► Adventure Ocean Quest - Shark Paradise of Polynesia (FULL Documentary)
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- Опубликовано: 12 ноя 2015
- The waters off the Rangiroa Atoll in French Polynesia are home to an astonishing creature, a true survivor from an age when dinosaurs roamed the Earth around 400 million years ago: the great hammerhead shark. At up to 6 metres in length, they are imposing predators with an array of incredible sensory organs housed in their distinctive hammer-shaped heads. But there are still many unanswered questions about these mysterious creatures.
Marine biologist Dr Johan Mourier of the University of Perpignan is dedicated to exploring the behaviour and genetic make-up of great hammerhead sharks to help preserve this endangered species in the wild. In the last 25 years alone, their world population has shrunk by about 80%. Yet very little is known about them.
Dr Mourier wants to get to the bottom of the sharks’ migratory patterns, as well as their social behaviour. By tagging individual sharks with GPS locators, he hopes to establish where the animals go, what their migration routes are and where they are most threatened. It is becoming increasingly clear that sharks tend to move very quickly and deliberately between different fishing grounds. Is this also true for the Great Hammerheads? Are changes in these traditional fishing grounds threatening the hammerheads’ survival?
The extreme shyness of these mighty predators makes them difficult research subjects. To make matters worse, great hammerheads are loners, unlike their common hammerhead cousins. And since tagging is usually done by using airtanks, it is very difficult to approach these shy individuals.
This is where Frederic’s silent and calm approach underwater makes all the difference: Dr Mourier is working together with Fred to get closer to the animals than ever before. This gives him not only the chance to study their behaviour up close, he is even able to select individuals for tagging to reflect a cross-section of the population. The researchers are able to track the tagged sharks and plot their migratory patterns for the very first time.
For Frederic, this undertaking is not only exciting, it is seriously dangerous and requires months of preparation and training. Approaching a predator like this one in open water is not for the faint-hearted, especially since it is thought that sharks are able to ‘feel fear’ and respond to it aggressively.
On Frederic and Christian’s arrival in Papete, the capital of French Polynesia, Dr Mourier diligently highlights the risks and pitfalls of trying to dive with great hammerhead sharks: they are powerful predators, not to be underestimated.
Frederic and Christian have their work cut out. They have to plan each dive meticulously - not least how Christian and his diving equipment can stay close enough to Frederic to document his findings without disturbing the sharks. Minimising potential risks is also top of their agenda. Test dives perfect their technique and illustrate just how abundant and stunning the local marine life is. They come across many shark species: Silvertips, oceanic white tips, grey reef sharks, lemmon sharks and many others. Dr. Mourir shows and explains their nursery: bays with hundreds of baby sharks.
No matter which shark species Frederic wants to approach, he cannot afford to panic. He must remain calm and in control - instinctive reactions like sudden, hecticmovements could be detrimental. Loose control, and it could cost him his life. The tagging and sampling process in itself is even more dangerous than the initial approach: Frederic has to use a harpoon to dart the sharks from their immediate vicinity. The tagging could be interpreted as a threat and prompt an attack.
But luck is on their side. After many days Fred finally can set the tags near the dorsal fin of two great hammerheads.
This is the crucial moment Dr Mourier has been waiting for: the tags will give him a unique chance to track the sharks’ movements. A huge success for Frederic, Christian and the research team. The insights gained into the great hammerheads migration patterns and their genetic make-up will combine to paint a much more accurate picture of these elusive predators’ lives. For science today, this undertaking is truly uncharted territory. 
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The way he was helping the turtle move the coral out of the way 😭 so cute
its funny watching two french guys speak english to each other
I ENJOY ANYTHING N EVERYTHING ABOUT SHARKS. THEY R SUCH MAGNIFICENT CREATURES . N R AMAZING TO WATCH IT IS ASHAME THAT WE AS HUMANS WE DESTROY EVERYTHING WE COME IN CONTACT WITH !!!!!!
