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700 Sharks

"The largest pack of grey sharks known to date..."

Gombessa Expedition 4 Laurent Ballesta went to observe a gathering of thousands of groupers during the full moon of June 2014 (Le mystère mérou) in the southern pass of the Polynesian atoll of Fakarava, where he discovered a pack of over seven hundred grey sharks. How can this unprecedented density be explained? Could it be that social behaviors govern this wild horde? During three years of preparation, he and the other divers on his international scientific team tamed their fear by abandoning the defensive reflexes that provoke shark aggression, with the aim of slipping into the heart of the raging pack to study and film it from the inside. Sharks fitted with microchips, receiving antennas, hydrophones, an ark of 32 synchronized cameras...: a whole technological arsenal is mobilized for the project. As the groupers approach for their annual spawning, what battle plan will the sharks deploy?

Top Cast

  • Laurent Ballesta

    Laurent Ballesta

    Self - Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur

  • Yannis Papastamatiou

    Yannis Papastamatiou

    Self - Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)

  • Charlie Huveneers

    Charlie Huveneers

    Self - Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)

  • Frédéric Bertucci

    Frédéric Bertucci

    Self - Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)

  • Éric Parmentier

    Éric Parmentier

    Self - Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)

  • Damien Sony

    Damien Sony

    Self - Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)

  • Johann Mourier

    Johann Mourier

    Self - Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France)

  • Orphal Colleye

    Orphal Colleye

    Self - Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique)

  • Miri Tatarata

    Miri Tatarata

    Self - Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France)

Overview

Gombessa Expedition 4 Laurent Ballesta went to observe a gathering of thousands of groupers during the full moon of June 2014 (Le mystère mérou) in the southern pass of the Polynesian atoll of Fakarava, where he discovered a pack of over seven hundred grey sharks. How can this unprecedented density be explained? Could it be that social behaviors govern this wild horde? During three years of preparation, he and the other divers on his international scientific team tamed their fear by abandoning the defensive reflexes that provoke shark aggression, with the aim of slipping into the heart of the raging pack to study and film it from the inside. Sharks fitted with microchips, receiving antennas, hydrophones, an ark of 32 synchronized cameras...: a whole technological arsenal is mobilized for the project. As the groupers approach for their annual spawning, what battle plan will the sharks deploy?

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