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Playing with Sharks

I wanted to have my own special life. -(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING) Well, when I was 12,I...

I wanted to have my own special life. -(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)
-(CHILDREN CHUCKLING) VALERIE: Well, when I was 12,
I was diagnosed with polio, infantile paralysis

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I wanted to have my own special life.
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-(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING) -(CHILDREN CHUCKLING)
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VALERIE: Well, when I was 12, I was diagnosed with polio,
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infantile paralysis.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:53
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary, adventure
Production
National Geographic,WildBear Entertainment,National Geographic Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

Pioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, who has dedicated her life to exposing the myth surrounding our fear of sharks.
(BABY CRYING) - Playing with Sharks 00:10
(BABY CRYING)
They started sending me books. - Playing with Sharks 00:11
They started sending me books.
I just loved those books, I read them over and over. - Playing with Sharks 00:11
I just loved those books, I read them over and over.
I'd made up my mind I was going home. - Playing with Sharks 00:13
I'd made up my mind I was going home.
They said I couldn't and I did it. - Playing with Sharks 00:10
They said I couldn't and I did it.
VALERIE: I'm grateful that it didn't paralyze me for life. - Playing with Sharks 00:19
VALERIE: I'm grateful that it didn't paralyze me f...
MALE REPORTER 4: But no one's anxious to be slaving over a hot stove, - Playing with Sharks 00:17
MALE REPORTER 4: But no one's anxious to be slaving ove...
VALERIE: The club used to have these trips, you know. - Playing with Sharks 00:26
VALERIE: The club used to have these trips, you know.
I was looking for adventure in the underwater world, - Playing with Sharks 00:12
I was looking for adventure in the underwater world,
VALERIE: I used to be there, and he would ask me if I'd model for him. - Playing with Sharks 00:08
VALERIE: I used to be there, and he would ask me if I'd...
RON: I clearly remember the first time that I filmed Valerie underwater. - Playing with Sharks 00:16
RON: I clearly remember the first time that I filmed Valerie...
I made my own bikinis. - Playing with Sharks 00:11
I made my own bikinis.
RON: She was interested in the underwater world like I was. - Playing with Sharks 00:13
RON: She was interested in the underwater world like I was.
I was the woman spearfishing champion, - Playing with Sharks 00:09
I was the woman spearfishing champion,
Ron and I discovered spearing a fish often attracted sharks. - Playing with Sharks 00:07
Ron and I discovered spearing a fish often attracted sharks.
RODNEY: During that period of time, divers were dragging - Playing with Sharks 00:18
RODNEY: During that period of time, divers were dragging
VALERIE: We heard about Rodney's shark attack with horror. - Playing with Sharks 00:07
VALERIE: We heard about Rodney's shark attack with horr...
RODNEY: There was 485 stitches in my chest, - Playing with Sharks 00:11
RODNEY: There was 485 stitches in my chest,
Oh, I'll get in the water somewhere, sometime, but I don't know. - Playing with Sharks 00:06
Oh, I'll get in the water somewhere, sometime, but I do...
VALERIE: We knew it was a great white shark that bit him. - Playing with Sharks 00:17
VALERIE: We knew it was a great white shark that bit him.