This chilling documentary investigates the December 2010 shark attacks in the popular resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, which left one tourist dead and four others seriously injured. What could have turned the warm, safe waters of the Red Sea into a predator's killing field?
Red Sea Jaws pieces together the gruesome events that unfolded over the course of five days in the normally peaceful resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The tranquil blue waters are renowned for being a divers’ paradise, but they were turned red on 1st December 2010, when four tourists were set upon by a shark within minutes of each other. Each of the victims suffered life-changing injuries in this vicious first attack. This documentary features an interview with 70-year-old victim Lyudmila Stolyarova, who lost a hand and a leg in the incident.
In response to the carnage, officials closed all nearby beaches. However, they were reopened just four days later after a team of experts claimed to have captured the two sharks responsible for the attacks. But the following day, 70-year-old German national Renate Sieffert was set upon and killed as she bathed in nearby Namaa Bay. In his first television interview on the subject, British witness Ashley Burchett relives the horrific attack on Mrs Sieffert.
After the killer shark struck again, tourists fled the area in their droves. But what could have caused this unprecedented level of bloodshed? Shark experts and marine researchers have been baffled by both the ferocity and concentration of the attacks. In ‘Red Sea Jaws’, the experts share their views on what might have caused the sharks to attack, and whether practices in the tourism industry could be to blame for the bloodshed.
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Comments (111)
over 1 year ago
Kev Egan
Lets hope they stick to the true facts and don't try and beef it up creating a farcical deamonising of the shark.
over 1 year ago
Oneily
You only have to read the description above to get the idea that the sharks are in for a rough ride. I have dived these same reefs many many times and will dive them again this summer. Lets hope that people will become more educated and aware, towards developing a healthy respect for the oceans as a result of these awfull incidents so that Egypts tourist industry can recover and the Red Sea at Sharm will remain the 'Divers Paradise' that it is...
over 1 year ago
Dean Burley
Let's hope they don't let the facts get in the way and they deamonise the shark
over 1 year ago
STEVE
I don't think any further information will stop well educated & well prepared divers, I will surely be diving the same waters again this Easter, however my wife and kids are less certain about snorkelling. Perhaps this documentary will make up their minds ?
over 1 year ago
Kenneth Miln
As an amateur diver with many years scuba diving experience in East Africa, it is my view that the Bull Shark (Carcharhinus Leucas) is the culprit.
over 1 year ago
kenneth Miln
The culprit is, without doubt, the Bull Shark.
over 1 year ago
s a
I live in Sharm and was working as a dive instructor at the time of the attacks. Already they have their facts wrong in the above description, so I don't hold out much hope for fair and true reporting! Lets wait and see huh?
over 1 year ago
t a w
Facts only please C5. Standby for no doubt a famous british media dramatisation...
over 1 year ago
Caecilia Delapp
I was there at the time of the Shark attacks and can only praise the security and life guards. I found the problem was that most of the tourists would not and did not take any notice of the guards. Feeding the little fish etc. I went snorkling in that area under great supervision for the first time at the age of 68 and can say I would do it next time I am there.
over 1 year ago
Andy Holt
The shark implicated in these attacks was a very large Oceanic White tip. We went on a trip to Elphinstone and Brothers just after these incidents. We had some extremely close encounters with two Occeanics and one large silky shark. Never once did we feel threatened by these beautiful creatures. The large shark which was responsible for the attacks had probably followed a cargo ship into the Red Sea. It was probably feeding on food waste thrown from the ship thus associating boats with food. Add this to the fact that the water temperature was relatively low and the end of of the religious festival of Eide, were many goats are sacrificed and the entrails and offal are disposed of in the sea. What have you got? A recipe for disaster.
over 1 year ago
Andy Hall
Everyone, I agree with the majority of posts, in that I hope FIVE presents only the facts and NOT some sensationalised fictional Jaws recreation. There is only one reason why these attacks took place - Humans are dumping edible waste into the sea, which is basically bringing these beautiful but opportunistic creatures in near to the shore to feed. If we change their feeding habits, then we must be prepared to reap the returns.....whether it is a swimmer or dead fish, it is still food in the water to an inquistive apex predator. Simple solution...remove the food source and the sharks will go back to pelagic deep water, which is where they belong. PS. I do not believe it is a bull shark that is the culprit, and it is definitely not a white or mako, which has been shown and caught. People need to understand that if you change the marine environment, then the behaviours of its inhabitants will change aswell. Check out www.sharkwater.com for an example of barbarism. There are more people killed by falling coconuts and toasters than sharks each year. Leave them alone!
