Splashtastic Shark Week FINale - Tonight at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Dancing Shark by Angela Durst, 2023

Today July, 26, marks the grand finale of Shark Week for 2025! There will be two excitingly new JAW-dropping episodes tonight for the FINale, Attack of the Devil Shark at 8:00 p.m. on the Discovery Channel and Battle for Shark Mountain at 9:00 p.m. Subscribers of Dicovery+ and HBO Max will also have full access to these thrilling pieces.

So far my favorite episode this year has been “Black Mako of the Abyss” that aired on Tuesday. It was so impressive to see the teamwork between Kendyl Berna, Poe, Tristan Guttridge, and Paul de Gelder as they tried to find out if the sharks reported off the California coast really were makos of a variety that was already documented, an adaptation by an existant species, or some new hybrid between shortfin makos and longfin makos. The largest confirmed shortfin mako caught by California weighed a whooping 1,300 pounds and was caught on June 3, 2013.

On Youtube, the official Discovery channel is livestreaming some of the best hits of Shark Week through the years. There is a live chat for all the fans watching to comment and share their reactions to these stunning creatures. I was glad they showed a snippet from Jaws vs the Meg from 2023. It’s always interesting to see the utilization and adaptation of drone technology in recording truly spectacular footage.

I can’t wait to see Attack of the Devil Shark! The team will be using technology to mimic the vibrations of an active volcano which apparently summons sharks. I am so curious to see why sharks would head towards an active volcano. The crew is looking for one particular tiger shark that has been rumored to be in the vicinity of St. Martin for decades.

Battle for Shark Mountain should also be stunning, set off of the coast of Mozambique in Africa. There is an underwater fossilized sand dune known as Shark Mountain. Swarms of bull sharks gather there every year, on exactly the same day. Bull sharks are known as the Zambezi River shark or “Zambi” in Africa. They weigh in over 200 pounds and are known to swim up rivers. In the United States, a bull shark made it all the way up the Mississippi River to Alton, Illinois in 1937. I am excited to see what is causing the bull sharks to swarm off the eastern coast of Africa, every year, like clockwork.

If you are throwing a Shark Week party for the finale, Cutoff Crafts has some fun printable Shark Smile Cupcake Wrappers and Fin Toppers.

We also carry fossilized shark teeth from Squalicorax Pristodontus, the Crow Shark. These fossilized teeth specimens are roughly 70 million years old and are from the phosphate deposits of Khouribga, Morocco. It is estimated that Squalicorax could reach a length of 15 feet and a body weight of over 1,000 pounds.

I hope you all have a wonderful Shark Week! Please comment down below what has been your favorite episode this year!