How to Save Yourself If Attacked by a Shark

First let me say that I have never been attacked by a shark, so don’t take what I have to say as anything more than face value.  But I’ve been watching Shark week all week on the Discovery Channel and I felt I had to share what I’ve learned. 

1. The number one easiest way to not get attacked by a shark is to not go swimming in shark infested waters.  Like when schools tell you the best way not to get pregnant is to abstain from sex.  Just stick to swimming in swimming pools in your backyard or at your local community pool. 
2. If you do go swimming in the ocean and get bitten by a shark, the best thing to do is punch it in its nose.  That will get the shark to let go of you and swim off.  Now it doesn’t prevent the shark from trying to get you again, but it will get them to let go of whatever they are biting onto.
3. Hit them in the gills or eyes as well.  These are tested and true means of getting a shark to let go of you. (myth busters said it would work)
4. When swimming, don’t wear a swimsuit that even remotely looks like an animal a shark would feed on.  Camo colored swim shorts could potentially look like the shell of a turtle in the eyes of a shark.
5. Don’t have any kind of dead or live fish with you when you’re swimming.  Be smart, don’t stuff your pockets with dead shrimp ahead of time.
6. When swimming, don’t wear bright colors.  It was tested that sharks reacted more aggressively to the colors yellow and red.  They practically ignored the swimmer in the black wetsuit.
7. If you are on a boat that sinks in shark infested waters it’s best to just sit and float there.  It was tested that the sharks were much more interested in the people flopping around in the water over the ones who just sat there.
8. Don’t go swimming at night!  You won’t be able to see a thing and yet a shark will be able to see you
9. If you do go swimming at night don’t use a flashlight.  It was tested that sharks are very interested and attracted to flashlights. 
10. Always go swimming with friends.  It won’t completely rule out getting attacked, but it is shown that sharks will single out the lone swimmer over the one in a group of people.
11. If you MUST go diving with sharks, invest in the wetsuit made of chain-mail.  Sharks can still get to you, but the chances of you losing your life while wearing it are much more slim.
12. If a shark bites on to you, bring your appendage up to your torso.  If they swing their head side to side with your arm or leg in their mouth there is a much greater chance of it getting ripped off.

That is all I have learned for now, once I get more information I’ll be sure to make another blog