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Last year I sent the boys on a mission for Shark Week.

And it didn't go as planned.

I thought I was going to die, like for real.

We started out on MTV making our little show together.

But it was the scariest thing that we've ever seen this whole career of Jackass,

Wild Boys, all of it. So this year, I am getting the boys back together for a new

mission, and that is to get poopies back in the water with the sharks that

defiled it.

Ha!

Johnny Knoxville is going to be joining us on the mission.

It's Shark Week meets Jackass.

What could possibly go wrong?

Again.

That moment.

Pretty much left my brain on the boat.

I knew it was dangerous.

Kind of jumped the sharks like Ponzi.

And it was like, all right, let's try to do this.

We got it!

When I was going off that ramp, I pretty much just got long strided into the

shark pit.

I let the shark have my hand because I thought if I went like this, the shark

would freaking rip my hand off.

So luckily the shark didn't like wiggle its head or anything, and I let the

shark have my hand, and he let go.

And there's like blood bubbles coming out.

It was gnarly.

Yeah, I thought I was going to die in front of my friend, like pretty heavy.

Yeah, I'm here, so.

I'm strapped to a wakeboard. I can't swim.

And that's when Mike came and jumped on my back.

The only way for me to enter the water was to do that somersault backflip just

to create a giant enough signature to scare whatever sharks were on him, off

of him.

I could see the blood pumping out of his wrist at a pretty profound rate. It was

a double squirter. So he had two streams of blood coming out.

Nothing like I've ever seen before. Get him out!

Oh, God.

I saw his wrist and I saw his arm and I go, we've got to stop bleeding now or he

doesn't have a chance.

At that point, we created a tourniquet out of a makeshift weight belt.

It was just a matter of stopping the bleeding and then getting him to Miami

so they could do the surgery because looking at that bite, it was clear that

all of his tendons, bones, everything had literally been severed by that bite.

So the recovery process was so long. It's been a year.

Physical therapy, two days a week.

It's getting there.

I just thank God every day, you know?

Mike saved my life and got me to safety, and I owe my life to Mike.

And now I'm on Shark Week 2.

I mean, I can't even believe this is happening.

So this time last year while filming Shark Week, Poopies, you really took one

for the team.

I don't think anyone else was going to jump the shark, though. It was up to me.

We're very lucky to have him with us this year. And his hand.

Can you make a fist?

Yeah.

That's a half-assed fist, poopies. Luckily, poopies taste terrible and the

shark let go.

Sharks are totally cool when they're not hungry, but when it's dinner time and

they're excited, it goes from zero to ten like that. It was a perfect storm.

It was like Jaws real life.

It's really important for me to be here and get over that fear, you know,

because I don't want that accident to stop me from doing what I love.

I love the ocean. I love surfing. That's my passion.

So this is a huge step for me to go conquer that so I can do what I love.

I have a great respect for sharks. They have been around longer than trees.

They are the OGs on this planet, and we should treat them as such.

To help you face your fear, poopies, we're going to get back in the water.

with the same type of sharks that bit you and show you that it's okay.

You guys go first?

Yeah, we'll go first. In the name of science.

We're going to do a bunch of stupid so you don't have to. Yeah.

All right, poopies, let's get you back in the water. All right.

Come on, poopies. Yeah, bud. Yeah, poopies.

I'm nervous as hell right now. Me and the boys are, of course, scientists, but

we decided to call an actual scientist, Joe Romero.

I'm Joe Romero. I'm an underwater cinematographer and a conservationist.

Knoxville asked me to come up with a few demonstrations to show the incredible

power of shark. And I'm a huge Jackass Forever fan, so of course I said yes.

When Poopies was bit, he had hundreds of pounds of pressure pushing these teeth

further into his flesh.

So I came up with a little experiment for the guys to record the sheer power

of the sharks.

I wanted to get you guys out here today so we could really look at the bite

force of a shark. Most of the bite forces that have been judged about

sharks are small sharks, like 200, 250 pounds of pressure. But the shark that

bit poopies was like seven feet long.

So to properly represent the bite force, we got this steel jaw trap that's in

here.

But this only does about one one-hundredth.

of the bite force that bit Poopies.

Can you tell us anything about how that felt, Poopies? It felt like a bear trap

with razor blades on it. When it bit me, I was like, oh my god, if I even give a

little tug back, it's going to take it off. Damn.

You know what's serious? When Poopies won't give it a little tug.

