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Attack Patterns of Sharks (1966)

1966 · Short film · 22 min

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This color educational film is about the Attack Patterns Of Sharks. This is from a series called 'Experiment' and is from 1966. Opening titles: Net Science presents The Attack Patterns Of Sharks on Experiment, featuring Dr. Perry Gilbert of Cornell, professor of Zoology (:08-1:04). A large shark followed a trawler for a few days and then was finally caught. The contents of its stomach are on display. Sharks eat people as well. Gruesome case files are mentioned (1:05-3:05). Dr. Gilbert sits at his desk. He has been searching all over the world to study the attack patterns of sharks. There are about 250 species of sharks, 35 are dangerous to man. Dangerous sharks like warmer waters (3:06-4:30). A lot of sharks are off the coast of Bimini, 53 air miles east of Miami. Fishermen off the coast. Baited hooks are thrown into the ocean. After a few hours, the hooks that had food are empty, one remaining hook has a tiger shark on it. They maneuver the tiger shark into retriever so it can be studied (4:31-7:12). A laboratory at the dock is going to look at the shark but they first have to remove the hook from the shark's mouth and not damage the shark or get bit. The shark starts to swim in a pen (7:13-8:40). Dr. Gilbert looks at a shark's brain. The shark smells its way to food. Back in Bimini, Dr. Gilbert performs a smell test for this shark to prove his theory. A sponge soaked with salt water vs a one soaked with juice is conducted and the shark circles and goes after the one with…

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Running time
22 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films
Internet Archive item
xd-10314-attack-patterns-of-sharks-experiment-vwr-1

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