Cookie Cutter Shark Takes Bite Out of Swimmer
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
61-year-old Mike Spalding received a little bite to his left calf Monday night as he was attempting to swim the nearly 30-mile Alenuihaha Channel from the Big Island to Maui.
Spalding was about 4.5 hours and 11 miles into crossing the channel at about 8 p.m. when he felt a sharp pain on his chest. He immediately began moving over to a kayak accompanying him. About 15 seconds later, he felt a bite to the calf and started bleeding profusely.
The 3″ diameter, 1″ deep wound on the back of his left leg, was most likely inflicted by a cookie cutter shark (famous for taking melon-ball-sized chunks of flesh from its prey.)
Spalding was more upset about having his swim cut short than he was about his injury.
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Most likely caused by??? If I was in the middle of the ocean and had a “melon ball” sized chunk missing from any part of my body, I’d want some answers.
like my friend that informed me about this “attack” said — “shark attack? shmark attack!”
looks almost like piranha teeth
i fill so sorry for whoever gets bitten by this beast
ha ha cookie cutter… LOL lmbo Laugh my socks off
I mean LMSO
man ther teeth are sharp
it looks like its smiling when it opens its mouth.
thay are cool
Holy marrcorni and cheese! that cookie cutter is sure on the loose!!!
This is true and should be taken very seriosly even though they are very small sharks they do exist!
does not give me the photos?why
fuck man if i had any thing like A stupid cookie shark come up and bite me i would fucking eat the damm thing and then mabe grab it and tose it into my python cage and see how long it would servie
this is so dumb they’re not a beast they’re rarely known to bite humans they only come to the surface at night time and they rarely ever kill anything, they’re technically a parasite. get your facts right
so if i were to go swimming at night time, skinny diping something could go missing like a bit of a nut
you are 1 angry biologest