For real.

So Johnny, are you going to take this on?

Yeah, I'm going to do it for Poopies, because I want to feel 1 100th of what

he felt.

This is not going to feel good.

Poopy, this is for you.

Get it off.

You got to put that down.

I don't know how it works.

Oh, my face. Oh, my God.

That didn't feel good. One one-hundredth of what he felt.

Now I got a poopy dead hand.

I think we forgot to go over how to open the tap.

That was gnarly.

All right, guys, so we're going to play a game of shark trivia, and whoever gets

it wrong has to give it a shot. All right, this question's for Dark Shark.

Move over, Lou.

Get center stage.

Get center stage.

Sharks don't have bones like we do. It's actually made up of something else. What

is that material that it's made up of?

No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no.

No, bro.

What was it?

Cartilage.

What is Carlish?

I only went through the sixth grade. I failed every class all the way up. I

don't know what Carlish is.

This is your punishment.

I'll do it, baby.

How does it feel?

A little dainty, but not bad as poopy pants.

Set it back up, man.

Oh, damn.

Do a little faster than slower.

It's only loud. It just hurts.

Come on, you gangster.

There you go.

You got that. Where'd you get it at? You got that. In my knuckles, bro. How's the

voice? I don't like it hurt.

He's swinging.

Good job, dark shark.

That wasn't a good job.

One of the biggest questions that people have about sharks is bite force.

How hard can a shark bite?

So we're just going to see how strong the bite of these Caribbean reef sharks

can be.

For this next experiment, I'm sending the bravest knight in my kingdom to the

blue realm of the deep.

All right, guys, this is a bite force meter.

And we have it set up on the end of this sword, and it's connected to this reader

on the inside of this waterproof box.

And when a shark bites the end of this, we'll be able to determine how hard that

shark bite is by this meter. It gives us a reading in pounds per square inch. We

covered yours in barracuda to give the shark some incentive.

You ready?

Ha! I am legendary dragon slayer Ser Pontius, and now the time has come to

venture into the ocean realm to face the jaws of the deep.

Yeah, I'm ready.

Okay, let's get it started.

Ignite me.

Go unto the sea and honor me on one, two, three. One, two, three.

Ooh.

Looks like your chain mail has a lot of holes in it there, Pontius.

Right around the crotch. Yeah. The place where you don't want holes to be. I

shall return with tales of wonder and glory.

All right, my brave knight. Go off.

It's a brave man.

Yes,

we can. Copy.

What we would like is for you to chum up

Hoopies and let him come down there and swim with the sharks.

No.

Last time I did that, I got bit.

Don't get into a tug-of-war with me, Shark.

Get a good footing before you pull the sword out.

Behind you!

Look out!

There was a lot of sharks.

Oh my god, it was chaos.

Big one.

I'm really surprised I didn't get bit.

I pulled and fought it, and there was two big ones right on it. It was just

chaos. That's all I can say.

What'd you think, Joe?

That was absolute insanity, man.

Look. Look at this, Chris.

Wow. Left a tooth into it.

We got some teeth.

Left a bunch of teeth on the ground. These are the Caribbean reef shark

teeth, and this is the grouper teeth.

Well, honestly, this is kind of more than I thought it would be, but it's

526. Well, two were biting at the same time.

The pressure reading was just a little over 500 PSI.

It's really hard to tell if that's really accurate. There were two sharks

on it at the time. But a little over 500 pounds is enough to crush a human skull.

So I think we showed what these sharks are capable of. It looked like you held

on as much as you could, man. It's a lot of strength. Well, I have the strength

of 10 men, and those sharks.

could take that sword easily from me. At least it took like nine of the men away.

That was really cool. Well, good job, man. You faced the dragon and he came

out unscathed. Came out unscathed.

Now we have to get poopies back in the water and convince them that it's all

okay.

One of the things that sharks can do better than any other predator is sense

their prey.

They do this in a multitude of ways.

Smell, sound, but one unique way is sensing electrical fields.

However, The electric eel, which is actually a freshwater fish from the

Amazon, has the ability to use electricity to deter bull sharks in the

wild. I have a feeling that I probably shouldn't have told Knoxville about

this.

So it's known electric eels will shock, kill, and then eat baby bull sharks.

And to test that theory out, we brought our own baby bull today, Wee Man.

Come on, Wee Man.

Here,

help him in, Jeff. I got it.

Okay.

