Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe: Jobs That Bite
Mike Rowe goes from "pitiful guy that does disgusting work" to "LUCKIEST GUY IN THE FLIPPIN' WORLD!" He gets to perform a shark autopsy, tag 'em, & swim with 'em, too! He actually gets to hold a dead Tiger Shark, a Dusky Shark, & a friggin' Hammerhead! I've only gotten to hold a dead Port Jackson Shark (it was a former pet that died of natural causes)!

Those 'Dirty Jobs' episodes were great! Not only did he do all of the things I mentioned above, but he got to "stuff" a shark for a wall trophy, & find a very good shark repellent! Turns out, sharks are detoured by the smell of their dead. So, they got their hands on some dead sharks & made a chemical concentrate of the dead flesh. Upon release in shark-filled, blood-drenched water, the sharks took off! I can honestly say, that is the first time I've EVER seen a shark repellant actually work! WILD!

Shark Feeding Frenzy
In this episode they study the feeding habits of sharks & what exactly makes them attack. So far, they are attracted to the colors RED & YELLOW and rapid heartbeats. They just swim by other colors & slow heartbeats. We also now know that a Tiger Shark will actually go for a seaturtle OVER a human on a surfboard who was RIGHT NEXT TO IT! It did try to eat a license plate, so "Jaws" wasn't exaggerating about what a Tiger will eat! We've learned to stay the crap away from a hungry Lemon Shark, they will take a bite!

So, if your boat sinks, wear a life-vest that isn't yellow or red, stay calm, make sure you're surrounded by seaturtles & license plates, & last, but not least, make sure you're in Lemon Shark-free waters!

'MYTHBUSTERS: Jaws Special'
They put the myths of "JAWS" to the test! Hey, mark f, this one's for you! There are alotta numbers & explaining when it comes to each test, but I'm a very slow typist. So, I didn't catch any details. Don't worry, though, I can tell ya the results...
1. How strong are sharks? Can they pull 3 large barrels underwater, pull a boat, & rip apart a shark cage & a boat? I'm sure you know where these scenes are in the movie!
Barrel Test - BUSTED It's possible for a shark to pull 3 barrels underwater, but a real shark just doesn't have the strength to hold 'em underwater for an extended period of time.
Boat Pull - BUSTED A shark would have to be able to pull twice its own weight in order to BEGIN the pull as hard as it did in the movie. Sharks can only pull their OWN weight.
Cage Collision Test - CONFIRMED Good gravy!!!! A Great White shark CAN bust through a shark cage if it really wants to!
Boat Collision Test - CONFIRMED It did, indeed, put a hole in the side of the boat when it rammed it. I knew they could do that already, though.

2. Would punching a shark, back it off? Like when Chief Brody hit the shark in the face with the scuba tank.
Punching Test - BUSTED Punching them had no effect on their curiosity.

3.Would a scuba tank explode when shot? You know, the end of the flippin' movie!
Scuba Tank Test - BUSTED The tank didn't explode when a bullet penetrated the bottom or the side of it. It became a "rocket" & just flew around the room. I suppose that would still kill the shark if the tank went straight down its throat!

I friggin' missed it last night! My wife didn't have to work & she was tired of sharks on the television. How do you get tired of sharks?! Hopefully they show last night's shows again today. I think they do.

Don't you guys have 2 tvs?
Oh, thats right, she always wants to watch the cable-d one right?

I'm sure they will repeat it. Been pretty popular I think from what I've read.

Actually, we have cable running to both televisions, but only the one in the living room has a cable box. Which sucks because the living room t.v. is over 10 years old (but it was the biggest of the best of picture tube televisions when I bought it in '96) & the cable box has all the movie channels on it! Not only that, but it's also the only way to get HD channels! However, I'm not forced to endure all the girl crap (like, "The Man in the Iron Mask", "Beauty Shop", & "Legally Blonde"!) in the Den with it upstairs. Geez, could it still be worth it?

Naw, that wasn't the problem. Not only was she sick of shark programs, but she wanted me to spend time with the family, too! So there was no sneaking off to the Den to enjoy my most favorite week of the year . Gone are the days when I could devote ALL of my free time to what I wanted to do... **sigh!**

I did catch a few snippets of episodes here & there, though ! There was a family of researchers who studied Great White Sharks. They even had their small children in the shark cage! The father's dad was a Great White hunter & had killed over 20 of 'em, singlehandedly. Now, he's learned the err of his ways & wants to go with his son's family to watch these wonderous animals do what they do best, swim & attack! Then there was another special on shark attacks where, for the first time, I actually learned why Great Whites don't like the taste of human flesh! Turns out, they like the taste of blubber & humans are just too lean! I never thought of that before! Oh! There was also an episode that discussed the Tiger Sharks of Hawaii. At one point, people became so afraid of them, they nearly wiped 'em out! They soon learned what a mistake that was, the waters were suddenly devoid of fish! Now, you may be wondering, if a big predator is gone, why are the fish gone, too? Well, Tigers eat Reef Sharks. Without the Tiger Shark to keep their population down, the Reef Sharks ate every fish in sight! Since they stopped hunting them, their population is on the rise & the fish have returned to the waters. Interestingly enough, the natives of the island were actually protesting the wipeout of the Tiger Shark because they knew it was important to these waters. Why don't folks listen to natives? I guess they figure their smarter than 'em, but if they've lived there longer, I'm sure they'd know what they were talking about!

