:04:48,488 What is the emergency. 72 00:04:48,554 --> 00:04:49,822 WOMAN (over phone): Somebody was bit by a shark. 73 00:04:50,823 --> 00:04:54,560 NARRATOR: Lucky for Leeanne, there’s a marine base nearby 74 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:58,264 with an emergency medical team ready to go. 75 00:04:59,098 --> 00:05:01,200 DUSTY: By the time we get her up onto the beach 76 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:03,569 the paramedics are pulling in. 77 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:07,206 So, we are literally setting her down in a cloud of dust. 78 00:05:10,376 --> 00:05:11,577 DAVE: She wasn’t even really bleeding anymore, 79 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:14,480 I mean, at that point she had really lost all her blood, 80 00:05:14,547 --> 00:05:15,748 she was just completely pale white. 81 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,819 JUSTIN: And actually lifted up her leg at one time and 82 00:05:19,886 --> 00:05:23,222 my first thought was, uh, that there is a chance her leg 83 00:05:23,289 --> 00:05:26,392 could come off, there was no way she’d save that leg. 84 00:05:29,996 --> 00:05:33,499 DUSTY: What’s going through my head is like, "This is it." 85 00:05:33,566 --> 00:05:36,135 You know I’d never told her I loved her before, 86 00:05:36,202 --> 00:05:37,603 till then. 87 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:39,672 LEEANNE: And that was the first time he’s ever told me that, 88 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:42,975 and I was thinking like, this of all times, 89 00:05:43,042 --> 00:05:47,180 this is the time that you pick to tell me that you love me, 90 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:48,948 of all the times in the world, 91 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:51,918 but you know at least if I were to die at least 92 00:05:51,984 --> 00:05:53,219 I would have heard it. 93 00:05:54,053 --> 00:05:56,723 NARRATOR: Leeanne is airlifted to a nearby hospital 94 00:05:56,789 --> 00:06:00,360 clinging to life. 95 00:06:00,426 --> 00:06:05,098 DUSTY: The medic tells me, uh, they induced her into a coma, 96 00:06:05,164 --> 00:06:06,666 we gotta’ go now. 97 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:10,970 I’m sitting in the helicopter staring down at my family and 98 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:14,140 friends scurrying around the campground. 99 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:17,977 None of them know where we are going, 100 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:22,382 what condition she’s in, what condition I’m in. 101 00:06:22,448 --> 00:06:24,384 That was tough for me. 102 00:06:29,355 --> 00:06:31,858 NARRATOR: Leeanne’s attacker is likely a juvenile, 103 00:06:31,924 --> 00:06:34,761 three to four meter great white shark. 104 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:40,099 Fully grown adults can reach up to six meters. 105 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:44,203 Great whites are devastating hunters. 106 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:49,609 Reaching an attack speed of 40 kilometers an hour, 107 00:06:49,675 --> 00:06:53,479 snapping their jaws with a strength of up to two tons. 108 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:57,383 RYAN (off-screen): If you had to imagine the perfect predator: 109 00:06:57,450 --> 00:07:02,288 performance, size, speed, teeth, intelligence; 110 00:07:02,355 --> 00:07:04,857 then it would be the great white shark. 111 00:07:05,725 --> 00:07:09,061 If they want to hunt seals they will adopt one strategy 112 00:07:09,128 --> 00:07:11,597 and they burst up. 113 00:07:20,406 --> 00:07:22,675 Even juvenile, smaller, two and a half to three-meter, 114 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:25,978 ten-foot white sharks, if given the opportunity, 115 00:07:26,045 --> 00:07:28,314 will have a go at bigger prey. 116 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:32,652 NARRATOR: As surfers often wear black wetsuits they could 117 00:07:32,718 --> 00:07:37,323 be mistaken for a seal the outcome could be deadly. 118 00:07:37,390 --> 00:07:40,193 RYAN (off-screen): The great white, they have that dentition which is 119 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:45,631 that their teeth act like saws to pull big chunks out of prey. 120 00:07:45,698 --> 00:07:48,034 It's very easy for them to hit arteries, 121 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:51,204 to open up arteries and the reason that people die 122 00:07:51,270 --> 00:07:53,506 is because of blood loss. 123 00:07:55,942 --> 00:08:00,213 NARRATOR: Since 2001, sharks have attacked 55 people 124 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:02,849 along the Californian coast. 125 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:07,186 In Leeanne’s case, there may be a logical explanation. 126 00:08:13,192 --> 00:08:14,360 RYAN (off-screen): In California, the sea lions 127 00:08:14,427 --> 00:08:18,464 are protected and the population is growing, 128 00:08:18,531 --> 00:08:20,900 the great whites are also protected. 129 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:24,570 The likelihood of those two species coming into contact, 130 00:08:24,637 --> 00:08:25,872 is growing every year. 131 00:08:28,574 --> 00:08:32,778 If you choose to go and swim around these sea lions, 132 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:34,280 where you know great whites are, 133 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,315 I would say it’s not a really smart move. 134 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:40,520 RYAN (off-screen): The great white is patrolling, 135 00:08:40,586 --> 00:08:43,823 what he’s looking for is a silhouette of a sea lion. 136 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:46,859 If you’re looking for an explanation of why that 137 00:08:46,926 --> 00:08:50,096 great white shark attacked Leeanne, the fact that she was 138 00:08:50,162 --> 00:08:54,700 swimming in an area abundant with sea lions, 139 00:08:54,767 --> 00:08:58,804 then the explanation is probably mistaken identity. 140 00:09:00,439 --> 00:09:03,809 (machine beeping) 141 00:09:03,876 --> 00:09:06,679 NARRATOR: Leeanne spent nine weeks in hospital 142 00:09:06,746 --> 00:09:08,881 undergoing multiple surgeries, 143 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:11,751 blood transfusions and skin grafts. 144 00:09:11,817 --> 00:09:16,188 (machine beeping) 145 00:09:16,822 --> 00:09:18,024 DOCTOR: I'm just going to put it here. 146 00:09:18,090 --> 00:09:21,794 LEEANNE: Most of my hamstring and my glutes are gone, 147 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:23,796 my quad is gone. 148 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:25,965 DOCTOR: It looks good, I think this is the best outcome, 149 00:09:26,032 --> 00:09:28,267 he didn’t go deep enough to get to the bone. 150 00:09:28,334 --> 00:09:30,970 LEEANNE: Pretty much everything is gone. 151 00:09:31,037 --> 00:09:34,140 Probably at the seven-week mark is when I finally started 152 00:09:34,206 --> 00:09:37,076 looking back at my leg, at what it looked like. 153 00:09:37,143 --> 00:09:38,644 DOCTOR: There is some here. 154 00:09:38,711 --> 00:09:40,146 LEEANNE: That was the graft that went over the nerve. 