Electric eels generate this electric charge through three pairs of organs.

One of them is the hunter's organ, which is under the belly, and it can generate

up to 600 volts of electricity.

The worst part of electric eels is how creepy they look.

Oh, the 600 volts that they can electrocute you with. I was going to get

to that.

What's your confidence level, wee man?

I don't know. I have nothing right now.

Oh, you're about to have something.

All right. Hit it with your foot, man.

Hit it with my foot?

Or kiss it.

No, I ain't kissing it.

No. Oh, my God. No.

Ready?

Those little wee feet going in for the eel.

You got to get them under the chin. Put your foot right under his belly.

It's like it feels like a really powerful electric fence like the most

powerful ones Oh, dude, that was a powerful electric fence.

We weren't rolling. Jeff says we weren't rolling. No, no, no.

No,

we got it.

I felt it. We got it.

So Joe said electricity could overpower a

shark's fence and make the water hopefully safe.

I think we should test that idea for science with our good friend Dark Shark.

Dark Shark is pure gold. He gets very, very worked up over things. But he

eventually does it.

Sharks like to eat, right?

No. No, they just go through people.

How did you get the name Dark Shark?

Too hard for it to be a dolphin.

I'm dark, so I made up Dark Shark right in front of me and started laughing.

But today, I'm like, I ain't got no shark in me. I tell them I'm Dark

Goldfish now. That's my name.

So last night, we made Dark Shark a little glass-bottom boat, which is

hopefully seaworthy.

Semi-seaworthy.

Dude, that's the SS Dark Shark.

So Dark Shark is going to be wearing this electric shark-repelling device,

which... You place this end in the water, and every time you hit this

button, it sends out an electric current, which repels sharks, in theory.

So, Joe, what kind of an effect does electricity have on sharks? Well, it has

two different effects. One, it attracts them, because they're attracted to

electromagnetic field. But what we're hoping is that we send out so much of it

that it'll, like, deter them and make them run away.

The sharks pick up all the electrical signals from these tiny little pores

surrounded around the whole snout of the shark, called the ampullae of warranty.

These pores pick up an electrical field that is released by their prey as they

breathe underwater.

I'm going to be interested myself, because honestly, I've never seen one of

these devices used, but I've heard a lot about them.

This part goes around your leg, and this is going to dangle in the water.

Man, I don't like that boat.

I know.

It's kind of got a feeling to it. Like I'm on parole with an ankle break.

If you hold off on the button until you see the shark, and then when you want

him to go away, when you've had enough of him, push the button.

He'll go away. Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.

We're going to put the heart monitor under here. We'll be able to get your

pulse rate through that.

Help!

You're like a super athlete.

There you go, Dark Shark. Careful.

Go slow.

There we go.

There we go. Oh, hell no.

I wanted one, dude.

Man, this is crazy, bro.

All right, so we got a shock collar. Dark Shark is that.

And I have the controller. So every time he pushes that button, he's going to

like, choose to be the shark.

I'm going to push this button to shock his neck.

Don't push it yet. Wait till you see a shark.

Down.

We got sharks.

We got sharks, sharks.

Where they at, poopy?

Sharks are under you.

Look down.

Clear, man.

All over.

They're everywhere. Everywhere.

They're everywhere now.

Those are filthy sharks. It's like they're seven or eight feet long and

really pumped up. They're coming closer.

Oh, I see one.

I see a shark, man.

Is that a shark right there?

There is.

There's a huge one.

It's Mike.

Oh, my God, there he is.

There he is. There he is.

Another shark behind him.

Dark shark.

Big shark right here.

He's coming toward you, dark shark. He's right under you.

I'm so glad I'm not in that thing.

Shark right by you.

Don't be a weapon, man.

Shark right by you.

Push it.

Push it. Push the button.

Are we getting a reading or not?

We're getting a reading.

You're doing great. We're getting the readings we need.

Shark.

Repelling.

Y'all got it hooked up, bro.

This is

what

we

need. We definitely got a reaction from a shark.

As ridiculous as the experiment seems, this actually shows the wide range of

electrical fields that sharks can detect.

Repel him!

They can clearly pick up an electrical current. And picking up something like a

tarpon swimming by is easy.

But when dark sharks hit that button, it sent out a larger current than normal.

And the sharks clearly sensed that.

Hey, don't take it off! We need to get readings!

We're getting important readings!

You know, I was born and raised in the streets of L.A.

