Pulling a Shark's Tail Will Get It Off Your Ass 6.22K Jeff Neumann 10/31/10 08:33AM Filed to: Sharks Sharks Swimming Diving Animals Shark Attacks Gettypic Australia How do you fight off a shark attack? Pull its tail, apparently. That's what happened today in Australia when a dive instructor was bitten in the leg and butt and a swimmer yanked the shark's tail, which then fled.