This guy's story (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21114193-5006784,00.html) is amazing!

AFTER two minutes wedged head-first in the great white's jaws, his air supply gone and the shark trying to tear him in two, Eris Nerhus took his chance.
As the 3m fish opened its mouth before another bout of thrashing, Nerhus stabbed at its eye with his abalone knife and fought free. Reclaiming his scuba regulator to restore his airflow, the diver went for the surface 8m above him, trying to stay calm.

"Even though I didn't have my goggles, I could see it quite clearly because it was that close to me," he told the Nine Network yesterday, one day after his brush with the great white off the NSW south coast. "The big, round black eye, five inches wide, was staring straight into my face with just not one hint of fear, of any boat, or any human, or any other animal in the sea."

Surrounded by blood from wounds to his torso, Nerhus was pulled out of the water by his 16-year-old son. "Just before I got out of the water it was just coming up under my legs again, so I'm sure it would've probably bit my legs off on the next one and Mark would've lost me."

Once he was free, he was probably safer than he thought. Most shark attacks on humans are accidental, and they only "taste" us with a little nibble before deciding we're a poor meal. If the shark really wanted to eat him, he'd be dead.

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/science/body/bodyshock_shark.htmlThe majority of attacking great whites, will bite their victims only once and then leave the scene. Researchers believe that they prefer prey that is rich in fat, like marine mammals – a preference that would explain why they generally spit out humans who make relatively low-fat foods. In support of this idea is the observation of aggregations of great whites feeding selectively on the blubber, but not the muscle layers, of whale kills. Marine birds and sea otters also seem to be rejected for being too low in fat; these animals are commonly found having suffered injuries from encounters with great whites, but are rarely ingested.

What that article didn't tell you was that the guy was wearing a lead-weight diving vest, which took the significant brunt of the attack.

He was bitten twice - first on the head (which shattered his goggles & broke his nose, so it must have just been a love bite), and then around the torso.

The lead vest would have been what put the shark off, without a doubt - even sharks know about lead poisoning!

I don't care if he's ****ing Superman in disguise...

I'm impressed by anyone who survived an attack by a great white =P

Freaking lucky!

Viking genes 4tw!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/25/mountain.lion.ap/index.html
Woman, 65, saves husband from mountain lion

Wow! Scary to think it wouldn't let go after a few whacks.