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SHARK Week is back and bigger than ever with 32 brand new shows to educate you about the ocean predators.

Here's what you can look forward to for Shark Week 2021...

Shark Week starts on Sunday, July 11
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Shark Week starts on Sunday, July 11Credit: Discovery Blog

When is Shark Week 2021 and what channel is it on?

Week starts on Sunday, July 11, and continues through Sunday, July 18.

As usual, it will be hosted by Discovery Channel.

The Discovery Channel and Discovery+ are celebrating the 33rd year of the educational week.

This year's will feature 32 new specials on the ocean predators.

A Shark Week  explains: “With 45 hours of shark programming, the most hours of programming in Shark Week history, Shark Week 2021 will take viewers to new locations to study and record new shark behaviors that have never been seen on camera before.”

Which celebrities are taking part in shark Week?

, Brad Paisley, JB Smoove and William Shatner are among celebs taking part in Shark Week 2021.

' , Robert Irwin, Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Snoop Dogg will also make an appearance.

, a YouTuber based in the US, has created a show for Shark Week too.

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What is the Shark Week schedule?

Sunday, July 11

  • Shark Academy (on Discovery+; linear premiere Sunday, July 18)
  • Sharkbait With David Dobrik (Discovery+ exclusive)
  • 8 pm Crikey! It’s Shark Week
  • 9 pm Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week
  • 10 pm Jackass Shark Week Special

Monday, July 12

  • Stranger Sharks (Discovery+ exclusive)
  • 8 pm Air Jaws: Going For Gold
  • 9 pm Jaws Awakens: Phred vs. Slash
  • 10 pm Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek

Tuesday, July 13

  • Great White Comeback (Discovery+ exclusive)
  • 8 pm MotherSharker
  • 9 pm Brad Paisley’s Shark Country
  • 10 pm The Spawn Of El Diablo

Wednesday, July 14

  • Tiger Queen (Discovery+ exclusive)
  • 8 pm MechaShark
  • 9 pm The Real Sharknado
  • 10 pm Return to Lair of the Great White

Thursday, July 15

  • Raging Bulls (Discovery+ exclusive)
  • 8 pm Dr. Pimple Popper Pops Shark Week
  • 9 pm Sharkadelic Summer 2
  • 10 pm Mega Jaws of Bird Island

Friday, July 16

  • Extinct or Alive: Jaws of Alaska (Discovery+ exclusive)
  • 8 pm Ninja Sharks: Mutants Rising
  • 9 pm Monster Sharks of Andros Island
  • 10 pm Mystery of the Black Demon Shark
  • 11 pm I Was Prey: Terrors of the Deep 2

Saturday, July 17

  • Rogue Tiger Shark: The Hunt for Lagertha (Discovery+ exclusive)
  • 8 pm Return to Shark Vortex
  • 9 pm Shark Week Best in Show
  • 10 pm I Was Prey: Shark Week 2021

Sunday, July 18

  • The Great Hammerhead Stakeout (Discovery+ exclusive)
  • 10 pm Shark Academy (already streaming on Discovery+)

What happened to Mike Tyson on Shark Week?

In 2020,  put a while scuba diving.

In a special episode called Tyson vs Jaws: Rumble on the Reef, Mike Tyson went head to head with some of the ocean's most deadly predators, including a black tip reef shark.

The boxer had to dive nearly 50 feet underwater without a cage, then grab a shark and try to induce tonic immobility, which he did by grabbing its nose as it swam past him.

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But before he conquered the creature, .

 

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