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on this Blockbuster episode of Mythbusters.

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We're gonna need a bigger boat.

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Adam and Jamie set sail for summer

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with an all-new Shark Week spectacular.

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Yeah!

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Oh, my God, a hit!

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They're literally putting their lives on the line.

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Nothing to test, man!

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To find out, first, our magnets,

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the new wave in shark repelling technology.

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I'm gonna come in and urinate again in my wet suit, okay?

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Then, during the frenzy of a shark attack,

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can you find and poke a shark in the eye?

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I don't want you to choke on my helmet, boat!

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Next, there's the shaggy dog story.

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I didn't train him to do that.

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That sharks find our furry friends irresistible.

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And then the team ramp up the fear factor.

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Holy crap!

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To find out if flashlights really do attract sharks.

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Ah! Ah! Ah!

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I was freaked out.

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Who are the Mythbusters?

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Adam Savage.

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You don't want to mix blur with blur.

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And Jamie Heineman.

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I want to see what this puppy can do.

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Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience.

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Everybody okay?

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Joining them, Carrie Byron.

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Let's do it.

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Tori Bellachy.

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Give me all your cash!

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And Grant Imahara.

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Ha ha ha ha!

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Whee!

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They don't just tell the myths.

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I like it.

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They put them to the test.

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Alright, if we're all in the same room together, it must mean something special is about to happen.

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Indeed, you are correct.

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Alright, so what is it?

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Sharks!

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Sharks!

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Ha ha ha! Yes, it's the Mythbusters Shark Bite Extravaganza.

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Well that's perfect, because we have a ton of shark myths ready to go.

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Absolutely, we've got myths about repelling sharks, myths about attracting sharks,

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and you and I, my friend, are starting out with the myth about fending off a shark attack.

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How?

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Let me set the scene.

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You're on the open ocean and a shark comes along and mistakes you for a walrus,

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because anyone could.

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Grab some sharks, throw them around, what do you do?

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Well, we've already done punching sharks.

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What is it?

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Gouging their eyes?

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Yes, everyone knows sharks don't like being punched in the eyes,

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but what fans want to know is if you're being bitten by a shark and being thrown around,

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could you even find his eyes?

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It does kind of make you wonder if you'd have enough time to get the job done before your lunch.

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It's the stuff nightmares are made of.

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A man-eating shark is chewing on you like a chicken drumstick.

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In this situation, the accepted wisdom is to go for the eyes, forcing him to let you go.

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But in the frenzy of a shark attack, do you really have time to find, reach,

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and then gouge before it's too late?

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So we're not going to gouge the eyes out of a real shark?

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What do you have in mind?

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I'm taking a big fake shark.

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Big fake mechanical shark?

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Yes, I have found these taxiderm sharks made out of fiberglass.

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I'm thinking we get one of those, cut it into pieces and...

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A big robot shark that moves.

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Exactly with stop switches for eyes.

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Perfect.

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And Bruce, named after Spielberg's original animatronics monster,

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is destined to be one of the biggest builds in Mythbusters history.

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A build that's all about realism.

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Its articulated spine will thrash exactly like a shark during an attack.

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Its jaws will chomp down on its victims with an accurate bite force.

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And as per the myth, a well-aimed poke in the eyes will be the only way to get it to stop.

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Finally, the boys are going to base their robot on the Great White.

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Each year, it's this species that tops the charts in unprovoked human attacks.

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So if you're ever going to need to gouge a shark's eye to escape its clutches,

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it's most likely going to be that of jaws.

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So to kick things off, Adam is using an actual jaw of a Great White for reference.

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This is so beautiful.

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Check out all the teeth lined up, ready for service in case one gets snapped out.

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The efficiency of the design is really lovely.

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Using the computer, he's carefully recreating that design in steel.

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But Bruce's mouthful of metal won't be tested on humans.

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For that, he'll also need a safe set of test teeth.

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While we are making a nice, sharp set of steel teeth for him,

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we don't want them to look like this.

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Some real shark teeth.

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So we are making a second mouth for him, full of teeth with gum rubber teeth

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that will be safe for us to get in, but still look totally awesome.

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And while Adam's been exercising his jaw...

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...Jayne's gone ahead and built one.

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Well, there we go. That's our shark jaw muscle.

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Gotta work.

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Jayne's also gathered an array of batteries,

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pistons, and assorted hydraulic hardware to power the spine.

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Meanwhile, the steel teeth have arrived in the... mail.

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Check that out.

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This is beautiful, 8-inch steel.

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I've got every size that I need to make my fully mechanical

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anatomically correct great white shark jaws.

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is that the shark has a lot of teeth.

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and they are all gonna have to be individually sharpened and serrated.

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The great white's tooth has serrations along the edge.

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In fact, its name, carcara and carcarius, means ragged toothed shark.

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All right, I'm gonna say it if no one else is.

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Adam, what's with the chain mail?

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I'm just wearing the chain mail because I bought it in the mail.

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It's actually anodized aluminum, and it feels kind of cool.

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Yeah, but not nearly as cool as this.

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Oh, my God. We're gonna need a bigger boat.

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Shark delivery for Heinemann and Savage.

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That's the coolest thing I've ever seen.

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Yep, it's a life-sized fiberglass cast of a great white shark.

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17 feet from tip to tail.

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It's beautiful.

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The original shark would have weighed in at 2,200 pounds.

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It don't look like much without its teeth.

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Looks like he's ready to gum you to death.

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And it's ready to be made into RoboShark.

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This is gonna be the best shark we've ever...

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Okay, guys, we have three shark myths, and we get to test them out on real-life sharks.

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Cool. What are they?

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First off, we're gonna see if Flashlight's attract sharks.

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Oh, that sounds dangerous. What else?

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Then we're going to find out if Playing Dead is a good strategy in shark-infested waters.

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Like the sailors on the USS Indianapolis.

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And then we're doing one from Jaws.

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We're gonna find out if Dog's attract sharks.

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Well, with a rundown like that, where are we gonna test everything?

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I don't know. How do you guys feel about, say, oh, the Bahamas?

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Yeah, Bahamas! Cool!

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So it's time for the team to sit back, relax, and try not to get eaten in the shark capital of the world.

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With over 40 species in crystal clear water, the Bahamas is the ultimate destination for the Mythbusters shark bites.

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We're back at Stewart Cove's.

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But it seems that either the sun or the jet lag has got to Tory.

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And if that doesn't happen, we will go north until we see the two humongous parrots.

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Hopefully, they won't eat us. And let's not forget the floating dolphin head.

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Everyone wants to see it. I know I do.

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Yep, after getting Tory some medication, the real plan is this.

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Find a boat, check.

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Head out to sea, check.

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In Dusa feeding frenzy, check.

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And then chum the water with Tory.

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Here, let's give him a little bait.

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Get back here, get back here, get back here, get back here.

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With everyone back on the boat, the next step is to get a feel for what they're up against with an exploratory safety dive.

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Do we really want to go in there?

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That's just a little one.

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An important step, because Tory and Grant, as divers, are nervous novices.

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Needless to say, I never thought I would learn to dive, really, because I'm afraid of the water.

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And, B, I don't like fish touching me.

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So, really, diving wasn't on my top list of things to do.

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Grant hasn't been this scared since he saw Finding Nemo.

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But once Mr. Courageous has finally squeezed into his wetsuit, it's just too late to back out now.

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This fit a lot better before lunch.

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Wearing the latest in shark-resistant chain mail fashion, there's only one thing left to do.

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All right, bring on the sharks.

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Get wet.

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For the experiments to come, it's essential the team acclimatize to being surrounded by lots of sharks.

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Here, sharky sharky. Nice sharky.

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It was kind of a cool little magical experience.

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Whoa, they're going for it. This is mental.

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Grant, they're all over you.

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They're touching me, but I'm okay.

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The fish box gets open, and they just run into feeding Princey.

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They're all eating the fish, and it's psycho.

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They are everywhere, and they don't care that you're there.

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They're like in an obstacle. They're just knocking on down.

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There's like a hundred of them. This is getting incredible.

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I can't believe I agreed to this.

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Well, I think we definitely came to the right place to test these mits.

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We have a great spot, and there are tons of sharks. So what's our first myth?

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Our first myth comes from the survivors of the USS Indianapolis.

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Oh, now that's a ship that Quinn talks about in Jaws, right?

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Exactly. The USS Indianapolis was on a secret mission to deliver a bomb,

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but it was so secret that when they got hit by a torpedo, no one knew to come rescue them.

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because the sharks ignored them and went for the guys that were thrashing around.

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On July the 30th, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese sob in the Philippine Sea.

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900 crew went into the water alive. Just 317 survived.

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Joseph Tronnet was one of the fortunate few.

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But was it luck, or did Joe's strategy of playing dead whenever sharks were nearby keep him alive?

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Okay, so here's the plan. We jump the heck out of the water.

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We attract as many sharks as possible, and then you two jump in.

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Well, no, that sounds like a bad idea.

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Who thought of that plan?

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Carrie, like all masterminds, enjoys pulling the strings from a safe distance.

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Okay, you thrash around and you play dead, and we'll see who gets eaten.

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I hope they like sushi.

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Oh, I hope they like Italian.

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Unlike with the unprepared crew of the Indianapolis, to make sure that the sharks don't nibble on a little belaychee...

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Open that back up again, because each one of you gets a fish head in your pants.

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...or take a hunk of Imahara, the boys are wearing protection.

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They're not going to just chump the water and throw us in.

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We're actually wearing chain mail, which is specially designed to resist shark attack.

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In addition to that, we'll have two safety divers in the water.

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One next to Tori and one next to me.

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They'll be ready to jump in if they see us get into trouble.

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Fish, fish, fish, fish!

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And talking of trouble, it's time to bring out the sharks.

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It's a good time!

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That's so good!

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I have a very important role in this experiment.

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I'm going to be chumming the water with lots of delicious fish.

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Bringing all the sharks in.

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And then I'm going to basically just check their behaviors, see if they're more attracted to thrashing Tori or still grand.

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Yeah, Sharky Sharky!

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Some scientists think that the increased heart rate and frenetic movements of panicking sailors meant it was them that were picked off.

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And if that's true, then Tori's in for a terrifying afternoon.

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Do they like me, Tori or grand? Who will be eaten for dinner?

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And while Carrie's distributing delicious chum, Tori's more concerned about his bum.

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I'm just hoping that I don't aint only secrete anything.

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I also heard that urine is a good shark attractor, so I'm hoping I don't pee my wet suit.

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Actually Tori, we busted that one.

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And there's no response at all.

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But I'm not so sure about the twos.

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Hot tails and appetizers!

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As for Grant, Belly's got his therapist on speed dial.

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I have been kind of dreading this one because it combines my phobias of open water and fish touching me at the same time.

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I'm not really looking forward to jumping in the water after it's been chummed, which they say kind of makes the sharks a little bit more aggressive.

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And with around 20 Caribbean reef sharks in the middle of a full blown feeding frenzy, jumping into the water could be a problem.

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There seems to be more shark than water.

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You guys ready?

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No.

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Okay, this is it. It's time to separate the men from the boys.

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So wrong!

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What the heck are we doing right now?

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And hopefully not the limbs from the men.

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Oh man, I gotta give you credit. I never do this.