Started gangbanging when I was 10. But compared to what?

Jackass and shark week?

I'd rather hang with the gangbangers than get shot at than to hang with them

with the sharks and stuff they do. That's just real.

Dark Shark, what have you learned from this scientific research?

Don't trust you.

Accidents with sharks are actually very, very rare.

And when you see an accident with a shark, it's hard for people to come back

to that and just... continue to face their fears.

So we need to take small steps to get poopies back in the water before he dies

in shock.

Knoxville's actually preparing a cave, but he asked me if there was any natural

repellents I could suggest.

Hagfish have one of the most powerful natural defenses in the animal kingdom.

When a predator draws near, the hagfish releases this disgusting mucus slime

from their glands.

And this is made from rotting microorganisms that the animal consumes.

So this makes predators just take off immediately.

So we're going to test that theory using poopies.

Hopefully poopies doesn't get bit again. But if he does, it's not terrible

television.

Today we're going to be testing one of the oldest known shark repellents,

hagfish slime.

This is the first time that poopies has been back in the water with sharks.

So he's a little nervous.

But luckily, he'll be in a cage covered in Hector slime. I told Poopies if

something unexpected happens, like the shark ends up in the cage or ends up,

I'll push him out of the way and hit the shark.

You know, like when we did the matador a few times, I had to whack at it because

there was one that really wanted to bite me.

I am Chris Pontius, the matador.

Ole! Ah!

Here it looks like the best fashion show this ocean's ever seen.

I'm in the shot.

There's a couple, but they don't seem too interested.

I'll be a little flailing and see what happens.

That's definitely not a good idea.

It's working.

Too much or one of them will turn.

Jesus, they are all over me.

Here they come, straight up again.

Guys, this is awesome. I'm not a journey.

Yeah, Pontius.

They love me. I mean, they love the tape.

If you're trying to do something stupid, you're nailing it.

Yeah, Pontius.

Probably won't do much good to protect him.

Dude, I'm freaking nervous and scared.

Why? You got bit and lived. You're good.

That's like getting hit by lightning twice. I don't even want to be around

your ass. I'm going to be shark bait, man. I'll also be joining Toobies in my

superhero costume.

A lot of divers enjoy the company of scantily plowed men.

Yes, they do.

And this is no exception.

All right, let's get covered in hagfish slime and swim with some sharks.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Eggfish slime.

Oh, God, it's nasty.

That looks like taco grease.

Oh, my God.

Oh, this is nasty.

It smells. It smells.

Oh,

man.

Backtrack's a little feasted.

We gotta go make peace with the sharks, dude.

I love making eye contact with my bro as we hang

to slime each other.

It always goes this way.

I think it's time.

Time to repel some sharks. Yeah, let's go.

So today is the first day.

Then I go back in with the sharks after my accident, and I'm nervous as hell

right now.

We have hagfish slime, and it's a repellent, so they'll hopefully not come

too close.

But we got Chris Ponies in the cage with me today, and he's going to help me out

and support me, and all the boys are here.

And we're going to get me back in the water, so I hope nothing goes wrong.

We got it, poopy!

Are you in the cage? Is this poopies?

Yeah, this is poopies.

All right, you're back in the water for the first time with the sharks. Are you

okay down there?

This is Natalie.

For the shark!

Because sharks are coming in, but they'll come in a little bit, and then

they take off.

This is how it works.

They're all gone.

How's it feeling?

You're back.

You are back, bud. You're back.

Boobies need to get over a sphere of sharks, so I'm going to throw the fish

in the water, and hopefully it helps them.

Hopefully it helps.

This is real, so it's a soon up now.

So many shots.

Dude, this is not cool.

Hey, Wee Man, I got some more chum. Throw it in.

Watch out, man.

This is not cool, dude.

Dark shark coming for you guys on the other side of the boat.

There's a big bull shark coming in for you right now.

It's okay. Stay calm, poopy. You're fine.

That was good,

man. Yeah, that was legit.

Dude,

I'm over this. Dude, I'm over this.

Sharks got so close.

I'm so sick.

First time back with the sharks.

How was it?

Not really.

Yeah? Yeah.

Were they touching the cage?

So close.

Yeah, I'm over it, dude.

All right.

Let's go.

Lunchtime. Well, we were trying to give the sharks lunchtime.

It was already shark lunch. All right. The scariest moment in the cage was

probably when the bull sharks got super close and, like, headed right for me.

