Islamabad: Fifty years ago, \u201cJaws\u201d unlocked dread in millions about man-eating sharks. This summer, that fear may be somewhat reduced as they become contestants on a TV dance show. Former \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d host Tom Bergeron steps up for a marketing masterstroke by Discovery Channel\u2019s \u201cShark Week\u201d \u2014 \u201cDancing with Sharks,\u201d where humans and 20-foot-long hammerhead sharks do a little mambo. \u201cI had a decade and a half experience of hosting a dance show, but this one was different,\u201d Bergeron tells The Associated Press. \u201cI\u2019d often thought on \u2018Dancing With the Stars,\u2019 wouldn\u2019t it be great if we could incorporate another species? And here I\u2019ve finally got my dream come true.\u201d In the show, five scuba-diving shark handlers use bait to twirl and guide various sharks into mini-waltzes, in what\u2019s being billed as \u201cthe world\u2019s most dangerous dance competition.\u201d One contestant wraps his arms around a nerf shark and spoons it. Online
\nAnother takes off her air tank and does a double backflip. A third \u2014 a hip-hop loving shark handler \u2014 does an old school head spin on the ocean floor as sharks swirl. \u201cThese are some of the best shark handlers in the world. These are people who know the nuances of sharks, know how they move, know how to behave, know how to safely move with them, and they\u2019re guiding these sharks along as you would a partner,\u201d says Kinga Philipps, a TV correspondent and one of the three judges.
\n\u201cIt is so fluid and beautiful, all they really had to do is put a little bit of music to it and they\u2019re actually dancing.\u201d
\n\u201cDancing with Sharks\u201d kicks off the week of programing, which includes shows on how to survive a shark attack, why New Smyrna Beach in Florida has earned the title of \u201cThe Shark Attack Capital of the World\u201d and whether a mysterious dark-skinned shark off the coast of California is a mako, mutant or possibly a mako-and-great white hybrid.
\nThe seven nights of new shows \u2014 and a related podcast \u2014 ends off the Mozambique coast with a once-a-year feeding frenzy that turns into a showdown between the sharks and their massive prey, the giant trevally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad: Fifty years ago, \u201cJaws\u201d unlocked dread in millions about man-eating sharks. This summer, that fear may be somewhat reduced as they become contestants on a TV dance show. Former \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d host Tom Bergeron steps up for a marketing masterstroke by Discovery Channel\u2019s \u201cShark Week\u201d \u2014 \u201cDancing with Sharks,\u201d where humans and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-491521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n