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What happens if you touch a shark's nose. An image of a diver reaching out of a dive cage and touching the nose of a shark off the coast of Guadalupe Island Mexico has been circulating online and in the media. Trying to subdue a shark is probably not the safest of things to do for fun but if youre ever in a shark attack situation and are able to strike the animals nose some say it might actually stop it in its tracks. That being said attacks do happen and as we all have heard the best thing to do if attacked is to channel Mike Tyson and bop the flesh eating aggressor on its schnoz.

The author wishes to express the notion that sharks have a well-developed sense of smell. As it turns out this is usually a very bad idea that can result in losing your fingers hand. This has given rise to the belief that a sharp punch in the nose will repel almost any shark attack.

They detect smells through two nostrils on the underside of their snout they do not use their nose to breathe as humans do. In fact the Wildlife Museum puts your odds of death by shark attack at 1 in 37 million which are lower than death by fireworks lightning or car accident combined. PRIVATE DIARY httpsgoosu1S4kWe have a riddle for you.

New follow up video postedhttpsyoutubeDuoxXz7m88kWe are hearing more and more that white sharks are not the mindless killers portrayed by the media Ho. And which of these would you risk picking up. If you start touching them around the snout they can pick up your electro-receptions and they know youre possibly edible He advises using something hard - be it.

If a shark bites you what we recommend is you should hit the shark in the eye in the nose or stick your hand in the gills says Chris Lowe of the California State University Long Beach Shark Lab in an instructional video. Like humans sharks have five senses. Touching the snout of a shark can elicit an instinctual mouth-gaping response.

The shark bites thinking youre food and when it realizes youre not it lets go leaving a cut but little else behind. Do not try this party trick at home. Scuba divers off the coast of the Bahamas recently demonstrated this trick putting a shark in a trance-like state.