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By Stone Martindale Sep 20, 2006, 18:28 GMT

Elizabeth Taylor swims with sharks

A true Hollywood survivor, and fan of marriage, so much so she did it eight times, London born beauty Elizabeth Taylor has some experience dealing with "sharks."Throwing caution to the wind, the brunette violet-eyed 74-year-old actress lwas recently swimming with the real kind of sharks in a shark cage.Though wheelchair-bound, the intrepid star doffed a mask and snorkel, and plunged feet first into the Pacific Ocean for a shark-viewing excursion.Taylor described it as the "most exciting thing" she has ever done.Taylor maintained her modest glamor by wearing jewelry and sporting perfectly manicured red nails for the dive.The two time Oscar winner took the plunge and went for a 30 minute dip in the Pacific, looking for the dangerous fish.Being helped back on board the boat, she slipped on a caftan.Taylor blasted those ready to write her off on CNN's Larry King talk show, and she recently wrote to gossip columnist Liz Smith, claiming: "For someone who has been in bed with a bad back, I have done all the things I've dreamed of. I did get into that shark cage. It was the most exciting thing I've done in my life." Rumors had swirled about her health due to the fact Taylor was a reclusive figure, confined primarily in her Hollywood home

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