Their eyes were locked right on me, and I was like, oh.

This is not good. I started freaking out.

The hagfish was gross.

I'm really actually happy I wasn't on the boat.

But you could see that the sharks were actually deterred when they could sense

the hagfish.

But as Zach kept chumming and the hagfish wore off, you saw a reaction in

the sharks.

But poopies remained calm in the cage.

Ultimately, it was a great first experience back in the water.

Yeah, Chris.

That was rad.

Dude. How'd it feel?

Dude, I was hanging on to your leg like a little girl.

No, you were rad.

No, at first we see the sharks from a distance, but they didn't get close at

all. But as the hagfish slime wore off, they're right there.

I guess the hagfish slime worked.

We did it.

What's going on?

I'm feeding the sharks.

Sharks not only have an incredible bite, but they are a very strong animal.

And it's thought that sharks can drag over twice their body weight in the

water. So a great white shark can drag about 4,000 pounds in the water,

although it's never been tested.

So we're going to actually test how devastating and powerful a shark bite

might be and see how much weight they can drag in relation to their size by

using Zach Holmes.

Whoa!

That was tough.

That was the movie right there. That was Jaws. Damn.

What was the scariest thing you did on Jackass Forever?

The scariest thing I did on Jackass Forever was probably doing the human

kite thing.

One of my biggest fears, though, is the ocean, so this is really scary to me.

Knoxville really didn't tell me anything about what I'm getting into this week.

So, yeah, I'm really not sure what I'm going to be doing at all.

I've never even been in the ocean before, so this is a first for me.

I've got a big fish at the end of this line, and I'm going to try to get a

shark to pull me around this stupid ocean.

This is so scary!

Why? You're just fishing.

I don't want to be in here.

Oh, there's one.

Oh, my God!

Got some sharks, Zach.

Shark right there.

I want to get back on the bigger boat. You got to catch him first.

Oh, he's coming, Dad. He's coming.

You're not getting out of the boat until you catch a shark.

And that's Paul's shark.

You getting bites?

Did he get it?

stronger than I thought they were.

Not that I thought they were weak, but to be able to tip me over in a boat gets

me pretty strong.

Like, I don't know. If I was a shark, I would bite me.

That's the first time I've seen a shark take a bait, a boat, and a person.

If you've ever tried to pull something in the water you know as human beings,

it's almost impossible.

But... You get a seven, eight-foot shark, and that shark can pull

tremendous weight, even Zach's 420-pound body. So we wanted to see how sharks

hunt. I think we got a good idea of that, right?

Yeah. Did you guys walk away with anything that you felt like you learned

something? Four-foot sharks.

Respect them, love them. I learned that Zach's balls are just as big as the rest

of them.

I'm nervous to do this little dot.

I'm not nervous.

I'm actually kind of stoked on it. Whoa, that was lightning.

Lean up against the railing, I think is what he wants.

Yeah.

Oh,

no, it's not.

Jerk.

So Knoxville wanted to show Poopy's examples of sharks hunting animals other

than fish.

Now it's pretty well known that sharks hunt baby birds when they sit on the

water. They're not really good at using their wings yet, and the sharks take

advantage of them.

I shared some of these clips with Knoxville.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't a good idea.

When the baby birds are just learning to fly, sometimes they crash into the

water, and it's just like Thanksgiving for sharks.

So we're going to throw him in the water and see how he does.

A fledgling bird of uncertain wing.

Oh, yeah.

Good luck, wee.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, Gladys, little starlet.

To be honest, this experiment makes no sense, considering he's in a cage and

he's not at the surface.

So this is absolutely not how sharks hunt birds.

Oh, wee man, if I was a shark, I'd gobble you up.

All right, so now I'm dressed up as a little chicky, and I'm going to go into

the water and see if these sharks really do eat baby birds. Good luck, bro.

Good luck, Wee Man.

Say hi to the Charchies for me.

Oh, boy.

Oh, my God. Here we go, Wee Man. Oh, they're very aggressive.

Oh, look at those.

Here we go.

Watch your hands, Wee.

Follow Wee. See you in the afterlife.

We got seven or eight guys. If we lose one, it's all right.

Wee Man, what do you see?

I'm completely surrounded by sharks.

These are Caribbean reefs?

Yeah. Are they looking at you, Wee Man?

Do they seem to have interest?

They're definitely hungry for chicken nuggets.

