[SEMCO] Nature Screen presents "Shark Mountain"

[Teresa Izzo]

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
August 8, 
2017 
Teresa Izzo
   508-896-3867 ext. 137
tizzo at ccmnh.org
SHARK-TEMBER
at
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
“Shark Mountain”
A PBS Original NATURE Documentary


BREWSTER, MA ­The Cape Cod Museum of Natural 
History in Brewster presents PBS’ original NATURE 
documentary; Shark Mountain Saturday, September 
2, & Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 1pm during SHARK-tember!

A team of expert and intrepid divers, led by 
renowned underwater film specialists Howard and 
Michele Hall, leads viewers into the ultimate 
domain of sharks. On the dive of a lifetime, 
Shark Mountain reveals underwater creatures 
unlike anywhere else in the world. Some 300 miles 
off Costa Rica is Cocos Island, a tiny Pacific 
outpost that was once a favorite haunt of 
pirates. Cocos, a designated World Heritage Site, 
lies directly in the path of powerful ocean 
currents that often collide with the island, 
churning the waters into an undersea storm.

These swirling currents carry rich nutrients to a 
reef teeming with brilliantly colored marine 
life. Residents include moray eels, hawksbill 
turtles, leather bass, bigeye jacks, red-lipped 
batfish, yellow barberfish, hogfish, and sea urchins, to name only a few.

The currents bring more than algae to this island 
paradise. They also summon an extraordinary 
abundance of sharks, providing a golden 
opportunity to observe some of the most 
surprising and baffling shark behavior ever 
captured on film. The volume and variety of 
sharks that visit Cocos on a regular basis is 
staggering, and includes huge numbers of silkies, 
hammerheads, black-tip reef sharks, white-tip 
reef sharks, silver-tip reef sharks, whale 
sharks, and their distant cousins, the marbled rays.

  Free with Museum Admission
For more information please call: 508-896-3867, ext. 133

Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main St./Rte. 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x137
508-896-8844 - fax 
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