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This Week's Video Picks

This Week's Video Picks

A Great White shark (DCL)

Our Top 5 Videos of the Week - Friday 7 August

This week’s selection is a mixed bag including an interesting lunch with Born Survivor Bear Grylls, a ride on a Great White shark, and a helping of chaos from Destroyed in Seconds.


1. Great White Shark: Riding a Great White
Few people would get into the water with a Great White Shark, even when protected by a cage. But Andre Hartman goes a step beyond and risks his life to ride on the backs of the oceans’ deadliest predators.

Related Links:

- Visit Discovery's guide to sharks
- Get the facts on shark teeth
- Hear the tale of a near deadly run-in with a bull shark

2. Destroyed in Seconds – Chaos
A smorgasbord of destruction awaits in this jaw-dropping compendium of clips gathered from the hit series. See the awesome destructive powers of nature and man in genuine real-life footage. No reconstructions allowed!

Related Links:

- Watch more Destroyed in Seconds clips
- A History of Explosives
- Build up your Volatile Vocabulary

3. Born Survivor - Rhino Beetle Larvae
Bear Grylls shows us that to survive in the wild you have eat whatever nature deems fit to offer. And when food is scarce, you must gain sustenance from eating whatever you can find. Today’s special - Rhino Beetle Larvae.

Related Links:

- Visit the Born Survivor website
- Play the Born Survivor game
- Watch more Born Survivor videos

4. Mythbusters - Paper Crossbow
There is a myth that a federal prisoner tried to assassinate an inmate with a paper crossbow that he had constructed using only newspaper, parts of his food tray and the elastic from his underpants. Watch as Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman take on the myth by competing, A-Team style, to create their own deadly crossbows from unlikely items.

Related Links:

- Visit the Mythbusters website
- Play the Mythbusters video game
- Do some mythbusting at home with the help of our DIY Experiments

5. Deadliest Catch: Quick Catch 6: Taking a Beating
The fleet gets battered as a hurricane changes course and heads towards them. With fatigue setting in, crew members are injured and boats damaged under the relentless assault from the heavy storms and deadly seas.

Related Links:

- Visit the Deadliest Catch website
- Watch Deadliest Catch videos
- Play the Deadliest Catch games online


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