Man, they could feast on that big fat ass of Wee Man for a week.

There's a bossy bottom right in front of you, Wee Man.

Oh, boy. Here they come. Oh, my God.

They're getting really close to the gate.

He just got bumped.

I'm digging this now. This is awesome.

Bring him up. Okay.

But he didn't get bit.

Jeff's not going to like it.

How was it, Wee?

It's actually pretty cool down there. Rad. All right. I come up right to the

stage. They check you out.

I've seen one bump you.

Yeah, they want party.

It was actually pretty awesome. Like, it's fun down there. It was a great

time. Like, it feels like you're in a huge aquarium.

You feel like if you were in the water with that suit on, with no cage, they'd

want to bite you more?

Oh, yeah, that I know. They kept coming in and checking me out. Completely.

They wanted the bird.

Hey, Poop, you feel more confident now that you've seen me go in and hang out?

You want to get in the water more?

Mmm, yeah, but no, I don't know. It's weird. It's weird.

I can go in a cage.

No, I don't think that's the plan.

No, no, if I'm not going in no cage, then no.

I'll take your no with a yes.

Okay, okay. Bless you, Poopy. Thanks.

Oh, man.

Go hit it.

Hit my boob, bro.

You're feeling it, man. You're improving, though.

Shark time. Shark time.

Damn. What's going on? I just saw him. He came up too close.

Boobies get scared.

Bro, Sean came up, and I saw him come out.

So scared.

You got this. I know. Get back in the water.

Hard.

In order.

To conquer your opponent, you need to learn everything about them. It's kind

of like keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Poopies has learned a lot. But still, there's a few other things I want to

show them about sharks.

Sharks have incredible mouths.

And we spend so much time focusing on the bite and teeth.

But they actually have these calcium deposits that make them super tough,

almost impenetrable. They can eat almost anything.

Everything from tin cans to undetonated bombs have been found in their stomachs.

In fact...

They're one of the few species that can withstand a lionfish sting. Joe, he said

that a lionfish sting is the worst pain he's ever been in.

So to see if we know what he's really talking about, we're going to test it

out on Zach.

This beautiful fish right here is called a lionfish.

It's a super invasive species of Florida in the Bahamas.

And these hypodermic needles of a dorsal fin.

It's filled with venom, and it's very, very painful.

And we're going to see how painful on our friend Zach right here.

You ready?

Yeah. Do it.

Okay, little guy.

Oh, there we go. Oh, there you go, Zach. Yeah. There you go, Zach. Here we go.

We're going up.

Damn.

Oh.

It hurts

so

bad. It feels like my fingers are being ripped off.

Have you ever been in that much pain before by a sting?

Never. Never in my life.

I don't understand why this even hurts this bad.

Is this the number one painful sting in your opinion? This is the number one

most painful thing that's happened to me. It's worse than breaking my leg.

I'd rather break my leg again right now because at least then I could get

morphine.

Ready? All right.

Way to go, Zach.

Now let's do your nipple.

Lionfish has a really good defensive mechanism.

Too good.

We took you out to the open ocean, and you were able to feed a shark a

lionfish. Would you do it? Yes.

You would?

I 100% would.

All right, we'll make that happen.

Feed lionfish, dude.

Lionfish are one of the most successful invasive species in the Atlantic.

Lionfish have like a dozen very sharp spines throughout their entire body. The

venom that is excreted is like cobra venom.

It's only designed to cause pain.

I've actually been stung by a lionfish, and I thought it was the worst pain I

had ever felt in my entire life.

I heard you got stung by that field.

It's like the worst thing ever. Yeah, it's so bad. And there's been a lot of

debate as if...

what predators may be able to eat these fish.

So a lot of people have actually started to try to feed lionfish to sharks.

To get them stoked on lionfish?

Yeah, just to make them, like, see if they could get an aid for it. And maybe

to start, like, decreasing the numbers of them down.

So far, we haven't seen much of a success from that.

Have you actually swam around in the ocean?

Uh, not really. I can kind of float, like, a little bit.

Um, I mainly sink, though.

I guess that's really all you need is to be able to hold a stick and hold it

straight out towards the sharks.

So what we've set up today is a little experiment to try to see if the sharks

will actually eat lionfish.

We have a bunch of lionfish, and we're going to put it on the end of a stick,

and we're going to have you go out in the middle of the water and see if the

sharks will eat them.

Is that cool? Will you do it?

That's insane.

