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VALERIE: I'm grateful that it didn't paralyze me for life
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Playing with Sharks

I'm grateful that itdidn't paralyze me for life. I'd read those books and it made me...

VALERIE: I'm grateful that it
didn't paralyze me for life. I'd read those books and it made me see
of all the possibilities in the planet. I didn't know how to achieve any of them,
but I knew they existed

Full Transcript

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VALERIE: I'm grateful that it didn't paralyze me for life.
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I'd read those books and it made me see of all the possibilities in the planet.
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I didn't know how to achieve any of them, but I knew they existed.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:31
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.
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.
Of course I wanted to go at the time, but I couldn't go. - Playing with Sharks 00:11
Of course I wanted to go at the time, but I couldn't go...
RON: Rodney arranged an expedition with Alf Dean. - Playing with Sharks 00:10
RON: Rodney arranged an expedition with Alf Dean.
DOUGLAS: At the time, other people had photographed other sharks. - Playing with Sharks 00:09
DOUGLAS: At the time, other people had photographed other sh...
RON: I'd never, ever seen it before on other people's documentaries, - Playing with Sharks 00:07
RON: I'd never, ever seen it before on other people...
RODNEY: After a couple of days we pulled up at Memory Cove and Alf said, - Playing with Sharks 00:11
RODNEY: After a couple of days we pulled up at Memory Cove a...
We got up in the morning, and saw great, big sharks. - Playing with Sharks 00:06
We got up in the morning, and saw great, big sharks.