over 1 year ago
Tris
to think the program will not be 'glammed up' for the masses is a utopian thought! Lets hope (albeit) its too late the show will be unbias. Personally, i cant wait to get diving @ easter there again, hopefully with sharks. It would be better to report on daily damage to corals by unscrupulous 'beach goers' than the odd shark attack!
over 1 year ago
Peter Corless
Being a diver myself and diving that reef many times as well as all the other reefs,knowing and seeing people on the pontoons feeding the fish it is about time security got a grip and stop not to say a lot of nationalitys do not understand what they are doing.Said my piece just hope the program does not put all the blame on the sharks, one easy rule stop feeding the fish and LEAVE THE SHARKS ALOANE!
over 1 year ago
phil oakey
i feel sharks will be portrayed in a bad light again . these animals are becoming indangered now so we need to protect them ...now !!!
over 1 year ago
marcus knight
i dived the red sea from 29 dec 2010-4 jan 2011 with this same sharks. they're not 'jaws' - they're beautiful lions and tigers of the sea who deserver our respect and conservation. i hope this programme won't be scaremongering...
over 1 year ago
Paul Gilhooley
20 Minutes in and it looks yet again like sterotypical TV scaremongering. I hope the remainder of the programme tries to redress the balance, but I doubt it!
over 1 year ago
KatieL
Channel 5 - you cannot advertise a fictional movie (ASDA's advert re "The Reef" DVD) about a shark attack in the middle of a documentary about real shark attacks which caused fatality and injury. Have some compassion and integrity!
over 1 year ago
linda
never once when we were there, was we asked not to feed the fish....go to trip advisor, they say save bread rolls from breakfast and feed the fish...so we did, swam with massive parrot fish, clown fish (nemo) and other coral fish...pipe fish who swam along the top of the water ...
over 1 year ago
steve
will this be played on demand? Of going there next week and want to know if im going to come back with both legs
over 1 year ago
Phillips
I went diving in sharm last year with my girlfriend we were told in no uncertain terms not to feed the fish, also you've gotta love the program for trying to find a reason, how about they like to eat moving things now again and you were in its home?
over 1 year ago
linda
went to sharm in 2010 and was encouraged to feed the fish!
over 1 year ago
dawn
please, I missed this programme and would love to see it - can you put it on demand five please
over 1 year ago
emma kenyon
is this going to be on demand five?
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over 1 year ago
lindalu
notice they only named the seas names,not hotels who they were near?
over 1 year ago
sherry mulvehill
we go to sharm every 6 months we love going there we were there 2 months before the shark was they we are going back in 6 weeks time can not wait. we feed the fish and love to drive it will never stop going jaws or no jaws
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over 1 year ago
Kathy Wilkinson
I've been diving since 1985 and first dived Sharm from a liveaboard in 1990 when it was a peaceful resort and before it became far too overdeveloped (Returned in 2007 and was totally shocked by the scale of tourism!!). Too many tourists who don't respect the sea and the creatures that inhabit it has to be a recipe for disaster. That said, the programme highlighted other issues that could have contributed to these attacks, such as indiscriminate feeding, disposal of carcasses, etc. I've dived with sharks totally safely in other parts of the world (eg:Bahamas 1995, Costa Rica 2003, for example) and never felt threatened - albeit these destinations were far less populated - thankfully. Sharks are beautiful and endangered creatures that should be treated with the respect they deserve, otherwise we could lose them for good. Education for all types of 'sea user' is essential - after all, the sea, whether underwater or above, is an alien environment for us 'terrestial-dwellers'!
over 1 year ago
sandi
I agree, when are we going to learn to leave these amazing creatures alone, we step into their world and except not to come across them now and again.
over 1 year ago
Mandy Knott
I echo much of what has been said above: if you change the environment be prepared for the consequences. I was diving in Elphinstone and Brothers too over Xmas and we had very close oceanic and silky encounters. Absolutely amazing... ONE BIG QUESTION .... why is it ok for tourists to trample all over - AND DESTROY - the coral reef in the shallows? The Egyptian government needs to act on this. I've been going to the Red Sea since 2000 and have seen the vast development all along the coasts. All shallow water coral will soon be a thing of the past if they don't stop people walking on it. These are fish nursery areas - again think what the consequences of this will be. Education is the answer.