155 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:41,113 LEEANNE: See this? DOCTOR: Yeah. 156 00:09:41,180 --> 00:09:42,315 LEEANNE: This is where... DOCTOR: Right here. 157 00:09:42,381 --> 00:09:44,917 LEEANNE (off-screen): They took the skin graft from my left leg to put over 158 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:46,686 my right to close the wound. 159 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:47,887 DOCTOR: Good, that’s really good. 160 00:09:47,954 --> 00:09:49,689 LEEANNE: And I said, "Oh my God, 161 00:09:49,755 --> 00:09:52,358 thank God you didn’t take my leg off." 162 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:56,395 there’s no cushion over my hip joint anymore so laying on my side... 163 00:09:56,462 --> 00:09:57,997 I can only do that for so long, 164 00:09:58,064 --> 00:10:01,734 I can only sit for so long, I can only stand for so long. 165 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:07,273 NARRATOR: Besides mistaken identity, 166 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:11,310 there’s another factor linked to attacks on surfers. 167 00:10:11,377 --> 00:10:13,346 And that’s time of day. 168 00:10:14,213 --> 00:10:16,449 ♪ ♪ 169 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:20,486 Considered the birthplace of big-wave surfing, Hawaii, 170 00:10:20,553 --> 00:10:23,456 is known for some of the best waves on the planet. 171 00:10:29,595 --> 00:10:33,399 But here to, there‘s danger below, 172 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:37,803 with 120 attacks in the past 25 years. 173 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:39,405 WOMAN (off-screen): Oh my God! 174 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:41,841 MAN (off-screen): Oh, he’s going to swim right into it. 175 00:10:41,907 --> 00:10:44,844 NARRATOR: Many from the second most deadly shark species 176 00:10:44,910 --> 00:10:47,079 known to kill humans. 177 00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:49,181 The tiger shark. 178 00:10:58,357 --> 00:11:02,028 ♪ ♪ 179 00:11:02,094 --> 00:11:04,664 Brazilian born, Marjorie Mariano has been 180 00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:07,800 surfing Oahu island for over 20 years. 181 00:11:09,035 --> 00:11:12,438 MARJORIE: I kind of made my life focus on surfing 182 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:17,510 because I consider myself a surfaholic. 183 00:11:17,576 --> 00:11:19,912 I live and breathe for surfing. 184 00:11:25,885 --> 00:11:29,588 NARRATOR: In December, 2017, Marjorie’s world shattered. 185 00:11:30,656 --> 00:11:32,525 REPORTER (over TV): A community is in mourning tonight after a 186 00:11:32,591 --> 00:11:36,495 well-known mom was brutally murdered inside a north shore home. 187 00:11:37,063 --> 00:11:40,099 MARJORIE: I had bad news that my best friend Thelma 188 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:41,567 got murdered. 189 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:44,503 She was my surf partner, 190 00:11:44,904 --> 00:11:46,539 my friend. 191 00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:48,340 The most important person in my life 192 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:49,442 here in Hawaii. 193 00:11:50,976 --> 00:11:54,680 NARRATOR: Heartbroken, Marjorie honors her lost friend 194 00:11:54,747 --> 00:11:58,718 with a sunset surf on the very last day of 2017. 195 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:03,055 (birds chirping) 196 00:12:03,723 --> 00:12:05,691 MARJORIE: My plan was to go and paddle out to surf 197 00:12:05,758 --> 00:12:08,561 to cleanse and forget the whole sadness 198 00:12:08,627 --> 00:12:10,796 at the incident with my best friend. 199 00:12:12,264 --> 00:12:13,933 So I went surf to get myself 200 00:12:13,999 --> 00:12:16,268 a little bit stronger. 201 00:12:17,002 --> 00:12:19,305 I decided I’m gonna go just for 30 minutes 202 00:12:19,371 --> 00:12:21,907 just to do closure this year 203 00:12:21,974 --> 00:12:24,210 and I am gonna go for Thelma. 204 00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:32,952 I turn and try to catch a wave. 205 00:12:33,018 --> 00:12:34,754 Suddenly my life changed 206 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:35,855 180 degrees. 207 00:12:38,124 --> 00:12:39,058 Something hit me. 208 00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:41,727 I never in my mind thought it was a shark. 209 00:12:46,198 --> 00:12:52,872 ♪ ♪ 210 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:04,116 NARRATOR: New Year’s Eve, 2017. 211 00:13:04,183 --> 00:13:09,755 Marjorie Mariano just lost her best friend to a brutal murder. 212 00:13:09,822 --> 00:13:13,959 She hopes a sunset surf will bring her some peace. 213 00:13:14,026 --> 00:13:16,295 But tragedy strikes again. 214 00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:19,198 MARJORIE: Suddenly my life changed 215 00:13:19,265 --> 00:13:20,466 in a matter of seconds. 216 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:21,834 I never see fin. 217 00:13:21,901 --> 00:13:23,369 I never see shadow. 218 00:13:24,036 --> 00:13:26,305 I felt something really hard on my leg. 219 00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:28,974 It was just like boom. 220 00:13:29,575 --> 00:13:31,577 I was in a shark jaws. 221 00:13:32,878 --> 00:13:35,748 GRAY (off-screen): We heard Marjorie scream, 222 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:39,985 we turned immediately and saw the shark latched onto 223 00:13:40,052 --> 00:13:42,454 Marjorie trying to turn her left and right. 224 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:46,425 MARJORIE: Somehow my body reacted to pull it away. 225 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,762 But when I turned, I faced the shark. 226 00:13:50,763 --> 00:13:51,931 It was eye to eye. 227 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:56,702 I felt that I was looking into his soul. 228 00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:01,073 I was horrified feeling I'm on my own. 229 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:07,546 NARRATOR: As suddenly as the shark appeared it’s gone. 230 00:14:09,815 --> 00:14:14,620 Surfers Gray Spainhour and James Tongg are 50 meters away. 231 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:17,256 GRAY: When we got to Marjorie, I could see that her, her leg 232 00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:20,793 had been bitten just below her left buttock. 233 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:22,328 She was hysterical, she was screaming, 234 00:14:22,394 --> 00:14:23,462 she was frightened. 235 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:25,798 We knew that we had to get her to shore fast. 236 00:14:27,099 --> 00:14:29,501 MARJORIE: My mind was just thinking the shark's coming back. 237 00:14:30,202 --> 00:14:31,737 We have to get out of the water 238 00:14:31,804 --> 00:14:32,638 I‘m bleeding. 239 00:14:33,172 --> 00:14:34,139 GRAY (off-screen): James said, give me the leash, 240 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:36,609 and so I got into the water, took off the leash, 241 00:14:36,675 --> 00:14:40,045 gave it to James where he began to tie the tourniquet. 