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Playing with Sharks

This is the stuff Shark. The very word is enough to scare most people Great white sharks...

MALE VOICE 1: This is the stuff
nightmares are made of. MALE VOICE 2: Shark. The very word is enough to scare most people
out of their wits. MALE VOICE 3: Great white sharks
have no peer when it comes to terror. VALERIE: Anti-conservationists
call sharks "God's mistakes." It's just a heap of rubbish. They have been around unchanged
for millions of years. That's not a mistake. RON: Twenty-four hours a day,
they're on the prowl. VALERIE: I don't really think that a shark
swims around saying, "A-ha! There's a human,
I must swim up and eat him." They don't think like that. RON: There's gonna be a major problem

Full Transcript

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MALE VOICE 1: This is the stuff nightmares are made of.
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MALE VOICE 2: Shark. The very word
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is enough to scare most people out of their wits.
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MALE VOICE 3: Great white sharks have no peer when it comes to terror.
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VALERIE: Anti-conservationists call sharks "God's mistakes."
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It's just a heap of rubbish.
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They have been around unchanged for millions of years.
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That's not a mistake.
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RON: Twenty-four hours a day, they're on the prowl.
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VALERIE: I don't really think that a shark swims around saying,
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"A-ha! There's a human, I must swim up and eat him."
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They don't think like that.
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RON: There's gonna be a major problem.
Duration
41 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:42
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.
VALERIE: Ron and I decided to prove to the general public - Playing with Sharks 00:16
VALERIE: Ron and I decided to prove to the general public
VALERIE: Ron made a decision - Playing with Sharks 00:30
VALERIE: Ron made a decision
VALERIE: Everything you do in life is a calculated risk. - Playing with Sharks 00:07
VALERIE: Everything you do in life is a calculated risk.
If only he would bite me instead of the fish, - Playing with Sharks 00:20
If only he would bite me instead of the fish,
And Ron and Valerie wanting to show that, you know, it's not that way. - Playing with Sharks 00:13
And Ron and Valerie wanting to show that, you know, it'...
JEREMIAH: We still didn't really know what would happen - Playing with Sharks 00:11
JEREMIAH: We still didn't really know what would happen
VALERIE: Scientific opinion had the crush power - Playing with Sharks 00:15
VALERIE: Scientific opinion had the crush power
This is a misconception. - Playing with Sharks 00:07
This is a misconception.
They rely on the cutting edge of their teeth. - Playing with Sharks 00:13
They rely on the cutting edge of their teeth.
RON: The editors of National Geographic wanted to use the story, - Playing with Sharks 00:11
RON: The editors of National Geographic wanted to use the st...
But then we showed the editors our film. - Playing with Sharks 00:08
But then we showed the editors our film.
The editors gave their referees a kick in the backside. - Playing with Sharks 00:05
The editors gave their referees a kick in the backside.
JEREMIAH: It's been 40 years that they've been manufacturing - Playing with Sharks 00:19
JEREMIAH: It's been 40 years that they've been man...
VALERIE: It used to be brilliant for blue sharks. - Playing with Sharks 00:12
VALERIE: It used to be brilliant for blue sharks.
RON: There's a big market for sharks. - Playing with Sharks 00:06
RON: There's a big market for sharks.
And you just can't continually take something unless you replace it. - Playing with Sharks 00:06
And you just can't continually take something unless yo...
In the last twenty years, with the increase - Playing with Sharks 00:10
In the last twenty years, with the increase
there were 100 million sharks killed every year for twenty years. - Playing with Sharks 00:06
there were 100 million sharks killed every year for twenty y...
VALERIE: Sharks are part of a web of life. We've just interfered. - Playing with Sharks 00:06
VALERIE: Sharks are part of a web of life. We've just i...
It's a terrible thing to kill a beautiful wild animal for its fin. - Playing with Sharks 00:12
It's a terrible thing to kill a beautiful wild animal f...