Tiger shark.Photo:Ed Charles/Netflix
Ed Charles/Netflix
Filmmakers say crews got up-close-and-personal with some sharks while filming a Netflix docuseries in the middle of the ocean.
Series Producer Huw Cordey toldForbesthat the crew planned to conduct “an underwater shoot with the tiger sharks,” but ran into trouble when “two sharks attacked them.”
“It was like something out ofJaws,” Cordey said.
“The whole boat exploded,” Nowlan added. “We were trying to get it away and it wasn’t having any of it. It was horrific.”
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Crew members “panicked” before making a beeline for the island, Cordey toldForbes.Fortunately, the boat was only about 100 meters (328 feet) from shore, and successfully reached the beach before the watercraft fully deflated, according toRadio Times.
Laysan is located about 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) from the main Hawaiian Islands, according to the outlet. Tiger sharks often lurk in the waters around the remote island, where some feed on birds like the Laysan albatross, a native bird that was highlighted in episode 1 of the Netflix series, per the report.
These sharks are among the largest in the world, and are “known to eat most marine animals, sea birds, the occasional terrestrial animal,” according to theFlorida Museum. They are also known to attack humans on occasion, and are responsible for many attacks on humans.
Nowlan toldRadio Timesthat the tiger sharks crews encountered were acting “extremely unusual” the day of the attack.
“They were incredibly hungry,” the director said, “so there might not have been enough natural food and they were just trying anything they came across in the water.”
All four episodes ofOur Planet IIare now streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