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Yeah.

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, it's the Mythbusters Shark Bites Special.

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And Jamie and Adam...

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Get eye Bruce. Get eye.

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...are tackling the most popular myth in their mailbox.

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During the fearful frenzy of an attack, can you actually poke a shark in the eye before it's too late?

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We need to replicate a shark attack.

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And so rather than getting a big ass shark and convincing it to cooperate with us, we're going to build a mechanical one.

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Now it needs to do several things.

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It needs to be able to bite like a real shark.

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It needs to be able to shake its head like a real shark.

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And we also need to be able to put it in the water because the water is an important part of the physics involved.

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And to satisfy those criteria, Adam and Jamie are about to bring their fiberglass cast to life.

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Our shark is going to have roughly six points of articulation across his body.

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It's going to be a big steel beam with a hinge like that.

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In order to cut him up and attach him to that steel beam with its points of articulation, we need to carefully mark him at every point he is going to be able to get.

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We're going to bend him and open a gap up big enough so the fiberglass can handle it.

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And when we put it all back together, it's Robo Shark.

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With those gaps cut out and Bruce in sections, the team can get inside to strengthen him with a steel frame.

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And it's to this skeleton that the hinged and hydraulically powered spine will attach.

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This is my new favorite thing we've ever made.

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Ain't done yet.

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That's awesome.

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Look at all that room in there. We can give it a whole digestive tract.

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Ambitious, but while Jamie works on the spine, Adam decides gastroenterology is not for him and focuses on what could be loosely called orthodontics.

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Open wide.

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He carefully fits the patient with a set of custom made steel goats.

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And then 90 serrated and sharpened anatomically correct steel teeth.

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It's very important to brush after every meal.

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While Adam's been playing dentist Frankenstein,

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Behold our shark,

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Jamie's welded the steel and hydraulic skeletal system into place.

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Oh, great.

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And Bruce is almost ready to thrash into life.

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I think the structural stuff is pretty well there.

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All we have to do from here is mount the head on.

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And with said head in place, Adam powers up the jaws.

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Check this out.

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Giving Bruce his bite.

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Next, Adam tackles the all important eye area.

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Ocular operation.

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By adding emergency stop buttons.

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That's how you turn them off.

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So a successful hit on the eye will cause Bruce to back off, enabling the victim to escape.

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And after Adam adds the final touches,

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All mighty Bruce is ready for his myth busting debut.

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Sporting a set of anatomically accurate steel teeth with a spare set of rubber dentures.

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Dude, it's so perfect.

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And hydraulically powered articulated steel skeleton and eyes sensitive to attack by gouging.

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It's another myth busters first.

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Boys and girls meet Robo Shark.

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It's time to go swimming.

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It's time for his first meal.

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Ha ha ha ha.

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Stranded for five long days in shark infested waters,

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Joseph Tronnet claimed playing dead kept him alive when so many others perished.

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But like a double lottery winner, was Joe simply unbelievably lucky?

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Or is his play dead technique really a viable strategy for surviving in shark infested water?

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It's putting that to the test that's making Tory and Grant understandably nervous.

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Oh, what the heck are we doing right now?

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Well Tory, to the untrained eye, it looks like you're playing the part of Sharkbait.

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Oh man, I gotta give you credit. I never do this.

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Yeah.

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This is freaking scary.

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This sucks. This sucks so bad.

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This sucks a lot.

314
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I don't want to do this.

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Why the hell are we doing this?

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If they thought stepping out into the middle of a feeding frenzy was tough, it's about to get worse.

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Much worse.

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Grant plays dead.

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You're still going very well.

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And Tory plays the part of a panicked seaman.

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Come on, Grant. Don't get to dinner.

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Come on.

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In the longest ten minutes of their lives, they're going to see who attracts more interest from the excited sharks.

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Oh, they're going straight for Tory because he's thrashing.

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Look at him.

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They're definitely more interested to all, wait, no, that one's going to Grant.

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From the get-go, the frenzied feeding sharks are curious, but it's not long before a clear pattern emerges.

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You over the piece of me.

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Grant, our dead man floating, is being left alone.

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He's keeping off an enemy.

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Whereas Tory is clearly catch of the day.

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It's only thanks to the safety divers that he's not actually being bitten.

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Oh my God, they're all going straight for you.

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Come on, get a dinner.

335
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Woo!

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Oh my God.

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You dig over towards you.

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Thrasher over that way, man.

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You talk a lot for a dead guy.

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With hysteria and exhaustion peaking, Cary puts the guys out of their misery.

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All right guys, I think we proved our point.

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Come back in.

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And the shark bait can climb aboard.

344
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That was the scariest thing ever.

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Most of these kept grabbing my food.

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It was like every nightmare I've ever had rolled up into one.

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First of all, you're struggling out in the open water.

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You've got to lie fast, but it's really hard on the waves to be crashing over.

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The hitch in the face, your eyes staying, and everything hurts.

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And you're still trying to breathe.

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That was really intense.

352
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That is up there with one of the scariest things I've ever done.

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I mean, jumping out of planes, trying to get crocodiles to chase you.

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Playing in the ring with bulls.

355
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Those are scary things.

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But man, just looking out at the water and having just sharks come up and you see their fins

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and someone's telling you, go jump in there and thrash around.

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That's a scary place to be.

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Scary and intense just about sums it up.

360
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But what about the test itself?

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I clearly saw the toy with all the thrashing around was getting way more interest.

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There were more sharks circling them.

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They were a lot closer than the sharks checked out for ant.

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It keeps morphing into me.

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A lot closer.

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A result that backs up the theory that sharks are attracted to panicky erratic movement

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because they associate those cues with injured fish.

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You know, dinner.

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All right, can we confirm this one?

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Better to play dead than to thrash around and shark infest the waters.

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Well, nothing touched me.

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Well, I'm not sure yet because they might have just been attracted to Tori.

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He might have been a bigger target.

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So what do you say?

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I'm thinking to do this properly.

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Now you play dead and now you thrash around and we see if the sharks switched to going after you.

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And then we'll know for sure.

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We're gonna go back in the water.

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Oh, damn you and your science.

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So it's cue take two, but this time Tori's playing dead.

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I died.

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I died of a bad disease.

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You don't want to eat me.

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I got rigmaritous.

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I taste terrible.

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It's just very tough.

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And Grant is playing the part of the Panic Stricton Mariner.

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Help!

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Help!

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Really realistic.

391
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It's almost like you're scared.

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Something just touched me.

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I think that was a shark.

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Right there.

395
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Come on.

396
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That is intense.

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Come on.

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Yep.

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Grant is putting everything he's got into the role of the terrified shipwreck victim.

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Look at it.

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And Tori thoughtfully provides additional motivation.

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He didn't harm.

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They're just hungry.

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With take twos ten minutes up,

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Carrie once again says the magic words.

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All right.

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Come back in.

408
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I think we might have confirmed this one.

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Oh, my God.

410
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That was so exciting.

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Talk about an adrenaline rush.

412
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Yeah, but one person's adrenaline rush is another person's living hell.

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You might have heard me shout a lot,

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but there was one time in particular where something bumped into me.

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I think I said something like,

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I'm not gonna get in the water.

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I'm gonna get in the water.

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I'm gonna get in the water.

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I'm gonna get in the water.

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I'm gonna get in the water.

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I'm gonna get in the water.

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I think I said something like,

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F***!

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Nothing just touched me!

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And it was kind of like up in my thigh region.

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Terrifying.

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While Grant and Tori...

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Let's do it again!

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...recover in their own unique way,

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let's get a conclusion from the testmeister.

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When Grant was thrashing around,

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F***!

433
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Nothing just touched me!

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Same result.

435
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All the sharks came up to him to see what was going on.

436
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Tori, eh, couldn't care less.

437
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Which backs up legendary accounts from the survivors of the USS Indianapolis.

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Stranded for five long days in shark-infested water,

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the simple act of playing dead kept some of them alive.

440
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That was so much fun.

441
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Fun? You call that fun?

442
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That was one of the scariest things I've ever done in my life.

443
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Well, kudos to both of you for putting your lives on the line for science.

444
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Well, we did get some really good results.

445
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Thrashing around definitely attracts more sharks than playing dead.

446
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And that fits with the science,

447
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because sharks have all sorts of sensitive instrumentation

448
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that helps alert them to food.

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All the noise and electrical stimulus from the thrashing around

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caused them to be very curious.

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So this one's confirmed.

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If you're in shark-infested waters, your best bet is to play dead.

453
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I think your best bet is stay on the boat.

454
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Oh, easy for you to say.

455
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I can't believe you made us go in twice.

456
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So you're going myself? What am I, crazy?

457
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Back on board the Mythbusters Shark Bite Special.

458
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Adam and Jamie have given Evolution a helping hand.

459
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They've built Carcaradon Carcarias Robotica.

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Time to go swimming.

461
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And later they'll be setting Bruce free.

462
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Feeding him, Adam, and testing weather in the heat of battle,

463
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reaching a shark's eye is even possible.

464
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But first they're taking a sunny sabbatical.

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Flying first-class graphics, the boys hit the Bahamas,

466
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where the Gulf Stream Eagle awaits.

467
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You're going to either sleep like a baby

468
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or puke the whole time.

469
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I hope it's the former.

470
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I'm totally excited about going swimming with sharks,

471
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and I'm also a little bit nervous.

472
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It's a gorgeous boat.

473
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I have shown a proclivity to illness on seagoing vessels.

474
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There was the boat we took out to the Feralon Islands

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to look for great whites out there.

476
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There was the great white boat we took in South Africa.

477
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Then there's the Whirlpool of Death.

478
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Well, that's great.

479
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So the next few days could either be heaven on earth

480
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or a living hell.

481
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It's a fine line, Adam,

482
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but it's not something salty sea dog Heinemann has to worry about.

483
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We're going to have an adventure.

484
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And the adventure begins

485
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with a two-hour journey across sparkling azure waters.

486
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Their destination?

487
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Tiger Beach.

488
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This is absolutely the best part of this job,

489
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getting to come to a place like this

490
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and swim with freaking sharks.

491
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,000
The name Bahamas comes from the Spanish for shallow seas,

492
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,000
and that's exactly what Tiger Beach is,

493
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,000
a shallow sandy shelf in open water,

494
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,000
open shark-infested water.

495
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,000
This place, within the last two weeks,

496
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,000
had a fatality from a shark attack.

497
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,000
It's serious business.

498
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000
We need to be careful here.

499
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,000
Looks good.

500
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000
There's a nice little shark.

501
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000
I can't quite see which one it is.

502
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,000
That one?

503
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,000
Well, that's a tiger shark.

504
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,000
Named for the dark stripes found on the juveniles,

505
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,000
the tiger shark, with its excellent eyesight

506
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,000
and a cute sense of smell, is a formidable hunter.

507
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:34,000
Second only to the great white in numbers of attacks on humans,

508
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,000
it's also a shark to be fearfully respected.

509
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000
Well, let's get suited up.

510
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000
I can't wait to get down there.

511
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000
And their first dive down there

512
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000
is an opportunity to scout the location

513
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,000
and the local sharks for the tests to come.

514
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,000
I'm dumping in these shark-infested waters for science.

