Interview with Shark Attack Survivor Mike Coots: OCEAN TALKS
In this episode of Ocean Talks, I interview shark attack survivor and photographer Mike Coots.
https://sharksbymikecoots.com/
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About Mike Coots:
Photographer Mike Coots lost his leg to a tiger shark and has since become one of the staunchest advocates of sharks, dedicating his life to protecting the animal that nearly killed him. From lobbying Congress, to sharing compelling stories on social media, he’s optimistic that the world can shift the negative stigma of sharks. Coots has been featured on CBS, NBC, CNN, MSN, PBS, Discovery, Time magazine, Yahoo!, Google, the Washington Post, National Geographic, BBC, AOL, the New York Post, Adventure Journal, Reader’s Digest, Smithsonian magazine, Outside magazine, TMZ, Vice, BuzzFeed, and the Daily Mail. He has written for CNN and the Huffington Post and spoken to the United Nations. He created a petition about the importance of protecting sharks in the North Western Hawaiian Islands; resulting in the largest protected area on Earth when signed into law in 2016.
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Video Chapters
00:01:38 -The day everything changed. A Tiger Shark attack.
00:03:33 -Where did you get attacked?
00:07:10 -Did you see the shark?
00:10:50 -What was it like getting on a surf board with a prosthetic?
00:12:55 -Photographing Sharks
00:17:06- Using Portrait lens to photograph sharks
00:23:20- Great White Shark approaching feeding sea lion
00:27:05-Sharks Near Humans