But I guess I'll do it.

It's up to you, Zach, to save this ocean from these invasive fish. I guess I'll

try.

You're good. Hold on to it.

I'm warning you, the sharks will go after his feet. They're very wise.

Zach's freaking out.

What the?

What? There's a shark right there.

Oh, my God. The shark's doing after us.

The sharks were fully circling his feet, like, just as interested in his feet as

they are the fish.

Sharks are into foot stuff, I guess.

Shark hunting behavior at night is

relatively unknown.

But what we do know is that they're attracted to shiny things like fish

scales and hot dudes.

Shark behavior at night is completely different. What we do know is that a lot

of sharks hunt their prey at night, and a lot of sharks are way more active at

night, which is making this experiment way more dangerous than it needs to be.

So the sun's about to go down. That's around the time when most people have

their dinner, so sharks are no different.

I mean, when people say, like, at dusk is when sharks are most active, it's

kind of like, duh, dinner time.

Makes sense. Just like us. It's actually a pretty good theory that it's around

that time.

All I know is it was about this time when our bro got bit.

Statistically, shark attacks on humans are super rare, but there were a bunch

of circumstances surrounding around Poopy's bite, one of them being that he

was splashing, the other one being that it was dusk. So what better way to test

that theory besides get everybody in the water at dusk and have them splash

around?

Dark shark.

How do you think this is going to go?

I don't know. Y'all told me the Sharks don't like shiny stuff.

Yeah, yeah.

Everybody is shiny, shiny, shiny, so it's going to go bad to me, I think.

Do we look pretty cool?

I feel like we're too cool. We might have to go to the back door to the club.

Man, regulars go to the front. You know, guys? Yeah.

We're going through the kitchen tonight. Oh, yeah. The guys are coming down.

He got way more heart than my ass these days.

You ready, boy?

All right, Baba.

This is my first time diving with sharks, and it's as nice.

We got to just start working our way down.

And we're going to put you in the cage, okay?

Right next to the mouthfeel.

All right, fellas.

You see the disco ball lights, like, trailing on the surface?

Who's going crazy? We're going to drive the sharks wild.

These sharks are going wild over my pants. Are you guys partying or what?

Yeah, it's a party down here.

I'm waiting for some sharks to come shake that up.

Can we get out of this stupid cage and get this party

started?

They're getting out of the cage.

I don't want his ass to get out the goddamn cage.

I think we're turning them on, Jasper.

All right, boys, let's disco.

You are a disco diva.

How do the sharks like the disco?

The

club's

closing soon, loud call.

He's loving it.

I'm up here wearing it crazy, and he's loving it.

Hey, John, you want to see what's over here?

I'm almost out of air. I think this party is over.

I'm coming in hot.

A real rock star. Look at that boy.

Yeah, John. That's my boy. Yeah, Johnny.

I ain't gonna lie, at one point, I thought the truck was holding me.

Yeah,

when the light's on you, you can't see anything.

And when the light's off of you, like, there's this whole black wall that

you're looking at, just hoping a shark comes out.

I was really calm and really honored to be in the water with them.

We might as well keep the party going on top of the land. Let's get it going.

All right.

Last year, I got violated by a shark.

I've done a lot of experiments in my life.

Yeah, Jasper.

This one's the dumbest.

The scientist said this is the dumbest thing he's ever done.

Good luck, Jasper.

Just close your eyes. It'll be over soon.

Greg, is this safe?

This is not safe at all. I would never do it. So I'm happy he's in the tube

getting the measurements for us.

Is your ass in the water?

My ass?

They're going to start feeding off each other's energy.

Scientifically speaking, getting credit carded is when an object, I don't know,

maybe your bro's hand, goes right down the cheeks of your bottom.

Right down.

Here we go!

Oh, he's got it!

Oh! Get the red egg!

Hold on to it! Hold on to it! Don't fall! Don't fall!

Total chaos.

Last year's experience was a little more sketched than this time.

Sharks aren't aggressive animals.

It turned out they're actually very nice creatures and that everything is smooth.

The sharks are going to be smooth too.

So the shark attack last year really shook Poopy's confidence.

The shark got so close.

I left it.

No hurry.

We're going to get him back in the water to show him sharks are not man-eaters,

but they are wonderful creatures.

All right, guys, we've run through a bunch of tests.

I would like to think we've learned something, but now it's time for the big

dive. Poopies, how are you feeling, bud?

