The Great White Shark Hunter

The Great White Shark Hunter
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Palau
Episode Number	7/15 (146)
Original Release	March 31, 2005
Viewership (in Millions)	20.89
Ratings/Share (18-49)	7.7/21
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Jellyfish 'n Chips"
Next	"Neanderthal Man"
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The Great White Shark Hunter is the seventh episode of Survivor: Palau.

Story

“	Two Survivors battle to provide for their tribe. One brings home a clam; one brings home a shark. Sitting out a Challenge, one Survivor finds it hard to watch from the sidelines and doubts the tribe's ability to win. A tribe member is suspicious of a potential alliance forming between two very friendly tribemates that could spoil a game plan. During a crucial Immunity challenge, one Survivor takes over for a struggling tribemate. Will it be enough to win?	”
—Episode Synopsis

Day 16

The morning after Tribal Council, Stephenie is still holding out hope for her seriously outnumbered tribe. At Koror, Ian hauls in a massive clam. After eating out the meat, they notice sharks surrounding the shells they had put in the water. Using the blood of a dead snake, Tom catches a shark with a machete, impressing the rest of the tribe and one-upping Ian. 

Day 17

After Koror won the Reward Challenge, Gregg discusses with Jenn about how she perceived him to be standoffish and how that was viewed by the tribe. It concerns Tom and Coby in particular.

Day 18

Bobby Jon catches a giant clam and a small black fish. They then practice the slide puzzle before the challenge.

After the challenge, Bobby Jon views himself as the swing vote, wondering whether he should honor his agreement with Stephenie or to acknowledge his commonalities and his bond with Ibrehem. Stephenie also tried to form somewhat of an alliance with Ibrehem, but he simply said he didn't know. At Tribal Council, Bobby Jon sides with Stephenie to eliminate Ibrehem.

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: S.O.S.
Tribes are told via Tree Mail that a plane will be flying over their camps. Utilizing anything around their camp, they must get the plane's attention. The tribe with the better signal (judging will be based on the creativity, yet still recognizable), according to the plane's pilot and drop master would win reward (with the plane returning to the winning team's camp, and will drop a wooden crate with the reward encased in it).
Reward: Fishing gear, wine, and military rations
Winner: Koror

Challenge: Sea Stars
This challenge is a giant 16-square sliding puzzle with a caller guiding the other two participating members to move the floating pieces around. The tribe may switch callers if they want. First tribe to finish their puzzle wins immunity.
Winner: Koror

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 8: Ulong
Voted Against	Voter
Ibrehem (2 votes)	Bobby Jon, Stephenie
Stephenie (1 vote)	Ibrehem
VOTED OUT: Ibrehem Rahman

Voting Confessionals

Unavailable.

Final Words

	Ibrehem	“	What can I say? I totally didn't expect to be voted off tonight. So it was a big surprise. I thought me and Bobby Jon had something, but, uh, I guess I was wrong. I played the game the best way I felt like I knew how without compromising my character. I think I walk away with just a whole new respect for life, not taking things for granted. It was an experience I definitely enjoyed.	”

Still in the Running

Jonathan 20th	Wanda 19th	Jolanda 18th	Ashlee 17th	Jeff 16th	Kim 15th	Willard 14th	Angie 13th	James 12th	Ibrehem 11th
Bobby Jon Ulong	Caryn Koror	Coby Koror	Gregg Koror	Ian Koror	Janu Koror	Jenn Koror	Katie Koror	Stephenie Ulong	Tom Koror

Trivia

• This episode marks the first Tribal Council at which exactly three people cast votes. At all previous three-person Tribal Councils, one of them had immunity and the other two did not vote.
• This episode marks the first time a three-person tribe competes in a tribal challenge.
• This episode marks the first time a tribe is reduced to two members during the tribal stage of the game.
• The episode title was said by Coby in reference to Tom killing a great white shark with a machete.