Sharks vs. Dolphins: Bahamas Battleground

Sharks vs. Dolphins: Bahamas Battleground (2023) is a wildlife documentary you can watch online on iFILM. The starting point is unsettling: in the waters around the Bahamas, more than three out of ten dolphins carry shark-bite scars.

Marine biologists Dr. Mike Heithaus and Dr. Valeria Paz set out to name the culprit. Their toolkit is clever — a non-toxic gel bite pad that records a tooth impression, underwater photography, and a life-sized dolphin decoy used as bait. Three suspects are on the table: bull sharks, tiger sharks and great hammerheads stretching up to fourteen feet. Match the bite molds against the scars on living dolphins, and the question of who hunts whom starts to answer itself.

In just 44 minutes the film delivers rare underwater footage of these predators and lays out the field experiment in plain terms. It suits viewers who like ocean-predator docs and science you can watch unfold, rather than shark scare stories. Stream Sharks vs. Dolphins: Bahamas Battleground (2023) online on iFILM.