READ THIS…
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/conservation/news/2003/1027/1648102.html?partnersite=espn
That is huge. This is the kind of guy who, when he gets bit by a cobra, the cobra dies.
That story is amazing, but the shark man that really has impressed me is that fellow from Australia who had one of his legs taken off by a Great White in the 1970’s while scuba diving among a group of seals. He then spent the next thirty years fighting for the conservation of the Great Whites in Australian waters. Can’t remember his name at present, think his first name was Rodney(?) perhaps. Can any Aussies help out?
Rodney Fox was his name.
There’s a blurb on him at http://www.hgworld.com/australia/sa/articles/rodneyfoxsharkexperience.asp Part of it reads:
Rodney Fox is an Aussie legend. He’s a Great-White-Shark-attack survivor, with 462 stitches – and a doctor’s certificate – to prove it. Partially devoured during a spear-fishing competition (karma, anyone?) just south of Adelaide, he was so badly mutilated that, when he made it to shore, he had to stuff his vital organs back into his wounds. And yet, his life thereafter has been dedicated to the conservation of Great Whites. While some shark-attack survivors reportedly never so much as take a bath again, Rodney Fox gets up close and personal with his beloved predators at every opportunity.