Surviving Sharks

Monday, July 28 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Discovery US.
Tues., July 29 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT on Discovery CANADA.

Survivorman’s Les Stroud hosts this look at how best to play it safe in the water, while testing popular theories of how to survive shark encounters. Stroud travels to the Bahamas and South Africa to test whether the behaviour of Caribbean reef sharks and great whites changes depending upon the time of day. While in South Africa, Stroud and marine biologist Jeremiah Sullivan conduct an analysis of the great white’s bite, test whether kicking and splashing attracts sharks and determines whether it’s safer to stay in a group or tread water alone if stranded in the ocean.