over 1 year ago
norma
its repeated at 1215 0n sunday
over 1 year ago
RJ
I was in Sharm in December just after the attacks.I done my Padi Open and Advanced diving courses.My wife and daughter both done snorkelling from the boats and absolutely loved it.Would not hesitate of diving there again. Again its the sharks getting the blame for humans ignorance.
over 1 year ago
Amanda Clansey
Myself, my husband and my two children went to Sharm for the first time in October last year. I had researched on the internet before travelling about what species of shark live in the Red Sea as I have a real facination with these amazing creatures. I have only ever scuba dived in a Sea Life Centre, but would love to dive with them in the wild. People need to be educated on the damage they are doing. Its not their fault, its ours!!
over 1 year ago
GH
I will be going to Sharm for the 7th time in late May. Some interesting facts in the documentary revealed that the sea temp. was abnormally high for the time of year. On 26th Dec there was also abnormal heavy rain which caused local flooding. Oceanic White Tips follow warm water currents, often follow ships/boats. Fish stocks in fishing zones are decreasing. When we also consider that diving instructers are feeding sharks in order to impress the diving tourists, then its plausible that with climate change/depleated fish stocks and increase tourism......there is more chance that further attacks are likely. The experts mentioned shark migration, but little is known about pelagic shark migration, especially when ocean currents are changing. We all need to appreciate that sharks have been around 350 million years ago.....millions of years before we came on the scene. It is therefore necessary to respect the oceans/seas and all the creatures therein...a sharks predatory/survival instincts may well exceed ours by a long way!
over 1 year ago
Vic Sullivan
When snorkelling off the Sharm beach a huge fish with enormous mouth appeared from the slightly cloudy water on the seaward side. I was quite concerned about it's behaviour in swimming towards me - most fish I have met seem to ignore humans! This was not a shark but a Napoleon Fish. The fish has been filmed and here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqnLM8DUUTk Another example of how wild marine life is adapting to being fed by humans
over 1 year ago
Andrew
leave the sharks alone you fault for throwing dead animals in the sea what do you expect!
over 1 year ago
GH
The attacks took place at ras nasrani (baron,conrad, melia sinai hotels) coral bay (domina coral bay oasis hotel) and the middle garden (hyatt regency hotel) Between the coral bay and ras nasrani reefs are the savoy, sunrise island view, concord, hilton. I have talked to locals in the past whom have mentioned that sharks were often shot off the shore around here, before any tourist resorts were developed.
over 1 year ago
Robert malton
Lets hope the Red Sea does not also suffer as well as the sharks this is not good for either one of them. More care by the people in charge of diving should be taken and more fines and control must be put into place to protect all sea life and the people that enjoy it.
over 1 year ago
Cherryblck
Bcciplayer is the best, I am always able to catch any interesting documentaries.
over 1 year ago
Cherryblck
Bcciplayer is the best, I am always able to catch any interesting documentaries.
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over 1 year ago
antonia sutcliffe
what the new other sources are saying about sharks in same aren't the total truth they forget get to tell you the are feed them to get them to the boat in the first place i have been to sharm 4 times on land and sea and neer have we seen sharks
over 1 year ago
DiverClare
I have been horrified by the comments posted here mentioning that dive instructors feed the fish and that tourists are positively encouraged to take bread rolls into the water! As a diving instructor who lives and works in Sharm el Sheikh, I can safely say that all the reputable dive centres completely ban any feeding of any fish in these waters. There are also posters up on every beach in simple sign language showing that the feeding of fish is banned. You will find it is the unscrupulous dive centres or hotel assistants who have encouraged or turned a blind eye to these practices over the years, and the end result is that we tragically have had a fatality. Let's hope that this documentary has finally lifted the lid on our behaviour, how it affects the other inhabitants of the world, and that it can seriously backfire. When I first saw the title of this show, I was completely dismayed, but maybe that was designed to draw in the curious types, in the hope that at the end of the day, they may wind up with their eyes opened a little. Now we need this program to be translated into the languages of all our guests here in Sharm so that other nationalities may come to appreciate the impact of their actions.
over 1 year ago
kittren
Im going to sharm this monday 31 Jan, and im feeling a little worryed about snokrling with my son. I have been before and agree that this place is amazing.
over 1 year ago
Ged Chadwick
I am going to Sharm in May, went last year and had the most fantastic time in a sea teaming with life and fantastic sights. Hope this is put on demand as missed it last night.
