Swarmed by Giant Stingrays!

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(exciting music)
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- [Mark] Looking around, I became aware
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of how surrounded we were by stingray.
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One wrong step here could send me straight to the hospital.
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(rushing water)
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(intense music)
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(gentle surf)
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Waves crash as water rolls
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onto a preserved expanse of coral reef.
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The brilliant blues and white caps,
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a signature of the vibrant ecosystem thriving below.
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With this tropical landscape in front of us,
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and the wind to our backs,
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the crew and I set course for our next ocean adventure.
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Welcome to Grand Cayman Island.
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This 22-mile stretch of land,
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located in the Caribbean Sea just south of Cuba,
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is home to lush beaches, crystal clear waters,
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and an abundance of marine life.
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In fact, Grand Cayman is one of the most iconic locations
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in the tropics to experience up-close encounters
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with some of the world's most renowned aquatic creatures.
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And today, that's exactly what we plan to do.
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What's goin' on everybody?
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I'm Mark Vins and welcome back
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to another special adventure
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brought to you by our friends at B&H Photo.
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And today, we are just off the coast of Grand Cayman Island
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at the world famous Stingray City Sandbar.
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This site has drawn people from all over the globe
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to get up-close and personal with,
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you might have guessed it,
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giant southern stingrays.
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And these rays are absolutely huge.
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You can already see 'em
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off the sides of the boat in the water
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and they are here in masses.
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So, today, we actually are going to be testing out
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the brand new GoPro HERO8.
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This will be the first time we've ever used this camera
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and we're super excited about it
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because we use GoPros for just about every video
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we've ever made.
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Honestly, some of the best shots that exist on the channel,
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were captured on a little camera just like this one,
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except this one is brand new
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and it's packed with all kinds of new features
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that we're excited to test out.
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All right, Shan, so we havin' calamari for lunch?
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(Shan laughs)
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- If you would like it, we can.
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I think we're gonna give it
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to all those stingrays out there, though.
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- One pound of calamari.
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That's what we're allowed to have out here.
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It's gonna be what we're going to use
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to track in the stingrays that are here
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at the sandbar at Stingray City.
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- Now, the proper way to feed a stingray.
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Hold it in your hand just like this.
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- Uh huh.
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- You're gonna guide it
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and they're gonna bring their nose right up to it
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as they hunt by smell.
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You're gonna open your hand nice and flat
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and that suction is gonna suck it right up.
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- Is there a chance you can get bit feeding stingrays?
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- Ah, there is a chance you can get bit,
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but they just have a couple plates.
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- So mashers?
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- That's exactly right.
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So they're very, very powerful.
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- The stingrays here are habituated for this activity.
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This is not something you wanna just go do
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at your local dive site or your local beach.
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But if you do wanna get close to stingrays,
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this is the place to do it.
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We have our pound of squid cut
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and now we're ready to go out there at the sandbar
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and have some fun.
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Okay, let's get our wetsuits on.
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- Sounds good.
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- Awesome.
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- Now one thing I wanna mention about this site
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is that we need to go barefoot
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so I'm gonna take my wet boots off
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because we wanna be able
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to feel around the sand with our toes
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and that's the best way
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to keep from stepping on a stingray.
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We wanna do a stingray shuffle
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as we make our way to the sandbar
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because one of the best ways to get stung out here
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is to step on one.
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We don't want that to happen today.
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All right.
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I think it's time to put on our mask
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and get out there with the stingrays.
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You guys ready?
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- [Crew Man] I'm ready.
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- All right, let's go.
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Upon entering the warm Caribbean water,
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the crew and I were immediately greeted
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by several stingray.
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I could already feel them brushing our feet
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as we made our way to the shallows of the sandbar.
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Oh my goodness, here they come.
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The food has arrived.
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And so have the rays.
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- [Crew Man] Hold this end.
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- I definitely made sure to shuffle my feet.
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One wrong step here could quickly end this adventure
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and send me straight to the hospital.
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As soon as our boat arrived,
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the stingray had their eyes on us.
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They knew we would be giving them some tasty squid
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that we were cutting back on the boat.
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As I mentioned, these stingrays are habituated to humans,
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from decades of fishermen gathering in these calm waters
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to clean their daily catches.
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After cleaning their fish,
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they would then toss the remains and old bait overboard.
