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Survival video clips are among the most popular downloads on the internet. There is something so captivating about watching another person cheat death; they appeal to our voyeuristic side. But as fascinating as it is, there's more to surviving a close call than just luck.

Shocking Survival Videos deconstructs the most harrowing eye-witness survival clips available. Astounding real footage and CGI reconstructions, combined with interviews with survivors and experts, take viewers to the critical moment between life and death and reveal the science behind survival.

Jaw-dropping moments captured on film include an experienced diver dramatically being dragged forty feet underwater by a pilot whale, a snowmobiler accidentally triggering an avalanche and then being engulfed by it, a bungee jumper whose cord wraps around his neck and a husband and wife whose sailboat gets swept under a huge car ferry by strong ebb tides at the mouth of Poole Harbour.

Watch Shocking Survival Videos for a wild ride with those who have almost met their mark in the most astonishing circumstances.

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