Blue World: Shark with the Tall Tail

Published: June 11, 2007, 5 p.m.

The Thresher shark may very well be the strangest looking shark in the world, with a tail almost as long as its body. This shark is very rare, almost never seen by divers....until now. Using advanced diving technology, Jonathan visits a remote seamount in the Philippines where Thresher sharks show up every morning to be cleaned by small fish. Why do the sharks come to the seamount, and will Jonathan be able to get close to the sharks?