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In depth, exclusive, information about the shot of Tiger Shark filmed in Western Australia


Web Links

Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort
http://www.monkeymia.com.au/resort/index.html
Visit the Tiger Shark crew’s “base camp.”

Natal Sharks Board
http://shark.co.za/
Focusing on South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, this site showcases “over 30 years of experience in prevention of shark attack and research on sharks.”

Tiger Shark
http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/sharks/species
/Tigershark.shtml

Get the basics from the Zoom School site.

Tiger Shark Research in Shark Bay
http://www.sfu.ca/~mheithau/Sharks/TigerShark.html
Get Tiger Shark scientist Mike Heithaus’s view of his Shark Bay research.

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NGS Resources

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine
Curtsinger, Bill. “Tiger Sharks.” November 1999.

Book
Smith, Roff Martin. Australia: Journey Through a Timeless Land. 1999. (Available in our store.)

Book
Fisher, Ron. Wild Shores of Australia. 1996.

Video
Hunt for the Great White Shark. 1995. (Available in our store.)

Three-Video Set
Sharks. 1995. (Available in our store.)

Video
Shark Encounters. 1993. (Available in our store.)

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine
Fox, Rodney. “The Sea Beyond the Outback.” January 1991.

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Additional Resources

Allen, Thomas B. The Shark Almanac. The Lyons Press, 1999.

Ellis, Richard. The Book of Sharks. Knopf, 1989.

Reader’s Digest Explores Sharks. Reader’s Digest, 1998.

Springer, Victor G., and Joy P. Gold. Sharks in Question: The Smithsonian Answer Book. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989.

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