Legendary Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps raced a "great white shark" on Sunday to kick off Discovery Channel's "Shark Week," which sounded interesting. How will they pull that off? Well, they didn't. It was beyond fake. Sharknado-esque...

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GeauxGriz

Yeah - well let's see how that shark does against ol' butter tooth Gaytor coach....

Reply•70 months

LSUZombie

So Phelps' top speed in the water is 6 mph, while a White Shark can cruise at 25 mph, and yet Phelps only lost by 2 seconds? LOL okay.

Reply•70 months

hogNsinceReagan

It's science.

70 months

SoulGlo

A shark has no reason to swim that far for that long. Wasn't impressed with the show though.

70 months

atltiger6487

Forget about racing, I think Michael Phelps just jumped the shark.

Reply•70 months

flyAU

I thought they were going to do something lame like put Phelps in a cage to see GW's. This didnt disappoint in expected lameness.

Reply•70 months

Skinny

When is,"Naked and Afraid, Shark Edition," airing? Or, "Whale Shark," with special guest host Ashley Graham.

Reply•70 months

Jack Daniel

Are you 12, Larry?

Reply•70 months

diat150

Everything on ththe discovery channel is fake.

Reply•70 months

OceanMan

I feel sorry for anyone that thought this would somehow be real.

Reply•70 months

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