over 1 year ago
Django
I was incensed by the first half of the programme, so much so that I will be going into writing to it`s makers: http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/red-sea-jaws-coming-to-channel-five/ The second half hour was much better and far more balanced, the shark specialists, divers and marine biologists certainly helped to bring the programme back from the brink of just another sensationalist rant. BUT............................ To show an advert for the movie REEF was very irresponsible and I can only think that there must be a damn good financial incentive for Channel 5 in advertising revenue? CHANNEL FIVE, if you want credibility DO NOT do such narrow minded things, do you think your viewing public are all numpties? I`ve a very close friend who works in one of Sharms hotels, he`s Egyptian and he assures me the biggest problem is a lack of policing of the activities that the tourists get up to in the ocean, especially the feeding of the reef fish. I intend to email the Egyptian authorities on this matter too!
over 1 year ago
Andy Hall
It all balls down to a simple saying from a conservation hero, Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd...."We’re just a conceited naked ape, but in our minds we’re some “divine legend” and we see ourselves as some sort of god, seeing we can decide what will live and what will die, what will be saved and what will be destroyed, but honestly we’re just a bunch of primates out of control". Nuff Said!
over 1 year ago
rf
Great documentary, I think the truth came out. Irresponsible diver in one resort hand feeding a shark. A very isolated incident and not one that woudl stop me diving the same resort. With the distinctive marking on the tail the culprit shark would be easily identified int ehwater and divers can take appropriate action. I would certainly not stickking a hand out ot fend it off thats for sure.
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over 1 year ago
Scubadviser
Well said Andy; it makes me feel ashamed. Interesting that the Egyptian Tourist Board are not even commenting on their website. I too have dived in those waters and seen the oceanics out in the blue - magnificent creatures whose habitats we've carelessly invaded and are now persecuting them for our own selfish actions.
over 1 year ago
GH
Tourism represents a $12bn annual revenue for Egypt. They can well afford to police the Red Sea resorts. I do believe that tour company's could do more to educate tourists on arrival about the dangers of the reefs and consequences of hand feeding fish, rather than trying to sell tour packages. Its a real shame that GREED is changing the Red Sea environment. Not only are the corals and marine life endangered..........but eventually the Human species!
over 1 year ago
Django
Here, here GH, well said! I`m going to be emailing the shows producers: http://www.tigressproductions.co.uk/contact.asp because not only was the title seriously poor taste, there are some shark species whose numbers have decreased by over 90%! It was also poor taste in respect to the tourists and their families that were involved. Check out how many shark attacks have taken place around the world: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/isaf/geomaps.htm I can assure all folks who may read this that MANKIND are a far greater risk to Elasmobranchii (sharks, rays and skates), than sharks are to mankind. And by a VERY large margin too!
over 1 year ago
Bob Benson
Bob, Diver. I hope the Clare who wrote the above article is one of the 2 I dive with when visiting Sharm. I will mention the name of the centre I use, as I believe in supporting good practices. Ocean College are very, very strict on 'No touch no feeding', a policy which all dive centres are supposed to abide by by Egyption law. Back to the documentary. Overall I feel a very well put together informative program, and I was very glad to see scientists actually trying to Pathalogically decide which types of shark had been responsible, as oposed to making wild guesses which could have fuelled a killing frenzy. For all divers who frequent the Red Sea, they will know the distance from the shore to very deep water is in most places less than 100 metres, therefore there is always the possibility of large sharks in the vacinity. That said, no persons should be introducing foodstuffs of any kind into the sea in close proximity to the shore. The dive boats I go out on even bag any food leftovers to be brought back into harbour and disposed of on land. I think I've put my point across, and complained immediatley to Chanel 5 after the program finished regarding their total lack of scruples in advertising the upcoming flim 'Reef'. "Take into the sea only what you intend to bring back, except ofcourse photographs and memories" See you end of Feb. Bob.
over 1 year ago
Martin
I was diving there two weeks after the attacks happend and i can say for certain that sharks have been caught and killed and will be in for a rough time at Egypt now on!! its a sad time for the familys of the victims and worse for sharks if people dont respect there world!!!
over 1 year ago
elaine
I missed the program and would love to watch it on iplayer 5 ..when will this program be avalable ?
