what to do if a shark is attacking?

Question

What do you do if a shark is attacking? Also what do you do if you see a shark aproaching you?

Answer 1

There are many things you can do to prevent and defend yourself from a shark. Things you can do to prevent shark attacks are:

-Wear sun block (I know it sounds weird but chemicals can deter a shark because of it's highly sensitive nose)

-If you have a wetsuit, wear it; not only will it keep you warm, but if the shark bites, it's senses will automatically tell it that it is not the stuff it's prey is made of.

- Do not go in the water if you have an open wound or have recently been in contact with blood, vomit, or other body fluids.

-Avoid areas of murky water and wherever there are animals that are prey of sharks (seals, schools of fish....)

-Do not splash around or make lots of noise. Sharks, as well as all predators, will always choose the easiest prey to attack first. Splashing and standing out from the group can make you look like a struggling fish.

-Do not wear anything bright colored or shiny that can catch a shark's eye.

-If you see a shark, swim slowly using powerful strokes. You have to convey the image that you are NOT their prey. Try to get out of the water immediately. Always keep the shark in your field of vision. Most importantly, don't panic.

If you are actually attacked by a shark there are some things you can do to defend yourself.

- The eyes and gills are the weakest points on the shark. Poke, jab, hit, scratch... do whatever you can to annoy the shark.

-Always keep fighting, do not give up.

-Try to keep yourself from being taken to deeper water, where you won't have the advantage of being able to stand.

-Beating on the shark's nose may help, but it has had mixed results.

-I suggest trying to scratch the eyes and dig your fingers into the gill slits, then bend them over towards the back of the shark.

Answer 2

Don't be afraid, face it, don't act like prey, and punch it in the eye.

That is the advice given by all the experts and pretty much spoils Discovery Channel's Shark Week for you.

A shark has senses that get it within range of its prey, but it uses its eyes on the final approach to catch that prey. The eyes are its most important organ. When a White Shark attacks a third eyelid covers the eye to protect it.

When a White Shark bites a human, it often lets go because the human doesn't have as much tasty fat as its normal prey like seals. So do your best to not look like a seal (I don't understand black wetsuits for that reason).

Tiger Sharks are about the most dangerous when it comes to humans. They are smaller and a human seems more to be their size. When a shark sees or senses something new the only way it has to explore is to bite it. So a shark bite may just be a shark trying to find out what you are.

When prey is in trouble it flails about and makes a lot of noise and movement. If you do that then you look like prey, if you don't look like prey then the shark is going to look for something else. Clearly, if you are bleeding then you smell like prey so you are acting like prey.

Answer 3

Well, here's how it happens: You know that rooftop aquarium own the street? Well, there's a shark in there. A BIG F*ucking shark. Great f*cking white, man. Well, it just had a heart attack and hot damn it's angry. Raging. Friggin pissy mood. So it's flailing around and ends up JUMPING OUT OF THE F*UCKING TANK. (Why the shark was driving a tank, I don't know) So, now he's flying off the roof, right? Just barreling down to the ground, just making a big huff about it all the way down, snarling and ripping at doves. And there I am, waiting for a taxi right at the foot of the building. All there is, is this shadow coming over me. I'm like "wtf?" I look up and HOLY SH*T THERE'S A F*UCKING SHARK COMIN HIGH SPEED AT MY FACE! I sidestep, it craters into the sidewalk. I'm safe. Then a bear comes out of no where and shoots me in the face with its projectile talons

Answer 4

Either bop him on his nose really hard or feed your friend to him.

If you see a shark approaching then don't make a lot of movement.

Answer 5

Swim as proffesionly as you can they do not go for healthy prey. Do not flail or freak out they preffer weak unhealthy prey over healthy and may not even go for healthy. It is to conserve energy until they can find suitable prey.

Answer 6

I aint got a clue and I hope I aint never put in the situation, or anybody else that I know.

Answer 7

I have seen this on tv.......you should start hitting and poking it in the nose and eyes.
-J