Stay big or get small
This is where it gets complicated. If a shark is clearly in attack mode, you need to make yourself as big as possible in the water, according to Peirce.
“The bigger you are in the water, the more respect you’ll get,” he said.
But if the shark seems to simply be passing through, Peirce’s advice is to roll up into a ball.
“If a shark sees you as a competitor for its food source, that can be one reason it attacks you,” he explained.
“If I didn’t want to be seen by a great white shark as a competitor – and if it wasn’t showing massive interest in me – I would actually curl up so he shows even less interest in me.”
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