>>18467419"A rogue tiger shark kills two people in the Caribbean, sparking fear that it’s the legendary Devil Shark," a massive tiger shark known as Jabwei that has haunted their shores for decades, reads the official logline of the new wildlife special. "A team tracks the shark behind the attacks and uncovers a seismic force driving sharks to aggression in these waters."
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Shark expert Kinga Philipps, who became the first solo woman host of a Shark Week program back in 2020 with Tiger Queen, told Assignment X that she takes offense with the doc's narration calling the legendary tiger shark "evil" and full of "hate": “I have qualms about that. I don’t love that language,” she told the outlet. However, she also praised Discovery's overall shark-related programming and Attack of the Devil Shark as "such a fun show."
“Discovery is great in the sense that some of our shows are entertainment. They’re fun, they’re drama, we’re creating a scenario. And then some are pure education," Philipps said. "Attack of the Devil Shark, as dramatic as the title is, and as dramatic as the intro is, it’s still such a fun show, and at the end of the day, we are working with scientists, we are conservationists, we are getting samples of these sharks.
