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The Cage

2025/6/17
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Lulu Miller: 《大白鲨》这部电影激发了大量的鲨鱼电影的创作灵感，这些电影将鲨鱼描绘成各种各样的怪物，摆脱了鲨鱼只能在水下活动的限制，让鲨鱼可以出现在任何地方。例如，《鲨鱼龙卷风》系列电影就有很多部续集，甚至还有《幽灵鲨》这样的电影，即使你杀死了鲨鱼，它的鬼魂也会回来找你。这些电影将鲨鱼从它们的世界拖入我们的世界，创造了一个鲨鱼怪物的宇宙。 Jeffrey Cohen: 互联网电影数据库上至少列出了180部怪物鲨鱼电影，这些电影的想象力非常丰富，例如有两头鲨鱼、三头鲨鱼、五头鲨鱼，甚至还有六头鲨鱼，这些鲨鱼电影试图将鲨鱼从水下的限制中解放出来，让鲨鱼无处不在，例如《天空鲨鱼》和《雪崩鲨鱼》等。

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The episode explores the fascination with sharks, going beyond the monster-movie portrayal and delving into a real-life encounter with these creatures. It discusses the abundance of shark-themed films and their tendency to exaggerate the danger of sharks, contrasting this with a personal journey to observe white sharks in their natural habitat.
  • There are over 180 monster shark films.
  • The name "great white" was popularized to add fear.
  • Port Lincoln, South Australia, is a hub for shark cage diving.

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This is episode two of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks.

Jaws spawned a thousand imitators: sharks in tornados, sharks in avalanches, sharks that battle giant octopuses. Hollywood has officially turned sharks into monsters of every shape and size. And yet, somehow, there will always be more.

But drop below the surface, into the cold, quiet blue, and another creature appears. One that has survived mass extinctions, outlasted ancient predators and pre-dates Mount Everest, the existence of trees, even the rings of Saturn. A shark that is somehow even more remarkable than sharks in tornadoes.

Today, we go visit that shark. 

*Special thanks to Andrew Fox, the entire team at Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions), John Long whose book The Secret History of Sharks) inspired our obsession with sharks, and Greg Skomal, whose wonderful new book on his life studying white sharks is *Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark.)**EPISODE CREDITS: **Reported by - Rachael Cusickwith help from - Pat WaltersProduced by - Rachael Cusick and Simon Adlerwith help from - Pat WaltersSound design contributed by - Jeremy Bloomwith mixing help from - Jeremy BloomFact-checking by - Natalie Middletonand Edited by  - Pat Walters

**EPISODE CITATIONS:**Videos - Loved learning about all the different kinds of sharks there are? Check out even more Jaida Elcock’s videos) on sharks.

Book - The Secret History) of Sharks by John Long 

Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark) by Greg Skomal

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