![]() ![]() Here, Mike learns the tricks of the trade from a man who’s been protecting the beaches of South Africa for nearly ten years. Their job is to stand on cliff sides and watch for sharks that might be swimming near public beaches. He also tries his hand at "shark spotting" with men and women hired by the South African government. Next, Mike rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty at a Florida company that makes replicas of sharks that have been caught by fisherman, and are later released.īack in South Africa, Mike boards a research vessel at the Marine Coastal Management Agency and helps the team tag great whites with satellite devices that are used to provide researchers with important information about the sharks’ migration patterns. After helping the crew prepare chum (a yummy mixture of fish parts and blood used to attract sharks), Mike descends inside a cage into the ocean to meet face-to-face with the majestic great white. ![]() In South Africa, Mike joins Captain Brian McFarland aboard the boat he uses to take tourists to view great white sharks. For this two-hour world premiere special, Mike visits South Africa, Florida and the Bahamas to encounter a variety of sharks, from great whites to reef sharks. To kick off Shark Week, fearless host Mike Rowe (of Discovery’s Dirty Jobs series) travels the globe to meet people whose jobs really "bite" - the dedicated men and women who work with sharks.
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