Never try and fight or punch a shark if it comes for you he adds.

Do you punch a shark in the nose or eye. For more Shark Week check out. They sense thing through smell the magnetic nose thing and by touch. In the extremely rare instance of a prolonged negative encounter the stereotypical advice is to punch the shark on the nose.

Should you punch a shark in the nose. The nose punch usually works because the shark isnt trying to eat you. THE CLAIM -- Fight off a shark by punching it in the nose.

One is that its super hard to punch anything underwater making a good thump on the nose pretty unrealistic. Instead Peirce says you should stand or swim your ground and stare the shark right in the eye. THE CLAIM Fight off a shark by punching it in the nose.

They touch with there mouth. Punch the shark then leave right away because an aggressive shark might return back shortly. Instead shark expert George Burgess of the International Shark Attack File advises walloping a sharks nose for the same effect source.

I had read years ago that in such situations the best way to avert an overly-interested shark is to punch or bump its snout. Shark studies have even found that touching a sharks snout. Your position in the water also determines how successfully you can strike.

So I made my hand into a fist and as the shark continued straight at me I lightly bumped its snout when the shark was about one foot away. There a couple of problems with this. If you are swimming and completely unarmed punch the sharks supersensitive nose or stab at its eyes or gills.