The shark that bit me on the hand I put in his mouth

Remember the line abut how you didn't punch that guy, you just held out your hand and he ran his face into it? Well:

The man was surfing about 150 to 300ft offshore at 7.30am on Friday when he was approached by a 5 ft blue shark. Apparently, he felt something next to his leg, thought it was seaweed and tried to brush it off… then he realised it wasn’t seaweed. He tried to punch it to get it away from where he was but as he went to punch it, his right hand went into its mouth. After a brief struggle, the shark let go...