The third shark attack this year took place on Friday in the US state of Florida: a 40-year-old fisherman was bitten in the arm and was in critical condition. The victim appears to have contributed to the attack. Because the man had pulled the predatory fish onto his boat before it bit.
The incident occurred just before noon off the east coast of Florida. After a group of fishermen caught the shark, it was pulled aboard – a fatal mistake.
First responders were alerted to the shark attack – the Nassau County Sheriff’s Marine Unit found the man on his boat with a “severe bite to his right arm” and had already lost a lot of blood.
“A deputy quickly boarded the boat and applied a pressure bandage to stop the bleeding,” the sheriff’s office said, CNN reported. “The deputy then directed the boat to the Dee Dee Bartels boat ramp, where the Fernandina Beach Fire Department was waiting.” The critically injured man was eventually airlifted to a hospital. He was in critical condition but is expected to recover quickly, the sheriff’s office said.
Risk of lightning strike 30 times greater than shark attack
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, shark activity in Florida waters peaks between April and October. “However, shark bites are still very rare,” the agency explains. “In Florida, people are 30 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to be bitten by a shark. Experts agree that the increase in shark bites in recent years is due more to an increase in human visitors than to an increase in shark population or activity.”
It is the third shark attack this year. In mid-June, three people were injured in two incidents that occurred just 90 minutes apart. The beaches where the accidents occurred were only about four miles apart.
Source: Krone
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