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1 online resource (streaming video file) (50 min. 9 sec.) ; 303664449 bytes |
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Humpbacks, Blue Whales, porpoises and dolphins are common sights in Monterey Bay, California. It is a protected nature reserve and a whale watchers' paradise, but Disneyland it is not.Killer Whale Attack revisits a shocking event that made national headlines and raises difficult questions as it attempts to unravel a dark mystery.Mother's Day 2004 and boat skipper, Heidi Tiura, shepherds her excited whale watching passengers aboard the boat, The Sanctuary. As they headed out into the bay, how were they to know they would shortly become reluctant witnesses to an unexpected and shocking scene of carnage - a heavyweight battle between 40 tonnes of maternal instinct and a highly organised gang of the world's deadliest serial killers?The whale watchers find a huge, 40 tonne Grey Whale and her calf locked in mortal combat with a super aggressive gang of smaller Orca (or Killer) Whales. Mammal fights mammal and the sea is turning into a bloodbath. Nature-loving families look on with horror as a titanic struggle unfolds before them. It was the day the sea turned red. But this was just the start of the killing.The eyewitnesses are traumatised and as the shock waves from the Mother's Day massacre continue to reverberate, local and national media pick up the story.Reports of other attacks follow. While mystified scientists seek answers, many others wondered why this peaceful Californian bay had become a killing field.An investigation into the gruesome attacks spreads wider to a chilling warning of global significance.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Executive Producers: Graham Booth and Andrew Jackson; Director: Ben Gooden. A Tigress production for Five, National Geographic Channel & Granada International |
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Broadcast 2010-01-07 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Animal attacks.
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Animal intelligence.
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Gray whale.
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Killer whale -- Behavior.
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California.
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Streaming video
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Gooder, Ben, director
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Henderson, Joshua, cast
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