242 00:14:40,946 --> 00:14:42,281 MARJORIE: And the next thing I know I felt 243 00:14:42,348 --> 00:14:44,783 a really, really hardcore pain. 244 00:14:44,850 --> 00:14:47,386 Harder than the shark biting my leg. 245 00:14:50,222 --> 00:14:54,159 NARRATOR: Nearby, a paddle-boarder hears the commotion. 246 00:14:54,226 --> 00:14:58,564 He has the one thing that could help save Marjorie’s life. 247 00:14:58,631 --> 00:15:00,199 Grabbing the paddle board, 248 00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:02,835 Marjorie quickly gets to shore. 249 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:07,373 Within minutes an ambulance races her to Honolulu hospital. 250 00:15:07,439 --> 00:15:12,077 Surgeons get the bleeding under control just a few hours 251 00:15:12,144 --> 00:15:13,979 before the New Year rings in. 252 00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:19,451 MARJORIE: Happy 2018 everyone. 253 00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:24,356 I am okay, I’m alive. 254 00:15:26,225 --> 00:15:29,261 I can hear a little bit of the fireworks 255 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:31,297 going on outside the hospital. 256 00:15:31,997 --> 00:15:33,699 It was good to look at the clock 257 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:36,869 and see that you know I passed that 258 00:15:37,169 --> 00:15:40,606 death to life again, you know, I survive. 259 00:15:45,244 --> 00:15:46,111 MARJORIE: Woo-hoo! 260 00:15:46,211 --> 00:15:47,579 (laughs) 261 00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:49,982 I made it to 2018! 262 00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:54,253 (cheering) 263 00:15:59,158 --> 00:16:02,561 NARRATOR: Marjorie was likely bitten by a tiger shark. 264 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:06,165 One of the main culprits of shark attacks on surfers in Hawaii. 265 00:16:12,504 --> 00:16:15,874 STEPHEN (off-screen): Tiger sharks tend to be solitary hunters. 266 00:16:15,941 --> 00:16:18,210 They are feeding on large prey items, 267 00:16:18,277 --> 00:16:20,846 and they have the, the jaws and the hardware that 268 00:16:20,913 --> 00:16:24,083 enable them to take those big prey items. 269 00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:27,052 But they‘re also not picky, they’ll eat whatever they can. 270 00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:32,124 NARRATOR: Known as the garbage can of the ocean, 271 00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:35,327 the tiger shark has the hardware to chew up anything 272 00:16:35,394 --> 00:16:40,666 it finds, even license plates and old tires. 273 00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:46,905 STEPHEN: So here you have a set of jaws from, uh, about a 274 00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:51,010 12-foot tiger shark and you can see you know, the, the numbers of teeth 275 00:16:51,076 --> 00:16:53,345 that are here and the size of the teeth, 276 00:16:53,412 --> 00:16:55,681 you know, they’re big, they’re heavily serrated, 277 00:16:55,748 --> 00:16:57,816 even the serrations have serrations on them. 278 00:16:57,883 --> 00:17:01,120 As that jaw is moving, it’s, it's slicing across and 279 00:17:01,186 --> 00:17:04,023 these become little blades like on a chainsaw. 280 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:05,791 And not only do they have a lot of teeth, 281 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:08,060 they have lots of replacement teeth behind, 282 00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:11,296 so they always have a full set of teeth rolling in. 283 00:17:11,363 --> 00:17:14,233 When they encounter soft, squishy humans, 284 00:17:14,299 --> 00:17:17,202 easily able to get severely damaged by 285 00:17:17,269 --> 00:17:18,804 such strong powerful jaws. 286 00:17:23,142 --> 00:17:26,045 NARRATOR: On Marjorie’s sunset surf, time and 287 00:17:26,111 --> 00:17:29,148 location worked against her. 288 00:17:29,214 --> 00:17:35,287 Tiger sharks are nocturnal hunters, and, 289 00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:38,690 she was surfing in an area inhabited by sea turtles. 290 00:17:41,093 --> 00:17:42,227 STEPHEN(off-screen): So a sharks swimming along 291 00:17:42,294 --> 00:17:44,596 and towards dusk or at night, 292 00:17:44,663 --> 00:17:46,698 they see something vaguely on the surface, 293 00:17:46,765 --> 00:17:48,400 it’s going to come up and investigate. 294 00:17:50,502 --> 00:17:52,938 You’re sitting on this board with your arms off 295 00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:55,040 to the side which look like little flippers, 296 00:17:55,107 --> 00:17:58,510 and a shark coming up from below might mistake this 297 00:17:58,577 --> 00:18:01,213 person on a board for a turtle that is flapping around, 298 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,382 and give you an investigatory bite. 299 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:09,888 NARRATOR: While many shark attacks on surfers, 300 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:12,658 seem to happen through mistaken identity. 301 00:18:12,724 --> 00:18:16,628 Other attacks could be deliberate. 302 00:18:16,695 --> 00:18:20,432 With over 2.800 kilometers of rugged coastline, 303 00:18:20,499 --> 00:18:23,202 South Africa is a surfing paradise. 304 00:18:25,637 --> 00:18:28,006 But it has its dangers. 305 00:18:30,008 --> 00:18:34,046 Each year sharks are attracted to a dramatic marine event. 306 00:18:41,353 --> 00:18:44,556 The Sardine Run. 307 00:18:45,924 --> 00:18:49,094 Hordes of sea birds, seals and dolphins penetrate and 308 00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:51,763 scatter the tightly packed bait balls. 309 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:57,436 It’s also a free-for-all for sharks. 310 00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:08,547 And among them, the third species known to kill surfers, 311 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:11,216 the bull shark. 312 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:14,720 With a reputation for aggression, it is known 313 00:19:14,786 --> 00:19:17,823 for many of South Africa’s shark fatalities. 314 00:19:19,925 --> 00:19:23,295 In July the Sardine Run ends. 315 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:26,431 Bellies’ full, many sharks leave the area. 316 00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:28,767 Much to the relief of local surfers. 317 00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:36,708 Denver and Kristy Struwig are just home from their honeymoon. 318 00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:39,778 It’s perfect timing to celebrate with a surf. 319 00:19:49,054 --> 00:19:52,057 KRISTY: We were on a total high about being married. 320 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:54,493 Our main aim that Friday was to 321 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:55,961 spend time together in the sea. 322 00:19:57,129 --> 00:19:57,996 DENVER: We were young. 