Uh-huh, screwing up the environment by decimating species is something white invaders in my country became good at!

'Don't listen to those blacks, they are primitive and one step above apes'....grrrr!!!

So much lost to so much stupidity.

All this talk of sharks however, swimming round tropical waters is reaaaaaly making me miss home.
I wanna go swimming on the Great Barrrier Reef again. I miss my home...boo hoo!!

Don't cry, Ish-man! You'll be back to your very odd continent at the bottom of the world, soon enough !

It's been a fantastic week, hasn't it, folks? We've learned so much! We now know what really happened when the U.S.S. Indianapolis went down. We've also learned:
What the top 10 deadliest sharks are, & that they're mostly in Austrailian waters.
That most of the things "Jaws" said a shark could do, weren't really possible for an actual Great White.
How to avoid a shark attack if your ship/boat/plane goes down at sea.
How sharks attack.
Why Great Whites don't like the taste of human flesh.
The ingredients for ACTUAL shark repellent.
Great Whites don't like robotic sharks watching them.
That Tiger Sharks actually help keep more fish in the sea.
That you can swim with the top 3 deadliest sharks & NOT be attacked. At the same time, we've learned you shouldn't swim in waters that are known shark feeding grounds.

Now, we only have to wait another year for more... Sigh!

Hey, now! The thing to remember about Jaws is that that Great White was bigger than any Great White ever seen or found. C'mon, Monkey, you know Jaws is a documentary, and that Shark Week stuff can't rebut THE TRUTH!

i'm smiling EAR to EAR!!

mark f has finally jumped in these shark infested waters.!

I'm gonna sit back and watch you 2 debate the doco (jaws) vs. those fake Discovery thingos...ha...

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Originally posted by mark f:
Hey, now! The thing to remember about Jaws is that that Great White was bigger than any Great White ever seen or found. C'mon, Monkey, you know Jaws is a documentary, and that Shark Week stuff can't rebut THE TRUTH!

Mark, Mark, Mark. I must be rubbin' off on ya because I'm usually the guy who would take "movie facts" & use them as "actual facts". Have you seen 'Mythbusters'? I'm sure you have. These guys give every myth the complete advantage in every scenerio! If it fails, it was truly impossible. They measured the strength of several sharks & figured a shark could only pull its own weight, no matter how big it was. After connecting a tank to the boat to pull it backwards & getting it up to 25 mph (the fastest recorded speed for a Great White), the pull stength would've been twice the shark's weight. Even if it was a 20 footer. "Twenty-five. Three tons on 'im." Oh. Sorry, Quint . ...TWENTY-FIIIIIVE footer. But hey! They did confirm that Quint was correct. That shark would, indeed, rip that cage to pieces ! Dosen't it just make ya wanna go down in one & study 'em NOW?

Don't get me wrong, Mr. f! If there is any shark that could do what Bruce did, it would HAVE to be a Great White Shark!

Isn't Shark Week due to finish?

What ya gonna do now mb?

He's been watching the original movie versions of King Kong and The War of the Worlds.

Then he's gonna watch the Jaws Quadrilogy.

There was a Jaws 4!!!!!

I died after Jaws three (my number three isn't working)

C'mon, you never watched this classic?

It's not really as bad as that rating, but it's a howler, made back when Michael Caine was in every other film.

Wow! This time it's personal???

I've missed out. I thought I had seen all of Caine's really bad, 'just paying the rent love' movies...

I'm getting back in the water it seems...one LAST time.

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Originally posted by mark f:
Then he's gonna watch the Jaws Quadrilogy.

No, no, no, no, no! There is only ONE film about a killer Great White Shark, & that's "Jaws". No numbers after it, no stupid subtitle, just one word, "JAWS". Granted, I do own the fourth, but I bought that waaaaay back in the day when me & my brother were roommates. His son developed a love for sharks & just couldn't get enough of this movie. When my brother got a DVD player (many years after I'd moved out) I gave him all of the DVD's that were his, but I somehow forgot to give him this one. I actually tried to watch it once, but I ended up just fast-forwarding to the shark attacks. Truly the worst of the 3 sequels. Even worse than the third, if just for the fact that the plot is so completely ridiculous: A Great White is tracking down the Brody family (& only the Brodys. Other victims are accidents because they got in the way!) for revenge. (In fact, it follows them from Florida to Jamaica, even though they went by plane!) Why? I dunno. Just 'cuz.

Dear god, it sounds hilariously bad!!!

I live every week like it's Shark Week.

SHARK WEEK RETURNS SUNDAY AT 9/8 CENTRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!