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Sharks are attracted to death metal music

By T.K. Randall
July 13, 2015 · Comment icon 19 comments

Is music the key to attracting sharks ? Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Terry Goss
The crew of a TV documentary about sharks used death metal to help them attract a huge great white.
Desperate to film a giant shark for their 'Bride of Jaws' Shark Week documentary, the film crew decided to attempt something a little bit different in their efforts to attract one of the animals.

Sharks are known to pick up the low-frequency vibrations of a struggling fish in the water which, as it happens, can be effectively emulated by playing death metal or other similar music under the water.
For this experiment shark tour operator Matt Waller found that AC/DC worked particularly well.

In the footage, which can be viewed below, the crew was surprisingly successful after a huge shark turned up in response to the music being blasted through the water from an underwater speaker.

One of the crew, who was in a shark cage at the time, was treated to a view that he will never forget.



Source: Independent | Comments (19)




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Comment icon #10 Posted by ChaosRose 10 years ago
AC/DC being death metal is the funniest thing I've ever heard. It was just AC/DC? Lol. That certainly is funny.
Comment icon #11 Posted by Zalmoxis 10 years ago
Well, in the true meaning of the words and not in the meaning of industry labeling, technically, ACDC is death metal. In the magazines though, they are plain old rock & roll.
Comment icon #12 Posted by BeastieRunner 10 years ago
AC/DC is not death metal but it's still pretty funny and cool.
Comment icon #13 Posted by scaniaman 10 years ago
sharks have great taste in music.
Comment icon #14 Posted by Imaginarynumber1 10 years ago
Well, in the true meaning of the words and not in the meaning of industry labeling, technically, ACDC is death metal. In the magazines though, they are plain old rock & roll. Explain.
Comment icon #15 Posted by travelnjones 10 years ago
I am guessing that he means Bon Scott died but that is only a guess
Comment icon #16 Posted by TripGun 10 years ago
I figured thrash music would be more of their taste.
Comment icon #17 Posted by socrates.junior 10 years ago
Rock and roll and volcanoes. Sharks are getting cool again after they seemed to have jumped the shark with the advent of Shark Week.
Comment icon #18 Posted by TheGreatBeliever 10 years ago
Who doesnt get attracted to loud banging noises?!
Comment icon #19 Posted by jake spoon 10 years ago
Really,AC/DC? That's cool,but I figured a great white would be a fan of Great White.


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