515
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,000
But not alone and unprotected,

516
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,000
marine biologist Luke Tipple will be monitoring shark behavior

517
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,000
and watching Adam and Jamie's backs on every dive.

518
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000
Talk about an adrenaline rush.

519
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000
We had all the safety stuff figured out

520
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,000
and Luke was super experienced.

521
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,000
See in the size of those sharks and how many there were?

522
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,000
I was just glad that there was a cage for me to get inside of.

523
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,000
Despite their rather friendly name,

524
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:43,000
lemon sharks come 13th in the list of unprovoked shark attacks on humans.

525
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,000
And this big, they're not to be underestimated.

526
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,000
It was a great dive spot about 30 feet deep, good visibility,

527
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,000
and the ocean technology system was working perfectly well.

528
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,000
And most importantly, there were plenty of sharks.

529
00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:01,000
A few nerve sharks showed up, but it was mostly lemon sharks.

530
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,000
They seem to think we look kind of yummy.

531
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,000
They keep checking us out.

532
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:10,000
The much feared tiger sharks are staying clear of the action for now.

533
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,000
But one thing's for sure, the guys have come to the right place.

534
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,000
This location could not be better.

535
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,000
The water is teeming with sharks.

536
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,000
It is perfect for our experiments.

537
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:27,000
With the perfect location, it's time to attract a new myth.

538
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000
This right here is our next test.

539
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,000
Really? Magnets?

540
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,000
Yeah, could be the next wave in shark repelling technology.

541
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,000
Magnets repelling sharks? How is that supposed to work?

542
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:45,000
Well, we do know that sharks can sense electromagnetic fields,

543
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000
so there could be something to it.

544
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,000
The applications would be amazing on surfboards, wetsuits.

545
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,000
You could potentially swim in a whole school of big, fat sharks and be safe as houses.

546
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,000
Hold on there, cowboy.

547
00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:00,000
Just in case it doesn't work, we should try it out on a small shark first.

548
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,000
I totally agree.

549
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000
Magnets a shark repellent?

550
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000
Well, it is possible.

551
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,000
A shark snout is jam-packed with sensitive receptor organs

552
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,000
called the ampuli of Lorenzini.

553
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:22,000
They detect the electromagnetic field that all living organisms emit.

554
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:28,000
So a strong magnetic field may indeed prevent a shark from getting too nosy.

555
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:33,000
At Tiger Beach, small-scale sharks are in short supply.

556
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:39,000
So back ashore, Adam and Jamie revisit the biological field station at Bimini,

557
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,000
where Dr. Samuel Gruber has just what the team need.

558
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,000
Doc is actually going to take a shark, put it into what he calls tonic immobility,

559
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,000
effectively putting it in a trance.

560
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,000
It's a simple matter of turning him over.

561
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,000
And then we're going to introduce a magnet and see what the shark does.

562
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:02,000
Okay, he's a slain. You can do all kinds of stuff to him and tickle his belly and whatnot.

563
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,000
He's not going to do much.

564
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,000
With the lemon shark pup dozing and confused, the testing can begin.

565
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,000
For the first test, we're just going to do the magnet and see if we get a response.

566
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,000
Okay, here we go.

567
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,000
There he goes. I didn't do that. Now, go ahead and do it again.

568
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,000
See, he's bending away from it.

569
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:28,000
Not entirely convincing, but with the shark conscious, a reaction to the same action...

570
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,000
Whoa! He almost got away.

571
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,000
...is more compelling.

572
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,000
Go ahead.

573
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,000
But to make sure, they're going to tweak the experiment using a smaller,

574
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:45,000
but more powerful neodymium magnet and a young nurse shark.

575
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:53,000
Now, I'm putting a plastic card over the shark's eye so that we can be sure that he's reacting to the magnetism itself

576
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,000
and not to the sight of the magnet being brought close to him.

577
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,000
Come right in.

578
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,000
Whoa!

579
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,000
He did jump. He totally jumped. He jumped and he bit at it.

580
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,000
That's a result.

581
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,000
That's a result.

582
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,000
But what's that result telling us?

583
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,000
Was the shark pup repelled as per the myth?

584
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,000
Or was it trying to attack the magnet?

585
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,000
One, two, three, go!

586
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,000
Not exactly a useful attribute in shark repelling technology.

587
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:25,000
To find out, Adam has a plan so cunning, you could put whiskers on it and call it a weasel.

588
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:32,000
He'll be drawing a magnetic line in the sand and asking this young nurse shark to cross it.

589
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,000
The field that we're testing in is basically a long, rectangular alley of water.

590
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:42,000
For the control, we expect to see the shark swim up and down this track with no inhibitions.

591
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:49,000
Then we're going to place a line of magnets somewhere along that track and see if the shark either resists crossing that line of magnets

592
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,000
or doesn't care that they're there at all.

593
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000
Okay, but what about the...

594
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:59,000
Because I'm psychic, I can tell what you're going to say when we lay a line of these ceramic magnets out

595
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,000
and watch the shark be resisted by them.

596
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:07,000
You're going to say, oh, but the shark's just disturbed by seeing a big line of stuff in their tank.

597
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,000
But we've already thought of that.

598
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000
That's why we're going to start with the control.

599
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,000
We're going to lay a line of these innocuous lead weights across the tank.

600
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,000
And hopefully we'll see the shark not care about these at all from a visual standpoint.

601
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,000
Here he comes.

602
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,000
Yeah?

603
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,000
He totally crossed the line.

604
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,000
That was beautiful.

605
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000
And it did it in front of all of our cameras.

606
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,000
It's a very cooperative shark.

607
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,000
That is what I call an excellent control.

608
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:34,000
The line of lead weights going right across the pen did not stop the shark at all.

609
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:38,000
Now we're going to replace the lead weights with magnets and see if we get a different result.

610
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,000
Yeah, sharky, sharky.

611
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,000
Here he comes.

612
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,000
Come on.

613
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,000
Oh.

614
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,000
It's not quite definitive, is it?

615
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:51,000
Not on its own, but after several repeat performances.

616
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,000
Multiple times we induce the shark up to the line.

617
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,000
Every single time he stopped about one foot away.

618
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000
Adam comes to a conclusion.

619
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:06,000
He sniffed along it, went back the other way, or he would just do a full 180 and turn back the other way, never crossing the line.

620
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,000
It's pretty clear that the magnets are a shark repellent.

621
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:13,000
But it's a small scale result with small scale sharks.

622
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:18,000
But what happens when you upsize the sharks and induce a feeding frenzy?

623
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,000
Oh, it's got a hand.

624
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:35,000
Back in San Francisco, Carrie Grant and Tori are tackling a canine conundrum that's been around since Jaws chowed down on a paddling pooch.

625
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:44,000
But in the real world, a number of shark attacks have been blamed on swimming dogs.

626
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:53,000
The theory being their excited, erratic doggy paddle and pungent pooch perfume draw sharks from far and wide.

627
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,000
But is your pet pup really an irresistible shark snack?

628
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:02,000
Or is it just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time?

629
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000
Alright, so what's the plan?

630
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,000
Well, obviously we're not going to throw a real dog in the water.

631
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000
Why not? That seems like the easiest way to test this, man.

632
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,000
Don't listen to him, Gertie.

633
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,000
Alright, well since we can't use Gertie, you know what that means.

634
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,000
You want to build a robot?

635
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,000
Yes!

636
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:22,000
It's going to have to be a pretty realistic robot to fool the finely tuned senses of a shark.

637
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,000
Well, making it smell and sound like a dog should be easy enough.

638
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,000
And I can make it waterproof and give it a realistic swimming motion.

639
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,000
But for that, we're going to need Gertie.

640
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,000
Gertie, do you know how to swim?

641
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,000
It's another world first on Mythbusters.

642
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:45,000
A barking, urinating, swimming canine robot that all starts with building a dog aquarium?

643
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:52,000
Grant's going to build a robot dog, but it needs to swim just like a real dog in order to fool the shark into thinking it's a real dog.

644
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000
So, I have this take set up.

645
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,000
We're going to put Carrie's dog in here, watch her swim.

646
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:04,000
And that's the way Grant will be able to take a high speed shot and make his robot swim the way a real dog would swim.

647
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:11,000
Gertie's motivation comes courtesy of a tennis ball and more enthusiasm than a bus full of cheerleaders.

648
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,000
You want the ball?

649
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,000
Oh, look how much you want it.

650
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,000
Torey, stay.

651
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,000
At first, Gertie's rather reluctant to play ball.

652
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,000
But after a stern talking to from Torey...

653
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,000
This is for science.

654
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000
She takes the plunge.

655
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:36,000
The team's voices break nearby windows and the cameraman gets the shot.

656
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:45,000
So, Grant has the shot he needs to mimic a doggy paddling.

657
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:50,000
A chaotic action that supposedly sounds like injured and distressed prey.

658
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,000
Music to any self-respecting shark's ears.

659
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,000
Now, let's see if Grant can make a robot that goes...

660
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:08,000
Not many people know this, but Grant was actually raised by robotic dogs.

661
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,000
So, building an air powered robo-dog should be a breeze.

662
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:20,000
Now, because sharks are very sensitive to electromagnetic fields, I've ruled out electric motors.

663
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,000
So, this is the heart of robo-dog.

664
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,000
This is an air powered motor.

665
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,000
The idea is that the motor turns, which turns these gears,

666
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:32,000
that will go down to the actual arms and legs of robo-dog.

667
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000
And that goes a little something like this.

668
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,000
Pretty sexy, huh?

669
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:45,000
Accurate air powered movement is just part one of this robot.

670
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,000
To make robo-dog as close a simulation as possible,

671
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:53,000
Carrie and her canines are on the scent trail of part two.

672
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,000
So, oh so real pooch perfume.

673
00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:01,000
So, we're working on this myth that dogs attract sharks.

674
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:06,000
And we were hoping to take some syringes full of like, you know, dog scent.

675
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000
And here they have a gland.

676
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,000
Yeah, there's two glands actually on the backside of dogs.

677
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,000
They're called the anal glands.

678
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,000
And it's the reason why dogs sniff each other's butts a lot of times

679
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000
is because they pick up information.

680
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,000
Where they've been, what they've been doing, who they've been hanging out with, that kind of stuff.

681
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:24,000
Think of them as a business card that the dog leaves behind when he goes to the bathroom.

682
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:30,000
But on a routine basis, we can express these guys glands and get the secretions.

683
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:37,000
And so for that essence of owed a dog, Gertie steps up for her routine procedure.

684
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,000
All right Gertie.

685
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:44,000
Viewers and dogs of a nervous disposition may want to look away now.

686
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:50,000
Well, that one wasn't too bad. That one expressed really easily.

687
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000
Oh, that's awful.

688
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,000
Yeah, yeah.

689
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,000
Oh my God, that smells so bad.

690
00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:01,000
While Gertie recovers from the indignity of having her bum squeezed on TV.

691
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,000
Your anal glands are expressed for science.

692
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:12,000
Her owner also gets hold of some previously obtained dog blood and dog urine.

693
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:16,000
Giving her a hot trick of pooch perfume.

694
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000
Thanks very much for coming in.

695
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000
You washed that hand, right?

696
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,000
Of course.

697
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,000
Okay.

698
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,000
See you.

