Shark repellent experiment - Oceans - BBC

Philippe Cousteau Jr and Tooni Mahto dive into shark-infested waters off the coast of the Bahamas to test a repellent made from dead shark tissue. But will it actually work? Watch this heart-stopping clip from BBC natural history seres Oceans to find out. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos and watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Earth YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcearth

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• Atlantic Ocean

[DarkLion1989]

@Timeofflux "its the humans that are administering shark repellent, not the other way around" because sharks aren´t afraid of humans

and you are the one how doesn´t see (or just doesn´t want to belive) how tiny and unimportant you are

we aren´t the universe made aware of itself, we rather act like parasites

[Pjomell]

Did anyone else notice her nose-ring and earrings switched sides in the shot at 0:22? Video editor flipped it for some reason in that shot. Funny.

Awesome video though. It was incredible how well the repellent worked.

[xssx93]

@colierox1217 actually im pretty sure there will be a way of producing this stuff synthetically ^^, wouldn't make any sense if it wasn't.

[colierox1217]

Let's just hope this doesn't cause more people to go hunting for sharks to use in their repellent. Think about it. If this stuff ever goes commercial, companies will be established just to hunt sharks to use their dead bodies. shark hunting will only increase, causing sharks to be in more danger of becoming extinct than they already are.

[usmcoth]

Now why didn't they show the failed tests? How are we supposed to know if the guy didn't just pass gas. 7 non-great whites. What kind of test was that?

[TheREALbpk]

1:15...SHARKS EVERYWHERE.....ALL AROUND US hahah that was pretty funny

[haierdell]

Everybody knows Batman has the best shark repellent. It repels the shark and causes it to blow up.

[RobbieWright]

@Pjomell You are right, the editor did flip the shot, it would of be for the screen direction, in the original shot she would be looking from right to left and they flipped it so she would be looking left to right to match the other shots.

[CherokeeWolf4HIM]

i want some of that stuff.

[mrsunseeker]

@jacobbobcorn i don't think they were at anytime implying the humans were in danger here. All they were doing is releasing the repellent and seeing if they would stop eating the food in the water.

[AmericanNohbuddy]

Should just ask Adam West for the bat shark repellent.

[guitarsly111]

and here we going again, controlling biodiversity... 'sigh'