An Australian surfer repeatedly punched a great white shark until it released the leg of his female companion, who was being attacked by the animal in New South Wales.
An Australian surfer repeatedly punched a great white shark to save his female companion who was being attacked by the animal in New South Wales state on Saturday.
The woman, 35, had been surfing at Shelley Beach, in Port Macquarie, in the morning when the attack occurred, according to NSW Police. The shark bit her on the right calf, then on the back of her thigh.The shark has since been identified as a juvenile great white, measuring about two to three meters in length, according to Surf Life Saving NSW, the lifeguard group which responded to the attack.
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