If a shark is nearby
A great white shark swims off Guadalupe Island in Baja California, Mexico. It hosts one of the most prolific populations of great white sharks in the world.
Don’t panic
So you’re being circled by a shark. The worst thing you can do right now is panic.
“Don’t start splashing around – you’re just going to excite, incite and encourage the shark’s interest,” said Peirce.
Humans, apes, dogs and cats all have paws and hands. If we want to explore something we pick it up and we touch it, we feel it, we put it to our nose.
“A shark has got no paws or hands, so if it wants to explore something, the only capability it’s got to do that is to put it in its mouth,” said Peirce.
“That’s why we often get exploratory bites which don’t result in death and sometimes don’t even result in serious injury. If you go swimming and splashing away, you’re almost inviting the shark to come give you an exploratory or an attack bite.”
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