Valerie Taylor — the girl who swam with sharks

Fierce Girls

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Would you willingly put your arm in a shark's mouth? Valerie Taylor did. She was a pioneering shark conservationist who believed sharks are friends, not foes. Valerie thrived in a male dominated world, and even had a brush with Hollywood when she worked on the film Jaws. This fearless, fierce adventurer of the sea had a mission; to change people's attitudes towards sharks. She travelled the world, diving and swimming with sharks and campaigning to protect them.

Narrated by Australian champion freediver Amber Bourke.

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0:00.0	This is an ABC podcast.
0:05.2	Kaya, non-curl Millie Rose, non-wooditch cooling.
0:08.7	Hi, I'm Millie Rose, I'm a fierce girl.
0:11.6	We recognize Aboriginal and Torres Australian Islander
0:14.8	peoples as the first peoples of this place now known as Australia. We are grateful
0:20.4	for the continuing care of the lands, waterways and skies.
0:24.4	From here on Nongar country and from wherever you are listening.
0:28.6	We respect the elders of the past and present.
0:31.4	Yes. Go. of the past and present. This is the story of the girl.
0:35.0	This is the story of the girl who swam with sharks.
0:42.0	Valerie Taylor.
0:44.0	Red by Australian champion free diver Amber Burke.
0:49.0	Welcome! Welcome to Australia's biggest and best beer fishing competition.
0:59.0	We've got 700 men and seven women here today to see who can bring in the biggest fish.
1:07.0	It'll be a tough contest, but my monies on the Lady Slayer herself, Valerie Taylor.
1:14.4	Valerie zipped up her pink wetsuit,
1:16.8	tied a ribbon around her pony towel,
1:19.2	and trudged into the water.
1:21.6	She'd been hunting fish since she was a teenager,
1:25.3	swimming alongside them, gaining their trust,
1:29.3	then thrusting her spear straight into their guts. But the more fish she killed, the more it felt
1:37.0	wrong.
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