He was an Australian Navy clearance diver when he nearly died in a bullhead shark attack. This year, he taunts them on ...

De Gelder is a former Navy diver who survived a near-fatal undersea attack. He became a shark conservation advocate after ...

Paul de Gelder lost his right hand and leg when a bull shark mauled him back in 2009 in Australia. Now, de Gelder is hosting ...

Paul de Gelder, who lost his hand and leg in a 2009 shark attack, joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about his new Discovery ...

He was their prey, then became their protector. Paul De Gelder was a diver in the Australian Navy, running counter-terrorism exercises in Sydney Harbor. In 2009, a 9-foot bull shark mistook him for… ...

Paul de Gelder will appear in How to Survive a Shark Attack, a special based on his 2009 bull shark encounter during a Navy training dive in Sydney Harbour. The episode uses controlled simulations and ...

Ironically, de Gelder, 36, was able to channel his experience into an appreciation for the deadly predator. “The more you learn about sharks the more you want to spend time around them,” de ...

Paul De Gelder: Well, I was never really interested in sharks. I just wanted them to stay away from me. I was a Navy bomb disposal diver and so I was always diving in super murky water with ...

NEW YORK, July 7 (UPI) --Australian Navy diver and marine life conservationist Paul De Gelder says a "hectic" year led to him starring in five new Shark Week specials for Discovery.De Gelder will ...

Australian Navy diver de Gelder is spending Shark Week getting up close and personal with great whites As an Australian Navy diver, Paul de Gelder is used to stressful situations, but five-and-a ...

De Gelder stands out in any Shark Week as the survivor of a horrific 2009 bull shark attack. He, a Navy diver, was in Sydney Harbor when he was bitten, lost his right hand and most of his right leg.

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