over 1 year ago
DiverT
Be honest - far too much 'red bubbly water' with dramatic music and flashes of silver at every interval. I know the Diving Clubs and tour operators I only ever use for Egypt(oonas Dive Club) - booked through 321dive (as it's cheaper going via 321dive BTW) -are both super, super careful to promote the zero touch rule and encourage conservation. Of course it's wrong to feed the fish (previous post - 'from breakfast tables grab a roll and take it to the beach?'...ridiculous!!) and anyone who says otherwise must be illiterate in several different languages, missing all the signs all the way down to their beach, and frankly ignorant on a basic level too. Divers generally respect all fish (and the rapidly declining coral) but any feeding must be stamped on hard - there can be no excuse for this, particularly if it involves divers. But also put it all into perspective - you are more likely to be in a plane crash than be attacked. Well done Five for damaging your credibility in portraying a dramatic, biased angle -and you started with the title.
over 1 year ago
Django
Indeed, RED SEA JAWS, how ridiculous. Typical media sensationalism to hook and hold their viewing public. I suspected the programme would follow the `trend` with most things shark related.
over 1 year ago
Chris Barfoot
It is a shame that the language used by the narrator and the stupid music just antagonised the situation. Why should the mako and white tip have been killed? If you went running around a lion's habitat, would you be surprised if you got attacked? These animals are just like us, they kill to eat, it's just they don't get butchers to do all the dirty work. Anyone not convinced that a few human attacks are not as bad as the millions of sharks that get killed, watch gordon ramsay: shark bait on 4OD, you'll be disgusted with human behaviour.
over 1 year ago
Django
You won`t find better than this to help the uneducated understand the plight of sharks: http://www.sharkwater.com/
over 1 year ago
jen ball
we were there in sept. we swam and snorkelled past the bouy area, and saw turtles and large fish. we were never told not to feed fish, but saw lots of amazing fish. would go again. we feel sorry for the victims, concerned.
over 1 year ago
m s
36:05" something have made the shark change his behaviour!!" & earlier they said about the cought shark" unhealthy & looks like it was starving!!!" which is unusual no one dares to bring up the fact that it was done in purpose tha shark been injected with hormons & left starving for a while so when released to water they are more likely to attack anything they find
over 1 year ago
Star
I stayed in shark bay in august and saw tourist feeding fish. I was worried and disgusted in the behaviour of these silly people. I quickly left the water as I was worried the fish were going mad. There needs to be more laws put on place with fines for who brings food for fish. I love ever minute and the amazing experience of the reef, at all times while snorkelling I was aware of the danger of the sea but that's the risk we take swimming in there ho Please respect the sharks we love them we want them.
over 1 year ago
Jaws Fin
I think your all a bunch of idiots, its the sharks natural habitat, if your gonna go in the sea expect to be eaten. If a shark walked into our homes I dont it would be alive for very long, as to us it shouldn't be there. Tru dat!!!
over 1 year ago
alex
been sharm twice last year august and december/january did my padi and advansed .... its true diving instructurs did fed the white tip shark . was amaizing expirience . have some pics how diving instructer feeds shark.
over 1 year ago
Margaret
We've been to Sharm several times and have ALWAYS noticed signs telling people not to feed the fish.Going again in a couple of weeks and hoping that all will be ok. I'm sure the Egyptians will be doing everything possibe to ensure that there are no more such horrible events.
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over 1 year ago
DiscoDave
Linda, u silly silly woman if tripadvisor told you to stick ur head in an oven would you??? Not feeding fish is simply common sense, thousands of tourists manage to not feed the fish so why should you be any different???
over 1 year ago
david cartwright
David C msdt 28148 A very good factual programme.I ran a dive school and dived the red sea for more than 20 years without insident.But this is not a place for mass tourism.For mass man/woman it is a very inhospitabe envroment, desert behing you and a primevil sea in front.The only odd thing here is radidty and the number of attacks, they usually happen in 1s not 4s in which case it cannot be hushed up as it has been many times before.
over 1 year ago
Django
Folks, can you not understand that by frequenting tourist resorts such as those in Sharm el-Sheikh YOU are adding to the anthropogenic pressures in that region AND helping to increase the risks from sharks to the `sheeple` tourists? Sharks are incredible animals, a VERY successful species, do YOU want wild ocean predators to be more `comfortable` to be around folk in the water just for your pictures, videos and experiences? Anyone admitting that they took part in shark feeding activities to get that impressive picture or video should not only be ashamed of themselves they should be prosecuted! I wish this programme had not been made nor aired personally, painting tourists as victims, SHEESH, tourists are the problem!
