Who is Rodney Jonathan Fox?

Rodney Winston Fox is an Australian film maker, conservationist, survivor of an attack by a great white shark, and one of the world’s foremost authorities on that species. He was inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in 2007.

How did Rodney Fox get away from the shark?

“Then I grabbed the shark in a bear-hug, right around the chest and around the back and I held on, thinking it can’t turn around and bite me.” After realising he was still 60 feet underwater, and running out of breath fast, Rodney let go of the shark and swam for the surface.

How old is Rodney Fox?

81 years (November 9, 1940)Rodney Fox / Age

What happened Rodney Fox?

Some 462 stitches later, Fox is regarded as one of the luckiest shark attack survivors in the world. The damage to his body was horrific – all his ribs were shattered on his left side, his diaphragm was punctured, lungs were ripped open, and his shoulder blade and artery were left exposed.

How old was Rodney Fox when he was attacked?

AT 23 YEARS OLD AND JUST MARRIED, RODNEY FOX WAS DRAGGED TO THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN BY A GREAT WHITE SHARK. The fight of his life ensued, but miraculously he survived, with 462 stitches proof of the near-fatal encounter.

How big was the shark that attacked Rodney Fox?

about eleven feet long
In South Australia, he held four of the five records for great white sharks over one ton. He wrote to me in hospital: “Rodney Fox, Shark Victim, Royal Adelaide Hospital.” He said he thinks it was a great white shark of about eleven feet long and that I was really lucky that time.

How big was shark that attacked Rodney Fox?

Where was Rodney Fox bitten?

The Attack Rodney became the South Australian Spear Fishing Champion in 1962. In 1963, he married the love of his life, Kay. Four months after his marriage, while defending his state championship title, he was attacked by a Great White Shark. The attack happened at Aldinga Beach, 50km south of Adelaide.

When did Rodney Fox get attacked by a shark?

1963
You might say it’s in our blood, what we do and why we exist. It began in 1963, when Rodney Fox was savagely attacked by a Great White while defending his Spear Fishing Champion title off Aldinga Beach, South Australia. It changed his life, and he became fascinated with the primeval creature that had almost killed him.

Who is Rodney Fox Sharks expeditions?

Soon later, Rodney Fox Sharks Expeditions was born. Rodney believed that the best way to educate people about sharks was by great white shark diving tours on the Neptune Islands, Port Lincoln. We currently are the only liveaboard boat on the Neptune Islands.

What makes Rodney Fox the Everest of shark diving?

Deep-water encounters with great whites are what make Rodney Fox Expeditions the Everest of shark diving. While many of the world’s cage-dive operators hang cages off a boat then lure sharks up to the surface with bait, Rodney Fox takes tourists “out of the kiddie pool” – as Andrew calls it – and down to the depths where great whites live.

What happened to Rodney Fox?

I n 1963, a young insurance salesman named Rodney Fox was competing in a spearfishing contest off Aldinga Beach, near Adelaide, South Australia, when he suddenly felt an immense force smash into his side. “I felt like I’d been hit by a train,” Rodney recalls. “My chest was clamped, like in a vice. I was a bone in a dog’s mouth.”

What was Rodney Dangerfield’s injury from a shark attack?

At the time, the attack, by a great white shark, was the worst in which the victim had survived. Rodney suffered shattered ribs, a collapsed lung, a ruptured spleen and deep lacerations that arced from his shoulder to his waist. He had a total of 462 stitches and still has a shark tooth embedded in his wrist.