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Commercial spoof comprised of found footage that I made as a technical exercise at the production company where I work. It spotlights a fictional product meant to capitalize on the hysteria surrounding TV icon Steve Irwin's unfortunate death from a stingray attack which also sadly resulted in the needless destruction of harmless marine wildlife in revenge attacks by fans. I realize that this is old news but the video also lampoons the lengths some people go to make undersea exploration more tourist-friendly, often to the detriment of the very environments they are there to experience, which is still an ongoing problem.

P.S.

I am also aware of the difference between manta and stingrays but in the true spirit of many an ignorant ad exec, it just sounds better.

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  • Jim DeGraff 8 months ago
    Nice satire.
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  • rickflick 8 months ago
    Amusing. Ive been diving a while now an have not met anyone quite this tough on the sea. But there are always a few on any dive trip who seem not to have any brains. Like the time a guy pulled a shark by the tail. I wish id had a camera. 8-)
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  • americanvirus plus 8 months ago
    Kills Mantas Dead. Ha!
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  • bluefire242 8 months ago
    Yeah, it's a problem, tourist ignorance. I've found being around stingrays and even sharks to be very serene and lovely. I've only touched stingrays and dolphins that are already socialized to human presence and yet I know even then there's always some risk of injury, however small. I'd never try to touch a totally wild animal, though.
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  • David Loscher 7 months ago
    where can I order some MANTA´s?
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  • DDLM's plus 7 months ago
    ja, cool
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  • godino 7 months ago
    Very nice animations!
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  • MAN of HANK plus 7 months ago
    Very good Mike. I would had loved to have been the fellow who took the footage.
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