Filmmaker Bertie Gregory has swum with the best of them, but never with bull sharks.
So far.
Gregory got up close and personal with the giant beast for National Geographic’s annual SharkFest event. in a special men’s journal In the preview, Gregory is exploring the Pacific waters of Mexico when he sees a huge animal coming towards him.
At first, it’s unclear what Gregory is going to face. But then the picture comes into focus, which surprises him greatly.
“Here it comes. The bull shark. And it’s a beast,” he says in the clip. “Look how wide it is.”
This is his first encounter with a bull shark, which can reach up to 12 feet and weigh up to 500 pounds. Females can be even larger, and judging by the size of the bull shark that came near Gregory, it is likely a female.
“The bull shark is a perfect name. The short snout and the huge, thick body. They’ve got a reputation for catching their prey before they can eat it,” explains Gregory, who clearly got more than he bargained for in his upcoming National Geographic series. hammerhead shark up close.
Gregory, who travels to Mexico to investigate why hammerhead sharks are disappearing from the area, explains that many people consider bull sharks to be the most dangerous to humans.
“They’re definitely not mindless killers,” he says. “If you treat them with respect and read their body language, it’s very possible to get that close to them safely.”
As part of National Geographic hammerhead shark up closeGregory sets out in search of “one of the ocean’s most iconic predators: the hammerhead shark”, which was “once abundant in the ocean” but whose disappearance has puzzled shark scientists and local experts.
Watch the heart-wrenching encounter:
