[SEMCO] Nature Screen presents "Shark Mountain"

[Teresa Izzo]

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                 FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
July 26, 2021                                                                                                      Teresa Izzo
  508-896-3867 ext. 137
tizzo at ccmnh.org

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 Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 11:30am.


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/Publicist

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

869 Main St. / Rte. 6A

Brewster, MA 02631

508-896-3867, ext. 137

www.ccmnh.org
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