over 1 year ago
barry
first time next month it appears only divers have posted on here how about reasurances for the recreational holiday maker who dont want to become professional divers just snorkel once ayear without losing a limb by all means the divers protect the reef and there favorite pass time butthese are deep water sharks encourage to feed for profit for recreational divers to view so give up the profitable passtime of feeding the sharks and the snorkling will be safe again just check out how crocodiles have been seen in the lower nile to show tourists a crocodile but they dont get returned to aswan above the dam greed and profit dive operator are there to attract customers but at what price i hope not me just having a swim
over 1 year ago
Django
Did you WATCH the programme Barry? The sharks are there not just because of the behaviour of divers you know. How many parents let `little Johnny` feed the reef fish? Those electromagnetic feeding signals given off by excited shoals of reef fish, the low frequency noise (infrasound),they are prime shark attractants! You are aware are you not of the undersea features that mean those beaches are very likely to be frequented by sharks looking for the meals they are finding increasing hard to come by in the overfished waters? Sharm el-Sheikh has been engineered to make profits, not engineered to keep the visitors safe. The next thing will be numpties demanding shark nets and the consequences for ALL marine life in that area will then be dire. Mankind, tsk, tsk, we think we`re the only important species on this planet and believe me our ignorance will one day be our epitaph.
over 1 year ago
Brian
Its the US government secret shark training program! They escaped the secret test lab by sewing themselves into mail bags!
over 1 year ago
Cookester
The shark experts should be running this country or Head of MI5 or New Scotland Yard It all appears to make sense with their excellent knowledge and expertise So there is a female white tip with a notch out her tail fin still outstanding...well done to the dive instructor who hand fed her to cause all this...There is always Dahab if you fancy soem good diving
over 1 year ago
Django
That dive instructor should be forced to pay compensation to the white tips victims, the worlds media should run all over the media outlets and internet with coverage of the story and the Egyptian authorities should force those wealthy hotels in sharm el-Sheikh to meet at least half the costs involved with policing the regulations and pushing for convictions. Tourists must not be allowed to further their own agendas and insist safety measures are implemented. When they were allowed to do this in the USA and Australia the outcome was (and still is) miles of netting that kills marine life mercilessly and indescriminately.
over 1 year ago
Andy
At the end of what I thought was an informative piece of work, it was stated that at the moment the sharks have left the Red sea for warmer waters and return in the summer. Does anyone have any information on shark migration in the Red Sea? Can anyone verify this ? I have booked a dive holiday in Sharm in March and trying to weigh up the risks.
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over 1 year ago
Django
You could ask that question here: http://www.emperordivers.com/redseaforum/ Sharks like most predators, move with their prey and the seasons, currents and temperatures affect the plankton, life follows the food chain especially apex predators like sharks.
over 1 year ago
Nick
The water is the sharks territory, and if we enter it uninvited then we must face the consequences. It is not the sharks fault that it attacked us, it is just doing what it has always done - feeding in it's territory. It is comparable to someone entering your home uninvited - they have no right to be there and should not be able to punish you for removing them / sending them out. We enter that water at our own risk.
over 1 year ago
HannahK
I am an experienced swimmer and love the sea, despite this one day i realised I'd never put much thought to what was swimming with me! When in Sharm last easter i was awed by the array of beautiful fish etc but one day i swam out to a platform and heard a strange noise behind me as i was swimming, I can't explain it, but I was unnerved and sped up. I got up on the platform and had a look around. Suddenly i spotted a large fish (about metre long) moving up and down the bay, I was amazed at how quickly it was moving. I'd have it in my sights and then it would be gone! It really made me think more about how size is relative to speed and if something had its eye on you, you wouldn't have much chance swimming away!
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over 1 year ago
baaspaul
Go into the African bush and try approaching a pride of Lion, chances are you are going to be attacked. Go to India and try approaching a Tiger,chances are you are going to be attacked. Go to the USA and try approaching a Grizly Bear,chances are you are going to be attacked. The same applies to the Shark. You enter their back gardens treat all wild life with the respect they deserve.
over 1 year ago
Django
Oh While I`m at it, you touristy types, here`s some more information about mankinds actions and ignorance leading to all kinds of problems in the marine environment. http://blog.simplyscuba.com/index.php/2010/09/sun-cream-harms-coral-reefs/ Don`t simplistically think you are not part of the problem, if tourists didn`t visit the marine reef environment they would ALL be Healthier the world over and no tourists would be falling prey to hungry and compromised sharks either!
