INJURED – 20 January 2012 – Taimali, Taitung County, Taiwan – fisherman bitten
The fisherman is taken to hospital after sufffering a shark bite to his left thigh
A 24-year-old Indonesian fisherman (not named) working in Taiwan for the past two months was bitten on the left thigh by a shark while bringing it aboard the fishing boat. He suffered a 10 cm bite wound.
He thought the shark was already dead, but when he brought the shark aboard the boat it turned and bit him on the leg.
The incident happened on 20 January 2012 at Taimali, Taitung County, Taiwan.
The shark responsible for the bite on a fisherman in Taiwan
He was taken to hospital some 2 hours ways.
The shark (not identified) was just over a metre long and weighed 70 kg, according to the report.
Source:
Taiwan TV
Kindly translated by my friend in Taiwan, Scully Wang.
PIC Source: Stills extracted from video news report
Explore posts in the same categories: Asia, fishermanTags: fisherman, shark attack, shark bite, Taimali, Taitung, Taiwan, thigh
You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site.
10 February, 2012 at 8:13 pm
This is not shark attack. It’s self defence. Don’t confuse the issues
15 February, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Yea you are correct. But we cover shark bites as well.
15 February, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Blue shark, classed as near threatened due to overfishing. Not much sympathy for the fisherman.