WEBVTT - Can I Survive a Shark Attack by Gouging Out Its Eyes?

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<v Speaker 1>staff writer Charles Chuck Bryant. We call him Chuck. We

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<v Speaker 1>highly Chuck. How you doing, Chuck? Good? Um good, ul

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<v Speaker 1>Hold on, I know what you're doing. I know what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing. What is that from? Is it from? Is

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<v Speaker 1>it from Tremors? No, it's not from the awesome Fred

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<v Speaker 1>Ward movie Tremors? Is it another fred Board movie? Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>Uncommon Valor? No Remo williams now, huh, I'm just stumped.

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<v Speaker 1>What is it? It's from Jaws. That's right, that's right, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know what I have seen Jaws. It means

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<v Speaker 1>that we're talking about sharks. You want to talk about sharks? Yea,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talking about sharks and more specifically, what you can

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<v Speaker 1>do if you get attacked by a shark. What can

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<v Speaker 1>you do? I mean, I imagine like just lay there

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, bleed to death. That's what I always

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<v Speaker 1>planned on doing. That's one I know you you have

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<v Speaker 1>you professed to have a black belt and running away,

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<v Speaker 1>but swimming away is not quite the same thing, my friend.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the best advice you can give is to

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<v Speaker 1>to try and hit the shark in the nose, grab

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<v Speaker 1>the shark by the gills, or polkas shark in the eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll curly from the three stooges. Yeah, except I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if you can get your fingers across both sides actually,

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<v Speaker 1>which is cheating. It is cheating. But all of those

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<v Speaker 1>three things could have an effect on on making the

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<v Speaker 1>shark leave for a couple of reasons. I know you

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk a little bit about the receptors and

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<v Speaker 1>the shark's nose. How do you know that we're in

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<v Speaker 1>sync that way? Okay, we're sympatico right, all right, So

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<v Speaker 1>there's this thing in the sharks nose. It's basically in

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<v Speaker 1>the shark's nose um the area of it called the

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<v Speaker 1>ampuleae of Lorenzi, right, which you can order with a

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<v Speaker 1>side of sconge ly exactly, and you're all set and

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<v Speaker 1>fat and happy and you should probably wear the napkin

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<v Speaker 1>in your shirt during that meal. Right. So, Um, basically,

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<v Speaker 1>what what this is is, it's a series of these

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<v Speaker 1>little pores than they're jelly filled, and they have little

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<v Speaker 1>hairs in them, and it's a sharks electrical receptors. Sharks

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<v Speaker 1>pick up very very faint um electrical impulses put out

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<v Speaker 1>by like living things. Um. They movement creates electricity, that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of thing, and the shark can it's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the sharks senses. It's a sense that we lack that

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<v Speaker 1>a shark has, right, and that's probably a reason why

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<v Speaker 1>they've been around for hundreds of millions of years and

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<v Speaker 1>we haven't precisely, Yeah, and uh, they haven't changed that much,

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<v Speaker 1>have they now? They haven't. They used to be a

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<v Speaker 1>lot bigger. The the megala what was it called, I

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<v Speaker 1>think of megalo don. He was like a great white

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<v Speaker 1>but three times a size, like sixty ft long. Perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>that's unsettling. Yeah, yeah, so but apparently, and I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure if this would have been the same case with

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<v Speaker 1>the megalodon. But you if you punch a shark in

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<v Speaker 1>these pores, the Amfula Lorenzi, Um, it will it be

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<v Speaker 1>tantam out to basically punching you in your soul? Right,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, if you could, if you could detect maybe

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<v Speaker 1>punching you in your um, your your fillings, your mental fillings,

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<v Speaker 1>in your teeth while you were, you know, chewing aluminum foil,

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<v Speaker 1>I imagine would be something like that that will get

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<v Speaker 1>a shark's attention, will basically say back off, pal, right.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's a good chance that if you get ahold

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<v Speaker 1>of gills or you punch them in the nose like that,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're able to do this, that's the problem we

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<v Speaker 1>talked about, if you're able to have the wherewithal while

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<v Speaker 1>you're being attacked by a shark and taking in salt

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<v Speaker 1>water and possibly having a foot ripped off, that you

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<v Speaker 1>can bring it all together and say, let me go

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<v Speaker 1>find that I or that gill, or even make a

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<v Speaker 1>fist for that matter. Right. Um, it kind of makes

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<v Speaker 1>me wonder if something that another part on another podcast

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about, um, hysterical strength, if that comes into

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<v Speaker 1>play where you're just totally focused and just raining blows

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<v Speaker 1>upon some poor sharks thing, never come back, never come back.

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<v Speaker 1>That kind of yeah, like Cluver Lang and Rocky three

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<v Speaker 1>just go off on the shark's nose that much. Yeah. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if that would happen. I wouldn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to know. And there are some considerations to actually fighting

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<v Speaker 1>a shark. We also want to say that our our

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<v Speaker 1>esteemed colleague Kristin Conger wrote this article and she did.

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<v Speaker 1>She she knows her stuff. She actually went in the

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<v Speaker 1>shark fighter. Yeah, um, Kristen. Kristen points out that when

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<v Speaker 1>you're going for shark's gills or its eyes, you're also

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<v Speaker 1>simultaneously presenting your arm, going hey, shark, check it out,

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<v Speaker 1>you want this, take it? And the flailing limb is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of what they're attracted to in the first place

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<v Speaker 1>and something they can easily grab hold of. But I

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<v Speaker 1>know the MythBusters on the Discovery Channel tested this out

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<v Speaker 1>by putting a sort of a rock'am sock 'em robot

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<v Speaker 1>that they made in a outside of a shark's cage,

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<v Speaker 1>and this thing, would you know, they attracted the shark

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<v Speaker 1>and it would punch the sky in the nose, which

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of punched the shark and it was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of cool, but I also kind of felt bad for

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<v Speaker 1>the shark because shark abuse. Yeah, they're just trying to

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<v Speaker 1>eat you know, they don't mean anything. I know, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean most most shark shark attacks are you know, mistaken identity,

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<v Speaker 1>right stake in identity and sharks. Some sharks are threatened

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<v Speaker 1>because of overfishing and by catch when they catch sharks

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<v Speaker 1>when they don't mean to. And uh, it's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we need to protect the sharks, not not go around

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<v Speaker 1>punching them in the face. So, now that you know

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<v Speaker 1>this is very similar to martial arts. You never start

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<v Speaker 1>a fight with a shark, but if a shark starts

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<v Speaker 1>a fight with you, you can finish it. You should

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<v Speaker 1>probably brush up a little more and read Can I

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<v Speaker 1>survive a shark attack by gouging out its eyes? On

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