[00:00.18]Narration: Although experienced,
[00:01.37]cameraman Richard Woolocombe was understandably anxious.
[00:05.10]Richard: I have never dived with tiger sharks.
[00:07.97]And I'm incredibly excited on the one hand to see tiger sharks,
[00:13.05]but also somewhat reticent,
[00:14.83]knowing they have such a dangerous reputation
[00:17.71]Narration: So shark expert and photographer Doug Perrine was hired to watch his back.
[00:23.23]Doug: And then in one hand,
[00:24.73]I'll have an aluminium camera housing,
[00:26.14]and in another hand,
[00:27.86]I'll have this hi-tech shark billy.
[00:30.47]And then it's just a matter of giving them a little poke
[00:33.98]to let them know that you're alive and capable of defending yourself.
[00:38.43]Narration: The moment of truth had arrived.
[00:41.56]Mark: Bird on the water,
[00:43.81]80 yards to the right.
[00:45.62]Narration: It was time to swim with tiger sharks.
[00:55.28]Pulling the boat up at a respectful distance from the bird,
[00:59.19]the divers' final approach was from underwater.
[01:04.25]To stop any surprise attacks from a shark beneath them,
[01:07.81]they hugged the sea bed.
[01:12.79]But the bird was long gone.
[01:14.88]They waited back-to-back for a tiger shark to show.
[01:19.57]None did. But as they surfaced, a shark appeared
[01:29.00]Mark: Right behind you! Shark right behind you!
[01:31.65]Richard: It's a pretty intimidating sight to see a shark that big and that fat.
[01:39.53]it's a huge girth, absolutely incredible girth.
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