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MY NAME IS JEREMY WADE.
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HERE WE GO. FISH ON.
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FISHING IS MY PASSION.
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TIME AND AGAIN, IT'S ENABLED ME
TO SOLVE FRESHWATER MYSTERIES.
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NOW I'M BACK IN AFRICA...
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A SAVAGE HIT.
LOOK AT THIS RUN!
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...TO REOPEN A CASE
I THOUGHT WAS CLOSED.
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I WANT A DEFINITIVE ANSWER
TO ONE QUESTION --
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IS THE TIGERFISH A MAN-EATER?
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TO FIND OUT, I'LL NEED
MORE THAN A FISHING LINE.
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I'LL TO CONFRONT
THIS PACK-HUNTING PREDATOR
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IN ITS OWN DOMAIN.
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IN EFFECT, WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO,
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I'VE GOT TO TURN MYSELF
INTO HUMAN BAIT.
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BY USING A TOTALLY NOVEL
DIVE STRATEGY,
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BASED ON NEW UNDERSTANDING
OF THE RIVER'S PREDATORS,
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I'M GOING TO GO WHERE
VERY FEW HAVE GONE BEFORE.
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OF ALL THE RIVER MONSTERS
I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED,
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ONE HAS GOT UNDER MY SKIN
MORE THAN ANY OTHER...
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...THE TIGERFISH.
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TWO YEARS AGO, I CAME TO AFRICA
TO INVESTIGATE A TRAGEDY
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WHERE THE OCCUPANTS
OF AN OVERTURNED BOAT
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APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN
EATEN BY UNKNOWN FISH.
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WHAT I PULLED
OUT OF THE RIVER THEN
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WAS THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES.
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MUSCULAR AND PACKED WITH TEETH,
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A SUPER-SIZED RELATIVE
OF THE RED-BELLIED PIRANHA.
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WELL, THIS IS THE FISH.
THIS IS THE FISH.
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THERE IS A PACK OF THEM
DOWN THERE.
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BUT IF THIS IS AFRICA'S PIRANHA,
WHERE'S THE RAP SHEET?
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WHY ARE THERE SO FEW VICTIMS?
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THE FACT IS, SO LITTLE
IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FISH,
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AND FOR ME, WHERE THERE'S
MYSTERY, THERE'S DOUBT.
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MAYBE BY GOING UNDERWATER,
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I CAN PUT THIS ANIMAL'S
FEARSOME REPUTATION TO THE TEST.
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BUT IN DOING SO,
WILL I BECOME PREY?
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IN MOST AFRICAN RIVERS,
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GOING UNDERWATER WOULD BE
POINTLESS, IF NOT SUICIDAL.
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IT'S NORMALLY TOO CLOUDY
TO SEE ANYTHING,
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AND ON TOP OF THIS, YOU RISK
ENCOUNTERING CROCODILES.
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BUT THERE'S ONE PLACE
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WHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO
OVERCOME THESE PROBLEMS...
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IF I GET MY TIMING RIGHT.
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THE OKAVANGO DELTA IN BOTSWANA
IS A HUGE SWAMP
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ON THE NORTHERN EDGE
OF THE KALAHARI DESERT.
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ONCE A YEAR, IT GETS
A MASSIVE INFLUX OF RAINWATER
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THAT RUNS OFF
THE ANGOLAN HIGHLANDS.
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IT'S AT THIS TIME,
FOR JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS,
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THAT THE WATER
CAN BE CLEAR ENOUGH
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TO ACTUALLY SEE
WHAT'S PROWLING AROUND.
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ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE,
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I FEEL AS IF I'VE SCARCELY
SCRATCHED THE SURFACE,
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IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING
THE FISH AND THE DELTA ITSELF.
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SO BEFORE I EVEN ATTEMPT
TO GET IN THE WATER,
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I WANT TO REACQUAINT MYSELF
WITH THE TIGERFISH.
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THE DELTA LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT
FROM WHEN I WAS LAST HERE.
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IT'S NOW THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN
WINTER,
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AND THE WATER
IS AT ITS HIGHEST --
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SOME 13 FEET
ABOVE ITS SUMMER LEVEL.
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IT'S ALSO
AROUND 30 DEGREES COLDER.
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WHAT I DON'T YET KNOW
IS HOW THESE SEASONAL CHANGES
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MIGHT AFFECT THE BEHAVIOR
OF THE TIGERFISH.
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THOUGH CONDITIONS LOOK IDEAL,
THE RIVER IS STRANGELY QUIET.
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NOTHING AT ALL GOING FOR THAT.
UM...
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IT'S ALMOST AS IF THIS BIT
OF WATER HERE
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IS JUST DEVOID OF FISH.
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UM...
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SO, FOR ONCE, MY NORMAL SAMPLING
TOOL -- A FISHING LINE --
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IS JUST GIVING ME
NO INFORMATION WHATSOEVER
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ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON,
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WHAT'S LIVING
UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE.
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WITH SO MUCH FLOODWATER,
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EVERYTHING
IS SPREAD MORE THINLY.
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IT LOOKS LIKE FINDING A PACK
OF TIGERFISH IN THIS VAST SWAMP
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IS GOING TO TAKE LONGER
THAN I RECKONED.
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NEXT MORNING,
AS I HEAD UPRIVER,
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I SPOT A PLUME OF SMOKE --
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THE TELLTALE SIGN
OF A FISHERMAN'S CAMP.
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THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME
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TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT TIGERFISH,
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IN PARTICULAR, WHETHER
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE
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SEE THEM AS A THREAT.
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JUDGING BY THE NUMBERS
OF BREAM AND CATFISH
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THAT ARE BEING SMOKED,
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THERE'S CERTAINLY
PLENTY OF FOOD IN THIS AREA
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FOR A TOP PREDATOR.
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SO THIS TIGERFISH,
IT WAS INSIDE THE NET.
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YOU TRIED TO --
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TWO MONTHS TO HEAL.
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SO IT WAS A DEEP CUT.
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DID THIS ONE --
DID IT JUMP OUT OF THE WATER?
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Man: YEAH.
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THIS FISH IS SEEN
AS A MALEVOLENT PRESENCE
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IN THE RIVER,
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SO IT'S DEFINITELY A FISH
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THAT EVERYBODY HERE TREATS WITH
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESPECT.
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ALL THE FISHERMEN HERE
HAVE THEIR OWN ACCOUNTS
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OF BEING BITTEN BY TIGERFISH,
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BUT ALWAYS WHEN THEY'RE DEALING
WITH THEM IN THEIR NETS.
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WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE
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ARE STORIES OF ATTACKS
IN OPEN WATER.
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BUT PERHAPS
THIS ISN'T SURPRISING.
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MOST PEOPLE IN THE DELTA
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KNOW BETTER THAN TO JUMP
OUT OF THEIR CANOES.
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THE PRESENCE OF CROCODILES IS
MORE THAN ENOUGH TO DETER THEM.
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BUT IF I'M GOING TO UNDERSTAND
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THE TRUE NATURE
OF THE TIGERFISH,
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THEN SOONER OR LATER,
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I'LL HAVE TO PLUCK UP MY
COURAGE AND GET IN THE WATER.
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FIRST, THOUGH, I'M STOPPING OFF
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TO MEET A MAN
NAMED FRANCOIS JACOBS.
