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How badly was Winter hurt?
As soon as we got her detangled she began resting, showing that she was really exhausted. She might have been struggling for a long time, maybe overnight. She had rope burns all around her body.
At first we didn’t realize how bad the damage to her tail was. Then I got a phone call from my team asking me to tell them what it looked like and how she was doing. I started crying; it was the worse I’ve seen. She wasn’t moving her tail and it looked postmortem, like something on a dead animal. The film did not show as much damage, but I can understand why they changed it for young kids.
The movie shows the rescue being rather quick. How long did it take for you to rescue Winter?
It took the whole day for us to recover her. It was very challenging because my team didn’t have a transport—and the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute’s team, who did have a transport, got a flat tire on the way to rescuing her. We also did not want to send her organs into shock, so we kept her in the water for a while. Another woman and I switched off holding her in the water between 10 a.m and 5 p.m.
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Taken at Melbourne Zoo
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A lion fish in Melbourne aquarium
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Day 8: Melbourne Aquarium - Melbourne, Victoria ...
Yes, with that astronaut -like helmet too! I was suited up in a proper wetsuit, and the astronaut helmet itself was nearly 20kgs. It was fitted onto my neck by a machine, and the cables attached to the helmet were only released when I was underwater. Yup, the water bouyancy made sure it won’t break my neck!
It all started here… The new Shark Walker experience at Melbourne Aquarium offers visitors the chance to walk underwater, stepping into the 2.2 million litre Oceanarium, while breathing naturally with a custom-made Shark Walker helmet.
The 45 minute tour doesn’t require any previous dive experience or training, only bathers, towel and a lot of courage!
So yea! I did it!