The Great White Shark, natures “ultimate killing machine”, was thought to have a dominant force in the water for centuries. Yet, now the shark weakness has been uncovered.

Eric Nerhus, avid diver and self-proclaimed shark-beater, was diving off the coast of Australia when he encountered one of these, so called killing machines. Even when the shark had Eric’s head in its mouth and was ripping his flesh to shreds he didn’t lose his cool.

Mr. Nerhus forced his way out of the shark’s clutches and then turned to face his attacker. After a barrage of obscenities aimed at the shark’s biological mother, to lower its moral, Eric took to the task of defeating his foe.

The shark reacted to the taunts as Eric had expected and lunged to once again bit on the man’s head and that is when the master shark-beater’s plan unfolded. He sprung into action and launched his counter attack.

Eric, having spent much of his adult life in the water and without female companionship, understood that his fists were incapable of delivering the necessary blunt force trauma to the body of the beast to send it packing, a trick used by schools of dolphins. Instead Eric planned to use a different style of defense know as the Three Stooges Defense.

When the shark lunged the second time, in response to verbal assault, Mr. Nerhus focused all of his mental energy to locating his strike point, the eye. That’s right he poked the Great White Shark in the eye and it ran away.

The shark is suing Mr. Nerhus for the damages to his retina, which makes him vulnerable to attacks from the numerous deadly aquatic life off the coast of Australia. The shark states that is no longer safe for him to venture into open water. Mr. Nerhus’ attorney could not be reached for a comment.

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