Ocean of Fear (2007)
Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever is a television program that launched the 20th anniversary of the Discovery Channel's Shark Week of 2007. It was based around the incident of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. The show initially aired on July 29, 2007, on the eve of the anniversary of the ship’s sinking in 1945. The show investigated the shark attacks that occurred when the USS Indianapolis sank. Hundreds of crew that survived were stranded in the water for four days before rescue. In that time many of the survivors endured constant shark attacks. The Discovery Channel hired George H. Burgess, a renowned investigator in shark attacks, to determine, "why the sharks attacked the way they did," and to "investigate the survival strategies of the men in the water, including those who fought the sharks."
Seasons & Episode
In WWII, an onslaught of horrifying shark attacks cost hundreds of soldiers their lives when a torpedo strike sunk the USS Indianapolis. The ordeal of the surviving crew is a testament to human endurance in the most treacherous conditions.
Take a haunting journey into the ocean to find out how such special creatures as the tiger, hammerhead, bull and great white sharks developed their sophisticated abilities to ruthlessly hunt and dispatch their prey with such skill
Rogue Nature's Dave Salmoni and share scientist Ryan Johnson journey to the wild shores of New Guinea to try and unravel the mysterious secrets of the "shark whisperers" who call in sharks without bait and then catch them by hand
Each year dozens of people are eaten alive by sharks. In these dramatic depictions of the world's five most amazing survivor stories, the sea's top predator yanks off one victim's arm and swallows a fisherman who manages to hang onto his catch.
A shark's diet is the dominating factor in virtually every facet of it's life. Are humans on the menu of the most feared sharks on Earth? Or are shark attacks on people simply mistakes? Experts study what sharks eat and what they pass up.
Michael Rutzen is on an unbelievable quest: to hypnotize, in open water, one of the most dangerous animals on the planet - the great white shark. Mike believes if he can put sharks into a deep sleep-like state called tonic immobility, he will reveal a completely different side to their nature.