323 00:19:58,263 --> 00:19:59,998 Just an exciting time, a happy time. 324 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:06,538 We just surfed and surfed and surfed. 325 00:20:09,107 --> 00:20:11,476 We normally judge the shark activity 326 00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:13,111 and the sardine run 327 00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:16,248 by like how many birds are diving, the gannets. 328 00:20:17,082 --> 00:20:19,551 This day was pretty mellow. 329 00:20:19,618 --> 00:20:21,954 KRISTY: We couldn’t believe our luck that the sea was 330 00:20:22,354 --> 00:20:26,425 as calm, as blue, and as beautiful as it was. 331 00:20:31,697 --> 00:20:35,901 NARRATOR: After a few hours Kristy heads back to shore. 332 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:40,138 Denver waits for one more wave, with his friend Eric. 333 00:20:41,673 --> 00:20:43,342 DENVER: I was sitting there and then... 334 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:49,581 this shark just swims straight underneath. 335 00:20:52,784 --> 00:20:55,487 And, I’m like, what this is not happening. 336 00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:57,889 And the shark just does this big u-turn 337 00:20:57,956 --> 00:20:58,991 up around the side 338 00:21:01,493 --> 00:21:02,761 and the shark disappeared. 339 00:21:02,828 --> 00:21:04,029 As I put my legs down 340 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:05,764 the shark hits me 341 00:21:06,531 --> 00:21:08,900 and swam me down to the bottom. 342 00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:19,044 NARRATOR: The past decade has seen more shark attacks than any previous. 343 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:27,686 Newly-weds, Denver and Kristy Struwig are riding 344 00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:29,588 the waves in South Africa. 345 00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:36,728 But, tragedy strikes, leaving Denver fighting for his life. 346 00:21:37,863 --> 00:21:39,765 DENVER: I remember seeing the shark‘s 347 00:21:39,831 --> 00:21:42,401 nose and head like on my leg. 348 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:45,804 It was like surreal. 349 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:48,240 And I remember just shouting, 350 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,042 I’ve just been bitten, I’ve just been bitten. 351 00:21:50,909 --> 00:21:54,012 KRISTY: All of a sudden we saw the board 352 00:21:54,079 --> 00:21:55,614 just being flipped in the air. 353 00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:59,885 We didn’t realize at that stage 354 00:21:59,951 --> 00:22:02,154 who had been attacked. 355 00:22:03,388 --> 00:22:05,057 Selfishly, I immediately thought 356 00:22:05,123 --> 00:22:06,525 oh I hope it’s not Denver. 357 00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:10,062 DENVER: As I turned around and looked for my board 358 00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:12,497 I saw my board literally 10 meters away from me. 359 00:22:13,365 --> 00:22:14,733 He had bitten through my leg rope. 360 00:22:17,436 --> 00:22:18,470 And then... 361 00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:20,539 the shark came back 362 00:22:20,605 --> 00:22:23,008 but through the back of my shoulder like 363 00:22:23,608 --> 00:22:25,577 and his head was basically next to my head. 364 00:22:27,045 --> 00:22:28,146 And just bit down again 365 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:32,451 and swam me down to the bottom. 366 00:22:36,221 --> 00:22:37,856 I don’t remember the point where he 367 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:39,291 actually let me go, 368 00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:41,360 but I do remember like resurfacing. 369 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:48,500 KRISTY: When I realized it was him 370 00:22:49,134 --> 00:22:50,502 my heart just sank. 371 00:22:52,237 --> 00:22:53,839 It was a horrible feeling of 372 00:22:54,606 --> 00:22:56,408 being completely helpless. 373 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:02,948 NARRATOR: Denver makes it to shore. 374 00:23:03,014 --> 00:23:07,319 By luck a paramedic and a doctor happen to be nearby. 375 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:12,491 He suffers a deep laceration on his inner thigh, 376 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:14,826 narrowly missing the femoral artery. 377 00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:20,866 KRISTY: I was just hoping that 378 00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:24,069 that it wasn’t critical because 379 00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:26,538 we had just got married there was no way 380 00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:28,807 something could happen two weeks, 381 00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:29,808 three weeks after our wedding. 382 00:23:29,875 --> 00:23:31,143 It just wasn’t possible. 383 00:23:34,846 --> 00:23:37,549 NARRATOR: Denver suspects a bull shark is to blame. 384 00:23:41,319 --> 00:23:44,656 RYAN: One of the main senses that bull sharks have is that 385 00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:48,560 ability to detect splashing and movement in the water. 386 00:23:48,627 --> 00:23:51,430 (muffled splashing) 387 00:23:51,496 --> 00:23:54,533 If you wanna attract in a bull shark you take a little plastic bottle down and 388 00:23:54,599 --> 00:23:58,270 start squeezing it and cracking the plastic bottle. 389 00:23:58,336 --> 00:24:00,939 That type of vibration in the water, 390 00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:03,909 is essentially the signals that a surfer can give off if 391 00:24:03,975 --> 00:24:06,344 they’re splashing around at the surface. 392 00:24:09,314 --> 00:24:13,185 NARRATOR: But, another species may be the real culprit. 393 00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:15,520 RYAN (off-screen): When I look at this habitat and I look at 394 00:24:15,587 --> 00:24:20,258 the time of year there is a definitely a chance that it was a great white. 395 00:24:20,325 --> 00:24:24,930 The great whites will be been patrolling this coast-line all of the time 396 00:24:27,999 --> 00:24:30,936 and unfortunately that is also the area where 397 00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:32,437 surfers spend a lot of time. 398 00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:43,148 NARRATOR: Examining the bite marks may give a clue to Denver’s attacker. 399 00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:46,151 DENVER: Okay, so it’s quite distinct, um, 400 00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:48,153 that was his, like, left side of the jaw. 401 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:49,855 And then his... 402 00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:52,824 ...rest of his jaw came back, right through to the back. 403 00:24:52,891 --> 00:24:54,960 You can see this was the bad one 404 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:57,696 obviously, with the femoral artery inside there, 405 00:24:57,762 --> 00:24:58,763 which was very lucky. 