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90-year-old William Shatner conquers his fear of sharks by swimming with them
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Posted on 07/15/2021 12:50:33 PM PDT by mylife

As Discovery’s Shark Week swims on, Monday’s special called Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek, featured Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, trying to conquer his fear of sharks by boldly going and jumping into the water with them.

“I am deathly afraid of sharks,” Shatner told the show’s host, Josh Gates. “I really am.”

So to ease the Star Trek actor into things, Gates started by taking Shatner through a couple of relatively safe visits with hammerhead and reef sharks, neither of which are known to eat or attack humans. But those were just the appetizer courses, the main course was swimming with potentially deadly tiger sharks, and hoping not to become the main course.

With Gates and a team of experts at his side, Shatner came face-to-face with various tiger sharks while underwater, some as long as 15 feet. And while there were a couple tense moments trying to predict when and where the sharks would swim next, Shatner seemed to genuinely love the experience.

“They’re so beautiful, they’re unlike anything I’ve ever seen,” he said.

And despite the danger involved, viewers on Twitter loved seeing Shatner in the water with the sharks, saying things like, “William Shatner is one of the greatest icons and greatest human beings, and to see him on Shark Week is beyond a treat. Thank you, sir.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: shark; sharks; sharkweek; shatner; startrek; wboopi; williamshatner
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To: Zathras
Scuba diving is more dangerous than the sharks.

Yep, not even close

21 posted on 07/15/2021 1:03:39 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: mylife

He’s 90! What has he got to lose, really?


22 posted on 07/15/2021 1:03:52 PM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: mylife

That guy has the most incredible work ethic of any human who has ever lived.

He’s 90 and could probably to to a typical SF convention and bed half of the women there if he wanted.

He did work for a travel company on spec -in exchange for stock - and made out like a bandit. (and making out with Nichelle Nicoles was a fantasy for more than just me, back in the day...)

Shows no signs of slowing down. He’s pretty much done whatever he wanted to do and gotten paid for it...

How many people tweet to the ISS and get a reply back!

An incredible person.


23 posted on 07/15/2021 1:06:59 PM PDT by RedStateRocker (NUKE MECCA. ABOLISH THE DEA, IRS, AND ATF)
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To: mylife
"..there were a couple tense moments trying to predict when and where the sharks would swim next.."

I hate when the shark and I swim into the same exact space.

24 posted on 07/15/2021 1:10:20 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: brownsfan

he did it all while listening to the surf punks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPjLTDtn2sw


25 posted on 07/15/2021 1:11:57 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: RedStateRocker

Gotta love the guy! Truly iconic.


26 posted on 07/15/2021 1:12:39 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: RedStateRocker

And he still owns Dobermanns.


27 posted on 07/15/2021 1:15:07 PM PDT by Salamander (We Have Forgotten The Faces Of Our Fathers....)
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To: RedStateRocker

An incredible person indeed.


28 posted on 07/15/2021 1:15:18 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: RedStateRocker

“and bed half of the women there if he wanted.”

I’d be happy to meet his dogs and talk Dobes for a while.

:)


29 posted on 07/15/2021 1:16:27 PM PDT by Salamander (We Have Forgotten The Faces Of Our Fathers....)
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To: mylife

Tonight Show Sarah Palin Disses William Shatner December 11th, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BjR7kri6uo


30 posted on 07/15/2021 1:17:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RedStateRocker

Apparently Nichelle was Gene Roddenberry’s girlfriend, so hands off if you wanted to stay employed.


31 posted on 07/15/2021 1:18:26 PM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: gr8eman
Guess sharks don't have a taste for ham...
32 posted on 07/15/2021 1:18:56 PM PDT by Dubh_Ghlase (Oh boy!)
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To: mylife

One of my favorite human beings. Live long and prosper, Bill!


33 posted on 07/15/2021 1:20:07 PM PDT by montag813
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To: mylife

Big fan of Shatner. The man is hilarious.

With Shatner being 90 the sharks swimming could be serving a dual purpose; he wants to overcome his fear of sharks and if it goes wrong he can avoid a lingering death from old age.

When I get up there in age and my body stats failing I may do something similar.


34 posted on 07/15/2021 1:22:17 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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To: dfwgator
Tonight Show Sarah Palin Disses William Shatner December 11th, 2009

There were no disses. It was all in good fun, scripted and planned. Kudos to Conan for treating her with more respect than others.

35 posted on 07/15/2021 1:23:17 PM PDT by montag813
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To: mylife

Hey Bill... check out the 0:14 mark on this video from last year in Fiji...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf2GqoKUl6U


36 posted on 07/15/2021 1:27:11 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

Ooffa!!


37 posted on 07/15/2021 1:27:48 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: algore

“The ones he swam with were probably like pussy cats.”< P>He swam with Tiger sharks.


38 posted on 07/15/2021 1:31:17 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mylife

THE Captain of Shark Trek.


39 posted on 07/15/2021 1:33:35 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Remember the Gorn fight? That thing was throwing boulders stuff at him. Bill Shatner used his hand chops to the Gorn’s ear holes to get out of the bear hug of death.


40 posted on 07/15/2021 1:34:59 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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