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![]() Episodes to watch The following segments are available to watch here. More will be released in the coming weeks! Join the fun with Jonathan Bird! (Requires Quicktime 7. If you can't view the videos, update to the newest free quicktime software) You can also subscribe to these as podcasts on iTunes! Now showing on public television in the USA! 15.
In
1998, Jonathan made a remarkable discovery about
Basking sharks, the second largest fish on Earth.
While diving with Basking sharks in the frigid
waters of the Bay of Fundy, Jonathan saw parasitic
lampreys on the backs of the sharks. This had never
before been documented, so he returned the next
year with a shark biologist and a lamprey biologist
to attempt to recover living lampreys from the
backs of Basking sharks. They didn't think Jonathan
could do it. Wait until you see what happens! This
is the final segment of Season 1.
14.
The
Search For Killer Clams! - Run 6:46 Giant
clams are no myth. In New England, people love clam
chowder, but in the Pacific, some of the clams are
as big as a suitcase! On an expedition to
Micronesia, Jonathan goes in search of Giant Clams.
These clams are so big that people used to think
they caught people--and it almost looks like they
could. It turns out that the problem is too many
people eating the clams. 13.
The
Airplane
Graveyard!
- Run 9:34 During
World War Two, a fierce battle between American and
Japanese forces on Kwajalein atoll left a trail of
debris on the deep lagoon floor. This lagoon now
has one of the largest collections of
well-preserved aircraft in the world. As part of
the first ever film crew allowed onto this secret
military base, Jonathan explores a B-25, F4-U
Corsair and Dauntless dive bomber still sitting on
the bottom of the ocean, as if ready to take
off. 12.
Wilma
the Whale!
- Run 10:04 What
happens when a Beluga whale, normally found far
north in the arctic, suddenly shows up in a Bay in
Nova Scotia? What happens when she starts swimming
with people and approaching boats full of tourists?
This segment shows how one incredible friendly
whale transformed a town, and captured the hearts
of children and adults alike. 11.
The
Mysterious
Hammerhead!
- Run 9:29 Of
all the animals in the oceans, the hammerhead shark
may be one of the strangest looking. The exact
purpose of the wide, flat head is a mystery, but
several theories abound. We travel to the
shark-infested waters of the Galapagos in Ecuador
to learn about the unusual habits of these
sinister-looking sharks. Jonathan swims in schools
of hundreds of hammerheads, and yet the sharks
ignore him. What are the sharks up to? 10.
Exploring
the Prinz
Eugen
- Run 8:00 Once
the pride of the German Navy, this 700 foot long
heavy cruiser was used by the U.S. as a test target
for not one but two atom bombs at Bikini atoll.
Today, at the bottom of the ocean, the radiation
levels of the Prinz Eugen are low enough for safe
exploration. Jonathan joins historian Mark Miller
on a trip to explore this mysterious shipwreck.
What they find about the condition of this wreck is
surprising. 9.
Swimming
with Sea Cows
- Run 9:42 Manatees
are the only marine mammals that eat only plants,
which has earned them the title of "sea cow" but
these cute and friendly animals are in trouble.
Manatees like to hang out in warm rivers and
springs in Florida during the cool winter months,
which puts them in the same place as people with
power boats. Manatees are being struck and killed
by boats at an unprecedented rate, and losing their
habitat to development. Jonathan journeys to
Florida to investigate the situation, both
underwater and above. 8.
The
Bandana Game!
- Run 8:43 Dolphins
are incredibly smart. They are also so good at
catching food that they have a lot of extra time to
goof off. They often use that spare time inventing
games to play with each other. Jonathan travels to
the Bahamas to learn the ways of the dolphin from a
pod of wild Atlantic Spotted dolphins. He also
learns to play the Bandana Game...and as it turns
out, people are not very good at this
game! 7.
A
Sharkwreck
Mystery!
- Run 9:58 Thirty
miles off the coast of North Carolina there is a
shipwreck on the bottom, 130 feet down. Swarming
around the wreck are dozens of Sand Tiger sharks.
They look menacing, but they seem to be very
docile. What are they all doing there, in one spot?
That's what Jonathan wants to find out. Using a
variety of filming techniques, Jonathan attempts to
discover the secrets of the Sand Tiger shark
gatherings at the wrecks...and he does a rare night
dive with these sharks--talk about
spooky! 6.
The
Shark with the Tall Tail
-
Run 9:39 The
Thresher shark may very well be the strangest
looking shark in the world, with a tail almost as
long as its body. This shark is very rare, almost
never seen by divers
.until now. Using
advanced diving technology, Jonathan visits a
remote seamount in the Philippines where Thresher
sharks show up every morning for a few minutes,
then vanish. Why do the sharks come to the
seamount, and will Jonathan be able to get close to
the sharks? 5.
Swimming
with Jaws
- Run: 10:30 Perhaps
best known for its role as the antagonist in the
film Jaws, the Great White shark is probably
the world's most feared animal, and easily the most
fearsome of the sharks. Jonathan travels to Mexico
to meet Great White sharks up close and personal.
Nothing can prepare him for the sheer size of a
fully grown Great White shark, and the fact that
they are absolutely nothing like their
reputation. 4.
The
Shark and the
Whale
- Run: 9:07 In
the warm and blue waters off Hawaii, Oceanic White
Tip sharks often follow behind pods of Pilot
whales. For the longest time, biologists have had
no idea what is going on. Are they eating the
whales? Are they mooching food from the whales? In
an expedition to follow the sharks and observe
them, Jonathan finally figured out what is going
on, and you won't believe the disgusting
truth! 3.
Giants
of the Depths
- Run: 8:48 The
Sperm whale holds many records. It is the
deepest-diving whale on Earth, the largest toothed
whale on Earth and has the largest brain on the
planet too. On top of that, it has a reputation for
being a vicious beast, thanks in part to Herman
Melville's Moby Dick. But the Sperm whale is a lot
different than people think. It has a
highly-evolved social life, operates at depths
where nobody can see them most of the time, and
uses sonar which is so sophisticated that it makes
the Navy's electronics look like toys. Sperm whales
are very hard to find and even harder to shoot, but
Jonathan knows where to go to film the intimate
social relationships of these giants. 2.
Ginnie
Springs Cavern
Exploration
- Run: 7:48 In
a quiet forest in central Florida, a mysterious
pond filled with warm, clear water hides a secret
at the bottom. Jonathan explores the pond to find a
spring which leads into a cavern. As Jonathan
travels underground, he meets unexpected marine
life in the dark depths. 1.
Blue
shark
adventure
- Run: 10:30 Jonathan
joins Charlie Donilon on his shark charter boat in
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and learns about how
shark tagging has shed light on the biology of and
behavior of Blue sharks. Tagging has shown that
these incredible swimmers actually migrate
completely across the Atlantic ocean. Jonathan
tries his hand at tagging a shark and then swims
with Blue sharks. We also learn that Blue sharks
are not nearly as vicious as they have been reputed
to be, and the divers are actually able to pet the
sharks!
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