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700 Sharks (Gombessa 4, Genesis)
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700 Sharks (Gombessa 4, Genesis)

Jan 1, 2016
0h 27m
★ 10.0

For the fourth expedition, in the southern pass of Fakarava in French Polynesia for Gombessa 4, Genesis

Overview

Originally, in 2014, Laurent Ballesta had just one precise objective: to unravel the mystery of groupers. To understand the issues involved in their collective reproduction. But although focused on the study of groupers, the real surprise came from the sharks. Never before had the team been confronted with such a density of grey reef sharks. The divers took up the challenge of counting them. Methodically, they repeated the operation many times to arrive at the impressive figure of 700 grey reef sharks. Each year, the team returned to the southern pass of Fakarava in French Polynesia. Until 2019, for the fourth expedition, "Gombessa 4" is the synthesis of precise and unique scientific protocols. The mission demonstrated that shark hunts are not anarchic, but rely in part on social organization within the horde, following in the footsteps of the 700 grey sharks in "700 sharks in the night (Gombessa 4, Genesis)".

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Andromède Océanologie
Les Gens Bien Production

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Cast

Laurent Ballesta

Self - Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur

Laurent Ballesta

Yannis Papastamatiou

Self - Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)

Yannis Papastamatiou

Charlie Huveneers

Self - Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)

Charlie Huveneers

Frédéric Bertucci

Self - Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)

Frédéric Bertucci

Éric Parmentier

Self - Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)

Éric Parmentier

Damien Sony

Self - Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)

Damien Sony

Johann Mourier

Self - Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France)

Johann Mourier

Orphal Colleye

Self - Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique)

Orphal Colleye

Miri Tatarata

Self - Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France)

Miri Tatarata

Yann Hubert

Self - Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)

Yann Hubert

Thibault Rauby

Self - Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa)

Thibault Rauby

Antonin Guilbert

Self - Biologiste marin et plongeur pro, Andromède Océanologie (France)

Antonin Guilbert