699
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:31,000
And after an understandably hasty exit, Cary gets back to the shop where RoboDog is starting to look the real deal.

700
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,000
RoboDog is all coming together.

701
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000
We've got paws, we've got legs.

702
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,000
With the head on, it's actually starting to blow like a dog.

703
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,000
And thanks to Gert, it's also going to smell like one.

704
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,000
Right on cue.

705
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:54,000
So I have a remote system for deploying the syringes whenever we want to put some blood or some urine or some anal secretion in the water to attract the shark.

706
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,000
All we have to do is give it some air.

707
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:06,000
And after Cary adds a waterproof barking loudspeaker, the team packs him up and sends him to the Bahamas.

708
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,000
Good boy, RoboDog.

709
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,000
I was going to get a treatment to get to the Bahamas.

710
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,000
That's right, fella.

711
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000
They're going to throw you in with the sharks.

712
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:27,000
Adam and Jamie are tackling a new shark repelling technology, one with mythical properties.

713
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,000
Oh!

714
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,000
Do magnets really repel sharks?

715
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,000
Wow, that was totally definitive.

716
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:40,000
So far, they've seen shark pups nervously back off when confronted by a magnetic field.

717
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,000
That was awesome.

718
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:48,000
Meaning the idea that magnets upset a shark's electromagnetic sensory balance is looking plausible.

719
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:59,000
And back at Tiger Beach, Adam and Jamie will put that theory to the test by upsizing the magnets and the sharks.

720
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:04,000
For the final magnet test, we're going to be dealing with full-sized sharks.

721
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:12,000
And how we're going to do it is we're going to fill these milk crates with fish that we know that normally the sharks are going to go after.

722
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:16,000
But this time, we're going to cover these bait boxes with magnets.

723
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,000
I've got big ones.

724
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,000
I've got little ones.

725
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:22,000
This box is going to be literally bristling with magnets.

726
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:26,000
If the sharks take this, we'll know magnets don't repel sharks.

727
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:30,000
Okay, but how do we know if the sharks are behaving out of the ordinary?

728
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:36,000
For our control test, we're going to need to bring some sharks around and watch them behave around a normal chum box.

729
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000
Oh, yeah.

730
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,000
Oh, I got some on my face.

731
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:46,000
If you're wondering how this smells, it's just as bad as you think.

732
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,000
I'm going to wrap it up like Christmas.

733
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:55,000
As for why I'm not seasick out here on the water, the exact conditions I've been seasick with for,

734
00:42:55,000 --> 00:43:00,000
especially when I'm working with fish guts, I have no explanation, but I feel great.

735
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,000
And I'm glad that I feel great.

736
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,000
I'm sorry you don't get to watch me spew chunks.

737
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,000
Oh, Contrere, Monsieur Savage.

738
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,000
Oh, that's great.

739
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,000
I think we're all set.

740
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,000
Got plenty of sharks.

741
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,000
Let's do it.

742
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:23,000
On this control, Adam will observe from underwater and Jamie will man the comms tops of her.

743
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:27,000
I'm in position, bring in the control bait box.

744
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:36,000
Safety diver Luke positions the non-magnetic bait box front and center, and because he knows what's about to happen, gets clear fast.

745
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,000
Adam, have you seen any tigers yet?

746
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,000
Over.

747
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,000
Not at all.

748
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:46,000
There does seem to be one in the distance circling around, but it's loosely moving, sir.

749
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:47,000
Over.

750
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,000
Copy that.

751
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:53,000
Add with the irresistible aroma of fish guts wafting through the water.

752
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:58,000
You know, I go to the two or three feet away from me, and boy, they look hungry.

753
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:02,000
It's not long before those lemon sharks come snacking.

754
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,000
Oh, it's got a fish!

755
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,000
Ha ha ha!

756
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,000
Now, slowly away from the entire pond.

757
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,000
Ha ha ha ha!

758
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,000
It's like a schoolyard food fight.

759
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,000
Once it starts, there's no stopping.

760
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,000
Oh, I just got a beautiful hit, Jamie.

761
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,000
Get a terrific hit on the control.

762
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:22,000
Over.

763
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:27,000
Okay, Adam, I think it's time to swap the control bait box with the magnetic one.

764
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:28,000
That's perfect, Jamie.

765
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,000
Let's see how they did with the magnet.

766
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,000
Over.

767
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,000
Okay, so we've done the control.

768
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:38,000
The sharks had no problem at all attacking the regular unmodified bait box.

769
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:43,000
Now it's time to swap it out with the magnetic one and see if they behave any differently.

770
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:49,000
If there's anything to this myth, we should clearly see the sharks being repelled by the magnet.

771
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:56,000
Unlike the control, this bait box is literally bristling with neodymium or rare earth magnets.

772
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:04,000
Stronger than the ceramic magnets used on the shark pups, the magnetic field is wider and more powerful.

773
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:09,000
But will it prevent the sharks from chewing on the exposed chum?

774
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:13,000
Oh, that's a fine, oh yeah, he's chopping at the bait on the box.

775
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:19,000
Clearly, right from the moment Luke laid out lunch, there was only one thing on the shark's mind.

776
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,000
Oh, we got another one.

777
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,000
And it wasn't the magnets.

778
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:32,000
Okay, we've got a CWM which is about five big lemon sharks around it, and they're all kind of taking stabs with their nose and they're all kind of taking nibbles.

779
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:35,000
And Matt doesn't seem to notice the magnets at all.

780
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,000
This is so cool.

781
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,000
That was a totally unexpected result.

782
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:50,000
Everything we've seen up to this point is telling us that sharks are reactive to magnetic fields, and we got nothing.

783
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:55,000
Just to see if I can get the sharks more excited, I'm going to come in serenading in my wetsuit, okay?

784
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,000
Whatever floats your goat, over.

785
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,000
Ah, that feels good.

786
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:05,000
Relieved that they've got such a clear cut result, Adam heads for the surface.

787
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:11,000
Personally, I think that the sharks may be sensing the magnets, but they don't care.

788
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,000
They know there's fish in the air.

789
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,000
Dude, that was totally unexpected.

790
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:20,000
They're going into this feeding frenzy sort of thing, and they're going to go for the fish.

791
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,000
That's it.

792
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:28,000
Clearly, there's a difference between a single nervous shark popping a pen at a shiver of adult sharks in the wild.

793
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:38,000
These lemon sharks and their ampulae of Lorenzini just didn't care about the magnetic field surrounding the bait box.

794
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,000
Magnets. How are we going to call this one?

795
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:54,000
Well, it's a funny one because I thought it was going to be totally confirmed when our small-scale test on Bimini showed the nurse sharks being clearly repelled by the line of ceramic magnets.

796
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:59,000
Yeah, but the full-sized lemon sharks, when they're hungry, not so much.

797
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:05,000
Yeah, if something's going to be a shark repellent, it's got to work across a bunch of species, and we haven't seen that.

798
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,000
I think we've got to call this one Busted.

799
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:08,000
Busted.

800
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:29,000
It's time to turn down the lights and turn up the fear factor to 11.

801
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:38,000
The next myth is straight off the fan site, and this one is illuminating.

802
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,000
What is it?

803
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,000
Sharks are attracted to flashlights.

804
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:43,000
What?

805
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:52,000
Yeah, I know. It sounds bizarre, but according to some scuba diving fans, when you're diving at night, your underwater flashlight can actually attract sharks.

806
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:56,000
Night dives with sharks. This is going to be scary.

807
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:06,000
If you want to see where you're going on a night dive, a flashlight is a scuba diver's best friend, unless it attracts sharks.

808
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:14,000
The theory suggests that sharks can mistake the electromagnetic field of the flashlight for fish food.

809
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:22,000
Coupled with the fact that most sharks hunt at night, and all sharks are intensely curious, you've got yourself a myth.

810
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:25,000
So sharks hunt at night.

811
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,000
Yep.

812
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:27,000
And we have to do this.

813
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:28,000
Yep.

814
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:29,000
Alright, so what's the plan?

815
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,000
Well, I figure we do two dives.

816
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:35,000
First dive, we go down at night without flashlights, count how many sharks show up.

817
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:43,000
Then 24 hours later, at the exact same dive site, at the exact same time, we go down there with flashlights and see if more sharks appear.

818
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,000
Okay, but how are we and the viewers going to be able to see anything?

819
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:50,000
Well, why don't we use some really low-level lights, that way the cameras can pick something up?

820
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:54,000
But as far as we're concerned and the sharks are concerned, it's still pretty much dark.

821
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:55,000
Perfect.

822
00:48:55,000 --> 00:49:01,000
Alright, just want to go on record saying I think this is a really, really, really bad idea.

823
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,000
Really?

824
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:03,000
Really.

825
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:07,000
The dive site in question is an old sunken wreck.

826
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:14,000
And thanks to some subtle lighting, we'll be able to see Kari, Tori and Grant as they count sharks.

827
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:17,000
With and without flashlights.

828
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:22,000
And it's safe to say no one is looking forward to this test.

829
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:23,000
Let's review.

830
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:25,000
I don't really like the water.

831
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,000
I don't like fish touching me.

832
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:31,000
And apparently now, I don't like any of this happening in the dark.

833
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:34,000
Not really looking forward to this.

834
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:41,000
Normally when danger calls, it's Tori who answers.

835
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:51,000
But now in near darkness, the Mythbusters man of steel is having unsupermanlike thoughts.

836
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,000
Oh, f***.

837
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:56,000
That was a shark attacking the buoy, okay?

838
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,000
And we want to go in this water.

839
00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:59,000
Is this a good idea?

840
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,000
The buoy didn't do anything.

841
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,000
What is it going to do to us?

842
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,000
Was that cool? Do they usually attack buoys?

843
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:10,000
While Tori tries to control his heart rate, the team get ready for the control.

844
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,000
The no-flashlight test.

845
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,000
Okay guys, good luck.

846
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,000
See you back on the surface.

847
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:16,000
Try not to get eaten.

848
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,000
Happy counting.

849
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:28,000
Oh my god.

850
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:30,000
This is scary.

851
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:34,000
I know that there are sharks around, but I just can't see anything.

852
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,000
I'm not liking this.

853
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:44,000
Trying not to get eaten before the test starts, the guys carefully make their way to the wreck.

854
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:52,000
So that viewers can see, our camera team has carefully lit this wreck to simulate moonlight.

855
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:57,000
It's a very low level that's boosted by the cameras.

856
00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:03,000
And this lighting will be exactly the same for the control and the flashlight test.

857
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,000
Is everyone in position? Over.

858
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,000
I'm in position.

859
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,000
It's a little scary down here.

860
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,000
This is Grant. I'm in position. Over.

861
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:24,000
Okay, 20 minutes. Start counting your sharks now.

862
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:32,000
Remember, no bait has been added to the water for this baseline test, and neither will it be for test two.

863
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,000
Oh, we got a sea turtle.

864
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:43,000
It's a slow start, but as their eyes get accustomed to the dark, they realize that they're not alone.

865
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:47,000
I got one shark. One shark. Over.

866
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:52,000
Shark one arrives to terrorize Grant, but Tori's gone two better.

867
00:51:53,000 --> 00:52:00,000
Oh, Grant. I got three sharks surrounding me right now. This is a little scary.