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HE'S ONE OF
THE VERY FEW SCIENTISTS
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WHO ARE TRYING TO STUDY
TIGERFISH.
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THE TIGERFISH
IS ONE OF THE --
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WELL, ONE OF THE MOST PREDACIOUS
FISH SPECIES ON EARTH.
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WHEN THEY LOCK ON TO SOMETHING,
IT SEEMS THAT THEY JUST --
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THEY JUST FULLY, FULLY GO OUT
FOR THEM.
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IF THEY SEE SOMETHING
IN DISTRESS,
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EVEN IF IT'S BIGGER THAN THEM,
THEY'LL GO FOR IT.
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WHY IS IT THAT
THERE'S SO LITTLE KNOWN
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ABOUT TIGERFISH
AND THEIR BEHAVIOR?
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IT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY'RE
IN CROCODILE-INFESTED WATERS.
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CROCS...EVERYWHERE.
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BECAUSE OF THE DANGERS OF
WORKING IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS.
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WHAT I WANT TO DO IS
ACTUALLY GET UNDER THE WATER
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AND LOOK AT TIGERFISH.
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WOULD YOU HAVE
ANY GENERAL ADVICE?
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YOU'RE GETTING IN THE WATER
WITH CROCODILES.
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THEY'RE KNOWN
TO HUNT HUMANS,
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SO IF YOU'RE ASKING ME IF I WANT
TO SWIM WITH CROCODILES,
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THE ANSWER'S NO.
GOOD LUCK.
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FRANCOIS HAS CONFIRMED
THAT TIGERFISH, LIKE PIRANHAS,
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WILL ATTACK ANIMALS
MUCH BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES.
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AND HE'S REMINDED ME,
AS IF I NEEDED IT,
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THAT TO PUT THIS TO THE TEST,
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I'LL ALSO HAVE TO
DEAL WITH CROCODILES.
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MY IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE, THOUGH,
IS TO FIND THE TIGERFISH.
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WHAT I'M DOING IS FISHING
A VERY FLASHY LURE
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THAT WILL CATCH THE SUNLIGHT --
ALSO CAUSE VIBRATIONS --
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AND THE KIND OF PLACES
I'VE BEEN LOOKING OUT FOR
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ARE WHERE YOU'VE GOT A BEND.
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AND WHAT THE BEND WILL DO,
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IT WILL SORT OF CREATE
A SANDBAR,
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FOLLOWED BY A DROP-OFF,
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AND THAT'S EXACTLY
THE KIND OF PLACE
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WHERE PREDATORS LIKE TO LURK
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AND WAIT FOR SMALLER FISH
TO PASS IN THE CURRENT.
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BY LATE AFTERNOON,
I'M STILL EMPTY-HANDED.
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A LITTLE EDDY OVER THERE.
LET'S JUST TRY THAT.
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IF THERE ARE TIGERFISH HERE,
THEN THEY'RE VERY WARY.
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NO. THOUGHT SOMETHING
WAS ON THERE.
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MY MIND IS STARTING
TO PLAY TRICKS ON ME.
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IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO TELL IF
I'M GETTING A KNOCK ON THE LURE
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OR JUST SNAGGING ANOTHER WEED.
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WHEN IT COMES, THOUGH,
THE STRIKE IS UNMISTAKABLE.
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A SAVAGE HIT.
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LOOK AT THIS RUN!
LOOK AT THIS RUN!
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IN THE HEART OF BOTSWANA'S
OKAVANGO DELTA,
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I'M HUNTING DOWN THE TRUTH
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ABOUT AN ANIMAL
WITH A FEARSOME REPUTATION...
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THE TIGERFISH.
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IF THEY REALLY ARE MAN-EATERS,
I INTEND TO FIND OUT.
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AND I THINK I'VE JUST GOT ONE
ON MY LINE.
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LOOK AT THIS RUN!
LOOK AT THIS RUN!
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[ GRUNTS ]
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A SAVAGE HIT ON THE LURE.
SAVAGE HIT.
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RIGHT. WE HAVE A FISH.
I DIDN'T SEE IT VERY --
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IT JUST JUMPED OUT OF THE WATER
JUST THEN.
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DIDN'T SEE IT TOO CLEARLY.
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I THINK IT'S A TIGERFISH.
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RIGHT. I'VE GOT
A LANDING NET THERE.
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THIS TOOTHY FIGHTER
IS A YOUNG ADULT.
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RIGHT.
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SO, THERE WE GO.
THAT'S A TIGERFISH.
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WHY ARE THEY CALLED TIGERFISH?
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WELL, IT COULD BE
BECAUSE OF THE STRIPES.
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IT COULD BE
BECAUSE OF THE TEETH,
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AND THOSE TEETH ARE --
WHOOPS! --
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ABSOLUTE SIGNATURE
OF THE SPECIES.
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SO, FROM THE GILLS BACK,
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IT'S THIS VERY PRETTY,
STREAMLINED FISH,
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AND THEN THE HEAD IS ALMOST LIKE
SOMETHING OUT OF YOUR --
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YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES.
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SO I THINK
WE CAN CATEGORICALLY SAY NOW
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THAT WE'RE IN TIGER COUNTRY.
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BUT HOW MANY OF THEM
ARE OUT THERE?
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HAVE THEY SPLIT UP
INTO ONES AND TWOS...
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OR COULD THERE BE A WHOLE PACK
OF THEM RIGHT UNDERNEATH ME?
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THAT'S A FISH.
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THIS ONE IS MUCH BIGGER
THAN MY FIRST CATCH.
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ONE VERY SIGNIFICANT THING
ABOUT THIS FISH
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IS THE -- THE HINGING
IN THE MOUTH.
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YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOT
A DOUBLE HINGE THERE.
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YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOT
ONE HINGE HERE,
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AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
A SECOND HINGE UP HERE.
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WHAT THIS MEANS
IS THAT IT CAN OPEN ITS JAWS
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A LOT WIDER THAN OTHER FISH.
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AS A RESULT, ITS BARE TEETH
POINT FORWARDS WHEN IT STRIKES,
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ENABLING IT TO CUT
LARGE CHUNKS OUT OF ANIMALS
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MUCH BIGGER THAN ITSELF.
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RIGHT. SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO
GET THIS ONE BACK IN THE WATER.
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I FISH ON TILL DUSK,
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TRYING TO WORK OUT
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IF I REALLY AM IN THE MIDST
OF A TIGERFISH PACK.
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WHAT HAPPENED JUST NOW
IS VERY INTERESTING.
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THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE LURE,
ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER ONE.
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NOW, IT COULD'VE BEEN
THIS SAME FISH CHASING IT.
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IT COULD'VE BEEN A GROUP OF THEM
DOWN THERE.
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FROM WHERE I AM ON THE BOAT,
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THERE'S ACTUALLY
NO WAY OF TELLING.
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TIGERFISH CLEARLY HAVE
THE HARDWARE
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TO DO SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE.
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BUT WHAT IF I WAS TO JUMP IN?
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WOULD THEY ACTUALLY ATTACK ME?
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ONE RECENT STORY FROM ZIMBABWE
MAKES ME WONDER.
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IN SEARCH OF WORK,
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TWO YOUNG MEN DECIDE TO ENTER
SOUTH AFRICA ILLEGALLY.
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TO AVOID A BORDER POST,
THEY MUST SWIM ACROSS A RIVER.
