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March 12, 2009 12:00am
"WILDLIFE Man" David Ireland hitches a ride on a unpredictable lemon shark.
The 62-year-old Sydney adventurer and documentary maker said the shark enjoyed the experience so much it kept coming back for more.
Ireland has just returned from Bora Bora in French Polynesia where he was filmed "shark wrangling" as part of his next project - a movie which combines fictional drama and wildlife documentary.
Ireland, who has earned global recognition for the 20 documentaries he's made for Discovery Channel, said yesterday his latest project was the biggest yet.
Special section: Sharks, menace in our waters
"It will be bigger than Croc Dundee. A mix of fictional story and the best wildlife footage you will ever see, from all over Australia," he said.
The story revolves around a bitter, broken documentary maker, living as a recluse, who is convinced to make another wildlife film to fund an operation to save a sick little girl.