868
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:07,000
Meanwhile, on the poop deck, Carrie, petrified as she is, remains shark-free.

869
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:14,000
Hey guys, we still have ten minutes to go. This is going to be the creepiest thing I've ever done, and I still haven't seen any sharks.

870
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:21,000
Not seeing sharks in the dark may be scary, but seeing them is far, far worse.

871
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:28,000
I got one on my left. One on my left. Whoa, there's a water poop. Holy crap.

872
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:38,000
Whoa. We can do this right up to our stages. Over.

873
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:46,000
I just want to say to whatever fans pushing us on the fans side, I hate you. I hate you. I hate you.

874
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:56,000
It's something about not knowing where the danger lurks as the sharks mysteriously appear out of the gloom, cruise by, and then sonnantly disappear.

875
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:02,000
I really, really like to get out now because these sharks are pulling me off.

876
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:10,000
Luckily, before Tori gets toothed, he gets his wish. The twenty minutes are up and our trepid trio get out in a hurry.

877
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:17,000
Oh my god, that was freaking nuts. It was so dark you can hardly see anything.

878
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:21,000
Every once in a while you'd see a shark come into the light and then they'd go back out.

879
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:26,000
The worst part is that you know they're out there but you can't see them. But then all of a sudden three or four started circling me.

880
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:35,000
Then for some reason they started poking their heads in at us and they were just like, at one point the camera guy had to knock a shark away.

881
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,000
That was terrifying.

882
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:47,000
Terrifying but still tallyed up. With no flashlights there were four sharks around Tori, two around Grant, and all Carrie Gott was a turtle.

883
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,000
I'm scared to do this again tomorrow but I'm also really, really excited.

884
00:53:51,000 --> 00:54:09,000
What's efficient? King of his domain and over four hundred million years old. No, not Jamie. It is of course sharks.

885
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:20,000
From nine inches to thirty-nine feet this ancient fish with the cartilaginous skeleton has conquered all of the world's oceans.

886
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:28,000
It's been closely studied, revered, and at a reflection of our own instincts, feared.

887
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:34,000
And it's that fear that drives the thriving shark protection and repellent industry.

888
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:43,000
But Adam thinks he's seen an opening. He's got his own version of shark armor he wants to test.

889
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:47,000
I am ready.

890
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:53,000
Move over night rider. Here comes the night diver.

891
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:00,000
I swear I think I just saw that shark's snatching his lips.

892
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:02,000
Copy that.

893
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:10,000
On the show we have a lot of what the f*** are we doing moments but this has to rank easily in the top three of those.

894
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:17,000
As shark protection goes though it worked. I felt safe as houses and you never know. Maybe it'll catch on.

895
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:23,000
Meanwhile back in the 21st century things are about to get hot and spicy.

896
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:30,000
Since we're dealing with shark repellents I remember reading about these Indians that were using chilies as shark repellents.

897
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:42,000
Chilies? That's great. Look why don't we talk to the cook in our kitchen and find out if they've got some hot chilies and see if we can actually test this.

898
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:51,000
Yep in order to protect themselves and their boats the Kuna Indians used a shark shield of the hottest habaneros they could find.

899
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:58,000
But did their path of pepper really keep the sharks away or did it merely add a little bite to the bite?

900
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:08,000
Here you go Adam. Habanero chilies all bag full of them. They have about 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville units.

901
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:11,000
Which means they're really really hot. Alright.

902
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:19,000
Now if you've been paying attention up at the back there you'll remember that Carrie, Grant and Tori have already covered the Scoville scale.

903
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:22,000
Go ahead make my chili.

904
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:27,000
The bigger the number the more of the active ingredient capsaicin is in the chili.

905
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:39,000
Used in pepper sprays its potency is the basis for this myth. If it has the same effect on a shark's taste buds as ours then the myth would be confirmed.

906
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:48,000
And at around 300,000 on the Scoville scale these puppies are way too hot to handle without extreme care.

907
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:50,000
What's going to be hotter than chili juice?

908
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:55,000
But after a dare from the crew Jamie can't resist a taste.

909
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:15,000
That was just a drop. It was slowly going everywhere inside my mouth just burning like a fire. Love it.

910
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:19,000
While Jamie blows off some steams.

911
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:21,000
I need some guacamole.

912
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:26,000
Monsieur Sauvage finishes prepping his pepper dish. Now to plate him up.

913
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:36,000
My sister Jamie will help me squeeze them into the balloons and this is how we will serve the pepper orders to the sharks.

914
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:43,000
Rest assured these balloons are biodegradable and were carefully selected to avoid harming the sharks.

915
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,000
And they're not dissolving from the heat yet?

916
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:48,000
No.

917
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:50,000
Both of them out the guys carefully add some water.

918
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,000
We brought chemical warfare to the water balloon man.

919
00:57:55,000 --> 00:58:02,000
Alright well our hot tamale balloons are ready and the methodology we're going to use to introduce them to the sharks actually exploits behavior we've already seen of the sharks around the bait box.

920
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:10,000
Which is that they curiously swim by them a lot. Especially if we have to when we shake them up and get the water dense with fish material.

921
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:19,000
We're going to have one of these on top of the bait box and as a shark swims by we're going to pop the balloon so he swims through the cloud of chili infused water.

922
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:26,000
And to burst the weapons of taste bud destruction Adam adds an idronically powered needle to the bait box.

923
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:32,000
That's just dindrous fun. I like it.

924
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:33,000
Perfect.

925
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:40,000
If I had to hazard a guess as to whether or not the sharks would be repelled by the chilies I think that they would find it in irritant.

926
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:47,000
I mean the capsaicin in those habaneros is so strong that I got a little bit of it on my arm and it actually burned me.

927
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:50,000
And it's the same stuff they use in pepper spray.

928
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:58,000
I can only imagine that a shark with all of its sensitive instrumentation on his snout swimming through a cloud of that would find it unpleasant.

929
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:04,000
First up on the menu is the all important control. A balloon with no chili just water.

930
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:12,000
For this myth to be true we should see a clear difference between the control balloon and the balloon full of chili.

931
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:17,000
The sharks should physically demonstrate a real aversion to the chili.

932
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:21,000
I'm going to pop this as soon as the sharks are close enough.

933
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:28,000
I totally fit the balloon. The shark just ate the balloon.

934
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:31,000
A shark just ate the control balloon?

935
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:36,000
It sounds like they're not at all afraid of the balloon which is the purpose of the control.

936
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:40,000
You're right. Let's move on to the chilies.

937
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:48,000
Safety diver Luke once again does the honors. This time attaching one of the chili balloons to the bait box.

938
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:55,000
Oh he's bitten the chili bag. Other sharks are coming in to check out what's going on.

939
00:59:56,000 --> 01:00:00,000
And the third one. The first one came back for another bite of the bag.

940
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:06,000
Clearly the sharks don't seem too hot and bothered by hot spices.

941
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:11,000
But to make sure Adam and Luke line up a second water filled control.

942
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:17,000
Here comes another vat of points biting on the balloon. He's bitten the balloon.

943
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:21,000
Indigestion inducing chili concoction.

944
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:28,000
He's bitten the chili balloon. Now the sharks are swimming through the chili debris.

945
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:33,000
Are the sharks twitching or gnashing their teeth?

946
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:37,000
They don't really show any obvious potential.

947
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:41,000
Yep there's just no observable difference between the control.

948
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:44,000
Can I mention that this is really fun.

949
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:49,000
And the chili. And several more repeat sets reinforce that conclusion.

950
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:55,000
One of those balloons is probably enough to kill one of us. They don't seem to mind at all.

951
01:00:56,000 --> 01:01:01,000
Couple that. After eight balloons the sharks show no reticence to bite the balloons.

952
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:04,000
Whether full of water or chili.

953
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:08,000
Are the little fish around there eating all the bits of chili?

954
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:12,000
Affirmative. I think we should catch some of the little fish.

955
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:14,000
They'll be pre-marinated.

956
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:22,000
Obviously capsaicin doesn't affect the local fish. Little or large.

957
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:29,000
And it's all down to evolution. The theory being chilies evolved their spice to deter herbivorous mammals.

958
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:34,000
Birds are not affected by the spice and neither it seems are sharks.

959
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:37,000
And with all of Adam's chili bubbles burst.

960
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:39,000
How much fun was that?

961
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:41,000
He surfaces for the debriefing.

962
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:43,000
So what do you think?

963
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:47,000
I think in the end what we got was pretty scientific.

964
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:55,000
There was really no difference overall between the reaction to the chili balloons and the reaction to the control balloons. Wouldn't you say?

965
01:01:56,000 --> 01:02:01,000
Yeah not much at all. You know with the number of tests that we ran and watching them have the same reaction every single time.

966
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:06,000
I don't think that we could significantly say that they are deterred by chilies whatsoever.

967
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:11,000
So I'd say chili as a shark deterrent. Busted. Busted. Busted.

968
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:25,000
In the Bahamas the team has a new furry friend. Robo-dog. He's not toilet trained.

969
01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:28,000
Oh Robo-dog!

970
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:34,000
He's embarrassingly bad at Frisbee but he's perfect to test the shaggy dog story.

971
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:36,000
I didn't train him to do that.

972
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:43,000
That sharks find canine cuisine irresistible. And that's because Robo-dog has the smell.

973
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,000
Oh my god that smells so bad.

974
01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:49,000
Look and swimming action of a real dog.

975
01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:56,000
How great is this? We're in the Bahamas. It's beautiful and we're about to test whether or not a dog will attract sharks.

976
01:02:56,000 --> 01:03:03,000
Now that might sound like a cruel experiment but luckily Kerry and Grant have made a realistic looking smelling and acting dog.

977
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:07,000
So we'll be able to test this without putting any dogs in harm's way.

978
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:15,000
That's right. Despite his shaggy dog exterior old Sharkbait here is actually the most elaborate robot the team has ever built.

979
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:17,000
And he needs to be.

980
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:25,000
Shark Senses thanks to 400 million years of evolution are home to the max.

981
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:32,000
But Robo-dog's got this covered with his realistic smell, bark and air powered movement.

982
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:35,000
He's the ultimate robot in disguise.

983
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:42,000
So we're going to start our whole dogs attracting sharks experiment with control.

984
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:47,000
And the idea is simply count how many sharks naturally show up in this area.

985
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:55,000
That way we'll have a baseline number that we can compare to later when we actually put the thrashing dog out into the water.

986
01:03:56,000 --> 01:04:00,000
If more sharks show up when we have the dog in the water then there is some truth to this myth.

987
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:04,000
For this control Tori will be underwater counting sharks.

988
01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:10,000
At up top Kerry will verify the count plus keep an eye on the test time of 20 minutes.

989
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:17,000
Okay let's begin the experiment. Start counting now.

990
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:25,000
Wow this is incredible. Even with no chub, nothing in the water. There's already 10 sharks just hanging around here.

991
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:28,000
I hope it's not me they're attracted to.

992
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:32,000
Rest assured Tori it's not you, it's the mothership.

993
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:37,000
In this area in the Bahamas there are a lot of dive boats that come to check out the sharks.

994
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:40,000
So the sharks are conditioned to know if a boat shows up they might get fed.

