New Zealand Nibble!

Greg Sims, 49, was enjoying a dip just south of New Zealand’s Tukituki River mouth when he felt a sharp, painful bite on the back of his leg. Sims, a registered nurse, used his towel as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding before driving to Hawke’s Bay Hospital.

At first, Sims thought it was a stingray since he never saw a fin, but rays leave a sharp whip-like laceration. This wound was the shape of a bite, and there was a chunk of flesh missing. Ew. The hospital sent a photo of the wound to shark expert Clinton Duffy who confirmed it was a shark bite.

The lead suspect: a broadnose sevengill shark. It’s a common large coastal shark species, with an almost non-existent dorsal fin so you wouldn’t see it break the surface in shallow water.

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