It’s what we do, it’s our job. 😂
This is such a great show
I love these kinds of shark documentary. So many are just "we're looking for the BIGGEST GREAT WHITE! HERES SOME SCARY FOOTAGE!" And you learn nothing. I love hearing about lesser known species, how they vary, their different biologies and behavior. Awesome doc!
I love documentaries about schooling sharks and their behavioral dinamics with in the school.
He said it best at 22:10 ...Hammerheads are one of the most mysterious sharks to man because they're usually extremely shy & don't like staying in one spot. They're constantly on the move & usually avoid humans.
Excellent documentary. Insightful, informative and entertaining.
I love that this is technically a shark documentary🦈 Yet, it shows & explains about other sea creatures/ mammals! 🌊🐢
When it shows the dolphins, the video almost looks unreal! As if it could be an edit or something!😂 Its so cute how dolphins interact & play with one another!🐬💙
Hate how so much people kill sharks for there (FINS) They need to be stoped!!! :(
Darren Nguyen I agree, I don't understand the point or the culture behind shark finning but I don't think, alot of countries know how to get people to stop it, when the sharks are out of their countries ocean borders... plus illegal fishing is harder to control to because illegal fishermen are fish at night and/or, in alot of areas that are hidden and hard to get to in order to patrol... I think those are the only reasons shark finning and fishing hasn't already been stopped... honestly, but I don't know if there is more to it or not..but I agree with it that its sad it hasn't been stopped yet.
There is chinise people who do this shit and make soup from shark fins,bullshit
Europeans used to eat turtle until late 70s. Cross and Blackwell had a recipe by royal appointment... what was right in history doesn’t make it so in reality.... commercial fishing has a 50 percent by ratio & is responsible for most plastic ocean waste... to help sharks, raise awareness & eat less fish.
makes a lovely soup
@@maxthrust88888 so does chicken and u can raise that in your yard.
The beaches are so beautiful omg God is truly amazing with his beautiful creations
What a great documentary, hammerheads are truly such a beautiful mystery of the deep.
I can only hope to be able to do this one day. I love watching these types of documentaries
If you were named after a sour citrus fruit, wouldn't you be a grumpy old man, too? LOL
How are these legitimate researchers when they unnecessarily hold the young sharks outside of the water?! That is cruel.
different sharks in the ocean including the hammerhead, great white, and tiger sharks
Magnetic fields around you and the shock stick it will disrupt your sensories sharks leave you alone
freed failure. the first shot because it ran out of air. and when he was in the boat his friend when he was explaining Fred made a whisper because he thought that his friend would delay him and was about to say what he failed. but My respect. he is amazing free diver
Wow it’s amazing
43:27, it is not “aerodynamic advantage”, but hydrodynamic, once sharks cannot fly.
I like this team , :)
They touch a bolt of lightning they will run
Cool
I soooo want to me a MARINE BIOLOGISTS
I wonder what hammerhead shark tastes like.🤔
The great white is the king of the sharks 🦈
I have nothing else to do meglodon
*****correction the hammer head is NOT the king of the sharks .
it is his opinion
awesome
sharks are like sr71blackbird you Will never see them,😨
27:00 Three hotties. I don't know if I watch this for the sharks or the men
Am I the only one who noticed animated sharks at 8 mins? Wth :/
Hey beb his g
Anybody that cuts the dorsal fin off a sharks back and throws him back to die should be hung even if the shark doesn’t actually die.
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What is it with BLACK wetsuits?? People trying to look like seals?
A bit boring with the exception of the lemon shark lagoon and the last 5 minutes. I did enjoy the dolphins too you can add them in. Other than that, listening to that broken English gives me a headache and the docu was a bit lengthy for what it really was about, the last 5 minutes I had to sit through a hour almost. Ooof.
Then scroll on & don't watch.
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lol ,me2