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Shark Week!

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Kerry Faulkner / Discover Channel
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Aerial view of Discovery Communications headquarters with inflated shark to promote "Shark Week".

Kerry Faulkner / Discover Channel
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A great white shark breaches inches away from Chris Fallows in the "Seal Sled" on Ultimate Air Jaws.

Chris Fallows / Discovery Channel
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A great white shark breaches at Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa.

Chris Fallows / Discovery Channel
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A great white shark breaches inches away from Chris Fallows in the "Seal Sled" on Ultimate Air Jaws.

Chris Fallows / Discovery Channel
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A great white shark out of the water near popular beaches.

Chris Fallows / Discovery Channel
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A shark breaches close to shore at Mossel Bay, South Africa.

Chris Fallows / Discovery Channel
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A great white dives for a meal on Ultimate Air Jaws.

Chris Fallows / Discovery Channel
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A shot from below on A Shark Attack Survival Guide, hosted by Green Beret Terry Schappert. Schappert recreates five real attack scenarios during the show.

Tim Calver / Discovery Channel
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A diver in a cage interacts with sharks on Shark Attack Survival Guide, hosted by Terry Schappert.

Tim Calver / Discovery Channel
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Shark expert Chang Sein Chin and late-night talk-show host Craig Ferguson feed Caribbean reef sharks from a bait box on the deck of the Ray of Hope in Nassau, Bahamas. Bill Mills and Chris Liles film the action.

Tim Calver / Discovery Channel
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Chin teaches Ferguson to feed Caribbean reef sharks in Nassau, Bahamas, as part of the Best Bites

Tim Calver / Discovery Channel
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Terry Schappert, host of Shark Attack Survival Guide, filming underwater.

Tim Calver / Discovery Channel
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Chin teaches Ferguson to feed Caribbean reef sharks in Nassau, Bahamas, on Best Bites.

Tim Calver / Discovery Channel
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Terry Schappert filming a school of fish on Shark Attack Survival Guide.

Tim Calver / Discovery Channel
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Schappert films a shark swimming through a cage on Survival Guide.

Tim Calver / Discovery Channel

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