If the shark bites into you and begins to drag you underwater dont play dead or give up.

If you hit a shark in the nose what happens. That way if a shark shows up you can keep the animal in sight. This has given rise to the belief that a sharp punch in the nose will repel almost any shark attack. Punch the shark then leave right away because an aggressive shark might return back shortly.

The ability to detect this electrical field allows a shark to find hidden prey. As it turns out this is usually a very bad idea that can result in losing your fingers hand. Fearless with Jason Whitlock.

All animals emit an electrical field. Well the first thing to know is that the chances of this happening are pretty slim. Specialized gel-filled pores in the sharks nose called ampullae of Lorenzini are responsible for this formidable sixth sense.

Hitting a shark on its nose can make it release you if attacked and if it isnt a large shark. Recently a California researcher has discovered another impressive feat that these specialized pores perform. As it turns out this is usually a very bad idea that can result in losing your fingers hand or even arm.

Punching one in the nose probably wont do enough damage to stun it and youve got the added problem of being a little too close for comfort to its enormous gaping jaws source. As any armchair ichthyologist will tell you the most sensitive part of a shark is its electroreceptive snout. It might just let go.

Follow these tips to make beach trips safer. 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. If you are swimming and completely unarmed punch the sharks supersensitive nose or stab at its eyes or gills.