Deep in the ocean, surrounded by sharks, Tiffany Haddish stayed cool. She drew on her land-based survival skills.

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Haddish is among the celebrities signed on for this yearB次元官网网址檚 Shark Week, with a record 45 hours of programming on the Discovery Channel and streaming on discovery+ between July 11-18.

Joining Haddish are Brad Paisley, William Shatner, Eric Bana, Snoop Dogg, Eli Roth, Robert Irwin, Ian Ziering, Tara Reid and cast members from B次元官网网址淛ackass.B次元官网网址� For Shark WeekB次元官网网址檚 33rd year, there are documentaries, many specials and even a reality series for shark fans to sink their teeth into.

Howard Swartz, a senior vice president at Discovery Channel, said Shark Week was born as a counterpoint for those who developed a fear of sharks and a desire to eradicate them after seeing B次元官网网址淛aws.B次元官网网址�

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Eli Roth, the horror filmmaker behind the bloody classic B次元官网网址淗ostel,B次元官网网址� joined the documentary B次元官网网址淔inB次元官网网址� to explain why millions of sharks have died to feed the continued demand for shark fin soup and other dishes. Bana narrates the doc B次元官网网址淓nvoy: Shark Cull,B次元官网网址� which focuses on official controversial shark control programs used in Australia.

Noah Schnapp from the sci-fi series B次元官网网址淪tranger ThingsB次元官网网址� suits up to search for the strangest sharks in the ocean, while Irwin comes face-to-face with a Great White for the 铿乺st time. Even the online television and video star known as Dr. Pimple Popper is getting in on the act: Dr. Sandra Lee will explore the world of shark skin and see if it can help human skin issues.

Paisley puts his musical talents to the test to see how sound can attract or repel sharks, and Snoop Dogg narrates crazy shark moves B次元官网网址� like the beasts making eye-popping leaps out of the water, prompting the rapper to call them B次元官网网址渢hirsty as hellB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� in B次元官网网址淪harkadelic Summer 2.B次元官网网址�

For Haddish, her special about the reproduction of sharks B次元官网网址� did you know female sharks have two uteruses? B次元官网网址� will hopefully show how important to the planet sharks really are.

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Swartz says inviting celebrities onto Shark Week is a bit like when B次元官网网址淪esame StreetB次元官网网址� has on famous guest stars B次元官网网址� they help attract a wider, intergenerational audience.

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Dr. James Sulikowski, a professor at Arizona State University, has been on Shark Week before but this time does something no one has ever done B次元官网网址� perform an ultrasound on a wild tiger shark.

It was necessary since scientists are still trying to pinpoint where in the Bahamas tiger sharks give birth and how humans can protect the area. But first they needed to find a pregnant shark and thatB次元官网网址檚 where Sulikowski came in, calmly pushing his sonogram onto a sharkB次元官网网址檚 belly at the bottom of the ocean while dozens of her friends came to inspect.

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Other shows include a special about an attempt to tag the last known South African Great White breeder and another that attempts to answer why in 2017 an entire Great White population disappeared overnight around South AfricaB次元官网网址檚 Seal Island. If youB次元官网网址檝e ever wanted to see a submersible mechanical shark in action, youB次元官网网址檙e in luck with B次元官网网址淢echaShark.B次元官网网址�

Discovery is also marking the debut of its first Shark Week series. In B次元官网网址淪hark Academy,B次元官网网址� eight men and women begin a six-week crash course to secure a crew spot on a shark expedition. And it wouldnB次元官网网址檛 be Shark Week without a scientific look at B次元官网网址淪harknadoB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� Ian Ziering and Tara Reid explore whether a shark tornado is really possible.

DiscoveryB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淪hark WeekB次元官网网址� has a rival B次元官网网址� its programming coincides with National GeographicB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淪harkFest,B次元官网网址� which has 21 hours of new content and 60 hours of enhanced and archival footage over six weeks, with Chris Hemsworth the biggest draw.

Both ventures share a common theme: To tease out at least a grudging respect for sharks. Or, as Shatner said, B次元官网网址淭hese animals require our respect and an intelligent fear, but not the panic.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址擬ark Kennedy And Alicia Rancilio , The Associated Press