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clip ‘The horrible thought of being eaten alive’

Original classification rating: not rated. This clip chosen to be G

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Ben Cropp introduces the subject of shark and crocodile attacks on humans, including a close shave of his own in 2004, as featured on Channel Seven’s current affairs program Today Tonight (1995–current).

Curator’s notes

by Kate Matthews

These early moments in Shark Vs Croc clearly mark out its territory, with a homage to Jaws (1975) and a segue from Cropp’s account of his own close encounter into coverage of the same event on tabloid current affairs program Today Tonight.

Shark Vs Croc aired in Channel Seven’s long-running World Around Us documentary timeslot and excerpts from Seven News and Today Tonight make up a significant portion of the program’s content, alongside Cropp’s shark and croc-spotting footage. Interestingly, Cropp himself pops up in many of these news and current affairs reports to provide expert commentary.

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