Netflix documentary crew attacked by 15-foot Tiger sharks on Pacific Ocean | World News

A Netflix documentary film crew was in for a shock as soon as they've been attacked by sharks on the waters of the Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii. The crew had the scary encounter when 15-foot Tiger sharks attacked the blow-up boats they've been floating in.

Primarily based on Nationwide Geographic, Tiger sharks have “duly earned reputation as man-eaters.” “They’re second solely to good whites in attacking of us. Nevertheless because of they’ve a detailed to totally undiscerning palate, they aren’t extra prone to swim away after biting a human, as good whites ceaselessly do,” it says. Tiger sharks are named for the vertical stripes that could be found on them, totally on juveniles.

By way of the six-day journey, the group had been aiming to collect footage underwater. They've been accumulating footage of a Laysan albatross’s maiden flight for David Attenborough’s ‘Our Planet II’. In an interview with RadioTimes.com, Producer/director Toby Nowlan described their horrifying experience.

“This ’v’ of water acquired right here streaming within the path of us and this tiger shark leaped on the boat and bit huge holes in it. Your entire boat exploded,” Nowlan acknowledged. “We've got been attempting to get it away and it wasn’t having any of it. It was horrific. That was the second shark that day to assault us.” 

Nowlan acknowledged the behaviour of the sharks was “terribly unusual.” “They've been extraordinarily hungry, so there received’t have been enough pure meals and they also have been merely attempting one thing they acquired right here all through inside the water,” he acknowledged.

Nowlan acknowledged that the group was practically half a mile from land and managed to return to the shore safely. They later despatched out a small rubber dinghy, which was moreover attacked, nonetheless by huge trevallies this time. The fish, which could weigh as a lot as 132-pounds, knocked out its motor. 

Describing the incident, sequence producer Huw Cordey knowledgeable The Photo voltaic that “it was like one factor out of Jaws.” “The distinctive idea was to do an underwater shoot with the tiger sharks prepared inside the shallows at Laysan. Nevertheless the primary day the tiger sharks have been spherical, the crew purchased into these inflatable boats – and two sharks attacked them,” Cordey acknowledged. “Suffice to say, they didn’t get any underwater images.”