A 23-year-old fisherman (not named) was bitten on the calf after hooking a nurse shark in the Florida Keys, USA. He got into the water to release it and it bit him on the calf. The incident happened on June 15, 2012.
The brief report says Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a house in Summerland Key. The report adds he was transported to Lower Keys Hospital with only superficial injuries.
No other details were reported.
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Huffington Post
A brief report in the Newcastle Herald, says a fisherman (not named) was bitten on the left foot by a grey nurse shark while in the water picking up fish. He was not seriously injured and managed to sail back to nearby Nelson Bay to be treated at Tomaree Hospital. He had further treatment at John Hunter Hospital.
The incident happened around 4pm on Saturday, 25 February 2012.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Newcastle Herald
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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
A brief press report says a fisherman, Javier Perez, was bitten on his left thigh by a shark while wading in waist-deep waters off Anna Maria Island, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, United States. The incident happened on Sunday 2 October 2011.
According to the report he had just dumped his bait bucket into the water when the shark bit him.
Perez was taken to a Bradenton hospital with a small wound and scratches on his leg.
No other details were reported.
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“The biggest deal in my son’s case is that he fought it, kicked at it. He didn’t just stay there and say, ‘Here, get me’. I think the shark decided he didn’t want to mess with him anymore; he just swam off.”
Shawn Hamilton was bitten on the right foot by a Bull shark while fishing in waist deep water.
Shawn Hamilton, 14, was bitten on his right foot and shin by a 5-foot Bull shark while fishing with his father in waist-deep water near Mustang Island, Nueces County, Texas in the US. The incident happened around 4.30pm on Thursday 7 July 2011.
It’s reported he was in waist-deep water on the second sandbar off shore near Beach Access Road 2 between Port Aransas and Corpus Christi when the attack occurred.
According th media reports he yelled “Shark!” several times after he saw what appeared to be five-foot Bull shark approaching him. He jumped around trying to fend off the shark, but was bitten on the right foot and shin.
“I was reeling in my bait just making sure the line was tight,” Shawn told media. “All of a sudden, I see this shark come at me. … I felt it pound against my leg and I started jumping up and down.
“It’s pretty weird how I got away with a couple of bites and I still have my foot,” he is quoted as saying. “It was really like a sharp knife just going through your skin. You don’t feel it that much, but you knew it was there.”
He father told media: “We’re a fishing family, and we understand that every time we step foot in the water, there is a possibility of something like that happening. You’re part of the food chain once you get out there. We try to take all the necessary precautions.”
According to media reports, his father, Hamilton, thought his son was shouting because he was scared by seeing a shark swim by.
“I never knew an attack was going on. I thought he was in panic,” he said.
After the attack, Hamilton and his wife, Ronda, took Shawn to the beach, poured a gallon of distilled water on the wounds, wrapped two beach towels around his foot and leg and took him to Corpus Christi Medical Center.
He received 54 stitches.
He has lost feeling right side of his foot and it was not known if this would return.
His dad was quoted as saying: “The biggest deal in my son’s case is that he fought it, kicked at it. He didn’t just stay there and say, ‘Here, get me’. I think the shark decided he didn’t want to mess with him anymore; he just swam off.”
Sources:
Caller.com
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Caller.com
C. Pedro Luis Beltrán Camargo (25) was bitten by a shark on his left leg while he was fishing near the Revillagigedo Archipelago (Colima, Mexico), according to http://sharkattacksurvivors.com .
This follows a brief report by the UK Press Association and published in several media saying:
The Mexican navy said it has rescued a fisherman who was badly bitten by a shark.
A navy statement said sailors received a distress call from a shark fishing boat near the Revillagigedo Islands off Mexico’s Pacific coast.
One of the crew had suffered a serious bite wound on his leg and lost a dangerous amount of blood.
Sailors gave the boat’s captain instructions on how to stabilise the 25-year-old man, and sent an amphibious ship and a helicopter to get him into emergency treatment.
The navy said that he was in stable condition and out of danger.
It did not give details on the attack or say what kind of shark was involved. It is did not give the date of the shark attack.
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Charlie Gauzer - shark attack victim
Charlie Gauzer (age not reported – although reports do say he has been a fisherman for more than 50 years) was fishing off 8 Mile Beach, Galveston, Texas, US when a shark bit his leg, severing his Achilles tendon.
The incident occurred on Wednesday 14 July, 2010.
Reports are a bit sketchy, but say “a shark clamped its teeth into his leg as he kicked and paddled to try to get away”.
He’s quoted as saying: The size of the top of the head was about 2 to 3 feet wide.
“It was more of like a tree trunk hitting you. Then I started to feel pain and I looked down and I had blood coming out of my leg.
“It was gashed pretty good, down to the bone. But he missed the artery.”
There was no mention of the extend of his injury, what type of shark it was or where he was treated.
Sources:
Click2 Houston
NYPost
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Click2 Houston
Mike Seymore, 49, was bitten on the left leg while trying to remove a hook from a 4-ft lemon shark he had caught and pulled into the fishing boat he was on. He was fishing with a partner about 50 miles northwest of Tarpon Springs, Florida, US. The incident happened early morning Sunday, 30 May 2010.
Seymore was airlifted from the boat and transferred to Tampa General Hospital.
Seymore told media:
“I got the shark in the boat and he jumped one way, I jumped another and he grabbed my leg. It was about a 4-foot lemon shark. It’s a pretty deep bite and there will be at least 10 staples.”
He said they quite often catch sharks but cut them loose so they can get the hooks back.
“This one got me.
“He let go eventually, after he ripped a hole in my leg. It’s a pretty big gash, 6 inches long, but it’s wide open right now.”
Doctor stitched up the wound and released him a few hours later.
No other details were reported.
Sources
TampaBay.com
A fisherman (name not released) was bitten on the lower leg by 6-foot shark (species unidentified) he caught. The man caught the shark while fishing from a beach around 5pm local time. He then waded (some reports say he swam) out to the shark to release it and it bit him on the leg. He was taken to St Mary’s Medical Center. There were no details reported about the extent of his wounds, although he reportedly spoke to investigators. The incident happened off Riviera Beach, Florida, United States on Saturday 6 February 2010.
No other details were reported.
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