over 1 year ago
lml
having seen the show i got a comment 4 u, sharks are dumbasses but the program goes to show that humans again are the biggest dumbasses on the planet..... what were the tourist divers thinking when they started feeding the sharks ?!
over 1 year ago
John Cornell
It's amazing how this followed the symmetry of Jaws. Polular tourist resort. First attacks more or less kept quiet. Beaches closed. Sharks caught. Beaches opened again and the authorities reassuring people it was safe. Another attack happens. Outside shark experts brought in You couldn't make it up. It followed the film Jaws almost to a tee. Only thing missing was Quint!
over 1 year ago
Django
Oh yea that`ll help, another analogy to a movie that the maker has spent the rest of his life trying to make ammends for. Referring to JAWS in context to sharks simply continues the spread of ignorance, fear and lack of respect they receive at mankinds hands.
over 1 year ago
Jonah Swashbuckler
5 minutes of useful information and the rest is hype of the worst kind. Most tourists haven't a clue what they might be interfering with and I have been continually disappointed with the Egyptian authorities not properly policing what goes on. A $50k fine only works when a few people have been made to pay!
over 1 year ago
Neill
"eye for eye tooth for tooth" so to speak! my sympathies go to the family who have lost a loved one during the tragic events depicted on this show, BUT we as humans disregard the fragile marine/bio ecosystems every minute of the day. We brutually destroy 00's n 000's of sharks (just for their FINS) along well as other marine animals - but the majority smirk at such ignorance until the inevitable happens.....hypocritical if u ask me. so LEAVE the ocean alone, and it will return the favour!
over 1 year ago
emily
these sharks could easily have killed those people but they didnt they took a 'bite'. If you look at how many people are killed by sharks and how many sharks are killed by people there's no comparrison. these majestic endangered animals are being slaughtered. leave them alone.
over 1 year ago
Graeme
With all these Russians victims do you not think the USA had something to do with it?
over 1 year ago
the edgy deakchair
Watched the program and have to say not a bit surprised. You wanna open a shallow coral oasis to 5000 white lily limbed biopeds what do you expect. Read a range blogs and how the heck is a Bull shark mentioned by learned professionals and not one mention in the show?... Oh! lets not to mention the endless carcasses thrown in for hood measure. Channel5... shame on you for titling it Red Sea Jaws... your adding to the problem and hysteria
over 1 year ago
steven
Well said Nell...Yeh to the families but lets be fair,the Human race is a Locust like parasitic glitch of evolution....It has been destroying everything in its patch for its own gain.Animals are only endangered because of Humans.Sharks are only endangered because of Humans so tough luck if you get bitten whilst abusing their world.Its the Sharks home not our's and if we have to play in their manor then we have to except to possibility of getting bitten.Its disgusting that C5 plugged the programme as jaws etc and sensationalised the attacks as killer sharks etc.Most of the Human sheep will believe what they are told a d the few enlightened and educated souls will have to watch more beautiful creatures destroyed to get some sick pay back.Leave the Sharks and all other animals in the peace they had and deserve before the Human race allegedly became civilised,I can only hope mother nature finds a cure soon and rids herself of the parasitic bipeds.Sorry lost it there but I am so sick of nature and all its species being exterminated...
over 1 year ago
Eloise
Gotta be Great White of Bull Shark. It just has to. But, then again, they found the Maco and White Tip bites. But if someone died from something, It has to be GW or BS.
over 1 year ago
paul
personally i think that the white tip with the notch may be a possibility but these sharks have been in the area for many years due to the natural ecosystem of the area, the incident is clearly due to humans,like most incidents it can not be put down to one thing but a number of things. The sheep being thrown into the sea gave the scent of food, the fish being fed gave off the signals to the sharks and the humans swimming in the area caused hungry sharks to fed. The alarming thing however is the manner in which they fed which makes me belive that this may be a more common thing, it cannot be a great white due to the fact that it not common in the area, if it had been a great white then it would have been evident, the maco and gw have the same sort if teeth layout but a gw is far too large for these shallow waters, a misconception conveyed in the "jaws" sequels, sharks like every animal must survive, take our food source away and see what happens sharks and any animal will adapt to their environment, lets just hope this isnt the start of an evolutionary event.
