It ’s not every Clarence Day that you’re able to get up close and personal with a great white . One infotainment filmmaker got golden , and lately found himself ina close encounterof the shark kind near the Neptune Islands in Spencer Gulf , South Australia .
While shooting footage for his new show set to air as part of Discovery Channel ’s one-year Shark Week bonanza , Dave Riggs and his camera were up for a toothy inspection by a female great white . As his camera was mere inches away from the wondering shark , Riggs was able-bodied to beguile the shark ’s blood - smeared maw from a fresh killing .
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Describing the shark as “ one of the most singular fauna ” he ’d ever seen , Riggs explained in a promotional clip ( shown below ) for this year ’s Shark Week that the brute “ was around 4.5 meters [ 14.7 feet ] in distance and extremely inquisitive of what we were and what we were doing . big whites do n’t have hand , so she was researching the orbit in the only way she cognise how – and that ’s with her mouth . ”
Riggs is not terrified of the shark as most would be . And it ’s clear that he really has a renewed sense of deference and awe for the acme predator . Riggs remarks that the photo of the shark ’s crimson grin was " … quite dramatic , but it really highlights how awesome these apex predatory animal are . "
Discovery Channel ’s Shark Weekbegan in 1988 as a hebdomad - foresightful programing auction block dedicated to the fearsome predator . The serial has since become one of Discovery Channel ’s most - watch , parent awareness , word and criticisms about sharks .
According to theNational Geographic , great white sharks can detect one dip of blood in 25 gallons ( 100 cubic decimetre ) of water supply and they can smell traces of blood in water up to 3 miles ( 5 kilometers ) away . Though the average distance of a majuscule white shark is about 15 feet ( 4.6 meters ) , sharks as big as 20 foot ( 6 meter ) long have been retrieve .
The full story will sport in this year’sShark workweek on Discovery Channel , which part on July 5 .
