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Most people are attacked because a shark mistakes them - seeing their silhouets, swimming on the surface - for a seal, which is a favourite shark snack. Not flapping your arms and legs about and being on the same depth as the shark will help - Scuba divers are rarely if ever spontaneously attacked. Moving away slowly and quietly (if you can keep your nerve) will probably get you out of harm's way. Hitting them on the nose if they come close is supposed to help too, but that of course takes a lot of cold-bloodedness. And remember that most sharks are not randomly aggressive: it takes a lot of buckets of blood and other bait (and patience) before you can get them to make the kind of open-mouthed attacks that you see in pictures.

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