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It's much easier to repel him

than to actually lure him in...

...bring him in,

and then trying to interact.

So I think the main reason

why people are still afraid...

...of a white shark

is based on the movie Jaws...

...and the misconception

is still floating around.

And I think a big part

of the media still tries...

...to present the white shark

as Jaws.

Three people were hurt Saturday

in another shark attack.

Time magazine is calling

it the "Summer of the Shark. "

And of course the question

being asked by some is:

When will it be safe

to return to the water?

We love to have a monster,

we love to hate. So...

And it's not good television...

...if, you know, this monster

that we presented all these years...

...actually is a very shy, hesitant animal...

...that has a hard time,

like any other animal as well.

So we like to have the monster...

...and that's why

it's still portrayed this way.

I was on an assignment...

...photographing

the Galapagos Islands...

...in the middle of the Pacific...

...in total isolation...

...from the rest of the world.

It's a world heritage site...

...full of species

found nowhere else on Earth.

This is where Charles Darwin...

...developed his theory of evolution.

What I believe

is the whole planet was like this.

I think animals

were amazingly abundant;

I think whales

were amazingly abundant...

...fish were amazingly abundant;

turtles, birds, everything...

...before man got in there...

...and really hacked

the whole thing to pieces.

I travelled 160 miles

from the centre of the Galapagos...

...to Darwin and Wolf...

...two remote undersea volcanoes...

...that barely broke the surface.

One of the few places on Earth...

...where hammerhead sharks

congregate in schools.

We're just getting ready

to go in for a dive...

...where there's supposed to be

congregating hammerhead sharks.

The undersea currents come up...

...bringing nutrient-rich water

to the surface...

...which causes a ton

of tiny plankton feeders to school here...

...and the hammerhead sharks

come up as well...

...and they circle in the current...

...and go back down at night

to feed on squid.

So we're gonna go down

to maybe 130 feet...

...and see if we can find

some schooling hammerhead sharks...

...possibly a silky shark or two.

The Galapagos hosts...

...one of the largest marine

reserves on Earth...

...where sharks

are cherished and protected.

Hammerheads are some

of the most misunderstood species.

They are incredibly shy animals.

Hammerheads, like all sharks...

...have two more senses than people.

They have lateral lines

running along the sides of their bodies...

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