| The AFP reported on 25 Jan 2007 that a brave | | | | hospital bed. |
| scuba diver repelled a Great White Shark attack | | | | Eric, a father of two teenage kids realized that his |
| yesterday. How did this man escaped from the most | | | | only hope of escaping from the shark was by |
| feared predator of the sea, the monstrous Great | | | | stabbing repeatedly at the creature's eye with his |
| White Shark which is known to grow up to 30 feet | | | | abalone chisel as the shark begun to shake him side |
| long and can weigh tons? | | | | to side in a vicious vice like grip around his waist. The |
| The Australian scuba diver, Eric Nerhus said that he | | | | struggle was so violent that Eric's regulator (breathing |
| resisted the shark attack so vigorously because he | | | | apparatus scuba diving gear) was knocked out from |
| did not want to be an undignified fish food. Fish | | | | his mouth preventing him from breathing and his |
| food? The Great White Shark is no ordinary shark It | | | | diver's face mask crushed. |
| is a huge mean meat eating machine and nothing in | | | | The shark must have been hurt by Eric's vigorous |
| the ocean can stand against its ferocity and | | | | stabbing of its eye that it suddenly paused, and then |
| viciousness. | | | | open its mouth just in the nick of time for Eric to |
| Scuba Diving Shark Encounter | | | | escape from the shark's deadly jaws. The gallant |
| According to Eric, he was scuba diving collecting | | | | scuba diver then swam painfully to the surface |
| abalone in the ocean south of Sidney when he | | | | followed by the shark not too far behind him. He was |
| suddenly found himself half way into the gigantic | | | | quickly pulled to safety by his son before the Great |
| mouth of the 10 footer monster with its sharp razor | | | | White shark gets its second chance of making Eric its |
| teeth grinding on him. He told Australia's Nine Network | | | | fish food. |
| TV station that he was so shocked at first that he | | | | The waters of Australia, South Africa and Florida are |
| did not know what was happening. 'I went straight | | | | known to experience Great White Shark attacks on |
| into its mouth. My shoulders, my head and one arm | | | | scuba divers, snorklers, surfers and swimmers now |
| went straight down its throat and I could feel its | | | | and then. Attacks by The Great White sharks are |
| teeth crunching up and down on my scuba diving | | | | usually fatal and this scuba diver must have been |
| weight vest.' he described to reporters from his | | | | very lucky to have escaped one piece. |