Nervous and scared, and I'm stoked. I've got Johnny and the boys helping me out

today, so it's going to be a good dive. I'm excited.

I'm sure Johnny will protect you. Yeah.

You hear that impending doom, thunder behind it?

Yeah, it's great.

It's real great.

Cued in right when he said it.

Let's get poopies in the water. And ignore the thunder that was going when

you were talking.

A year ago, when I was going off that ramp, we were in their territory.

I got bit.

But...

It's really important for me to get over that fear because I don't want that

accident to stop me from doing what I love. And I love the ocean and I love

surfing. I'm never going to stop.

We're doing things with sharks that people just don't normally do. So you

don't really know if it's safe or not until you do it.

Poopies have the courage to come back for Shark Week and not be afraid of the

water.

That'll star you for life.

It's crazy knowing that these are the same type of sharks that bit poopies.

I'm super excited to do the final dive with Poopy. It's going to be super fun.

Even though that accident happened to him, we'll go in the water with him, go

swim with sharks, do whatever.

A year later, they go back to the same place.

I'm proud of him, but he's nuts, man.

But we'll see what happens.

All right, here we go.

Go get him, Poopy!

I accept that. There you go.

All right, everybody.

Let's find the shark that fits perfect.

Mark and Luke, let's do it.

Copy that.

And get Wee Man big.

Just kidding. Keep an eye on Wee Man.

Wow, they're so beautiful.

Still don't lose cool yet.

This is a lot of fun.

Come help me find the one that bit you, Poopy.

No way.

This is good enough for me.

Wow, we are next deep in charge.

I'm not sure I'm ready for this, guys.

So, Poopy, come sit next to me. You'll be safe. What's going on down there,

Poops?

They're everywhere.

They're so crazy.

Guys, I'm freaking out.

They're coming right for you.

Are you swimming around a little bit, Poops?

Sick!

That's awesome.

Is Wee Man still alive?

Hey, Poopy, it's a shark that bit you down there.

I can see that one. It's having a great time. How's it more fun than anyone

else?

Oh, God, whoa.

That was crazy.

Do you like it, Poopy?

Yeah, I like it down here.

I got a fat, raw piece in a fake shark shell with my mind.

I'm so glad you're at peace with the sharks again.

They're loving me down here.

Loving them back.

Mike is sharpening up your water skis. And he's got the ramp in the water. Come

on up and we're gonna set it off.

I definitely have to have a respect for the sharks.

I feel a lot better. I don't have, like, fear of, like, dying when I'm next to

sharks anymore.

If Knoxville and Wee Man and Pontius and Jasper weren't down there, I wouldn't be

down there.

I've seen professionals have small accidents and walk away from the

profession for the rest of their lives. And hoopies who had a tremendous

accident came back, faced his fears, and actually came out of the water feeling

exhilarated. There's not a lot of people I can say that...

can do that.

All right, poopies, we got you back in the water a year later after you were

bit. How was it? It was definitely nerve-wracking down there. I was

definitely a little scared. I had to hang on to the boys a couple times.

Come on. Good job. Come on, man. Be excited.

Come on. Did you get your fear of sharks?

Yeah, I did.

Now I can go surf and water and see big waves.

Shark Week 2, we all survived. We're going home with no medics.

Well, night's still young.

I'd never been in the water with sharks before, so I came here fully thinking

that I was going to be scared of sharks.

But when I got in the water, I wasn't scared at all. They don't really want to

mess with you unless you really go out of your way to mess with them.

The idea of going underwater with a shark is horrifying, but once you're

actually there looking at them and just seeing how incredible they are, you

forget your fear. They're just so cool.

The shark bite last year was a total mistake.

We were doing the dumbest stuff, and that's why I got bit.

And, hey, you land on a shark, you're going to get bit.

All of these guys walked into this not knowing what to think about sharks.

And I think all of them walked away really loving sharks a lot more than

they once did.

In my mind, I thought all they was going to do was just murder me.

But it turned out they're actually very nice creatures, and they really don't

care for the human taste of blood.

Sharks are not what people expect they are at all. They're not out to hunt

human beings every time they get into the water. It's incredible to be able to

swim with them and get up close with them and touch them.

It's something I'll never forget.

I have a totally different respect level for sharks now.

They're not mean animals. They don't want to bite you. They just want to

cruise around and check you out.

Good times. Like we do.

Way to go, poopy. Yeah, poopy guys.