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BUT WITHIN MINUTES,
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THEY'RE ATTACKED
BY SOMETHING IN THE WATER.
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AAH!
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BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THE WOUNDS
ON THE MEN'S HANDS AND FEET
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WERE UNMISTAKABLY
THE WORK OF TIGERFISH.
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NOW, I LOVE FISHING,
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BUT THERE'S A LIMIT TO WHAT
FISHING CAN TELL YOU.
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BASICALLY, IT TELLS YOU
THAT A CERTAIN FISH
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WAS IN A CERTAIN PLACE,
AND IT WAS FEEDING.
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BUT TO TRULY UNDERSTAND
THIS FISH,
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I'VE GOT TO GET
BENEATH THE SURFACE WITH IT,
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UNDERWATER, IN ITS DOMAIN.
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IN EFFECT, WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO,
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I'VE GOT TO TURN MYSELF
INTO HUMAN BAIT.
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THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
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BEFORE I CAN GO EYE-TO-EYE
WITH TIGERFISH,
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I FIRST NEED TO GET PAST
THE CROCODILES.
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TO FIND OUT HOW,
I'M MEETING BRAD BESTERLINK,
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A MAN WHO'S GROWN UP
IN THE DELTA.
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IF ANYONE CAN MAKE SURE
I DON'T END UP AS REPTILE FOOD,
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IT'S BRAD, BUT THERE ARE
NO GUARANTEES.
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SO, WHAT ABOUT THE LARGE ANIMALS
THAT EXIST HERE --
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THE ELEPHANTS,
THE HIPPOS, THE CROCS?
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HOW DO YOU WORK
AROUND THEM?
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CROCS ARE MUCH HARDER
TO ANTICIPATE,
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AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING
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THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
IN THE WATER.
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SO WHEN YOU SAY
"DEAL WITH IN THE WATER,"
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WHAT DOES THAT INVOLVE?
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YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS
PRETTY DANGEROUS.
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WE CAN MANAGE INTERACTIONS
WITH CROCS ON THE BOTTOM.
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ON THE SURFACE,
THAT'S WHERE YOU DIE.
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BRAD HAS FIGURED OUT THAT,
FOR A FEW WEEKS EVERY WINTER,
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THE WATER TEMPERATURE
IS LOW ENOUGH
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TO SLOW DOWN
THE COLD-BLOODED CROCS.
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IN EFFECT, THEY ENTER
A BRIEF HIBERNATION
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WHEN THEY CEASE TO HUNT.
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SO FAR, SO LOGICAL,
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00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:37,633
BUT I'M FEELING
ANYTHING BUT REASSURED.
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THE ENORMITY OF WHAT
MIGHT BE HAPPENING TOMORROW
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IS STARTING TO SINK IN.
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I COULD BE
WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE
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OF ONE OF THESE ANIMALS
IN ITS ELEMENT.
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00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:55,667
NOW, I'VE SEEN THE DAMAGE THAT
CROCODILES CAN DO TO PEOPLE,
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AND IT'S VERY HARD TO ACTUALLY
PUT THAT FROM MY MIND.
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ANOTHER THING THAT'S ACTUALLY
SURFACING IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW
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IS A SAYING THAT
THE TRIBESPEOPLE HAVE HERE.
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WHAT THEY SAY IS THIS --
"I AM THE RIVER.
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MY SURFACE GIVES YOU LIFE.
BELOW IS DEATH."
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00:16:25,067 --> 00:16:29,067
NEXT MORNING, BRAD AND I HEAD
OUT TO OUR FIRST DIVE LOCATION,
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CLOSE TO WHERE I WAS FISHING.
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I'M HOPING TO ENCOUNTER
THE SAME TIGERFISH
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THAT WERE ATTACKING MY LURE.
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NO ONE HAS EVER DIVED
WITH TIGERFISH BEFORE
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BECAUSE MOST DIVERS CONSIDER
THESE WATERS TOO DANGEROUS.
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THE WATER'S LOVELY AND CLEAR.
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UM...
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ALMOST LIKE AN AQUARIUM.
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IT ACTUALLY LOOKS VERY BENIGN,
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BUT THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE
COULD BE CROCODILES DOWN THERE
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PUTS A RATHER DIFFERENT LIGHT
ON PROCEEDINGS.
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OKAY. I THINK
I'VE LOADED THAT ALL IN.
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IT -- IT --
IT MAKES SORT OF LOGICAL SENSE.
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IT'S JUST SORT OF
PROCESSING IT EMOTIONALLY
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THAT THERE
COULD BE SOMETHING --
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THAT'S THE HARDEST THING.
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00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,167
IF THERE IS A CROC DOWN BELOW,
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I'M HOPING IT'S NOT HUNGRY.
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00:17:39,167 --> 00:17:44,400
Woman:
3...2...1...GO.
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I'M IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA
IN BOTSWANA
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00:17:57,933 --> 00:18:02,267
TO FIND OUT IF TIGERFISH
REALLY ARE MAN-EATERS.
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TO TEST THIS,
I NEED TO GET IN THE WATER,
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BUT THE WATER HERE IS ALSO
STALKED BY CROCODILES.
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Woman: ...1...GO.
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I'M MOST VULNERABLE
AT THE SURFACE,
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WHICH BRAD CALLS THE KILL ZONE.
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00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:22,867
TO A LURKING CROC,
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00:18:22,967 --> 00:18:26,667
MY SILHOUETTE WOULD PRESENT
A CLEAR AND TEMPTING TARGET.
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00:18:28,233 --> 00:18:30,367
SO TO MINIMIZE
THE RISK OF AN ATTACK,
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00:18:30,467 --> 00:18:33,433
I DESCEND QUICKLY
TO THE RIVERBED.
301
00:18:37,233 --> 00:18:40,500
I'VE GOT A CAMERA
AFFIXED TO MY DIVE STICK
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00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:45,900
TO RECORD ANY ENCOUNTERS WITH
EITHER TIGERFISH OR CROCODILES.
303
00:18:48,933 --> 00:18:51,867
AND MY MASK
HAS A BUILT-IN MICROPHONE,
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HARDWIRED
TO A RECORDER ON MY BACK.
305
00:18:56,467 --> 00:18:58,700
I CAN ALSO TALK
TO THE DIVE BOAT,
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00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,700
BUT COMMUNICATIONS
MUST BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM,
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00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,067
AS THE SOUND WAVES
COULD ATTRACT CROCODILES.
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00:19:05,167 --> 00:19:09,433
IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD
FROM HOW YOU IMAGINE IT.
309
00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:16,267
SEE HOW IT WOULD BE VERY EASY
TO BLUNDER INTO SOMETHING.
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00:19:21,067 --> 00:19:22,633
THEY DO SAY ABOUT CROCODILES,
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00:19:22,733 --> 00:19:25,767
IT'S THE ONES YOU CAN'T SEE
YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT.
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SO, EYES PEELED.
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00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:35,400
IT'S HARD TO STAY RELAXED IN
THIS NERVE-RACKING SITUATION.
314
00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:39,600
BUT IF I BREATHE TOO HARD, I'LL
QUICKLY USE UP MY AIR SUPPLY.
315
00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:44,700
THE FIRST SIGNS OF LIFE
ARE SOME SQUEAKER CATFISH,
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00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,167
NAMED AFTER THE STRANGE NOISES
THEY MAKE.
