Australian diver survives shark bite to head

An Australian diver bitten on the head by a 10-foot great white shark survived the attack by poking one of its eyes.

An Australian diver bitten on the head by a 10-foot great white shark survived the attack by poking one of its eyes.

Abalone diver Eric Nerhus, 41, was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries to his head, body and left arm after the attack today off Cape Howe, near the eastern town of Eden, about 250 miles south of Sydney.

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