Did you catch the race between Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and a Great White Shark? The race kicked off Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. A lot of people were disappointed that it wasn’t a real shark and took to Twitter to relieve their disappointment:
Should’ve called it Michael Phelps vs a Computer Generated Simulation. Huge letdown @Discovery
— Jimmy Kozeny (@jkoz19) July 24, 2017
am i the only one who thought they literally were gonna throw phelps in the ocean w a great white to see what would happen or #SharkWeek
— alyssa smith (@lyskaye) July 24, 2017
Michael Phelps has been hyping up that he’s going to race a shark for months now. He did it tonight and it was a damn CGI shark #FakeNews
— Cole Hill (@theSwoleCole) July 24, 2017
Whether or not you care that it was fake, in the end, it was a fun TV moment to highlight the amazing power of these magnificent creatures! See the moment for yourself:
The moment of glory for #TeamShark!!! #PhelpsVsShark #SharkWeek pic.twitter.com/NWYp1CwiRa
— Shark Week (@SharkWeek) July 24, 2017