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00:19:49,267 --> 00:19:51,967
NICE TO SEE SOME OF THE FISH
DOWN HERE.
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THEY STICK CLOSE TOGETHER,
PARTLY FOR PROTECTION,
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00:19:57,433 --> 00:20:01,433
BUT WHETHER FROM TIGERFISH
OR CROCS, I'M NOT SURE.
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00:20:04,933 --> 00:20:08,867
IT'S ALMOST LIKE...
BEING IN A PLANE
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00:20:08,967 --> 00:20:11,733
AND FLYING INTO A THUNDERSTORM.
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IT'S ALL BRIGHT AROUND YOU,
AND YOU'RE JUST BEING TAKEN,
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00:20:15,967 --> 00:20:19,100
IN THIS CASE BY THE CURRENT,
TO THIS AREA OF DARK.
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00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,667
BUT ACTUALLY, AS YOU APPROACH,
IT LIGHTENS UP.
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00:20:21,767 --> 00:20:23,700
BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS
RATHER CONCERNED
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00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,633
ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE THERE.
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00:20:25,733 --> 00:20:29,967
I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THAT
I'M HERE TO FIND TIGERFISH.
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00:20:30,067 --> 00:20:32,633
SO FAR,
THERE'S NO SIGN OF THEM,
329
00:20:32,733 --> 00:20:34,800
AND MY DIVE TIME
IS RUNNING OUT.
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COULD THE TIGERFISH
HAVE MOVED ON, I WONDER,
331
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,433
OR IS MY PRESENCE DOWN HERE
MAKING THEM WARY?
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CROC!
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00:20:54,933 --> 00:20:56,800
JUST HIT A CROC.
JUST HIT A CROC.
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THIS LOOKS QUITE BIG.
335
00:21:00,067 --> 00:21:02,467
JUST LOWERED RIGHT DOWN
ONTO A CROCODILE.
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00:21:02,567 --> 00:21:04,933
AH!
337
00:21:05,067 --> 00:21:07,167
IT LOOKS RIGHT AT ME...
338
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,700
...AND KEEPS MOVING.
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00:21:14,767 --> 00:21:17,067
I FOLLOW IT,
TRUSTING IN BRAD'S THEORY
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00:21:17,167 --> 00:21:19,200
THAT THE WATER
IS STILL TOO COLD
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00:21:19,300 --> 00:21:22,467
FOR THIS LARGE REPTILE
TO BE IN FEEDING MODE.
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00:21:24,067 --> 00:21:25,700
BUT EVEN IF THIS IS TRUE,
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00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,833
THE CROC WILL STILL BITE ME
IF I GET TOO CLOSE TO ITS HEAD.
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00:21:31,833 --> 00:21:34,900
AND WITH A LARGE, STRUGGLING
OBJECT CLAMPED IN ITS JAWS,
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00:21:35,067 --> 00:21:39,500
IT COULD THEN THROW ITSELF
INTO A DEATH ROLL,
346
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,533
SPINNING ITS BODY WITH
ENOUGH FORCE TO DISMEMBER ME.
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00:21:49,233 --> 00:21:52,733
I AM WITHIN
ABOUT A FOOT OF ITS TAIL.
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00:21:52,833 --> 00:21:54,067
UNBELIEVABLE.
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00:21:54,133 --> 00:21:57,967
UNBELIEVABLE
THAT I CAN GET THIS CLOSE...
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00:21:58,067 --> 00:21:59,833
AND EVEN TOUCH IT.
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00:22:00,067 --> 00:22:02,367
I JUST TOUCHED ITS TAIL.
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00:22:06,267 --> 00:22:09,167
WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT
THIS WAS POSSIBLE?
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00:22:09,267 --> 00:22:12,767
HOLDING THE TAIL
OF A CROCODILE --
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00:22:12,867 --> 00:22:16,167
A LIVE CROCODILE -- UNDERWATER.
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00:22:17,533 --> 00:22:20,600
BUT ACTUALLY, IN THEORY,
IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
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00:22:20,700 --> 00:22:23,900
WHEN THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE
IS LOW,
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00:22:24,067 --> 00:22:26,067
AND WHEN WE ARE ON THE BOTTOM
LIKE THIS,
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NOT CREATING A SILHOUETTE
AGAINST THE SURFACE,
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00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,500
THEY DON'T SEE US AS A THREAT,
AND I CAN DO THIS.
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00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:33,567
UNBELIEVABLE.
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00:22:33,667 --> 00:22:36,433
TALK ABOUT PUTTING THEORY
INTO PRACTICE.
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00:22:36,533 --> 00:22:39,533
BUT IT WON'T BE LONG
BEFORE THE WATER
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00:22:39,633 --> 00:22:43,967
AND CROCS LIKE THIS ONE
ARE GETTING DANGEROUSLY WARM.
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00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:51,067
FOR NOW, THOUGH, THE BEAST'S
INTENTIONS SEEM BENIGN...
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00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:54,700
AND WE'RE ABLE TO SWIM SAFELY
BACK TO OUR BOAT.
366
00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:01,567
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]
367
00:23:01,667 --> 00:23:03,833
JUST GETTING BREATH BACK
A LITTLE BIT.
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00:23:03,933 --> 00:23:06,067
NOT NECESSARILY ALL DOWN
TO EXERTION.
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UM...
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00:23:08,767 --> 00:23:11,967
THAT WAS ME TOUCHING A CROC --
A LIVE CROC.
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00:23:13,667 --> 00:23:15,133
I WAS TRYING TO PUT IT
INTO WORDS
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00:23:15,233 --> 00:23:17,200
WHILE I WAS DOWN THERE
WHAT THAT FELT LIKE.
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00:23:17,300 --> 00:23:21,067
I WAS PARTLY QUITE DETACHED
AND THEORETICAL ABOUT IT.
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00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:22,767
I KNOW WHAT BRAD HAS TOLD ME
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00:23:22,867 --> 00:23:25,867
ABOUT THESE BEING
VERY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES HERE.
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00:23:25,967 --> 00:23:27,833
THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE
IS RIGHT DOWN.
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00:23:27,933 --> 00:23:29,300
WE'RE APPROACHING THEM IN A WAY
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00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,133
WHICH DOESN'T MAKE US
LOOK LIKE PREY
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00:23:31,233 --> 00:23:32,467
BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE BOTTOM.
380
00:23:32,567 --> 00:23:34,100
WE'RE NOT SILHOUETTED ABOVE IT.
381
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,633
BUT EVEN SO, ACTUALLY PUTTING
THAT INTO PRACTICE...
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00:23:36,733 --> 00:23:38,900
HAVING EXPERIENCED THAT,
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00:23:39,067 --> 00:23:42,967
I THINK -- I FEEL THAT WAS AN
IMPORTANT HURDLE TO GET PAST.
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00:23:43,067 --> 00:23:46,467
SO IF WE DO RUN INTO ONE AGAIN,
I'M GONNA BE CALM.
385
00:23:46,567 --> 00:23:48,733
AND THE THING IS,
I FEEL I CAN NOW FOCUS MORE
386
00:23:48,833 --> 00:23:51,533
ON LOOKING FOR THE TIGERS
THAN CONTINUALLY LOOKING AROUND,
387
00:23:51,633 --> 00:23:52,967
"WHERE'S THE CROC GONNA BE?"