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And the stingray and other marine life caught on to this
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and began associating boats and humans with an easy meal,
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which subsequently created this iconic location
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known as Stingray City Sandbar.
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Got my first piece of food.
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Let's see if we can get a ray to come feed.
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(water lapping)
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(laughing)
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Whoa.
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Oh my goodness.
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Wow, they are hungry, that is for sure.
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As they continue to swarm the crew and I,
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I had to keep reminding myself to shuffle my feet,
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which is harder than it sounds
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when you're being pushed around by waves
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and almost tackled by hungry stingray.
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Whoa, almost got my fingers in there.
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That was a close one.
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And even though we were completely surrounded,
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they are actually very gentle creatures.
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They're just hungry and looking for food.
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They actually like to be pet right under the nose,
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kinda like a puppy.
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And if you put your closed fist
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with a little bit of squid in it
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right underneath them,
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the stingray will actually follow your hand around.
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To the touch, stingrays feel extremely soft,
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and their skin is actually slick,
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not at all rough like most sharks.
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Oh, here we go.
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(water lapping)
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Whoa, did you see that?
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Since the stingrays had settled down a bit,
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I decided it was time to try something new,
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something that I had never done before, hold a stingray.
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I have a good feeling about this piece of squid.
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This is gonna get the stingray we're after.
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But I quickly learned that was much easier said than done.
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I like that stingray.
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That one's my 'vrit'.
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This light gray stingray is actually a female.
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I noticed her swimming around us the entire time.
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And it seems, that because she's the most docile,
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she'd be the best candidate to try to hold.
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All right, here goes nothin'.
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Attempt number one (gasps) nope.
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All right, here is number two.
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Ah, not even close.
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All right, number three, eee, nope.
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Okay, clearly this was just as difficult as I'd expected
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although I'm not really sure what I expected at all,
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holding a stingray isn't really something
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you'd normally want to do.
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But, and of course, as luck would have it,
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it finally happened.
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That's me holding a stingray.
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It happened.
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Look at this.
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This will be the official stingray blue holder day.
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This very gentle giant of the ocean.
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- [Crew Man] Should you name her?
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- We'll name that one Jenny.
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And released.
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To Dan, high five.
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Whoo, all right, take a break from holding stingrays.
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I just, Sig was getting footage.
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Take like all the way back.
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And Les you havin' fun?
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You havin' fun, Cory?
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- [Cory] I'm havin' fun.
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(crew laughs) - All right, awesome.
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That's what it's all about today.
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We're out here havin' fun
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with stingrays and the new GoPro HERO8.
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The HERO8 is the latest in the line of GoPro cameras.
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And it features some stand-out upgrades
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from its predecessor,
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including a total body redesign
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with built-in mounting capabilities.
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And a new side door for quick access to battery media
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so you don't miss a second of the action.
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And then lastly, there's the brand new hyper-smooth 2.0
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for ultra-stabilized footage,
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which, I have to say, I'm particularly excited about.
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And, of course, before we left,
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my new friend Jenny stopped by for one more visit,
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you know, just to say goodbye.
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You imagine, you know
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when you get close to one of these stingrays,
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this is something that I feel like everybody
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who loves the ocean needs to come and do someday.
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Wow what a gentle furry creature.
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Who would have thought?
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Southern Atlantic stingrays and human beings
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co-existing out here like this.
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This is so great.
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All right, it's getting late in the day.
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We gotta pack up and head home.
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Whoo, oh man, that was crazy.
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The Stingray City Sandbar
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certainly did not disappoint today.
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And you know what else didn't disappoint?
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The brand new GoPro HERO8.
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I have to say I am thoroughly impressed by this camera
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and cannot wait to get home to check out the footage
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that we captured from today's adventure.
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And here's some more good news.
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If you go to www.bhphoto.com/brave,
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you can take advantage of exclusive deals
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including the brand new GoPro HERO8.
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So go check it out.
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Grab yourself a GoPro and get out there
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and have some fun on your own adventures.
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And, if you ever come to Grand Cayman Island,
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I highly suggest checking out the Sandbar.
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It's definitely worth your time.
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I'm Mark Vins.
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Be brave, stay wild.
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We'll see you on the next dive.
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If you like this up-close encounter
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with the Southern Atlantic stingray,
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just wait until you see what happens
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when we plunge deeper into the ocean
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with the sting king of the sea.
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Get ready, brave crew.
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(roar and cry of a coyote)