And now it’s time to grade the Mike Tyson #SharkWeek show. I expect to...not enjoy this one as much.

As a reminder I grade on science/nonsense, diversity of experts featured and sharks featured, etc.
“The perfect opponent to match Tyson’s raw power and animal aggression: a shark!”

“Pound for pound the most feared creature in the ocean, a cold blooded killer.”

I already hate this.
“My whole existence is fear and I’m scared of everything in the water. I’m the most ferocious, dangerous animal”

This is painful.

There’s Paul de Gelder, a shark bite survivor whose become an advocate for shark conservation.
“100 million sharks killed a year,” “the important role they play in the ocean” Paul says

He’s hoping to make Tyson a cornerman for sharks
“Going three rounds with the baddest predators in the sea”

Lemon sharks, Caribbean reef sharks it looks like so I assume we are in the Bahamas
We’re now training Mike Tyson using a toy shark in a pool

I am so tired
Extremely dramatic scary music for playing with a toy shark in a swimming pool
Narrator has said that the goal is for Mike to grab a free swimming shark and flip it over, for science. Let’s be clear: this is absolutely not science. It’s wildlife harassment.

Confirmed we’re in Bahamas
Lemon reef tiger hammerhead bull sharks all mentioned there. The usual suspects.

And there’s Andy “sharks eat carbon dioxide because they love you” Casagrande 🙃 , and Dr. Craig O’Connell
“These sharks keep the ocean healthy, everything ripples from the ocean to us, I want everyone to love sharks” Paul says

lemon sharks describes as usually calm but can go into predator mode
I’ve never seen a shark cage used for any species other than great whites outside of Shark Week and one time we played around with it for VIP guests on a shark cruise.

Scary music as lemon sharks eat...bait that’s thrown to them.
Mike Tyson appears to be terrified as sharks swim by the cage, as I assume his teenage rape victim was and as I assume his wife was as he beat her.
For the record, I don’t object to these “celebrity learns about sharks and swims with them” shows, just maybe don’t use a convicted rapist and admitted wife beater as the celebrity.
I’ve watched maybe 30 of these celebrity shows and I’ve never seen anyone freak out as much as Mike Tyson is
Craig was briefly generally describing what a shark sanctuary is and Tyson said “cool ***ing story but I’m worried about the big ****ing sharks”

Craig is pointing out shark biology as the sharks swim by.

Nurse sharks also included now
Using lasers to measure sharks underwater now
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