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00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:56,767
CONDITIONS ARE CLEARLY CRUCIAL
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00:23:56,867 --> 00:24:00,233
FOR TRIGGERING PREDATORY
BEHAVIOR IN CROCODILES,
390
00:24:00,333 --> 00:24:01,867
AND I'M STARTING TO WONDER
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00:24:01,967 --> 00:24:04,500
IF THE SAME COULD BE TRUE
FOR TIGERFISH.
392
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,867
THE TIGERFISH THEMSELVES,
HOWEVER, SEEM TO HAVE VANISHED,
393
00:24:08,967 --> 00:24:11,333
AND TIME IS NOT ON MY SIDE.
394
00:24:12,733 --> 00:24:15,100
I'M KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH
ON THE WATER TEMPERATURE,
395
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,433
AND MY THERMOMETER READINGS
AREN'T ENCOURAGING.
396
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,467
THEY'RE APPROACHING
THE CRITICAL THRESHOLD
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00:24:21,567 --> 00:24:23,067
OF 66 DEGREES,
398
00:24:23,133 --> 00:24:26,300
THE POINT AT WHICH CROCODILES,
ESPECIALLY THE LARGER ONES,
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00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,733
START TO BECOME ACTIVE.
400
00:24:34,067 --> 00:24:36,133
BEFORE MY NEXT DIVE,
401
00:24:36,233 --> 00:24:39,500
I DECIDE TO TALK
TO A MAN NAMED LLOYD WILMOT,
402
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,600
A VETERAN OF THE DELTA.
403
00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:43,067
GOOD MORNING.
404
00:24:43,133 --> 00:24:44,733
BACK IN THE 1970s,
405
00:24:44,833 --> 00:24:47,933
LLOYD ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED
A TIGERFISH ATTACK,
406
00:24:48,067 --> 00:24:51,833
AND I'M HOPING THAT HIS ACCOUNT
MIGHT PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT
407
00:24:51,933 --> 00:24:55,533
INTO WHAT MAKES THESE FISH
SO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.
408
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,967
WHAT NEW AND VERY SURPRISING
HUNTING BEHAVIOR
409
00:25:44,067 --> 00:25:47,200
HAVE SCIENTISTS RECENTLY
WITNESSED IN TIGERFISH?
410
00:25:47,300 --> 00:25:49,700
THE ANSWER RIGHT AFTER THIS.
411
00:26:07,833 --> 00:26:10,467
IN BOTSWANA'S OKAVANGO DELTA,
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00:26:10,567 --> 00:26:13,467
I'M DETERMINED TO FIND OUT
IF A PACK OF TIGERFISH
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00:26:13,567 --> 00:26:16,767
WOULD EVER ATTACK
AND KILL A HUMAN.
414
00:26:22,067 --> 00:26:23,900
A MAN NAMED LLOYD WILMOT
415
00:26:24,067 --> 00:26:27,067
BELIEVES HE CAME CLOSE
TO FINDING OUT
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00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:29,933
WHEN HIS PADDLE
WAS REPEATEDLY ATTACKED
417
00:26:30,067 --> 00:26:33,800
BY A SWARM
OF THESE HYPER-AGGRESSIVE FISH.
418
00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:37,467
WHAT ON EARTH WAS GOING ON?
419
00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:41,367
I'M WONDERING IF IT'S ONE
OF THOSE THINGS
420
00:26:41,467 --> 00:26:43,233
WHERE
IT'S NOT NORMAL BEHAVIOR,
421
00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:46,700
BUT POSSIBLY AS SOON
AS ONE FISH DOES SOMETHING,
422
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,633
THE OTHERS
ALL GET THAT CONFIDENCE
423
00:26:48,733 --> 00:26:51,067
AND THEY ALL START
DOING THE SAME THING.
424
00:27:04,867 --> 00:27:07,067
SO THE ONLY WAY
TO ACTUALLY BE CERTAIN
425
00:27:07,133 --> 00:27:09,567
WHETHER THEY WOULD
ACTUALLY GO FOR A PERSON
426
00:27:09,667 --> 00:27:12,200
IN THIS RATHER UNUSUAL
CIRCUMSTANCE
427
00:27:12,300 --> 00:27:14,067
WOULD BE
TO GET IN THE WATER.
428
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,200
LLOYD IS THE FIRST PERSON
I'VE MET
429
00:27:28,300 --> 00:27:32,067
WHO'S ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED
TIGERFISH AGGRESSION FIRSTHAND.
430
00:27:32,167 --> 00:27:34,733
AND ALTHOUGH HIS ENCOUNTER
WASN'T A BLOODY ONE,
431
00:27:34,833 --> 00:27:38,267
IT'S PLANTED AN UNNERVING
THOUGHT IN MY MIND.
432
00:27:41,067 --> 00:27:44,900
THESE FISH APPEAR
TO OPERATE ON A HAIR TRIGGER,
433
00:27:45,067 --> 00:27:48,633
PRIMED TO ATTACK ANYTHING
THAT LOOKS LIKE PREY.
434
00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:50,567
AND ONCE ONE OF THEM BITES,
435
00:27:50,667 --> 00:27:53,800
IT SEEMS THE REST OF THEM
QUICKLY PILE IN.
436
00:27:55,767 --> 00:27:59,200
IF I'M GOING TO PROVE
THAT TIGERFISH TARGET HUMANS,
437
00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:02,500
THEN I NEED TO GET
BACK IN THE WATER
438
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,100
AND OFFER MYSELF AS LIVE BAIT.
439
00:28:06,267 --> 00:28:09,133
SO FAR, THOUGH,
THE FISH ARE PROVING ELUSIVE,
440
00:28:09,233 --> 00:28:11,833
AND MY WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
IS CLOSING.
441
00:28:11,933 --> 00:28:16,867
IF THE WATER GETS TOO WARM,
THE CROCS WILL ATTACK.
442
00:28:16,967 --> 00:28:19,500
EARLY START TODAY
BEFORE THE SUN GETS TOO HIGH.
443
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,700
NO TIGERFISH YESTERDAY,
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS
444
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,800
IS WE'RE GOING
MORE INTO THE MAIN CHANNELS,
445
00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:26,267
BUT THERE'S MORE CHANCE THERE
OF ENCOUNTERING A CROC,
446
00:28:26,367 --> 00:28:27,667
AND THE WORRY AT THE MOMENT
447
00:28:27,767 --> 00:28:30,633
IS THE TEMPERATURE'S ACTUALLY
GETTING WARMER DAY BY DAY.
448
00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:40,967
THE WATER IS VISIBLY GOING DOWN,
449
00:28:41,067 --> 00:28:43,600
AND IT'S COMING BACK
INTO THE CHANNEL, WHICH IS GOOD,
450
00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:46,167
BECAUSE THE FISH ARE GOING TO BE
MORE CONCENTRATED,
451
00:28:46,267 --> 00:28:47,433
MORE PRESENT IN THE CHANNELS,
452
00:28:47,533 --> 00:28:49,100
BUT THE OTHER THING
THAT'S HAPPENING
453
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,700
IS THE WATER IS WARMING UP,
AND WHEN THE WATER WARMS UP,
454
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,400
THE CROCODILES WARM UP,
AND IT'S GONNA HIT A POINT
455
00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,867
WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY NO LONGER
SAFE TO GET IN THE WATER.
