700 Sharks (Gombessa 4, Genesis)
# For the fourth expedition, in the southern pass of Fakarava in French Polynesia for Gombessa 4, Genesis
📜 Overview:
Originally, in 2014, Laurent Ballesta had just one precise objective: to unravel the mystery of groupers. To understand the issues involved in their collective reproduction. But although focused on the study of groupers, the real surprise came from the sharks. Never before had the team been confronted with such a density of grey reef sharks. The divers took up the challenge of counting them. Methodically, they repeated the operation many times to arrive at the impressive figure of 700 grey reef sharks.
Each year, the team returned to the southern pass of Fakarava in French Polynesia. Until 2019, for the fourth expedition, "Gombessa 4" is the synthesis of precise and unique scientific protocols. The mission demonstrated that shark hunts are not anarchic, but rely in part on social organization within the horde, following in the footsteps of the 700 grey sharks in "700 sharks in the night (Gombessa 4, Genesis)".
🌏 Languages Available:
French
📆 Date Released:
2016-01-01
⌚ Running Time:
27 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
10.0
Beloved Cast
Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur
Laurent Ballesta
Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)
Yannis Papastamatiou
Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)
Charlie Huveneers
Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)
Frédéric Bertucci
Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)
Éric Parmentier
Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)
Damien Sony
Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France)
Johann Mourier
Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique)
Orphal Colleye
Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France)
Miri Tatarata
Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Yann Hubert
Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa)
Thibault Rauby
Biologiste marin et plongeur pro, Andromède Océanologie (France)
Antonin Guilbert
Chef oéprateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Yanick Gentil
Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Roberto Rinaldi
1er assistant réal., Coordinateur Gombessa, Assistant photo
Cédric Gentil
Opérateur terrestre et sous-marin, caméras de surveillance
Manuel Lefèvre
Plongeur, propriétaire de la pension Ttamanu, Polynésie (France)
Sané Richmond
Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Loïc Kéver
Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Gilles Siu
Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Hugh Pederson