When National Geographic approached Anthony Mackie with an opportunity to swim with sharks to kick off its SharkFest programming, it was an easy yes for the
This image released by National Geographic shows actor/host Anthony Mackie wading in the Bayous near Violet, La., during the filming of “Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie.” The water, says Mackie, is a “safe space” where he “can just tune everybody and everything else out.”
“If we eat all the fish, the sharks have nothing to eat,” said Mackie. “Sharks have babies in Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Catherine. When their babies come out, they’re full-grown pups. They’re three-foot sharks… They’re not predators, but they also need a substantial food source.” “Every time it would get to be too much, I would grab her. I’m like, ‘They’ve got to pick one. So if one of us getting eaten, it better be you,’” he laughed. “She really looked out for me and gave me a lot of information that really opened my eyes to the community that we’re in and explaining the sharks’ behavior.”
“The area around New Orleans is slowly going away. You know, the water is starting to eat away at our habitat, our home,” said Mackie. “There are certain areas where I used to go as a kid, and those areas are gone now, like oyster farms,” said Mackie.
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