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  • white tipped reef sharks night hunters.

  • They are hungry with snakelike bodies.

  • Onda collapsible dorsal fin.

  • They're perfectly equipped to squeeze through a labyrinth of tunnels scouring the reef.

  • They follow scent trails to locate prey when they found a victim that can be known to work together, trapping exits, shepherding straight fish to their deaths.

  • But for these predators, there's more than one way to catch a fish.

  • If a meal eludes them, they have another sense in reserve.

  • Electro receptors on their head could detect and animals by electrical energy.

  • Even the tiniest electrical signal the smallest.

  • The heartbeat of the frightened fish will reveal the hiding place shocks Pass parrotfish doesn't move a muscle.

  • But against the super senses of these night stalkers, parrotfish stood no chance.

  • He's checking this whale out, and he, uh, he's gonna eat something.

  • Soon he's going for going fighting with force of nearly two tons per square inch and Saul's on hunks, flesh size of trench dance power.

  • He just ripped a hole in front of that well 18 footer, abandons its meal and starts to circle boat.

  • They don't know what it's doing, but it's coming so close.

  • Great decides to try and take it.

  • All right, baby.

  • Come on.

  • Way fifth.

  • Great white to join Greg.

  • Study like ruthless and storm now carries a satellite.

  • How's that tag look good Floating?

  • Yeah, Came right up.

  • This one set to release in eight months in April of 2011 it'll be the last Greg's tags to employ two ton elephant seals are in the water.

  • The conditions are right for a deep water attack, maybe staying deep again because it's so bright.

  • But that's gonna change in the next 15 minutes to it.

  • Half hour.

  • She's biding her time.

  • You know, just biding your time, hanging deep, waiting for one of these seals to make a mistake.

  • Nearly invisible, deep blue stays down at 300 feet, waiting for a seal to pass overhead.

  • She can see 10 times better than us in low light.

  • Is an elephant seal up there and getting to the colony.

  • That's okay.

  • If the team is right, deep blue will strike.

  • Is the Bulls dive team and make a run for sure.

  • John Cam's right on top of the sharp sun setting behind the mountain.

  • We're still tracking into the evening here, right into hunting territory.

  • So we're on edge.

  • Deep blue stays d oh, it's another shark that sneaks in for the attack.

  • A smaller, aggressive male tries to stake his claim on the territory way.

  • Have a shark bite shark, tam, and it's definitely not the shark tracking.

  • Yeah, our girl still deep.

  • You know you don't want to see Shark Camp did hit like that.

  • But at the same time, you know there's benefits, too.

  • I want to see if these animals are striking vertically at death.

  • 102 100 feet down booth sharks high d waiting for the seals to arrive as they dive.

  • For sure, the sharks attack vertically, striking at death.

  • As the body floats to the surface, they feast.

white tipped reef sharks night hunters.

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