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Does Megalodon still exist? Shark Week debunked (2014x44)

Udgivelsesdato: Aug 12, 2014

Shark Week used to be educational. Now it's filled with fake documentaries about "Megalodon" and "Submarine." Note: at :39 - the number of lightning deaths should say 28, not .28 Subscribe to our channel! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=voxdotcom Further reading: "Collin Drake" on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2378861/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4 "Lake Ontario 'shark' video prompts warning from Liberal minister" (Toronto Star) http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2014/07/16/lake_ontario_shark_video_prompts_warning_from_liberal_minister.html Interview with the producer of "Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives" (Forbes.com) http://www.forbes.com/sites/dinagachman/2013/11/15/how-i-love-lucy-inspired-american-chopper/ "Did Discovery Channel fake the image in its giant shark documentary?" (The Guardian) http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2014/feb/21/discovery-channel-giant-shark-documentary-george-monbiot "'Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine' is a fake documentary" (Southern Fried Science) http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=17533 "Shark Week is lying again about megalodon sharks" (Slate) http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2014/08/15/shark_week_megalodon_films_discovery_channel_lies_about_extinct_monster.html?wpisrc=burger_bar "How Shark Week screws scientists" (The Verge) http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/13/5998745/how-shark-week-screws-scientists "Megalodon: The Monster Shark's Dead" (National Geographic) http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/08/13/megalodon-the-monster-sharks-dead/ "Fraud, Deception and Lies: How Discovery's Shark Week became the greatest show on Earth" (Discover) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/science-sushi/2014/07/18/fraud-deception-lies-discoverys-shark-week-became-greatest-show-earth/#.U-5GeYBdVBM