995
01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:46,000
So this was a really important test to take a baseline and find out how many sharks are just going to show up from the presence of a boat.

996
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:53,000
And that magic number is 15. 15 sharks that luckily don't seem to like Italian food.

997
01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:56,000
Everyone did a while they come and check me out just to see if I'm edible.

998
01:04:57,000 --> 01:05:04,000
Next step is to come back tomorrow to this exact same location and be ready to go with the dog immediately when we get here.

999
01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:13,000
And then we'll see if more sharks arrive once we release all our dog fluids whether they get more aggressive and go after them.

1000
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:20,000
And tomorrow comes all too soon for RoboDog who's about to get ripe.

1001
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:25,000
There's one final funky preparation I have for RoboDog.

1002
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,000
I have got to fill his syringes with his smells.

1003
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:31,000
Urine, blood and anal secretion.

1004
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:34,000
Maybe a little flavor in the water is going to attract the sharks.

1005
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:37,000
It looks just like chocolate syrup.

1006
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:43,000
Grant's done the team proud with this bill but with the test looming he's having second thoughts.

1007
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:57,000
You know we've put a lot of effort and love and personal spirit into RoboDog and getting to this point I don't really want to see RoboDog get chomped on by a shark.

1008
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:03,000
But you know you just have to let go and let him do what he was designed to do.

1009
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:11,000
Back at the same location as yesterday the only difference from the control test will be the dog.

1010
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:16,000
And Tori will brave the water to see what difference that difference makes.

1011
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:20,000
When we did the control I counted 15 sharks.

1012
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:26,000
Now in order to confirm the Smith we're going to have to see a lot more sharks and they're going to have to be interested in the dog.

1013
01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:32,000
Whether or not they're going to attack the dog I don't know but they're going to have to go up to it check it out and then we'll be able to tell whether or not this is going to work.

1014
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:37,000
Following Tori into the shark infested waters is RoboDog.

1015
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:44,000
And from his first excited doggy paddles it's clear he's doing exactly what he was designed to do.

1016
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:53,000
RoboDog looks great. He's totally swimming like a real dog. From here it looks like the real deal. I can even hear him barking too.

1017
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:58,000
With the 20 minute test underway Tori starts counting sharks.

1018
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:06,000
Okay guys five minutes of gun by and RoboDog is being ignored. There are a few sharks swimming around but no more than the control.

1019
01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:15,000
Yep the visual cue of the dog's shape and the audible cue of the erratic paddling action don't warrant any investigations.

1020
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:20,000
Which means to a shark dogs don't look or sound like dinner.

1021
01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:28,000
So it's time to let loose the juice. First into the water are the urine and anal secretions.

1022
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:32,000
Okay Tori stand by we're going to release the urine and anal secretion.

1023
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:34,000
Come on sharks.

1024
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:43,000
By adding scent to the vision and sound RoboDog is now the complete package but he's still enjoying his swim unmolested by the sharks below.

1025
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:52,000
I've seen ten sharks so far and there's no significant change in behavior. Definitely no close encounters or investigations of RoboDog.

1026
01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:57,000
No no no RoboDog you can't get back on the boat. I don't care how many sharks are down there.

1027
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:02,000
Which leads the final potential scent cue. Blood.

1028
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:10,000
Okay there are two ways that a dog can release blood. First obviously it can be bleeding. But second if it had fleas it could have flea dirt.

1029
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:15,000
Which basically is a remnant of blood. So blood in the water with a dog is a very real possibility.

1030
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:23,000
And it's this trace of blood similar to the amount a flea bitten dog would be carrying that causes a stir.

1031
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:26,000
See a shark coming towards the surface.

1032
01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:32,000
There's two sharks. Three sharks they're starting to come to the surface.

1033
01:08:33,000 --> 01:08:42,000
After the blood went into the water another five sharks appeared pretty quickly. But the count is still only reached 15. The same is the control.

1034
01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:48,000
Before Tori can add any of his own anal secretions the twenty minutes are up.

1035
01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:52,000
Wow that was nuts. How many sharks did you see?

1036
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:57,000
There was 15 sharks so this is exactly like our control test. So their behavior didn't change.

1037
01:08:57,000 --> 01:08:59,000
They didn't even like go up to the dog. They just ignored it.

1038
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:04,000
Well obviously we couldn't have put a real dog in the water. So I think this is the best possible experiment we could do.

1039
01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:10,000
Robo dog looks like a dog, swims like a dog, smells like a dog. From this I think we can call it.

1040
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:12,000
Yeah man I think we'd have to call that busted.

1041
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:17,000
Alright this one's busted. Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?

1042
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:33,000
So any flight of fancy you want to indulge this shark week?

1043
01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:36,000
I want to test flapping fish whether they attract sharks.

1044
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:42,000
Yeah but we did that in South Africa. We played the 40 hertz yummy hum and no sharks came around. We're done with that one.

1045
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:50,000
Yeah well I know but you know it was too complicated. There were computers and speakers and I didn't see any flapping fish in that test.

1046
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:55,000
So that's what I want to do. I want to try something like a flapping fish and see whether it attracts sharks.

1047
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:58,000
An actual fish that flaps. Back to basics. I love it.

1048
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:05,000
Sharks are attuned with all six of their senses to anything that may be a potential dining experience.

1049
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:12,000
But some scientists reckon it's their vibration detecting lateral lines that are the most crucial.

1050
01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:18,000
They can supposedly detect the precise whereabouts of an injured flapping fish.

1051
01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:23,000
In a previous episode the guys tested this by playing the yummy hum.

1052
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:29,000
A 40 hertz tone that's apparently the exact frequency made by a flapping fish.

1053
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:35,000
We played the sounds. Sharks didn't come and we know they hurt them.

1054
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:44,000
But by going high tech the experiment failed to satisfy Adam, Jamie and according to your emails you.

1055
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:51,000
So back in the Caribbean it's take two. But this time the guys are using the real thing.

1056
01:10:52,000 --> 01:11:00,000
Jamie's going to rot in a little boat and drop two fish into the water on poles. One will remain stationary and the other one he's going to make flat like it's injured.

1057
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:04,000
I'm going to watch below and see if the sharks prefer one over the other.

1058
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:13,000
I'm about to do my very first dive out of the cage and in order to do so I'm wearing 18 pounds of fine stainless steel.

1059
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:16,000
Mesh chainmail made by a company called Neptune.

1060
01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:23,000
And while it doesn't make me shark proof it definitely makes me shark resistant.

1061
01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:30,000
Adam may be suitably suited wielding a shark shield and surrounded by experienced safety divers.

1062
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:33,000
It's giving me the eye.

1063
01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:37,000
But he's seen the movie Jaws 57 times.

1064
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:41,000
Jamie I don't mind telling you I'm a little freaked out.

1065
01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:42,000
Twice last night.

1066
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:44,000
Okay here we go.

1067
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:46,000
Ready for the flapping fish test.

1068
01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:50,000
Alright Jamie's making one flap. It looks pretty good.

1069
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:53,000
It's definitely a flapping fish.

1070
01:11:54,000 --> 01:12:02,000
And if the myth is true the sharks attuned to the sound and vibration of an injured fish will go for the flapper first time every time.

1071
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:04,000
There they come.

1072
01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:07,000
It's definitely a party under the flapping fish boat.

1073
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:14,000
Yep it took a few minutes but the local lemon sharks who work out there is such a thing as a free lunch take the bait.

1074
01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:17,000
It's fit for the not flapping fish.

1075
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:19,000
And the whole rig.

1076
01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:21,000
Oh no he's taking the whole rig away.

1077
01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:24,000
Your whole rig is going away with that shark.

1078
01:12:25,000 --> 01:12:32,000
So given the choice the first lunch customer snacked on the dead fish and ignored the apparently injured flapping fish.

1079
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:37,000
But this is science and one sample a result does not make.

1080
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:39,000
Which one you want?

1081
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:41,000
Here comes another bad boy.

1082
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:43,000
He's gone for the flapping fish.

1083
01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:48,000
But I want to know is why do they keep swimming near me?

1084
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:51,000
There's a hint on the not flapping fish.

1085
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:53,000
Come on.

1086
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:55,000
He's got it.

1087
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:57,000
After Jamie runs out of fish.

1088
01:12:58,000 --> 01:12:59,000
Oh there's a hint.

1089
01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:01,000
There it goes.

1090
01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:04,000
That's another one for the shaker.

1091
01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:06,000
And Adam runs out of air.

1092
01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:08,000
They decide to call it a day.

1093
01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:10,000
That was awesome.

1094
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:14,000
At six to three the final score favors the flapping fish.

1095
01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:17,000
But it's not the nine zero they were hoping for.

1096
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:21,000
And Jamie thinks something fishy is going on.

1097
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,000
It seems like they're responding more to the flapping fish.

1098
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:28,000
But is the flapping really what they're responding to?

1099
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:33,000
With the flapping and stationary fish leaking fish blood the sharks noses would have been

1100
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:36,000
switching as soon as they hit the water.

1101
01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:39,000
And of course both fish were in plain view.

1102
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:42,000
He's bitten the non-flapping fish.

1103
01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:48,000
With those additional variables it's impossible to tell what the sharks were responding to.

1104
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:51,000
Come on.

1105
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:57,000
I feel like our test is flawed because we don't know that it was only the flapping they were attracted to.

1106
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:01,000
And it's not going to go to sea and smell that it was a fish.

1107
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:03,000
Well let's remove those two variables.

1108
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:08,000
We'll use a screen so they can't see it and we won't use a real fish.

1109
01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:10,000
Perfect.

1110
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:30,000
We're back with the most petrifying pastimes of all.

1111
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:35,000
If anybody finds this tape tell them I'm sorry.

1112
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:39,000
I'm so scared of the sharks.

1113
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:44,000
And now it's time to shed some light on a piece of flashlight folklore.

1114
01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:49,000
For this myth to be confirmed that sharks are attracted to flashlights.

1115
01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:53,000
I'm going to see a much more significant number of sharks and I want to see a different behavior pattern.

1116
01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:57,000
I want to see that the sharks are getting more aggressive when they see the flashlights.

1117
01:14:58,000 --> 01:14:59,000
So change that.

1118
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:01,000
I don't want to actually see them get more aggressive.

1119
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:03,000
That's just what it has to be if the myth was confirmed.

1120
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:07,000
Remember the dive without flashlights yielded six sharks.

1121
01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:10,000
So if the myth is true that's the number to beat.

1122
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:21,000
On the way down to the wreck Carrie once again makes the first sighting.

1123
01:15:23,000 --> 01:15:24,000
Another turtle.

1124
01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:27,000
I like seeing turtles so much more than sharks.

1125
01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:32,000
The flashlights on the guys creep into their eerie moonlit positions.

1126
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:35,000
And then it's a go on the 20 minute timer.

1127
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:38,000
Everyone I'm starting the clock now.

1128
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:43,000
This time the sharks appear almost immediately.

1129
01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:45,000
Two sharks over.

1130
01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:49,000
And the numbers climb faster than the team's heart rate.

1131
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:52,000
Ten two sharks, twenty three sharks.

1132
01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:55,000
I got a lot of activity down here.

1133
01:15:55,000 --> 01:15:56,000
I got two sharks.

