Shark studies have even found that touching a sharks snout can.

Can you hit a shark's nose. Love shovel nose sharks and all the other ray Sharks super easy to catch and really good fun on light tackle. So perhaps a no on punching sharks. If you have a spear gun or pole use it.

Conservationist and wildlife author Richard Peirce who lives between Africa and the UK has had many sharks approach closer than I was happy with and. A British surfer has described himself as really lucky after he had to fend off a shark by punching it on the nose when he was attacked off the coast of New Zealand. De Gelder advises to go wild punching and attacking the shark however you can.

If it looks aggressive hit it on the nose hard Burgess said. Follow these tips to make beach trips safer. Just fry em up fish n chips style and wack on some lemon and ur sweet mate.

According to Burgess this is just like throwing the first punch when approached by a school bully. Dont try to escape by swimming and splashing away furiously. Usually a hard blow to the sharks gills eyes or snout end of its nose will cause it to retreat.

Aiming for the nose which. This has given rise to the belief that a sharp punch in the nose will repel almost any shark attack. A sharks nose eyes and gills are extremely sensitive and necessary for its survival marine biologists say.

These are really the only vulnerable areas on a shark. Further if a shark is circling you and appearing aggressive in nature buy yourself some time to swim to safety by surprising the shark with a punch to the nose. The three shark species that are blamed for attacks on humans The Great White Shark The Tiger Shark and The Bull Shark are either over average in size to extremely large.