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Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark

Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark

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Documentary

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A 6-foot-long animatronic shark featuring on-board cameras, Robo Shark is designed to blend in with real sharks and capture never-before-seen wild shark behavior. Footage shown in this television special includes the deep-sea thresher shark in the Philippines; giant whale sharks feeding off the coast of Belize; and deadly hammerheads, great whites and bronze whaler sharks in South Africa.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

49 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

03 August 2003

Country

Cast

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

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