Valerie and Ron travelled the world to learn all they could about sharks and share their new-found knowledge with the public. 

For the Papua New Guinean communities of Tembin, Mesi and Kontu, shark calling is a part of who they are. Sharks carry the spirits of their ancestors. In the 1980s, the Taylors were working on a German production about methods of attracting sharks. To understand traditional shark fishing, they travelled to the island of New Ireland, where after Valerie was ‘made a man’ for the day. She was allowed to witness the ceremonial preparation for what has been called the oldest extent method of shark fishing, observing first-hand how well it worked.