{"id":157,"date":"2013-11-06T09:32:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T00:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2014-02-19T13:22:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T02:52:34","slug":"author-profiles-rodney-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/2013\/11\/author-profiles-rodney-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Profiles &#8211; Rodney Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 1963, Rodney Fox became\u00a0famous when he survived a brutal shark\u00a0attack off a suburban beach. Gathering his\u00a0courage he returned to the sea, determined to\u00a0make his living there. He fished for abalone\u00a0and built the first shark cage. Hollywood\u00a0came calling. Over five decades Rodney Fox has led\u00a0hundreds of expeditions to introduce filmmakers, scientists, shark\u00a0researchers and tourists to one of the world\u2019s great adventures \u2014\u00a0each endeavour adding grand stories to an exciting life.<\/p>\n<p>We asked Rodney a few questions about this extraordinary life, and his experiences with the great beasts of the deep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a favourite memory from your years of interacting with sharks?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy favourite memory would be when I scratched the back of a 10m whale shark and watched it wobble and shake in pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you share any bizarre or little known facts about sharks?<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen I witnessed two young adult dolphins harass a 4.5m great white shark whilst other dolphins in the family group ushered their baby dolphins away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\u2019s the most famous person your work has led you to meet?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve spent a few hours in a shark cage with a Miss Universe and made films with Jean Michel Cousteau and also Fred Gwynn from The Addams Family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?<\/strong><br \/>\nI would be a tall, elegant and colourful giraffe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you tell us about some of your favourite books, and why you like them so much?<\/strong><br \/>\nPatrick O\u2019Brian\u2019s Jack Aubrey series, starting with\u00a0<i>Master and Commander<\/i>, is a favourite of mine because of the books&#8217; sense of\u00a0adventure and camaraderie, as well as the way that O\u2019Brian brings early history to life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Rodney Fox\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/files\/newsletters\/Fox_Rodney.jpg?resize=584%2C388\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 1963, Rodney Fox became\u00a0famous when he survived a brutal shark\u00a0attack off a suburban beach. Gathering his\u00a0courage he returned to the sea, determined to\u00a0make his living there. He fished for abalone\u00a0and built the first shark cage. 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