YOU WERE ATTACKED BY A GREAT WHITE SHARK

So let’s say you’re splashing about in the waves and a great white decides to go in for a nibble.

Sharks like to attack from below and behind so you’d probably be struck in the legs.

They also have bad table manners: they don’t chew. They tear and rip by thrashing their heads from side to side and rolling their bodies.

Sharks like to saw flesh off then swallow it whole. A single bite is more than enough to remove your leg.

The great danger in a leg chomping is a cut to your femoral artery, which is responsible for oxygenating your entire leg.

If it were slashed unevenly or at an angle, it wouldn’t recede correctly – that’s bad. You’d black out in 30 seconds. From there you’d go into circulatory shock – your tissues would die from lack of blood, swell up and compound the problem by blocking blood flow elsewhere in the body.

Four minutes after the attack you’d have lost 20% of your blood and you’d enter a critical stage. Your heart needs a minimum blood pressure to keep beating and once you’d lost 20% of your blood volume you’d drop below that threshold.

After that it would be only a few minutes until complete brain death.