Cats that fell off boats?

-Blast

Jellyfish?

So, would you bring along Mary Ann or Ginger?

Must be Creamed Herring. Slow death by high cholesterol?

Mary Ann, definitely.

Actually the mythbusters did a show on sharks. One thing they tested was moving verses staying still. This came from reports from survivors of the Indianapolis. With an interview with one of the survivors. They put Tory and and Grant in shark suits. One thrashed about the other stayed still. Then they reversed roles. As reported by the Indianapolis survivor staying still appeared to be the wiser decision. The sharks tended to go for the movement.

Don't bleed.

Fend off a shark from the worst case scenario handbook.

Jim

Well, according to the video I have posted above playing dead or splashing violently is not a good idea. They advise going for the eyes - well maybe it can have some effect but to me it sounds like last resort action. I wouldn´t count on it.

But other videos below how to survive attack of various animals (bear, gorilla, ...) are quite informative - check them out.



Very interesting trick.

The show I saw was not Mythbusters. I believe it was a segment done by a common anti-hero of this forum, Les Stroud, called Surviving Sharks. I can't find the video online but the link to the episode guides for the 2 shows is below. Stroud's segment was the one that used mechanical dummies (shown in the slide show) surrounded by chum to test their reaction to sharks. I think the reason I remember it is because the result ran contrary to accepted wisdom. The show did imply that staying in groups was better.


http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/episode-guide/episode-guide.html