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- “In the beginning, we didn’t have a wet suit,” says Taylor. “We didn’t even have proper scuba gear. So we worked our way up all the years. And I can only say it was a great adventure.”
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Apr 29, 2022 · In 1980, Valerie and Ron went as far as using themselves as human bait to prove sharks were no threat. Wearing protective chain-mail suits, they covered themselves in raw fish to coax sharks to ...
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Oct 27, 2021 · Taylor, wearing a chain-mail suit, is bitten on the arm by a shark in 1982. Taylor’s indomitable spirit shines through the entire film. At 12, she was diagnosed with polio and hospitalized — she was told she could not go home until she could walk. So in nine weeks, she forced herself to walk.
Jun 14, 2021 · Footage in the documentary of Valerie underwater with sharks accurately shows the interactions between humans and sharks. The message is that sharks don’t see humans as food.
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Continuing the story of the remarkable life of Valerie Taylor, the celebrated underwater filmmaker and shark conservationist. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ...
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Nov 25, 2019 · Valerie Taylor has been bitten twice and nipped once by sharks in 40 years of diving with them -- without permanent injury.
Jul 23, 2021 · Underwater trailblazer: Pioneering Australian diver Valerie Taylor has developed such a strong understanding of sharks that she was pictured magazine with her arm in the mouth of an apex predator...
Jul 27, 2021 · It quickly became clear that the Taylors were battling two unwilling parties: the shark and the professional stuntman, Carl Rizzo, who didn’t know how to dive and panicked at being lowered in...
