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Shark Week 2009: Discovery Channel Air Annual Shows About Sharks
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by Jon Azpiri | August 2, 2009 at 10:55 am
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What would summer be without Shark Week. For the 22nd year, the Discovery Channel will feature programming about sharks. Shark Week started back in 1987 and was named after a novella by writer Nicholas Hill.
Here's a brief rundown of Shark Week 2009:
Blood in the Water A retelling of a series of 1916 shark attack that inspired "Jaws." Sunday, Aug. 2, 9 pm
Deadly Waters Survivorman Les Stroud visits spots where shark attacks often occur around the world. Monday, Aug. 3, 9 pm
Day of the Shark 2 Various stories about sharks, include one about a former Navy SEAL attacked by a shark off the coast of Florida Monday, Aug. 3, 10 pm
Sharkbite Summer A review of 2001's so-called "Summer of the Shark," when more than 50 attacks took place on American beaches. Tuesday Aug. 4, 9 pm
Great White Appetite A look at sharks' feeding behavior. Wednesday, Aug. 5, 9 pm
Shark After Dark Explores sharks' late-night hunting grounds. Thursday, 9 pm
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Andrew kendrick Crawford (not verified)at 17:45 on August 2nd, 2009
I really hate people killing sharks,sometimes Igo in to a store and see shark I get real ticky!!!!
at 19:16 on August 2nd, 2009
Just watched Blood in the Water. They went for this period-meets-CSI thing, and included a dramatization which included a growling Great White.
Great Whites do not growl or otherwise vocalize. This is because they don't breathe air. C'mon, Discovery Channel.