A marine and shark conservationist is making international waves with a video that shows her swimming naked with sharks in Durban waters.
Lesley Rochat, founder of the AfriOceans Conservation Alliance and self-proclaimed ‘shark warrior’ recently stripped down for a photo shoot as part of the campaign ‘Get Hooked on Conservation, Ban Drumlines’, which aims to stop the culling of sharks using drum lines in Western Australia and South Africa.
A drum line consists of a floating drum with two lines attached to it. One line is joined to an anchor on the sea bed, while the other attached to a large baited shark hook dangling underneath the surface of the water.
According to her blog Rochat has been diving with sharks for more than 15 years.
You can watch a behind-the-scenes video here:
