Follow these tips to make beach trips safer.

What would happens if you punch a shark in the nose. In fact the Wildlife Museum puts your odds of death by shark attack at 1 in 37 million which are lower than death by fireworks lightning or car accident combined. Have you ever tried punching underwater. 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.

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. Watch me play games livehttptwitchtvthejustinflynn -- wwwtwitchtvthejustinflynnc2947307utm_campaignarchive_exportutm_sourcethejustinflynnutm_. And punching them in the nose is not your best defense.

Another suggested victim for a punch in the nose. As it turns out this is usually a very bad idea that can result in losing your fingers hand. THE FACTS -- Forget for a moment that the odds of being attacked by a shark at the beach are.

Some theorists claim the best defensive action during a shark attack is to wind up and punch that sucker 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. While in some cases its wise to play dead around a bear a grizzly or a mother defending her cubs its also.

However such injuries are much more likely to be caused by strikes to the hard bones of the jaw than by strikes to the softer bones of the nose and mid-face. 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. So perhaps a no on punching sharks.

As any armchair ichthyologist will tell you the most sensitive part of a shark is its electroreceptive snout. What to do if a shark is near you. Hitting a shark on its nose can make it release you if attacked and if it isnt a large shark.