1134
01:15:57,000 --> 01:15:59,000
I got 34 sharks, five, six sharks right here.

1135
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:02,000
Definitely, it's a slight.

1136
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:04,000
I'm just creeping me out.

1137
01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:06,000
They're getting really close.

1138
01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:08,000
Wait close to them before.

1139
01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:10,000
Look at this guy right here.

1140
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:12,000
He's coming straight for the light.

1141
01:16:13,000 --> 01:16:14,000
Already the shark count has reached 12.

1142
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:16,000
Double that of last night.

1143
01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:18,000
And that's not the only difference.

1144
01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:20,000
Oh my gosh.

1145
01:16:21,000 --> 01:16:22,000
Oh my gosh.

1146
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:23,000
The shark and the head with the flashlight.

1147
01:16:24,000 --> 01:16:25,000
These sharks are starting to get aggressive.

1148
01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:30,000
Yep, there's a clear distinction between tonight and the control test.

1149
01:16:31,000 --> 01:16:32,000
The close encounters are closer.

1150
01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:35,000
So the team bring a close to the encounters.

1151
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:38,000
Hey guys, there's still five minutes to go.

1152
01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:40,000
But it's getting dangerous.

1153
01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:42,000
I think we should get out.

1154
01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:44,000
Now you don't need to ask me twice.

1155
01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:46,000
Let's get out of here.

1156
01:16:47,000 --> 01:16:48,000
It's so dangerous that the team pulls the plug.

1157
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:54,000
It's all lights out as they carefully and somewhat hastily make their way back to the boat.

1158
01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:57,000
That was probably one of the scariest moments of my life.

1159
01:16:58,000 --> 01:16:59,000
I started flashing the flashlight around.

1160
01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:04,000
And all of a sudden there's about nine sharks and they just kept coming in.

1161
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:06,000
They were going for the camera lights.

1162
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:08,000
They were going for my flashlight.

1163
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:10,000
At one time I had to actually punch the shark in the nose with my flashlight.

1164
01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:12,000
Because it came right up in my face.

1165
01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:15,000
And it was just like, okay, call this done.

1166
01:17:16,000 --> 01:17:17,000
Let's get out of here.

1167
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:20,000
So I think this was a stellar test.

1168
01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:22,000
Their behavior change.

1169
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:24,000
You could really see them darting around.

1170
01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:26,000
You could see them going right straight up the light.

1171
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:28,000
It was like getting their attention.

1172
01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:31,000
Shine the light on them and they want to go after it.

1173
01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:38,000
So in just 15 minutes the flashlights attracted more than twice as many sharks.

1174
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:41,000
There was a significant change in their behavior.

1175
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:45,000
And if you're expecting a summary from the team, here it is.

1176
01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:47,000
That test was crazy.

1177
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:49,000
All right, so let's break it down.

1178
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:53,000
Well, when we had our flashlights, more sharks came in a shorter amount of time

1179
01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:55,000
and they were much more aggressive.

1180
01:17:56,000 --> 01:17:59,000
Yeah, and when we had our flashlights it seemed like they were going straight for us.

1181
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:02,000
True, but maybe it was the light illuminating their normal prey

1182
01:18:03,000 --> 01:18:04,000
and that's what piqued their interest.

1183
01:18:05,000 --> 01:18:07,000
Or maybe the electrical activity from the flashlights attracted them.

1184
01:18:08,000 --> 01:18:12,000
Well, since we can't totally be sure which one it was, I say we call this one plausible.

1185
01:18:13,000 --> 01:18:14,000
Yeah, based on our test I think we can call this one plausible.

1186
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:16,000
Plausible it is.

1187
01:18:19,000 --> 01:18:24,000
Adam and Jamie are talking to the animals.

1188
01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:26,000
Come on, which one you want?

1189
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:29,000
Well, we know sharks find me delicious.

1190
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:36,000
The question is, would they find me more delicious if I'm doing this as opposed to this?

1191
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:41,000
But our Dr. Doolittle's have yet to answer that question

1192
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:45,000
because so far their flapping fish test is flawed.

1193
01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:51,000
The myth is, the shark is attracted to the sound or the movement of an injured fish.

1194
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:57,000
Now, we definitely created that, but it was also clearly a fish and it was smelling like a fish.

1195
01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:01,000
So we don't know that it was only the movement, it could have been the sight and it could have been the smell.

1196
01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:04,000
At this point in our test we need to remove all the variables.

1197
01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:08,000
This skirt right here will remove any visual cues for the sharks

1198
01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:12,000
and the fact that this is plastic will remove any scent cues for the sharks.

1199
01:19:12,000 --> 01:19:18,000
If the sharks respond to it, it means they're only responding to the sound of the flapping fish.

1200
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:22,000
Okay, flapping fish, no variables.

1201
01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:28,000
I'm flapping at the surface so it'll make more noise.

1202
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:32,000
And I can't think that they'd be able to see that, but I can sure hear it.

1203
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:40,000
After mere minutes of Jamie's shake and fake, the sharks begin to gather.

1204
01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:45,000
They're coming close and they can't see the thing, but they're checking it out.

1205
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:50,000
And with Jamie attracting interest, but no bites, the conclusions are quick to follow.

1206
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:58,000
Well, I know what I think. The sharks are interested in what's going on, but they come near the skirt and it doesn't look like anything to eat.

1207
01:19:59,000 --> 01:20:03,000
So I think the real test is, I'm just going to flap on the surface with my rig.

1208
01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:11,000
Jamie's theory being they can hear the flapping and slapping on the surface, but without a visual cue, they're not convinced dinner is on offer.

1209
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:17,000
But combine the sight and sound of a meal, the sharks take the bait.

1210
01:20:18,000 --> 01:20:21,000
Oh, this is a different bite. I'm just going to keep it on the flapping fish.

1211
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:23,000
Hey!

1212
01:20:24,000 --> 01:20:29,000
However, while Jamie's having fun up top, inducing a feeding frenzy with fake plastic fish...

1213
01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:32,000
There we go. That's what I'm talking about.

1214
01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:37,000
Adam's what's known in the diving fraternity as freaking out.

1215
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:46,000
Dude, that was totally out of control. As soon as Jamie removed the blind and exposed the flapping fish, the lemon sharks went nuts.

1216
01:20:47,000 --> 01:20:48,000
Plus, a tiger shark turned up.

1217
01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:50,000
Adam, I'm coming out.

1218
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:54,000
Which, according to my better judgment, meant I had to be somewhere else.

1219
01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:56,000
Big baby.

1220
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:02,000
While Adam gets his heart rate back under control, how about some science?

1221
01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:08,000
I'm attracted to flapping fish, sure. They're opportunistic hunters. They're curious.

1222
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:11,000
They're going to investigate anything that gets their attention.

1223
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:15,000
But is the sound of flapping fish alone enough to incite an attack?

1224
01:21:16,000 --> 01:21:18,000
No, they need the other stimulus as well.

1225
01:21:20,000 --> 01:21:24,000
Alright guys, I'm ready to call this one if you are plausible.

1226
01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:26,000
What he said?

1227
01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:28,000
Definitely plausible.

1228
01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:41,000
If you're unlucky enough to get attacked by a great white shark, what should you do?

1229
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:46,000
Accepted wisdom states gouging the shark in the eye will set you free.

1230
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:51,000
But do you have time to find and gouge before you bleed out?

1231
01:21:54,000 --> 01:22:02,000
For answers, Adam and Jamie have built Bruce, a 17-foot animatronics great white shark with a realistic attack action.

1232
01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:04,000
All they need is some water.

1233
01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:06,000
That's it, yeah!

1234
01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:19,000
Saw with a sprinkle of jump cuts, a dash of audio punctuation and a topping of fast forward, Bruce is sitting on the side of Frisco Bay watching the tide roll away.

1235
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:28,000
Every morning the high-temin people head out into San Francisco Bay, foraging for the food that will make their nightly meal.

1236
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:31,000
Where are you going, Adam?

1237
01:22:31,000 --> 01:22:33,000
I was waiting for the tide to come in.

1238
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:36,000
Be set upon by dangerous robotic sharks.

1239
01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:40,000
There's this tenuous existence at the very edges of society.

1240
01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:45,000
But enough of the high-temin, because surf's up.

1241
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:50,000
While we're waiting for the tide, I thought we should do a good real-world test of the jaws.

1242
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:54,000
We're going to give him his first meal, a little bit of a teaser, a decoy, if you will.

1243
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:56,000
Surfboard.

1244
01:22:57,000 --> 01:22:58,000
See what he does with it.

1245
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:00,000
Alright, go for it!

1246
01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:09,000
For test one, the boys just want to see how a bite from Bruce compares to the real deal.

1247
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:13,000
I didn't think he was letting go of that.

1248
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:21,000
With his anatomically correct teeth and his accurate bite force, Bruce gets a grip that looks identical to that of a great wife.

1249
01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:24,000
That test was great.

1250
01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:30,000
The marks he made in our surfboard look exactly like marks we've seen in surfboards bitten by sharks.

1251
01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:35,000
Okay, so Bruce has the bite and bite force of a real shark.

1252
01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:40,000
But to see if he attacks and thrashes like a real shark.

1253
01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:43,000
Oh, look at that. He's in his jammies again.

1254
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:45,000
Cue the human analog.

1255
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:47,000
There we go.

1256
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:49,000
Isn't that comfy?

1257
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:58,000
We want to show with the patented Mythbusters human analog that Bruce has the right stuff when it comes to putting a victim through the ringer.

1258
01:23:59,000 --> 01:24:00,000
He's got it.

1259
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:02,000
He sure does.

1260
01:24:03,000 --> 01:24:04,000
Come on up and thrash.

1261
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:05,000
Okay.

1262
01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:08,000
Jamie fires up the pistons and Bruce goes to work.

1263
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:09,000
Are you ready?

1264
01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:10,000
Okay, go.

1265
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:17,000
That's like the best toy ever.

1266
01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:26,000
It's not pretty, but Bruce's articulated spine is letting him thrash just like a real shark.

1267
01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:29,000
That's awful.

1268
01:24:29,000 --> 01:24:30,000
That's a horror show.

1269
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:36,000
I think he's ready for human trials.

1270
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:40,000
And amid the life-like carnage, the guys did learn something.

1271
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:45,000
So here's the thing. If a real shark's got you in its jaws, you really don't have much time.

1272
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:51,000
Not only do you have to worry about chunks being removed, you have to worry about bleeding to death, drowning.

1273
01:24:51,000 --> 01:24:55,000
All this could happen in a few seconds, so if you're going to do something, you better do it quick.

1274
01:24:56,000 --> 01:25:00,000
In other words, if you don't get to the peepers and penetrate pronto,

1275
01:25:01,000 --> 01:25:04,000
it looks like a dog with a chew toy.

1276
01:25:04,000 --> 01:25:06,000
you could end up like porky.

1277
01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:08,000
There's your problem.

1278
01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:10,000
Actually, it's soon to be Tori's problem.

1279
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:12,000
We've seen what the shark did to the pig.

1280
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:15,000
Now we're going to see what the shark does to Tori.

1281
01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:24,000
We're waiting for the tide to come in and Jamie and I realized that we don't make ideal test subjects for this ring because we built it and we know how to stop it.

1282
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:26,000
So I called Tori.

