Rarely Seen Shark Filmed Near Underwater Volcano | National Geographic

inside these calderas it’s an extreme
and very dangerous environment human
beings can’t go in there so each day we
did these Dropcam deployments it was
like unwrapping a new present you never
know what you’re gonna find especially
when you’re working deep underwater the
deeper you go the stranger it gets
so we’re in the Solomon Islands on a
small island in the western province to
study a submarine volcano called Parvati
no-one’s ever studied it before up close
so to me as a scientist and aspiring
explorer that’s right for the picking so
we’re dropping this camera down
primarily to take a closer look at the
volcano and the sea interesting biology
it’s just the bonus he looks really
different Wow when we saw the sleeper
shark video we flipped out I took a few
screen grabs and I sent them off to a
few geologists people who would know
better than I and they all looked at it
and agreed that it was most likely a
Pacific sleeper shark there’s very
little known about him and the more I
learned the more I realized how much of
the significant find it was to see one
on camera far as I know at this point
only the third time it’s been captured
on video and it’s certainly the best
video ever of one so the idea of there
being large animals like sharks hanging
out and living inside the caldera this
volcano conflicts with what we know
about kavagi
it’s hostile when it’s calm you know if
the waters hot its acidic its hostile or
not and so the sea large animals like
this that are living it’s very exciting
and exploring the deep sea is like that
that’s the best part