406 00:24:58,897 --> 00:24:59,731 RYAN: Aye, aye, aye. 407 00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:00,765 DENVER: That was the first one. 408 00:25:01,299 --> 00:25:04,035 So the second one was, I’ll just show you, 409 00:25:04,102 --> 00:25:05,570 So you can see the spacing. 410 00:25:05,637 --> 00:25:10,041 So, one, two, so that was the three. 411 00:25:10,408 --> 00:25:12,010 RYAN: Oh wow. But these ones here are the intriguing ones, 412 00:25:12,077 --> 00:25:14,379 because you find, 413 00:25:14,446 --> 00:25:16,781 bull sharks have very thin, 414 00:25:16,848 --> 00:25:21,386 piercing lower jaw, but these, these scars are, 415 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:23,188 you know you can see they’re spaced, 416 00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:26,424 and they’re long, and they’re very clean, 417 00:25:26,491 --> 00:25:28,560 with the great whites they have a lot more serrations on 418 00:25:28,627 --> 00:25:31,897 these lower jaws that they do mimic the sawing action, 419 00:25:31,963 --> 00:25:34,232 and if this is definitely the lower jaw, 420 00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:37,168 it looks more great white than it does bull shark. 421 00:25:39,237 --> 00:25:43,408 (seagulls squawking) 422 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:47,579 RYAN (off-screen): The moment I saw those bites on his shoulder 423 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:50,448 I am absolutely sure it was a great white. 424 00:25:50,515 --> 00:25:53,718 Why a shark like that would bite Denver? 425 00:25:53,785 --> 00:25:56,254 There‘s many reasons, it could have been hungry, 426 00:25:56,321 --> 00:26:00,225 it could have been a long time since it left a seal colony. 427 00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:05,931 It was willing to investigate this big item in the water to 428 00:26:05,997 --> 00:26:07,599 see if it was potential food. 429 00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:13,071 RYAN (off-screen): It was a situation of Denver being in the wrong place at 430 00:26:13,138 --> 00:26:16,508 the wrong time and meeting the wrong shark. 431 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:19,144 But that is part of going into nature. 432 00:26:24,983 --> 00:26:26,451 NARRATOR: From South Africa, 433 00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:29,454 great whites can travel huge distances, 434 00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:33,725 making a 11,000 kilometer journey to West Australia. 435 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:38,997 Another hotspot for shark attacks. 436 00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:43,568 With 13 fatalities over 100 years... 437 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:49,174 The reason for making this epic journey? 438 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,210 The richest food source imaginable. 439 00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:55,680 Often found right next to the surf-line. 440 00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:04,623 It’s April 15th, 2018. 441 00:27:04,689 --> 00:27:08,893 Surfer, Alex Travaglini is at his local surf break in Gracetown. 442 00:27:10,095 --> 00:27:12,330 ALEX: I had been working for 20 days in a row, 443 00:27:12,397 --> 00:27:16,201 so I was, I was pretty eager to get out and get a few waves. 444 00:27:17,268 --> 00:27:21,473 NARRATOR: But today, fellow surfers have bad news. 445 00:27:21,539 --> 00:27:24,643 ALEX (off-screen): Apparently someone had seen a fin pretty close. 446 00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:30,348 It was likely that shark was probably long gone. 447 00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:34,219 Then suddenly there was perfect waves, 448 00:27:34,285 --> 00:27:37,022 I thought well, it’s probably safe by now, 449 00:27:37,088 --> 00:27:38,857 pretty keen for a surf. 450 00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:45,196 I managed to catch a wave, I was very happy with that, 451 00:27:45,263 --> 00:27:48,767 so I was keen to get some more, 452 00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:53,638 as I was waiting I was having a chat with my friend and 453 00:27:53,705 --> 00:27:57,008 then I saw him get pretty startled. 454 00:27:57,075 --> 00:27:59,044 I never saw the shark before it bit. 455 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:00,645 The pain just radiated my whole body. 456 00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:08,353 NARRATOR: Western Australia has seen more shark attacks in 457 00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:11,089 the last decade than any before. 458 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:15,727 But surfer, Alex Travaglini, 459 00:28:15,794 --> 00:28:18,496 can’t resist todays perfect waves. 460 00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:22,434 But, out of nowhere, he’s under attack. 461 00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:28,840 ALEX: I was not expecting it at all. 462 00:28:28,907 --> 00:28:30,408 I didn’t see anything coming. 463 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:32,377 TOMAS: All we could see was like a splashing and 464 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:34,446 he kinda of fighting with the shark. 465 00:28:34,512 --> 00:28:36,981 ALEX: The shark was underneath the board, 466 00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:41,486 and all I was trying to do was push the surfboard and try and 467 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:43,722 keep the shark away from me. 468 00:28:43,788 --> 00:28:47,559 TOMAS: He was so focused on Alex, he wanted Alex. 469 00:28:47,625 --> 00:28:49,627 ALEX (off-screen): And it’s popped it’s head out of the water, 470 00:28:49,694 --> 00:28:55,633 and looking at me and it started circling me again, 471 00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:59,537 my emotion went from being shocked to being angry, 472 00:28:59,604 --> 00:29:02,407 and I just swore at the shark. 473 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:05,376 And then it started coming back at me. 474 00:29:05,443 --> 00:29:09,647 I grabbed my surfboard and pushed it against its nose. 475 00:29:09,714 --> 00:29:13,118 I’m not ready to let you eat me. 476 00:29:16,788 --> 00:29:20,492 It probably had decided that it had had enough. 477 00:29:20,558 --> 00:29:23,161 The last thing I remember was seeing the shark swimming 478 00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:28,032 towards the horizon the leash was in its mouth. 479 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:30,735 (camera clicking) 480 00:29:30,802 --> 00:29:33,238 NARRATOR: By chance a local photographer manages 481 00:29:33,304 --> 00:29:35,540 to capture the scene. 482 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:37,942 Badly injured, and without his surfboard, 483 00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:42,514 Alex is now stuck 50 meters from shore. 484 00:29:43,915 --> 00:29:47,485 Nearby, a fellow surfer, instead of fleeing the scene 485 00:29:47,552 --> 00:29:49,988 comes to the rescue. 486 00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:51,990 Together they catch a wave, 487 00:29:52,056 --> 00:29:54,692 with Alex body-surfing back to the shoreline. 