456
00:28:56,967 --> 00:28:59,600
SO WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO NOW
IS GET OUT EARLIER IN THE DAY.
457
00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:01,067
WE STILL WANT LIGHT TO SEE BY,
458
00:29:01,133 --> 00:29:03,567
BUT OUR AVAILABLE TIME
459
00:29:03,667 --> 00:29:05,667
TO POSSIBLY SEE TIGERFISH
IS LIMITED.
460
00:29:05,767 --> 00:29:07,267
I HAVEN'T GOT A LOT OF TIME.
461
00:29:08,767 --> 00:29:11,333
I'VE NOW MADE
OVER A DOZEN DIVES
462
00:29:11,433 --> 00:29:15,333
WITHOUT ENCOUNTERING
A SINGLE TIGERFISH.
463
00:29:15,433 --> 00:29:18,067
WHAT SEEMED STRAIGHTFORWARD
WITH A ROD AND LINE
464
00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:22,667
IS PROVING MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
WITH A DIVE SUIT AND AIR TANKS.
465
00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:26,800
BECAUSE SO LITTLE IS KNOWN
466
00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:28,767
ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS
OF TIGERFISH,
467
00:29:28,867 --> 00:29:32,800
IT'S NOT EVEN CLEAR WHERE I
SHOULD BE FOCUSING MY SEARCH.
468
00:29:35,833 --> 00:29:40,500
BUT HAVING COME SO FAR TO GET
AN ANSWER, I'M NOT GIVING UP.
469
00:29:41,467 --> 00:29:47,300
IT'S TIME TO DIVE DEEPER, INTO
AN UNEXPLORED HIDING PLACE.
470
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,667
THE THING IS, WHEN YOU GET
IN THE WATER HERE,
471
00:29:49,767 --> 00:29:52,067
YOU REALIZE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE
TO THE RIVER
472
00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:54,200
THAN WHAT YOU SEE
JUST BETWEEN THE BANKS.
473
00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:56,800
THERE ARE THESE OVERHANGS
AND WHAT LOOK LIKE CAVES,
474
00:29:56,900 --> 00:30:00,267
IN FACT, UNDER THE VEGETATION,
UNDER THE FLOATING VEGETATION.
475
00:30:00,367 --> 00:30:03,000
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE ROOTS
OF THOSE WEEDS
476
00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:05,267
COULD PROVIDE SHELTER
FOR SMALL FISH,
477
00:30:05,367 --> 00:30:08,133
AND IF THE SMALL FISH ARE THERE,
THE PREDATORS COULD BE, AS WELL.
478
00:30:08,233 --> 00:30:09,267
SO TODAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT
479
00:30:09,367 --> 00:30:11,067
SPECIFICALLY GETTING
UNDER THE BANKS,
480
00:30:11,167 --> 00:30:12,967
UNDERNEATH
THE FLOATING VEGETATION,
481
00:30:13,067 --> 00:30:14,567
SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND THERE.
482
00:30:14,667 --> 00:30:17,567
THIS WILL BE A RISKY DIVE
INTO PITCH-BLACK WATER
483
00:30:17,667 --> 00:30:20,100
WITH LITTLE ROOM TO MANEUVER.
484
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,600
AND THE DENSE VEGETATION
485
00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:24,433
COULD ALSO LIMIT COMMUNICATION
WITH THE BOAT.
486
00:30:27,833 --> 00:30:30,400
BUT MOST IMPORTANT,
I'VE GOT TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE
487
00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:32,500
ON THE RISING
WATER TEMPERATURE.
488
00:30:42,633 --> 00:30:44,533
JUST DOING
A QUICK TEMPERATURE CHECK.
489
00:30:44,633 --> 00:30:47,700
IT'S 65 DEGREES,
SO WE'RE SORT OF BORDERLINE,
490
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:50,300
IN TERMS OF CROCODILE BEHAVIOR.
491
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,100
SO WE'RE ON THAT POINT, UH --
492
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,900
THAT POINT WHERE THERE IS
A KIND OF TRIGGER,
493
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,800
WHERE THE CROCODILE'S BEHAVIOR
FLIPS FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER.
494
00:31:01,833 --> 00:31:03,667
THE WATER MAY BE CLEAR,
495
00:31:03,767 --> 00:31:08,133
BUT BENEATH THE FLOATING
PAPYRUS, THERE IS NO SUNLIGHT.
496
00:31:09,267 --> 00:31:11,133
GOING INTO THE CAVE.
497
00:31:11,233 --> 00:31:16,067
NOW THIS IS WHERE VISIBILITY
IS REALLY SHUTTING DOWN.
498
00:31:17,933 --> 00:31:21,500
TOPSIDE. TOPSIDE, DIVER ONE --
DO YOU RECEIVE, OVER?
499
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,533
WITHIN SECONDS
OF ENTERING THIS UNDERWORLD,
500
00:31:26,633 --> 00:31:29,400
I'VE LOST ALL CONTACT
WITH THE SAFETY BOAT.
501
00:31:48,767 --> 00:31:50,867
I NEED TO STAY ALERT.
502
00:31:50,967 --> 00:31:53,667
IF I RUN INTO THE WRONG END
OF A CROC,
503
00:31:53,767 --> 00:31:56,967
I WON'T HAVE THE SPACE OR TIME
TO ESCAPE.
504
00:32:02,633 --> 00:32:06,367
A SHAFT OF SUNLIGHT PIERCES
A SMALL GAP IN THE REEDS,
505
00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:10,200
REVEALING A LITTLE MORE OF THIS
STRANGE, PARALLEL UNIVERSE.
506
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:14,567
THIS IS AN AMAZING --
AN AMAZING LANDSCAPE.
507
00:32:14,667 --> 00:32:18,333
YOU JUST WOULDN'T SUSPECT
THIS EXISTED AT ALL.
508
00:32:19,833 --> 00:32:23,133
OH, THERE'S SOME BREAM
BEHIND US -- SHOAL OF BREAM.
509
00:32:28,367 --> 00:32:30,500
WE'RE QUITE A LONG WAY UNDER.
510
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,333
INCREDIBLE, SPOOKY ATMOSPHERE.
INCREDIBLE.
511
00:32:35,667 --> 00:32:37,433
A FEW HUNDRED FEET IN,
512
00:32:37,533 --> 00:32:41,667
I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN LURED
INTO A DEADLY LABYRINTH.
513
00:32:43,067 --> 00:32:45,267
SUDDENLY REALLY CLOSING IN
AROUND US.
514
00:32:45,367 --> 00:32:47,600
WE'VE GONE INTO SORT OF
A CHAMBER NOW.
515
00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:50,333
SMALL ENTRANCE,
WHICH HAS OPENED OUT.
516
00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:54,967
THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
WORLD HERE.
517
00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:02,067
BUT VERTICALLY, IT'S VERY TIGHT.
518
00:33:02,167 --> 00:33:05,300
FLOOR IS VERY CLOSE.
519
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,833
FULL OF SOFT VEGETATION.
520
00:33:07,933 --> 00:33:09,600
AND THE CEILING'S VERY CLOSE,
521
00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:13,067
SO IT'S -- IT'S QUITE
CLAUSTROPHOBIC, IN FACT.
