700 Sharks

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?

Cast

Laurent Ballesta Self - Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur Yannis Papastamatiou Self - Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA) Charlie Huveneers Self - Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie) Frédéric Bertucci Self - Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique) Éric Parmentier Self - Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique) Damien Sony Self - Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique) Johann Mourier Self - Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France) Orphal Colleye Self - Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique) Miri Tatarata Self - Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France) Yann Hubert Self - Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa) Thibault Rauby Self - Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa) Antonin Guilbert Self - Biologiste marin et plongeur pro, Andromède Océanologie (France)

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