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16/07/2005: "BABY SHARKS SAVED"

The idea (to save the sharks) came from a friend's young wife who watched as a razor sharp knife sliced open the stomach of the whaler shark. We'd noticed a steady quiver in the stomach area some hours after the shark had been brought ashore. This was sooon discovered to be a pregnant female with her litter.

"Put them in the water" said our friend, "see if they can swim". The sequence was recorded on 16mm motion picture film with my Bolex hand wound camera. Later becoming popular-with-children in the 90 minute cinema documentary Australian Seafari. The movie toured regional east coast Australia for more a decade, proof of it's popularity.

It was also a popular press and newspaper feature at the beginning of a new appreciation, curiosity and fasination for everything 'sharks'.