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over 1 year ago
Giles Goodall
The issue with the Red Sea is that swimmers are adjacent to deep, tropical waters from the shore line and hence as the documentary states likely to encounter pelagic sharks; incidentally Great Whites have never been documented in the Red Sea. Oceanic Whitetip and Shortfin Mako are the highly likely culprits in these cases; if you are swimming or snorkelling in tropical waters anywhere, then you are taking a risk, however small – period. Egypt has had just 16 shark attacks (3 fatal) in over 100 years, so, although these cases very tragic in nature, are indeed unprecedented in the Red Sea and for that matter anywhere else in the world either.
over 1 year ago
veggie
The arabs had been dumping dead animals off the coast as they were being transported to for riual slaughter at one of the arab festivals , the animals that died in transit were thrown over board... may have helped .. duh
over 1 year ago
samantha
i love this u see i love vilense
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over 1 year ago
david price
this is trying to paint sharks as some kind of demon. you wouldnt wander around in lion territory then complain you got attacked would you? more people have been killed by dogs in the last 10 years than have EVER been recorded as being killed by sharks. irresponsible over sensationalised journalism...but i wouldnt expect much else from channel 5, they are the tv version of the sun newspaper
1 year ago
CRAIG
sharks i feel are very nice but people think there just killers dont feed the fish and there wont be a problem thats for divers as well feeding the sharks might be nice at the time but think of what you are turning them sharks into let them find there own food lol rather them turning them into man eaters,, my view is there lovely creatures so DIVERS DONT FEED THE SHARKS
1 year ago
rachel
I also belive the most likley is a bull shark as they are the most agressive species, but why do people have to make it soound like a crime investigtion. whitchever shark did it its just doing what it is Suppose to do. if a person walks into the bush in africa and is killed by a lion is that looked as as strange??
1 year ago
Kev Egan
for those asking when will it be shown again or where can they see it, you can watch it now here, just press the 'episode' link under the title then play.
1 year ago
swordsman5
Seems to me that the vast majority of the above posters didn't get around to actually watching the programme. I thought C5 did a very good job of making an informative, and balanced documentary, NOT demonising sharks in general as many channels do, in fact the finger of blame was pointed directly at the human race. Good job C5.
1 year ago
gaz
how do u think i feel i lost a finger during a shark attack no 4 fingers an arm
1 year ago
jamie.shark.man
look its the sharks home.......if people are daft enough to go into there home and tease them then its going to happen. its the reality of life in the same way that it would be if you done it to a dog etc.
12 months ago
Kalolaine Vakalahi
what did this happen and i am shocked aahhhh we just need to watch and dont go there we need lifeguards
12 months ago
Kalolaine
why did this happen we just to find lots of shark so they cant com e closer to the red sea
7 months ago
Anonymous
I live so far away from any major shark attacks (as far as I know), as I live in England but i'm very enthusiastic and interested... I personally believe Sharks are beautiful creatures and most sharks are, as most marine biologists and shark experts quote are "misunderstood" and people fear them without knowing or experiencing anything about them. These attacks in the red sea hit me hard, because yes, I do feel sympathy for anyone attacked and anyone feared of danger but... For one, the life guards and rescuers should be more prepared, there is obviously marine life in the sea and any guests should be warned properly. but most importantly, It is THEIR habitat, and yes, they do hunt, that is what sharks do, Those rare divers are feeding them fish and teaching them feeding habits which obviously aren't normal. So I believe humans are liable for the start of this, and third: the lifeguards should be warning guests and stating the exact information and reasons for this warning rather than hiding it from visitors, otherwise it's like the boy who cried wolf, and they wont listen, and fourth: As a law student I realize: I know it is unsympathetic but many people who ignored any warnings to stay out of the water, are at their own risk because they have witnessed warnings and been willing to paddle in the water. Anything that has happened after warnings has been at their own risk! I really hope for anyone to correct my opinion, as I live far away, and any objection or debate against my opinions are welcome because I am passionate about sharks and any marine subject so any are helpful!
7 months ago
Anonymous
There is more chance of finning and selfish/careless humans ruining and destroying shark habitats than sharks killing humans so the sharks should be more scared of us, ENOUGH SAID. makes me feel ashamed te be human.
5 months ago
Crystal Mckain
fantastic documentary but it is cruel what they did to those two sharks and what makes it worse is that one of them was innocent! it is also horrific that no one knew about the previous two attacks they should at least warned tourists and locals about this so they know of the dangers of going into the red sea at that point and time. overall my view on this documentary was in a couple of words completely awesome my rating out of 5 would be 5!!!!
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