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Redditerati, I’ve been thinking about this for a little while and I think we need our own Shark Week programming. I grew up with the golden age of the Discovery Channel and Wild Discovery, etc, and loved Shark Week, but I’ve become jaded as it became a vehicle to try and plug other yearlong shows and hashtag advertising. Now, I am cautiously optimistic that this year Discovery has some good shows investigating sharks in catatonic states and the deep sea (even if they insisted on sensational titles Zombie Sharks! and Alien Sharks!) as well as NatGeos SharkFest counterprogramming
But we live on the internet! There should quality programming everywhere! Why not take our own stab at a free online Shark lineup of 12-14 hours to replace or supplement shark week.The videos will also be connected to http://therealsharkweek.com/ thanks to /u/demistified In my mind the videos should:
- Be fairly long--you shouldn’t have to click links more than 4 times for your night of programming
- Be oldschool shark week educational—No clickbait. No shark fishing. No home movies. No Mark Cuban shows. Some things we find may be outdated, but it would be great if they were top science when they came out
- Avoid what Discovery does (a) —leave the shark attacks to them
- Avoid What Discovery does (b)(expert level) – try to have as much non great-white programming as possible (wish list: blue shark, lemon shark, leopard shark, nurse shark, etc)
Additionally, it would be great if they were stable links to the copyright owners, so anyone clicking through doesn't have to risk a dead link. We might have to be more realistic and have one of these a day
I submit the following into the Shark Pool. I hoped to find 14 hours on my own and let the community improve it, but so far I only have about 2 nights worth from the big streamers. You can find our links and draft breakdown below I’m sure there more from online lecture databases too.
DAY 1: Public Broadcasting
Name | Source or Host | Link |
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Shark Mountain | Nature 2004 | http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/shark-mountain/video-full-episode/1403/ |
Great White Dissection | PBS 2012 | http://video.pbs.org/video/2192339379/ |
DAY 2: Lectures
Name | Source or Host | Link |
---|---|---|
Save the Basking Shark | TEDxDublin 2010 | http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_berrow_how_do_you_save_a_shark_you_know_nothing_about |
Shark Deterrent Wetsuit | TEDxPerth 2013 | http://www.ted.com/talks/hamish_jolly_a_shark_deterrent_wetsuit_and_it_s_not_what_you_think |
California's Sharks-Past and Present | Youtube UCTV | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NJrFxKJaX0 |
DAY 3: Retro
Name | Source or Host | Link |
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World of the Shark | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWz8b77V_3o |
The Wild Waters of Clarion ( Manta Rays) | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQB1UTqWXJU |
To Rope A Shark | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_d6McMGRDU |
Shark Expedition (Conservation!) | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBlGvvY6XjI |
Shark Doctor (vision study) | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArytXuuR9ZE |
The Sharks of Polynesia | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okXJiVeueoA |
Search for the Angel Shark | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtdtJaWMREs |
DAY 4: Whale Sharks
Name | Source or Host | Link |
---|---|---|
Galapagos: Realm of Giant Sharks | HULU 2014 | http://www.hulu.com/watch/643397 |
TEROKA (WHALE SHARK NABIRE) (English Subtitles) | Youtube Kompas TV | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl6HbpZ4BpI |
DAY 5: Young Researchers, Young Sharks, and Young Filmmakers
Name | Source or Host | Link |
---|---|---|
Shark Girl Full Episode | Youtube Smithsonian Channel | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rlLUIwucI0 |
Leopard Sharks, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Hangout | Youtube Birch Aquarium at Scripps | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjPKSYKG6c&list=UULY_dbUs8UE2QL1nyFt31MA |
Rob Stewart (Sharkwater filmmaker) | Youtube TEDxYouthToronto | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHwaiAoTgDo |
DAY 6: Researchers Out of the Shark Cage
Name | Source or Host | Link |
---|---|---|
The Tiger Shark Highway | Youtube TEDxBermuda | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3az5weGmd0 |
The Great White Lie | Youtube TEDxWWF | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umgWcQ5uNu0 |
Shark Webinar with William Winram | Youtube Canadian Wildlife Federation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joHMV_HcgfY |
Day 7: WE'LL DO IT LIVE submissions slowed down so relax with some aquarium streams ( bonus French language documentary)
Name | Source or Host | Link |
---|---|---|
De l'art d'être requin (French language, no subtitles) | Youtube Sauvegarde des requins | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4LdUzZ_fP4 |
California Academy if Sciences, Lagoon | Youtube California Academy of Sciences | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjf4usZKgKg |
California Academy if Sciences, Reef | Youtube California Academy of Sciences | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyWHDIECRYQ |
Monterey Bay Aquarium Open Sea | Ustream Monterey Bay Aquarium | http://www.ustream.tv/channel/9600798 |
Monterey Bay Aquarium Kelp Forest | Ustream Monterey Bay Aquarium | http://www.ustream.tv/channel/9948292 |
The best of Youtube Science talks sharks | Youtube playlist | http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsmqeqKj7M-oZhqWSd-Zqym_tPhUAdPg_ |
REMAINDERS
Name | Source or Host | Link |
---|---|---|
Expedition Geronimo (violates proposed fishing rule) | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_iMv2ohCD0 |
Sunken Ships and Sharks (no sharks found) | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl9gAbLv9Xg |
Sharks of Blue Waters (more attack and protection centric) | Youtube Wild Kingdom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV0QAECN_-4 |
Before It's Too Late -Whale Shark - Gypsy of the Deep (channel also hosts bigfoot story...) | Youtube Storyteller Media | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3UnWBZIRVU |
Sharkwater and Rise Again (possible alternative rod stewart, but ranges into new non shark work) | Youtube TEDxPearlRiver | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4kqxJW0gTo |
Journey to the Sea of Cortez | Hulu | http://www.hulu.com/watch/285183 |
Ocean Mysteries Eye of the Sand Tiger | Hulu | http://www.hulu.com/watch/473658#i0,p30,d0,f1 |
Rachel Graham Whale Shark Lecture | Youtube New England Aquarium | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtJ4Q0IaeV4 |
Sharks Beauty of the Ocean Predator | Aquarium of the Pacific | http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/player/lecture_archive_richard_theiss_victor_douieb |
Sharks Beauty of the Ocean Predator (additional Lecture) | Aquarium of the Pacific | http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/player/lecture_archive_richard_theiss_victor_douieb1 |
Gentle Jaws Diving with Whale Sharks | Aquarium of the Pacific | http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/player/lecture_archive_ken_kurtis1 |
The Great White Shark Song (entertaining, but short) | Youtube Sisbro Studios | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGhjcz9WFEc |
Shark Superhighway (subscription) | Netflix NatGeo | see Netflix |
It seems like /r/sharks is the right home for this discussion, but we should link the project elsewhere on nature and tv subs, including /r/documentaries Friday requests
How about it, reddit? -SufferingSaxifrage
UPDATE 1: Added website and more content
UPDATE 2: with just two days to go I bottomed out on my content collecting skills and private messages tell me others are in the same boat. I took requests over to /r/documentaries here and /r/lectures here with the hopes they could bring us a second wind.
UPDATE 3: up to Day 6
UPDATE 4: 7 days of shark week! and an updated full list. The threads is obviously still open to comments throughout the week
UPDATE 5 We added in an amazing playlist from /u/jtotheizzoe found here and in his comment below. The best of the science-oriented Youtube channels produced original shark content!
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