Australians pull no punches when it comes to sharks

SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian man fought off a shark as he snorkeled near Sydney Monday, freeing his leg from its jaws with a punch.

"I just turned and started swinging. I think I got one on him," Steven Foggarty, 24, told local media as he stood on crutches outside hospital.

"I just saw the blood all over both feet and had a quick look to make sure both legs were there and they were there."

Foggarty was bitten on his right leg by the bull shark as he snorkeled in the mouth of Lake Illawarra, south of Sydney. He suffered 40 puncture wounds to his calf.

It was the third shark attack in Australia in two days.

Off Australia's southern island state of Tasmania, an Australian surfer punched a five-meter (16-ft) shark in the head as he rescued his 13-year-old cousin who had been bitten on the leg and dragged beneath the water Sunday....more.... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090112/od_nm/us_sharks_odd;_ylt=An3i0Ctmxleg_fyAdrGXyWXtiBIF

Really make a person want to go swimming in the ocean, glad they got away and weren't killed.

Knee deep is deep enough for me.