( ABC News) 'Jaws did a lot of harm'īy the early 1970s, Valerie had made and appeared in plenty of underwater films, but it was the 1971 shark documentary, Blue Water, White Death, that really made her name as an ocean cinematographer.
Valerie Taylor has spent a lifetime underwater, and has no plans to stop any time soon. And it's a film Taylor had a hand in creating.
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In some ways, her decades of advocacy has been about undoing the damage wrought by Jaws, the movie that did more than anything else to spread the fear of the monster in the dark, evil depths. it becomes a different thing, it's the big monster that nobody can see in the deep, dark, evil depths. "That's all considered to be part of life. "In a year, more people die just driving to the beach or getting bitten by dogs. The spearfishing champion turned conservationist has spent much of her life challenging the public's fear of sharks.
You couldn't possibly hurt Emma, she's too sweet." She rushes over when he goes into the water. I know a guy who's got a giant female as a pet in the ocean. "I've known some pretty good tiger sharks. "Tiger sharks are great big pussycats, they're very easygoing," she says. Instead of living out a quiet retirement, she's putting on a hot-pink wetsuit and petting sharks. Valerie Taylor isn't your average 86-year-old.
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