488 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,428 TOMAS: We were all running to help, 489 00:29:57,495 --> 00:29:59,731 we can’t believe what is going on, 490 00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:02,033 you don’t think it’s real, blood everywhere. 491 00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:08,339 NARRATOR: As Alex lies bleeding on the shore, 492 00:30:08,406 --> 00:30:12,877 surfers use their leashes as tourniquets on Alex’s legs. 493 00:30:12,944 --> 00:30:15,780 TOMAS: Alex was pretty calm, he didn’t panic, he didn’t blink, 494 00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:20,084 I think we were screaming more than he was. 495 00:30:20,151 --> 00:30:22,387 NARRATOR: A helicopter is on its way. 496 00:30:22,453 --> 00:30:25,757 But still the surfers need to get Alex to the parking lot 497 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:28,593 almost 800 meters away. 498 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:31,763 They improvise using a surfboard as a stretcher. 499 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:35,900 The only way is across boulders and steep dunes. 500 00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:37,302 TOMAS (off-screen): We were struggling quite a lot, 501 00:30:37,368 --> 00:30:40,004 you step on everything, you cut yourself, 502 00:30:40,071 --> 00:30:42,207 it was definitely a mission. 503 00:30:42,273 --> 00:30:43,675 ALEX (off-screen): I don’t know how they didn’t drop me, 504 00:30:43,741 --> 00:30:44,976 I really do not know. 505 00:30:45,043 --> 00:30:46,277 (clapping) 506 00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:48,880 I congratulate them, they did a great job. 507 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:52,083 NARRATOR: As for the motivation behind the attack. 508 00:30:52,150 --> 00:30:54,819 The answer may not be far away. 509 00:30:57,088 --> 00:31:00,458 Authorities are dealing with a dead whale on the beach. 510 00:31:03,328 --> 00:31:06,264 For any great whites in the area, 511 00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:09,400 the smell could be luring them in. 512 00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:13,738 They can detect blood in the water from over five kilometers away. 513 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:21,679 RYAN: Not only is this carcass the biggest source of energy available, 514 00:31:21,746 --> 00:31:23,348 ever for great white sharks, 515 00:31:23,414 --> 00:31:25,617 the ease in which it’s available is massive, 516 00:31:25,683 --> 00:31:27,852 the shark doesn’t have to spend any energy except maybe 517 00:31:27,919 --> 00:31:32,023 some jaw muscles to acquire that blubber. 518 00:31:32,090 --> 00:31:36,628 Every moment that whale is on the beach it’s leeching oil, 519 00:31:36,694 --> 00:31:38,429 it’s leeching scent into the water, 520 00:31:38,496 --> 00:31:41,399 its attracting sharks to that beach. 521 00:31:44,669 --> 00:31:47,572 If you’re surfing out there and big sharks are around and 522 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:50,108 they’re looking for this source of smell, 523 00:31:50,174 --> 00:31:51,976 and you’re there in the middle of that, 524 00:31:52,043 --> 00:31:54,846 chances that you get bitten is really high. 525 00:31:57,315 --> 00:31:59,817 So, in Alex’s case that is most probably what happened. 526 00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:05,657 NARRATOR: Whales have been protected in Western Australia 527 00:32:05,723 --> 00:32:08,526 since 1979. 528 00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:11,062 Their population is on the rise. 529 00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:15,066 But that could have an unfortunate consequence... 530 00:32:15,133 --> 00:32:17,335 Increased shark attacks. 531 00:32:17,402 --> 00:32:19,671 RYAN: This whale populations growing and growing and 532 00:32:19,737 --> 00:32:21,472 growing every year. 533 00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:26,444 RYAN (off-screen): That means more are also going to be dying of 534 00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:29,414 natural causes ending up on beaches. 535 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,116 The simple answer is stay out of the water when that carcass 536 00:32:32,183 --> 00:32:34,252 is there, even if it’s on the beach. 537 00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:39,357 NARRATOR: After Alex’s attack, 538 00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:42,760 warning signs went up around the beach. 539 00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:45,863 Just hours later, a great white was seen 540 00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:48,866 near the surf-line. 541 00:32:48,933 --> 00:32:53,104 Authorities ordered everyone out of the water. 542 00:32:53,171 --> 00:32:57,141 But one surfer decided the waves were too good to resist. 543 00:32:58,409 --> 00:32:59,711 MAN: Oh my God! MAN 2: Holy ... 544 00:32:59,777 --> 00:33:01,212 MAN: Holy ... no ... 545 00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:04,782 Oi! Oi, oi, shark! 546 00:33:08,186 --> 00:33:09,387 MAN: Oh my God! 547 00:33:09,454 --> 00:33:10,755 NARRATOR: Western Australia. 548 00:33:10,822 --> 00:33:13,791 Just hours after a surfer was attacked. 549 00:33:13,858 --> 00:33:16,127 There’s blood in the water again. 550 00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:19,030 MAN: Holy ... no ... 551 00:33:19,097 --> 00:33:22,700 Oi! Oi, oi, shark! 552 00:33:25,536 --> 00:33:27,772 ANTHONY (off-screen): A Fisheries vessel had approached some surfers in 553 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,408 the water to inform them that there was a another shark 554 00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:34,112 very close by and everyone except one surfer got out, 555 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:37,582 and that one surfer was pretty adamant that he was fine... 556 00:33:37,648 --> 00:33:40,618 Within minutes he got attacked himself. 557 00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:42,120 MAN: Oh my God! MAN 2: Holy ... 558 00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:43,588 MAN: Holy ... no ... 559 00:33:43,654 --> 00:33:47,492 Oi! Oi, oi, shark! 560 00:33:47,558 --> 00:33:50,061 MAN: He’s gone? MAN 2: Nah he’s swimming. 561 00:33:50,128 --> 00:33:52,964 MAN: He’s swimming. C’mon mate! 562 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:55,466 MAN 2: Choppy’s coming back! Choppy’s coming back. 563 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:57,502 MAN: Holy ... 564 00:33:57,568 --> 00:33:59,937 MAN 2: Get the leg rope off. 565 00:34:00,004 --> 00:34:03,307 NARRATOR: Incredibly, the bitten surfer makes it back 566 00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:06,310 to shore on his own. 567 00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:07,712 MAN: You alright mate? MAN 2: Yeah. 568 00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:09,981 MAN: Thought we were going to have to get you up as soon as possible. 569 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,250 MAN 2: Yeah, I’ll have to go to the docs I think. 