无尽汪洋 21

Narration: Although experienced,

cameraman Richard Woolocombe was understandably anxious.

Richard: I have never dived with tiger sharks.

And I'm incredibly excited on the one hand to see tiger sharks,

but also somewhat reticent,

knowing they have such a dangerous reputation

Narration: So shark expert and photographer Doug Perrine was hired to watch his back.

Doug: And then in one hand,

I'll have an aluminium camera housing,

and in another hand,

I'll have this hi-tech shark billy.

And then it's just a matter of giving them a little poke

to let them know that you're alive and capable of defending yourself.

Narration: The moment of truth had arrived.

Mark: Bird on the water,

80 yards to the right.

Narration: It was time to swim with tiger sharks.

Pulling the boat up at a respectful distance from the bird,

the divers' final approach was from underwater.

To stop any surprise attacks from a shark beneath them,

they hugged the sea bed.

But the bird was long gone.

They waited back-to-back for a tiger shark to show.

None did. But as they surfaced, a shark appeared

Mark: Right behind you! Shark right behind you!

Richard: It's a pretty intimidating sight to see a shark that big and that fat.

it's a huge girth, absolutely incredible girth.