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    "title":"Sharks in Love",

    "transcript":"\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003ETHE WARM SHALLOW WATERS OFF FLORIDA’S SOUTH COAST ARE “HOME” TO A “HOMEBODY” … THE NURSE SHARK.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003ETHESE LARGE FISH ARE BOTTOM\u002DFEEDERS, FORAGING … USUALLY AT NIGHT, AND CAN APPEAR RATHER SLUGGISH DURING THE DAY!\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003EBUT MOST NURSE SHARKS EAT, SLEEP AND REPRODUCE IN ONE AREA THEIR WHOLE LIVES.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003EAND THAT CONSISTENCY HAS BROUGHT TWO SCIENTISTS BACK TO THIS SHALLOW COVE FOR MANY YEARS: JEFF CARRIER AND WES PRATT.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E(SOT: Jeff Carrier / start at 2:35)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E“First time we ever saw any of this activity was almost 25 years ago. I couldn’t tell exactly what I was looking at until I discovered that I was looking at two sharks, not one, and that they were mating.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Es/ Jeff Carrier / Marine Biologist\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003EJEFF AND WES ARE HERE, CONTINUING THE ONLY LONG TERM STUDY OF SHARK MATING IN THE WILD. THESE TWO SHARK VOYEURS HAVE BEEN UP CLOSE AND VERY PERSONAL WITH THEIR SUBJECTS…\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E… THE TEAM GETS THE CLOSE\u002DUPS HERE IN THE LAGOON, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE?\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003EHOW MUCH MATING OCCURS IN THE PLACES THEY CAN’T OBSERVE, IN THE VAST AREA OUTSIDE THE STUDY SITE? WELL … THAT’S A JOB FOR CRITTERCAM!\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E(SOT: Jeff 6:26)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E“This is an animal that lives in deeper water, it’s long\u002Dlived. We can’t follow it. We can’t follow it, we don’t have the technology to do that. But Crittercam does.”\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003ENURSE SHARKS MAY BE HOME\u002DBODIES BUT SO FAR, THEY’RE NOT COOPERATING! IT’S BEEN A WEEK AND THE CREW HAS YET TO SEE A MATING EVENT…\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E(NATS: man shouting “tails up” / after 13:32)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003EBUT FINALLY, THEY SEE THE SIGNS THEY’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E(SOT: Wes 15:01)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E“These female sharks are choosy. They’re picky about which males mate with them. And when the wrong guy shows up, she shoals into water as deep as we’re in now so that he can’t get a hold of her fins, which is a vital first step.”\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Es/Wes Pratt / US National Marine Fisheries Service\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C/strong\u003EBUT WHEN THE RIGHT MALE SHOWS UP, SHE ALLOWS HIM TO PUSH HER TO SLIGHTLY DEEPER WATER TO MATE.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E(SOT: Wes 15:28)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E“If the male can get a hold of that valuable pectoral fin – ‘cause they don’t have hands – he can then curve his body around the female and mate with her.”\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E(SOT: Wes Pratt ~ 19:27)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E“I want to see mating events, I want to see, and I want to see, I’d love to see him travel around in here and continue on his way and if and when he goes outside to prove that hypothesis of deep water mating.”\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003EMINUTES LATER, THE MALE SHARK HAS FOUND A FEMALE AND BEGINS THE PURSIUT… SHE MOVES QUICKLY OUT OF THE AREA THAT WES AND JEFF CAN STUDY… THEN SHE STOPS AND WAITS – SO DOES THE MALE.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003ETHEN HE MAKES HIS MOVE… BITING HER FIN. THE FEMALE ARCHES HER BACK AND A WRESTLING MATCH BEGINS. THE MALE MAKES A TOTAL OF THREE ATTEMPTS TO MATE WITH HER, BUT HE’S UNSUCCESSFUL.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E(22:13)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003ENOW WHAT? THE MALE MOVES INTO DEEPER WATER – ALONE! HE STOPS – AND SEEMS TO BE RESTING.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E(SOT: Wes / ~ 22:45)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E“Crittercam has shown us that for the males, maybe the deep water is the refuge—and it’s turning our thinking around and maybe even upside down.”\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003E(Wes and jeff on beach / walking toward tower 22:58)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022 style\u003D\u0022margin\u002Dleft: \u002D0.5in\u003B\u0022\u003EWES AND JEFF WILL BE BACK TO THESE WATERS AGAIN NEXT YEAR… TO DISCOVER MORE SECRETS ABOUT THIS REGAL SHARK.\u003C/p\u003E",

    "description":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists wait and watch as nurse shark females pick and choose which male they\u0027ll mate with. With the help of National Geographic\u0027s Crittercam®, they discover love can be painful.\u003C/p\u003E",
    
    
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    "url":"http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/fish-animals/sharks-and-rays/shark_nurse_mating/",

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