You have heard you punch shark the nose. is not good idea, David Shiffman, Ph.D. student the University Miami's Abess Center Ecosystem .
Your odds death shark attack 1 3.7 million, are than death fireworks, lightning, car accident combined. attacks happen, and, we've heard, best to is bop flesh eating aggressor its schnoz. does actually work?
If you're diving shark-inhabited waters, sure you're a pair. way a shark shows up, can the animal sight. "The shark an apex predator," Peirce notes.
The shark the animal most commonly associate a sucker punch. rumor that good, hard punch the snout going send shark reeling. a couple problems this. is its super hard punch underwater, making good thump the nose pretty unrealistic.
However, shark attacks happen, when do, can deadly. "[Sharks] easily rip flesh bone, there many recorded instances sharks tearing human body two the strike," Bear. . However, it you its grip, for vulnerable points its gills eyes punch shark as .
If you don't anything you, your fist punch. gills eyes especially vulnerable parts the shark. Position in way protects head neck being bit. soon you can, out the water. you're exiting water, don't turn back the shark don't thrash around.
Incident reports reveal hands victims mangled attempting punch a shark. So, rule out it be avoided. Again, not pull if are bitten the .
De Gelder advises "go wild," punching attacking shark you can. eyes, nose, gills all good targets. "Anything shows shark you won't it," says.
Experts hitting shark the tip the nose, the eye in gills stop from biting you, least temporarily. Follow tips make beach trips safer.
Punching shark the snout, is recommended, result a great deal damage your hand also puts hand close the mouth. the shark in bite, whatever can defend yourself. possible, to target most vulnerable parts the animal: eyes gills. . survive major shark .
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