Paul de Gelder, who stars in the new Discovery Channel special "How to Survive a Shark Attack," shares tips on how to stay safe during an encounter.

He was an Australian Navy clearance diver when he nearly died in a bullhead shark attack. This year, he taunts them on Discovery Channel with a series of stunts in his 10th year with the TV event.

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De Gelder, a Shark Week veteran of over a decade, has built a career on surviving the unthinkable. While working as a Navy bomb disposal diver in 2009, De Gelder was attacked by a bull shark, losing both his right hand and leg to the animal.

De Gelder is a former Navy diver who survived a near-fatal undersea attack. He became a shark conservation advocate after losing his right arm and leg in a bull shark encounter in 2009. The then-elite Navy clearance diver was on a counter-terrorism exercise in Sydney Harbor when he was attacked.

Hulu also offers live streaming on the Discovery Channel. Discovery recently released its programming ... "Great White North Invasion," "How To Survive A Shark Attack," and "Black Mako of the Abyss" It is not yet known who the host will be for the series ...