Delve into the World of the Sharks that Lurk in the Waters Off
the Tip of Southern Africa ORIGINAL BROADCAST: Sunday, 8/23/2009
at 8 p.m. on CPTV EIn 1975, a gigantic great white shark began
to terrorize the world. But Hollywood has nothing to compare
with the waters off the tip of southern Africa, one of the
sharkiest coasts on Earth. Roughly 140 different shark species
of all shapes, sizes and dispositions hunt there, brought
together by a pattern of warm and cold ocean currents unlike
anywhere else on the planet. NATURE swims with leopard cats and
coppers, the speedy mako, the great white and many others with
"Sharkland" narrated by Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray
Abraham. The shark gathering includes species that are normally
found oceans apart. Some are swept there by a ribbon of warm
water, the Agulhas current, snaking down the eastern coast of
Africa from the tropical Indian Ocean. Fifteen-foot-long tiger
sharks will eat almost anything — they're garbage disposals
incarnate — and are the most agg