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What happens when you touch a shark's nose. It can also be induced in sharks and rays by stimulating the tiny sensory pores located on their snout. 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. 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 a camera a stick a rock -.

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 shark bites thinking youre food and when it realizes youre not it lets go leaving a cut but little else behind. What happens if you touch a sharks nose.

Sharks smell blood many kilometers away The target of this meaningless statement which can be found in many different versions in the media is clear. Do not try this party trick at home. The author wishes to express the notion that sharks have a well-developed sense of smell.

Nobody should ever encourage this type of behavior. 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. As it turns out this is usually a very bad idea that can result in losing your fingers hand.

Whether in the wild captivity or a laboratory. Specialized gel-filled pores in the sharks nose called ampullae of Lorenzini are responsible for this formidable sixth sense. Scuba divers off the coast of the Bahamas recently demonstrated this trick putting a.

THE CLAIM -- Fight off a shark by punching it in the nose. Discovery Channels highly anticipated Shark Week has begun and INSIDE EDITION spent some time swimming with sharks and got some tips from shark expert Andy. Its reactionary but not always aggressive and often happens much more slowly than photographs suggest.