Tips in Avoiding a Shark Attack

“The Kids’ How to Do (Almost) Everything Guide” by George Burgess gives 13 useful tips in how to decrease your chance of being attacked by a shark.

1. Sharks tend to attack individuals who are swimming alone so always swim in a group.
2. Stay close to shore.
3. Sharks are most active at night, dawn and dusk. So, avoid the water during those times.
4.  Sharks are able to smell and taste blood. If you are bleeding do not go in the water.
5. Avoid wearing shiny jewelry because sharks can mistake the reflected light as fish scales.
6. Bait fish are attracted to sewage and sharks are attracted to bait fish. So, if there is sewage in the water don’t go in.
7. Don’t go in waters being fished and waters that have an abundant amount of bait fish.
8. Sharks are commonly spotted along beaches but to avoid the chance of being bit, don’t enter the water if sharks are present.
9. Avoid wearing brightly colored bathing suites because sharks see contrast well.
10. Avoid an unnecessary amount of splashing.
11. Sharks like to linger around sandbars and drop-offs so, be extra cautious when in those areas.
12. Because propoises are around, the absence of sharks is not definite.  Don’t let your guard down just because porpoises are nearby.
13. Of course, if you spot a shark don’t try to touch it.