Washington, Oct 5 : It's not just men, killer sharks also seem to get smitten by actress Hayden Panettiere at first sight.

In an interview on late-night U. S. TV chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the `Heroes' star revealed that she spends a lot of time in the water, surfing and protesting the killing of dolphins and whales.

She even revealed that she often found herself swimming with sharks.

"I tend to attract them everywhere I go... I''d really rather not see a shark while I''m paddling on a board... but, if you want to see a shark, put me in the water," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

The 19-year-old recalled an encounter when she attracted one shark by peeing in the ocean off Hawaii.

"This safety diver got in to take pictures of my brother and my mum and they had their fins on and when the shark comes too close, you put your fins in their face, and I didn''t have my fins on and all of a sudden... they start going, ''Shark, right behind you!''" she said.

"I was going, ''What could it be? Tiger shark, Mako, bull, Great White...'' I swam for my life... They were yelling at us because it''s the worst thing to do is to swim away from the shark and make all the splashing. I was like, ''Guys, you yelled shark... How else do people react? I practically walked on water back to the boat,''" she added. (ANI)