1283
01:25:26,000 --> 01:25:29,000
Yep, when you need a front man, stunt man,

1284
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:35,000
or fall guy, who else you going to call?

1285
01:25:35,000 --> 01:25:37,000
Alright, let's do it again.

1286
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:44,000
And to make sure our next human analog doesn't actually get bitten, Adam replaces the steel teeth with the rubber.

1287
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:47,000
So why am I here in my wetsuit?

1288
01:25:47,000 --> 01:25:52,000
We have a challenge for you. It's down at the water's edge. Come on down and I'll present it.

1289
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:54,000
Should I be nervous?

1290
01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:55,000
Yes.

1291
01:25:57,000 --> 01:25:58,000
Holy crap.

1292
01:25:59,000 --> 01:26:00,000
Are you kidding?

1293
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:01,000
No.

1294
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:02,000
What are those teeth made out of?

1295
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:03,000
The teeth of rubber.

1296
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:04,000
Okay.

1297
01:26:07,000 --> 01:26:09,000
That is fricking nuts!

1298
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:16,000
He thrashed you about as hard as we can and you've got to figure out how to stop him from thrashing you about. There is a way.

1299
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:17,000
Am I the only one?

1300
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:21,000
Well, actually, once you test it, the insurance company says it's okay for me to go in.

1301
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:23,000
He sucks.

1302
01:26:23,000 --> 01:26:25,000
Jamie, is this safe?

1303
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:27,000
I don't know. We're going to find out.

1304
01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:36,000
In case you haven't been paying attention, it's shark week.

1305
01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:40,000
That's a shark that Jamie and I built and it's fully animatronic.

1306
01:26:41,000 --> 01:26:43,000
Dude, it's so perfect.

1307
01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:47,000
We'll throw a test subject all around like a real shark.

1308
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:53,000
The only way to stop it is to jam your thumbs into his eyeballs, which happen to be emergency stop switches.

1309
01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:59,000
The thing we realized is, neither Jamie nor I makes an ideal test subject for this because we built it. We know how to stop it.

1310
01:26:59,000 --> 01:27:01,000
So I gave Tori a call and...

1311
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:02,000
Holy crap.

1312
01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:05,000
Are you kidding?

1313
01:27:05,000 --> 01:27:10,000
And we're literally going to throw him into the deep bend and see if he can figure out a way to stop the shark from throwing him about.

1314
01:27:10,000 --> 01:27:11,000
What's my safety word?

1315
01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:12,000
Your safety word?

1316
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:13,000
I can't feel my leg.

1317
01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:14,000
No, your safety word is...

1318
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:16,000
Ahhhh! Ahhhh!

1319
01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:17,000
Like that.

1320
01:27:17,000 --> 01:27:18,000
Awesome.

1321
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:23,000
So Tori has been briefed that he's going to be the victim of a shark attack.

1322
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:25,000
How did I get signed up for this one?

1323
01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:27,000
That's all he's got to go on.

1324
01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:32,000
This is probably one of my worst nightmares, being eaten by a great white shark.

1325
01:27:32,000 --> 01:27:35,000
Is there any place I should not stick my hands?

1326
01:27:35,000 --> 01:27:43,000
And what I'm supposed to do is strap myself into the jaws of the shark and then figure a way to make him stop chomping on me.

1327
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:47,000
Yep, that's the horrifying scenario Tori will be testing.

1328
01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:52,000
A great white has exploded through murky water and taken a bite.

1329
01:27:53,000 --> 01:27:54,000
How's that feel?

1330
01:27:54,000 --> 01:27:55,000
Great.

1331
01:27:55,000 --> 01:27:57,000
It's real comfortable.

1332
01:27:57,000 --> 01:27:58,000
Okay.

1333
01:27:58,000 --> 01:28:03,000
In those few crucial seconds before blood and limb loss weaken and exhaust you...

1334
01:28:03,000 --> 01:28:06,000
I hope you choke on my pelvis bone.

1335
01:28:07,000 --> 01:28:11,000
Can you find and gouge the eyes or will it be too late?

1336
01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:12,000
Tori, you ready?

1337
01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:13,000
Ready.

1338
01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:14,000
Start thrashing.

1339
01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:22,000
Come on.

1340
01:28:22,000 --> 01:28:23,000
There's a way to stop them.

1341
01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:26,000
Alright, he gills.

1342
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:27,000
We're in the gills.

1343
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:31,000
Come on.

1344
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:33,000
You got it.

1345
01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:34,000
Hey!

1346
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:37,000
His eyes!

1347
01:28:37,000 --> 01:28:39,000
He doesn't like it when you catch his eyes.

1348
01:28:39,000 --> 01:28:40,000
He's got his eyes!

1349
01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:43,000
He figured it out!

1350
01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:46,000
And he was enjoying himself.

1351
01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:50,000
After all, Bruce is only wearing his cosmetic dentures.

1352
01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:56,000
But a shark attack happens in just seconds and Tori took around 15 to find the eyes.

1353
01:28:56,000 --> 01:29:01,000
The grim reality is Tori would have surely died from his injuries.

1354
01:29:01,000 --> 01:29:05,000
Tori was in fact able to find the eye, hit the switch and turn it off.

1355
01:29:05,000 --> 01:29:07,000
That is awesome!

1356
01:29:07,000 --> 01:29:11,000
In my opinion, this was a real life situation.

1357
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:12,000
It's too late.

1358
01:29:12,000 --> 01:29:16,000
Sharks got you around midsection, a shark that big, fully chomped down.

1359
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:17,000
You're done.

1360
01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:19,000
Maybe, maybe not.

1361
01:29:19,000 --> 01:29:20,000
Can I get out now?

1362
01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:27,000
Because back in 1963, after being bitten in a similar position to Tori,

1363
01:29:27,000 --> 01:29:30,000
Australian Rodney Fox survived.

1364
01:29:30,000 --> 01:29:34,000
While clamped firmly in the mouth of a three meter great white,

1365
01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:39,000
he had the presence of mind to strike at his attacker's eyes and was released.

1366
01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:47,000
But like Jamie said, the injuries would be massive and you wouldn't have much time.

1367
01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:55,000
So being able to physically reach the eyes in the shortest possible time is the key to this myth.

1368
01:29:55,000 --> 01:29:58,000
Cue the final human analog.

1369
01:29:58,000 --> 01:30:00,000
I'd like to take a ride in our shark.

1370
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:06,000
More than that, I'd actually like to take a ride in several different positions to see if getting thrashed about

1371
01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:12,000
under different circumstances makes it easier or more difficult to get to the shark's eyeballs.

1372
01:30:12,000 --> 01:30:19,000
And for Adam's first shark attack of the day, he'll be simulating a swimmer on the surface of the water.

1373
01:30:19,000 --> 01:30:23,000
So the shark bit Adam in the ass. Are you ready to go, Adam?

1374
01:30:23,000 --> 01:30:25,000
I'm ready.

1375
01:30:29,000 --> 01:30:35,000
Unlike Tori, Adam knows to go for the odds, but being faced down, he's finding it much harder.

1376
01:30:35,000 --> 01:30:43,000
And that's ignoring what the handicap of genuine hard stopping fear and blood loss would bring to the equation.

1377
01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:45,000
I got it!

1378
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:50,000
Well, that one I was in a classic swimming position.

1379
01:30:50,000 --> 01:30:58,000
The way you'd be, I think most likely, would be attacked by a shark and it is exponentially more difficult to find the shark's eye that way.

1380
01:30:58,000 --> 01:31:04,000
In fact, I dare say that was a real shark slippery and moving around. I probably wouldn't have been able to do it.

1381
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:06,000
I got it!

1382
01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:11,000
So it looks like the eye gouging myth boils down to position, position, position.

1383
01:31:11,000 --> 01:31:19,000
This next position I'm going to take in our shark is a little number I like to call the Captain Quint position, or simply the Quint.

1384
01:31:19,000 --> 01:31:20,000
That's it.

1385
01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:30,000
It comes from the end of Jaws when poor Captain Quint slid down the deck of the Orca and into the licking Jaws of Bruce to his doom.

1386
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:34,000
We've replaced our animatronic shark with a real shark. Let's see if he notices.

1387
01:31:34,000 --> 01:31:37,000
Come on, let's go. I want to ride this puppy.

1388
01:31:37,000 --> 01:31:39,000
Okay, Adam, you ready to go?

1389
01:31:39,000 --> 01:31:41,000
Come on.

1390
01:31:44,000 --> 01:31:50,000
I'll admit, even though it looks like I'm handing it up, being thrust around like that is no picnic.

1391
01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:56,000
Imagine tying your shoes on a roller coaster wearing mittens. It's difficult.

1392
01:31:59,000 --> 01:32:01,000
That's fall.

1393
01:32:01,000 --> 01:32:08,000
In a real situation, I'm sure the big shark of this size is going to even be faster and more violent.

1394
01:32:08,000 --> 01:32:14,000
I don't think you're going to have the time or the ability to dig into those eyes to repel the shark.

1395
01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:21,000
Adam struck me as a little too happy in that last test. We're going to have to do something different.

1396
01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:27,000
In an attempt to up the realism, Jamie's got one last trick up his white shirt sleeve.

1397
01:32:27,000 --> 01:32:33,000
I want more violence out of this shark, so I'm going to double the voltage. It'll double the speed.

1398
01:32:35,000 --> 01:32:39,000
That's about all we can do without blowing these hydraulic motors up.

1399
01:32:39,000 --> 01:32:41,000
All right, I'm ready.

1400
01:32:45,000 --> 01:32:52,000
Yes, this time the difference is clear. Adam's being tossed around like human salad with a wetsuit dressing.

1401
01:32:53,000 --> 01:32:56,000
That last test was the deciding factor for me.

1402
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:02,000
With the additional power and speed, there was a huge difference.

1403
01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:04,000
That was rough.

1404
01:33:04,000 --> 01:33:09,000
A real shark could be thinking about dessert before Adam could have gotten anywhere near the eyes.

1405
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:14,000
So what are we going to do with that thing when we get it back to the shop?

1406
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:16,000
Take it from the ceiling.

1407
01:33:16,000 --> 01:33:19,000
Maybe we can turn it into a big food processor. What do you think?

1408
01:33:22,000 --> 01:33:24,000
You know, I was looking for something to put on that wall.

1409
01:33:24,000 --> 01:33:25,000
We're keeping it?

1410
01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:26,000
We're keeping it.

1411
01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:27,000
Awesome.

1412
01:33:27,000 --> 01:33:28,000
How do you want to call this one?

1413
01:33:28,000 --> 01:33:30,000
Well, there are a couple of elements to this.

1414
01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:33,000
The first one is can you find the eyes?

1415
01:33:33,000 --> 01:33:36,000
The second element is can you find the eyes in time to save your life?

1416
01:33:36,000 --> 01:33:39,000
For the first one, Tori and I both found the eyes every single time.

1417
01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:41,000
Okay, that's one down.

1418
01:33:41,000 --> 01:33:46,000
And as far as how much time it took, that really was variable depending upon the position you're in.

1419
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:51,000
But as a method of last resort, I would try it. I'm calling this one plausible.

1420
01:33:51,000 --> 01:33:53,000
Okay, plausible it is.