570 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:15,019 MAN: That’s not that bad, it’s gonna hurt but. 571 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:16,888 MAN 2: ... bad enough. MAN: You‘re pumped right now. 572 00:34:16,954 --> 00:34:19,123 MAN 2: Oh my mate just gave me that board. 573 00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:20,291 Oh I’m so lucky. 574 00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:21,325 MAN: You alright? 575 00:34:21,392 --> 00:34:23,127 ANTHONY: My first thought was who would be possibly 576 00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:25,930 surfing again in that area. 577 00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:28,866 Surfers are a funny bunch, if the surf is good enough and 578 00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:31,369 there’s no one is around I am sure some people would 579 00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:34,338 sort of roll that dice and have another crack at it, but, 580 00:34:34,405 --> 00:34:36,441 I think a lot of lessons were learnt that day. 581 00:34:39,444 --> 00:34:42,547 NARRATOR: 18,000 kilometers away, in the 582 00:34:42,613 --> 00:34:45,083 United States of America, 583 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:47,685 is the shark bite capitol of the world. 584 00:34:49,620 --> 00:34:55,159 Florida has 33% of all unprovoked attacks. 585 00:34:55,226 --> 00:34:56,828 MAN: Hey! Get out of the water! 586 00:34:59,630 --> 00:35:02,567 NARRATOR: One of the main culprits for the attacks... 587 00:35:02,633 --> 00:35:04,769 The blacktip shark. 588 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:07,472 Growing up to two and a half meters long, 589 00:35:07,538 --> 00:35:10,575 it hunts just off the Florida coastline. 590 00:35:10,641 --> 00:35:13,711 To study their habits, Professor Stephen Kajiura 591 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:16,747 catches blacktips with baited drumlines. 592 00:35:16,814 --> 00:35:18,216 STEPHEN: Alright let’s drop another one. 593 00:35:20,518 --> 00:35:22,286 NARRATOR: By tagging blacktips, 594 00:35:22,353 --> 00:35:25,456 he discovered the sharks hug the shoreline. 595 00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:27,592 To hunt for baitfish. 596 00:35:27,658 --> 00:35:30,795 And where it keeps them from danger. 597 00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:40,505 STEPHEN: The blacktips are able to get very shallow, 598 00:35:40,571 --> 00:35:43,274 where the bigger sharks are simply unable to go. 599 00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:46,043 They are also staying out of the way of some of the bigger predators, 600 00:35:46,110 --> 00:35:47,979 you have like big hammerhead sharks. 601 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:54,185 NARRATOR: From his aerial studies Professor Kajiura has 602 00:35:54,252 --> 00:35:56,487 made a startling discovery. 603 00:35:56,554 --> 00:35:58,222 STEPHEN (off-screen): As you’re flying along, 604 00:35:58,289 --> 00:36:00,958 you can see people in the water happily swimming or whatever, 605 00:36:01,025 --> 00:36:03,861 and there‘s sharks are right there. 606 00:36:03,928 --> 00:36:05,730 The people are totally oblivious, 607 00:36:05,796 --> 00:36:07,732 they don’t even realize they’re literally surrounded 608 00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:10,001 by hundreds of sharks. 609 00:36:15,139 --> 00:36:19,010 NARRATOR: March 22nd, 2019. 610 00:36:19,076 --> 00:36:23,147 Math teacher, Chris Bryan finishes up in the classroom. 611 00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:28,419 His perfect way to unwind, a late afternoon surf. 612 00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:32,823 CHRIS: There’s a few beaches here in Florida where you can 613 00:36:32,890 --> 00:36:34,959 find fossilized sharks teeth. 614 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:38,196 I’ve got some bull sharks, I’ve got a sand tiger. 615 00:36:38,262 --> 00:36:40,998 They are still like needle sharp, 616 00:36:41,065 --> 00:36:43,768 I mean it’s just like razor blades. 617 00:36:45,002 --> 00:36:47,505 I’m never really thinking about sharks, 618 00:36:47,572 --> 00:36:49,540 it’s never really crossed my mind. 619 00:36:55,813 --> 00:36:59,450 CHRIS (off-screen): It was a Friday afternoon 620 00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:01,452 and caught a handful of waves. 621 00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:06,157 Nothing spectacular. 622 00:37:07,992 --> 00:37:11,529 So I took one more wave in and 623 00:37:11,596 --> 00:37:14,098 when I got to the inside sand bar, 624 00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:15,933 jumped off my board and 625 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,336 as soon as I entered the water... 626 00:37:18,402 --> 00:37:23,007 Wham, on my foot and just sharp pain and it was gone. 627 00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:32,116 I‘m thinking I’ve just been bitten by a shark and 628 00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:37,188 my foots just aching, and I saw blood coming down my leg. 629 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:40,358 So I started waving and calling for help. 630 00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:42,326 Nobody was responding. 631 00:37:42,393 --> 00:37:45,730 BOUCHRA: I see this guy out in the ocean like waving his hand, 632 00:37:45,796 --> 00:37:47,832 so I say to my family, I said, 633 00:37:47,898 --> 00:37:50,034 "I think that guy is yelling for help." 634 00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:51,969 And at that point we saw the wave hit him and 635 00:37:52,036 --> 00:37:54,238 the blood just flowing through the water, 636 00:37:54,305 --> 00:37:55,840 so we just took off running. 637 00:37:57,575 --> 00:38:00,611 CHRIS: I knew that I was bleeding, I knew that I had been bit pretty good. 638 00:38:03,447 --> 00:38:06,817 And I saw that the top of my foot was just ripped open. 639 00:38:07,551 --> 00:38:11,055 That's when I knew that, it wasn't just a little bite. 640 00:38:17,595 --> 00:38:21,499 NARRATOR: Over the last decade shark attacks on surfers have risen. 641 00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:26,837 Florida, more than any other place is the shark bite capital of the world. 642 00:38:27,905 --> 00:38:32,009 Math teacher, Chris Bryan, out for a brief after school surf, 643 00:38:32,076 --> 00:38:34,045 the latest victim. 644 00:38:34,111 --> 00:38:35,980 CHRIS: It was just wham on my foot, 645 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:37,548 and just sharp pain. 646 00:38:37,615 --> 00:38:40,685 I’ve just been bitten by a shark. 647 00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:44,221 When I actually got up onto the beach I was so 648 00:38:44,288 --> 00:38:48,659 just physically drained and woozy and nauseous. 649 00:38:51,062 --> 00:38:53,197 BOUCHRA: We had taken a beach towel and wrapped it around 650 00:38:53,264 --> 00:38:57,168 his foot as he would continue to lose blood he was very, very pale. 651 00:38:57,234 --> 00:39:00,071 CHRIS: All of a sudden there was somebody clapping in front of my face. 652 00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:02,306 Come on Chris, stay with us, stay with us. 653 00:39:02,373 --> 00:39:05,309 BOUCHRA: I just said to Chris, "I'll stay with you, I'll stay 654 00:39:05,376 --> 00:39:07,511 with you until they get you into the ambulance." 