522
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:15,967
I'M STARTING TO FEEL UNEASY
523
00:33:16,067 --> 00:33:19,367
AND TO WISH
I WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
524
00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:27,333
THEN...SOMETHING BIG COMES
LOOMING OUT OF THE SHADOWS.
525
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:30,733
OH.
526
00:33:41,067 --> 00:33:43,867
IN MY SEARCH
FOR A PACK OF TIGERFISH,
527
00:33:43,967 --> 00:33:45,833
I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
528
00:33:47,533 --> 00:33:50,533
AT 65 DEGREES,
THE WATER IS ALMOST WARM ENOUGH
529
00:33:50,633 --> 00:33:53,567
TO FLIP THE CROCODILES
INTO FEEDING MODE.
530
00:33:53,667 --> 00:33:56,300
AND IN THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC
UNDERWORLD
531
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,433
BENEATH THE FLOATING REED BEDS,
532
00:33:58,533 --> 00:34:00,600
I'VE JUST RUN INTO
SOMETHING BIG.
533
00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:02,400
OH.
534
00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:06,267
THERE'S A MONSTER CATFISH HERE.
535
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:10,900
JUST SAYING A MONSTER CATFISH.
536
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:17,800
A CATFISH THIS SIZE
WOULD NORMALLY BE
BEAST ENOUGH FOR ME.
537
00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:21,367
HERE, IT'S JUST ONE OF
SEVERAL FORMIDABLE PREDATORS,
538
00:34:21,467 --> 00:34:24,600
AND IT'S NOT THE ONE I'M AFTER.
539
00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:33,067
SUDDENLY, IT'S OPENING OUT.
I'VE NO IDEA WHERE I AM.
540
00:34:36,667 --> 00:34:40,933
IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE A RELIEF
TO BE OUT OF THOSE CAVES.
541
00:34:41,067 --> 00:34:43,433
IT'S VERY SPOOKY IN THERE.
542
00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:48,933
THIS IS THE REMAINS
OF A WOODEN CANOE
543
00:34:49,067 --> 00:34:51,367
DOWN HERE
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER.
544
00:34:53,767 --> 00:34:56,700
I WONDER WHAT STORY
THIS HAS GOT TO TELL.
545
00:35:00,233 --> 00:35:03,567
THEN, SILENTLY GHOSTING
INTO VIEW,
546
00:35:03,667 --> 00:35:06,867
THE VERY FISH
I'VE COME TO MEET.
547
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:11,200
I'VE JUST SEEN A TIGERFISH.
I'VE JUST SEEN A TIGERFISH.
548
00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:13,700
IT'S CHECKING ME OUT.
549
00:35:17,633 --> 00:35:19,433
THAT WAS A BIG TIGERFISH.
550
00:35:19,533 --> 00:35:21,733
JUST SWAM RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
551
00:35:21,833 --> 00:35:24,200
AND RIGHT ABOVE ME IS A SIGHT
552
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:28,200
THAT POSSIBLY NO ONE
HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.
553
00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:29,433
THERE'S FISH ABOVE US,
554
00:35:29,533 --> 00:35:31,433
AND THOSE ARE
DEFINITELY TIGERFISH.
555
00:35:31,533 --> 00:35:32,800
JUST BIG TIGERFISH THERE.
556
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:35,133
THEY'VE APPEARED FROM NOWHERE,
557
00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:37,900
AND THEY'RE BARELY
20 FEET AWAY.
558
00:35:38,067 --> 00:35:41,100
VERY RECOGNIZABLE BECAUSE
OF THAT DEEP-FORKED TAIL.
559
00:35:42,333 --> 00:35:44,067
SHOAL OF TIGERFISH.
560
00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:47,833
THERE MUST BE AT LEAST
50 ADULTS IN THIS PACK,
561
00:35:47,933 --> 00:35:49,667
ALL OF A SIMILAR SIZE.
562
00:35:52,833 --> 00:35:56,733
AND THOSE ARE JUST THE ONES
I CAN SEE.
563
00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:03,333
WOW.
THAT IS A LOT OF TIGERFISH.
564
00:36:03,433 --> 00:36:06,500
THEY'RE IN MORE NUMBERS
THAN I THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
565
00:36:09,067 --> 00:36:11,867
THEY'RE STILL COMING.
THEY'RE STILL COMING.
566
00:36:11,967 --> 00:36:15,400
AND I FINALLY FOUND
THE TIGERFISH.
567
00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:17,067
THERE ARE PACKS OF THEM.
568
00:36:17,133 --> 00:36:19,100
THIS IS REALLY QUITE INCREDIBLE.
569
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,600
I'M VERY AWARE
570
00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:23,200
THAT THE TIGERFISH ARE
BETWEEN ME AND THE BOAT.
571
00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:25,967
BUT SO FAR, THEY'RE KEEPING
THEIR DISTANCE.
572
00:36:26,067 --> 00:36:28,433
MAYBE THEY'RE BIDING
THEIR TIME.
573
00:36:31,067 --> 00:36:33,800
IF THEY REALLY ARE
SUPER-AGGRESSIVE,
574
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:36,067
THEN WHY ARE THEY HOLDING BACK?
575
00:36:36,133 --> 00:36:37,833
PERHAPS WHAT'S MISSING
576
00:36:37,933 --> 00:36:41,433
IS SOMETHING TO PROVOKE
THAT FIRST CRUCIAL BITE,
577
00:36:41,533 --> 00:36:44,533
THE BITE THAT UNLEASHES
THE REST OF THE PACK.
578
00:36:44,633 --> 00:36:48,967
SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT MAYBE
I NEED TO PROVIDE A TRIGGER.
579
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:51,967
WHAT I HAVE IN MIND
580
00:36:52,067 --> 00:36:55,800
MAY JUST BE THE RISKIEST THING
I'M EVER LIKELY TO DO.
581
00:36:57,067 --> 00:37:00,067
BUT IT'S NOW OR NEVER.
582
00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:03,167
THIS IS VERY MUCH UNKNOWN
TERRITORY WE'RE GOING INTO,
583
00:37:03,267 --> 00:37:05,733
TRYING TO ENCOUNTER TIGERFISH
UNDERWATER.
584
00:37:05,833 --> 00:37:07,733
BECAUSE TIME IS SHORT,
WHAT I'M DOING,
585
00:37:07,833 --> 00:37:09,633
I'M EFFECTIVELY
GONNA CHUM THE WATER
586
00:37:09,733 --> 00:37:12,367
WITH SOME OF THE TIGERFISH'S
NORMAL DIET -- SMALL FISH.
587
00:37:12,467 --> 00:37:14,400
SO I'VE GOT
A FEW HANDFULS OF THIS,
588
00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:16,633
AND I'M GONNA THROW THAT
INTO THE WATER
589
00:37:16,733 --> 00:37:18,600
AND SEE HOW THEY RESPOND.
590
00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:21,767
AND I'LL BE
IN THE WATER WITH THEM.
591
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,300
I'VE NO IDEA
HOW CHUMMING THE WATER
592
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:26,833
WILL AFFECT THE TIGERFISH,
593
00:37:26,933 --> 00:37:29,067
BUT I'M HOPING
THEY'RE STILL HERE.
594
00:37:30,267 --> 00:37:34,333
IF THEY DO TURN NASTY,
I'M READY TO RUN FOR THE BOAT.
