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About Dive into the Frenzy: Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef

Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia is where, every April, Whale Shark go on a spectacular feeding frenzy on their migration around the Indian Ocean. Australian legend Ben Cropp embarks on a journey to see what the deal with these sharks is. Content licensed by Espresso Media to Little Dot Studios.

Dive into the Frenzy: Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef is presented by Real Wild. Its listed runtime is 52 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a society documentary, Dive into the Frenzy: Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef uses frenzy, whale, sharks as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.

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Title
Dive into the Frenzy: Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef
Category
Society
Runtime
52 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Real Wild

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