655 00:39:08,813 --> 00:39:12,883 NARRATOR: Chris’s attacker may have been a blacktip. 656 00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:16,020 Surfing during the shark migration increased his chance 657 00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:18,222 for being bitten. 658 00:39:18,289 --> 00:39:21,092 Turning a quick surf into a complex operation with so 659 00:39:21,158 --> 00:39:24,495 many stitches the surgeon ran out of thread. 660 00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:29,467 For the survivors of shark attacks, 661 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:31,769 the experience never leaves them. 662 00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:37,308 Marjorie Mariano returns for the first time to 663 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:41,746 the exact spot where she was bitten by a four meter tiger shark. 664 00:39:42,279 --> 00:39:44,248 MARJORIE: Where that wave is breaking right there 665 00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:45,983 that’s where the shark attacked me. 666 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,655 I love this place and 667 00:39:51,722 --> 00:39:55,593 now it put, like, a scar in my heart. 668 00:39:57,395 --> 00:40:00,765 I am challenged to heal that scar. 669 00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:06,170 I never want to expose this 670 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:08,205 vulnerable... 671 00:40:10,541 --> 00:40:11,509 ...side of me. 672 00:40:13,210 --> 00:40:15,012 (sniffling) 673 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:19,083 NARRATOR: There’ve been attempts to stop shark attacks. 674 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:23,687 Including, extreme measures. 675 00:40:23,754 --> 00:40:27,124 RYAN: The idea of culling a shark population and 676 00:40:27,191 --> 00:40:32,296 expecting that stretch of coast to be devoid of sharks is pretty naïve, 677 00:40:32,363 --> 00:40:35,566 all you’re going to have is new ones coming in. 678 00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:39,703 Sharks as those top predators maintain the balance, 679 00:40:39,770 --> 00:40:44,041 if sharks go, the simple conclusion is that the ocean 680 00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:49,146 is going to die, the entire human and earth ecosystem is 681 00:40:49,213 --> 00:40:51,649 going to start breaking down. 682 00:40:51,715 --> 00:40:54,819 NARRATOR: Shark survivor, Alex Travaglini, 683 00:40:54,885 --> 00:40:58,656 made it his mission to help surfers. 684 00:40:58,722 --> 00:41:01,158 Six months after his attack, 685 00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:03,494 a shark warning alarm was installed. 686 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:08,199 ALEX: I’m not here trying to say we should kill any sharks. 687 00:41:08,265 --> 00:41:11,902 At random times of the day I used to... 688 00:41:11,969 --> 00:41:14,271 Just have flashbacks of the attack, 689 00:41:14,338 --> 00:41:15,206 something would trigger it, 690 00:41:15,272 --> 00:41:19,143 it could be a smell or something that was said, or a noise. 691 00:41:21,145 --> 00:41:24,048 I really wanted to make sure that what happened to me 692 00:41:24,114 --> 00:41:25,749 didn’t happen to anyone else. 693 00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:34,458 NARRATOR: For Denver Struwig, 694 00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:36,594 bitten just days after his wedding, 695 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:39,163 it’s been a long journey to recovery. 696 00:41:39,964 --> 00:41:42,333 DENVER: This was supposed to be the kick-start, 697 00:41:42,399 --> 00:41:44,068 and now we get halted by this incident. 698 00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:47,805 And so she... 699 00:41:49,373 --> 00:41:50,241 ...whoa. 700 00:41:50,474 --> 00:41:51,342 DENVER: It's... 701 00:41:51,408 --> 00:41:52,910 KRISTY: When I saw his nightmares, 702 00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:57,982 I would wake up with him shouting and shaking, 703 00:41:58,048 --> 00:42:00,184 almost as if he was underwater. 704 00:42:00,651 --> 00:42:01,652 And... 705 00:42:02,319 --> 00:42:03,354 ...absolute panic. 706 00:42:04,321 --> 00:42:08,526 DENVER: Kristy’s reaction was complete support. 707 00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:11,095 It’s like, we're going to get through this, 708 00:42:12,296 --> 00:42:13,764 and we're going to surf again. 709 00:42:20,704 --> 00:42:23,541 NARRATOR: For Leanne Ericson and her partner Dusty, 710 00:42:23,607 --> 00:42:26,110 returning to the ocean has been difficult. 711 00:42:28,279 --> 00:42:30,314 LEEANNE (off-screen): I don’t feel any animosity towards sharks and 712 00:42:30,381 --> 00:42:33,017 I don’t blame sharks. 713 00:42:33,083 --> 00:42:36,086 I took a risk going in the water which we all do 714 00:42:36,153 --> 00:42:37,922 every time we get in. 715 00:42:37,988 --> 00:42:40,658 I just try to talk myself to getting back in the water. 716 00:42:40,724 --> 00:42:42,326 (laughs) 717 00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:43,727 Maybe one day. 718 00:42:45,996 --> 00:42:48,065 DUSTY (off-screen): Maybe someday I’ll get Leanne back out there with me, 719 00:42:48,132 --> 00:42:50,401 but we’ll see. 720 00:42:56,807 --> 00:42:59,677 NARRATOR: Fortunately, most surfers and swimmers never 721 00:42:59,743 --> 00:43:02,079 fall prey to shark attacks. 722 00:43:02,146 --> 00:43:04,615 With only four fatalities each year. 723 00:43:06,784 --> 00:43:10,120 Humans, on the other hand, are responsible for the deaths of 724 00:43:10,187 --> 00:43:12,856 over 100 million sharks. 725 00:43:14,291 --> 00:43:17,661 Today, with stories about attacks ever increasing. 726 00:43:17,728 --> 00:43:20,364 Are we really in danger? 727 00:43:20,431 --> 00:43:24,401 RYAN: We are seeing more attacks over the years. 728 00:43:24,468 --> 00:43:27,838 Not because the sharks are getting more aggressive, 729 00:43:27,905 --> 00:43:29,740 because the human population is going up. 730 00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:37,348 STEPHEN: With more people in the water their chance of 731 00:43:37,414 --> 00:43:39,917 being bitten just keeps rising. 732 00:43:39,984 --> 00:43:42,853 STEPHEN (off-screen): You are much more likely to kill yourself taking a selfie 733 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:46,156 than you are being killed by a shark. 734 00:43:46,223 --> 00:43:48,626 Sharks are not actually targeting the humans, 735 00:43:48,692 --> 00:43:50,294 they are not out to bite them. 736 00:43:50,361 --> 00:43:52,529 We are not part of their menu. 737 00:43:52,596 --> 00:43:54,064 These sharks are feeding on fish, 738 00:43:54,131 --> 00:43:56,000 we do not taste the same. 739 00:43:56,066 --> 00:43:59,136 It’s possible to be in the water with the sharks and 740 00:43:59,203 --> 00:44:01,839 be totally unbothered by them.