595
00:37:38,067 --> 00:37:39,700
I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG.
596
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,233
TIGERFISH
RIGHT NEXT TO THE BOAT.
597
00:37:43,267 --> 00:37:45,500
AMAZINGLY CLOSE
TO SOME TIGERFISH.
598
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,300
WILL ONE OF THEM
BE FIRST TO STRIKE?
599
00:37:58,467 --> 00:38:01,067
IN A REMOTE CORNER
OF A REMOTE SWAMP,
600
00:38:01,167 --> 00:38:04,067
I'M TURNING MYSELF
INTO HUMAN BAIT.
601
00:38:04,167 --> 00:38:08,300
I'VE FINALLY CAUGHT UP
WITH A LARGE PACK OF TIGERFISH,
602
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,933
BUT SO FAR, THEY'VE DECLINED
TO ATTACK ME.
603
00:38:12,067 --> 00:38:15,167
SO I'VE DECIDED
TO CHUM THE WATER.
604
00:38:15,267 --> 00:38:19,133
THIS IS VERY MUCH UNKNOWN
TERRITORY WERE GOING INTO.
605
00:38:19,233 --> 00:38:23,267
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE TIGERFISH
I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
606
00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:27,133
WITH WATER TEMPERATURES
CLIMBING INTO THE HIGH 60s,
607
00:38:27,233 --> 00:38:29,767
IT WON'T BE LONG
BEFORE THE CROCODILES WARM UP
608
00:38:29,867 --> 00:38:33,333
AND COME LOOKING FOR PREY.
609
00:38:33,433 --> 00:38:37,200
I'M STARTING TO WONDER
WHAT WILL ATTACK ME FIRST.
610
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:41,067
AMAZINGLY CLOSE
TO SOME TIGERFISH.
611
00:38:42,367 --> 00:38:46,467
BUT ALMOST AS SOON
AS I SEE THEM...
612
00:38:46,567 --> 00:38:47,800
THEY'RE GONE.
613
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:51,133
I'M JUST LOOKING
AT THE WATER TEMPERATURE.
614
00:38:51,233 --> 00:38:54,700
IT'S 66, WHICH IS ACTUALLY
NOT GOOD NEWS.
615
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,167
ACCORDING TO BRAD,
THE TEMPERATURE
616
00:38:57,267 --> 00:39:00,967
WHERE THE CROC STARTS TO WAKE UP
A LITTLE BIT IS 64.
617
00:39:02,133 --> 00:39:06,267
SO WE'RE SLIGHTLY ON THE EDGE
OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
618
00:39:08,067 --> 00:39:09,767
I'M PUSHING MY LUCK,
619
00:39:09,867 --> 00:39:13,733
BUT I WANT TO KNOW
IF TIGERFISH ARE MAN-EATERS,
620
00:39:13,833 --> 00:39:17,200
AND I'M TOO CLOSE
TO PULL OUT NOW.
621
00:39:17,300 --> 00:39:19,233
JUST OPENING THE FISH BAG.
622
00:39:21,733 --> 00:39:25,733
I DO WONDER ABOUT THE
ADVISABILITY OF BEING DOWN HERE
623
00:39:25,833 --> 00:39:28,900
WITH A BAG OF BLOODY,
CHOPPED-UP FISH.
624
00:39:29,067 --> 00:39:32,633
WITHIN MINUTES,
THE TIGERFISH ARE BACK.
625
00:39:32,733 --> 00:39:36,733
AND THIS TIME, THEY'RE COMING
IN TO CHECK ME OUT.
626
00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:37,967
THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER.
627
00:39:38,067 --> 00:39:40,400
THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER
AND CLOSER ALL THE TIME.
628
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:44,067
I BRACE MYSELF FOR THE JAWS.
629
00:39:44,167 --> 00:39:45,800
AND THEN...
630
00:39:50,967 --> 00:39:52,167
...NOTHING.
631
00:39:55,600 --> 00:40:00,833
I'M IN PLAIN SIGHT
OF PERHAPS 50 HUNGRY TIGERFISH,
632
00:40:00,933 --> 00:40:03,133
YET THEY'RE REFUSING
TO TOUCH ME.
633
00:40:03,233 --> 00:40:04,900
THIS IS REALLY QUITE INCREDIBLE.
634
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,600
THEY'RE SO BOLD UNDERWATER,
COMING SO CLOSE.
635
00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:13,367
IT REALLY SHOWS THAT HUNGER
OVERRIDES ALL OTHER EMOTIONS.
636
00:40:15,667 --> 00:40:19,167
IN THEORY, I'M AN EASY MEAL,
637
00:40:19,267 --> 00:40:22,633
BUT THE FISH SEEM MORE CURIOUS
THAN MURDEROUS.
638
00:40:25,533 --> 00:40:28,433
THEY'VE GOT THE JAWS AND TEETH
TO ATTACK ME,
639
00:40:28,533 --> 00:40:31,400
BUT PLAINLY,
THEY DON'T SEE ME AS FOOD.
640
00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:34,100
I'M SIMPLY NOT ON THEIR MENU.
641
00:40:38,333 --> 00:40:40,267
SO WHAT ABOUT
THOSE RARE STORIES
642
00:40:40,367 --> 00:40:42,333
WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN ATTACKED?
643
00:40:43,533 --> 00:40:46,567
THE VICTIMS
OF THE OVERTURNED BOAT
644
00:40:46,667 --> 00:40:49,600
AND THE MIGRANT WORKERS
MAULED IN THE RIVER?
645
00:40:51,067 --> 00:40:55,433
SO, IN OTHER CONDITIONS, COULD
TIGERFISH TAKE DOWN A PERSON?
646
00:40:55,533 --> 00:40:59,267
THE ANSWER MAY LIE
IN THE RIVER ITSELF.
647
00:40:59,367 --> 00:41:02,867
MY EXPERIMENT TELLS ME
THAT AS LONG AS TIGERFISH
648
00:41:02,967 --> 00:41:06,733
CAN CLEARLY SEE WHAT THEY'RE
DEALING WITH, WE'RE SAFE.
649
00:41:06,833 --> 00:41:10,100
BUT VISIBILITY
IS RARELY SO GOOD.
650
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,767
IMAGINE MORE CLOUDY WATER
CONDITIONS,
651
00:41:12,867 --> 00:41:15,967
WHEN THEY CAN'T MAKE OUT
AN ENTIRE HUMAN SHAPE,
652
00:41:16,067 --> 00:41:18,067
JUST DISEMBODIED HANDS OR FEET
653
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:20,667
FLASHING THROUGH THE WATER
IN FRONT OF THEM.
654
00:41:20,767 --> 00:41:22,967
FACTOR IN THE WAY
THEY HUNT IN PACKS,
655
00:41:23,067 --> 00:41:26,100
THEIR INSTINCT TO BITE FIRST
AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER,
656
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,067
AND THEIR BOLDNESS
TO ALL PILE IN
657
00:41:28,167 --> 00:41:30,567
ONCE THE FIRST FISH
HAS TAKEN THE FIRST BITE.
658
00:41:30,667 --> 00:41:33,200
IN THOSE CONDITIONS,
I THINK IT'S TRUE TO SAY
659
00:41:33,300 --> 00:41:36,667
THAT I WOULDN'T FEEL SO HAPPY
TO BE IN THE WATER WITH THEM.
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