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The Sharkiest Place on the Web

Greetings fellow Shark Lovers. It’s the start of Shark Week, which in my house is even more sacred than Lent. It also makes the perfect opportunity to announce the official launch of this site, Sharkophile.com. As one of the country’s most renowned “shark journalists,” I’ve spent the past few months building up this site as […]

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Southwest Airlines unveils Shark Week-inspired plane

DALLAS (PRNewswire)– Southwest Airlines Co. and Discovery Channel are teaming up once again to bring television’s most anticipated summer event, Shark Week, to new heights. Today, Southwest revealed a Shark Week- themed 737-700 aircraft with an all new, larger-than-life underwater scene depicting five shark species along the fuselage. The plane will fly the skies as part […]

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Gold medalist Michael Phelps to race Great White during Shark Week

Is Olympic gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps able to out-swim one of nature’s fastest predators? That is the premise of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2017 special event, Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White. According to a press release from Discovery, “They are one of the fastest and most efficient predators on the planet: Sharks. […]

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Discovery Channel announces full Shark Week 2017 lineup

Discovery Channel announced its full slate of programming for this year’s Shark Week. The summertime ode to the ocean’s apex predator, now in its 29th season, will be broadcast simultaneously across the globe to over 220 countries. As well as the full schedule of programing on Discovery Channel’s flagship cable channels, this year’s Shark Week […]

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Discovery releases Shark Week 2017 promo video

Shark Week 2017 is still a bad time to be a seal, including the singing variety. To promote it’s upcoming shark-themed slate of programming, Discovery Channel released its first promo video for 2017.The commercial features Grammy Award-winning singer, Seal, serenading fans on a beachfront before being ambushed by a Great White. The spot is a […]