Shark-Bitten Man Found In Florida Waters!

According to WPTV.com, a man encircled by several sharks was rescued Wednesday afternoon off Stuart Beach in Florida.

A lifeguard noticed the man, who was apparently kite boarding, in an unguarded stretch of water. When the lifeguard investigated he discovered the victim had several shark bites.

He put the man on the board, returned to shore, and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

The shark-bite victim was transported to Martin Memorial Hospital in grave condition.

Shark Bites Dubai Surfer!

A surfer was been bitten by a shark just off Dubai’s Umm Suqeim beach (not too far from those fancy man-made islands). Australian Michael Geraghty needed stitches for the gash on his foot after the attack.

However, experts have told the public not to be alarmed as, although sightings of sharks are common in the Gulf, such attacks are extremely rare.

Geraghty was riding the waves on Saturday when he was pulled from his surfboard. When he looked down, he saw the blood in the water. He was taken to Rashid Hospital’s emergency department where doctors told him there were teeth marks around the big gash across the ball of his foot.

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Uh, That’s Not Seaweed… Shark Chomps Man’s Hand At Australia Beach

A man escaped with hand injuries after reportedly being attacked by a shark while surfing off 13th beach in Australia.

The man was surfing about 150 to 300ft offshore at 7.30am on Friday when he was approached by a 5 ft blue shark.

Apparently, he felt something next to his leg, thought it was seaweed and tried to brush it off…then he realised it wasn’t seaweed. He tried to punch it to get it away from where he was but as he went to punch it, his right hand went into its mouth.

After a brief struggle, the shark let gp and the man swam to shore where he was taken to the hospital with bite marks on his right hand.

He spent much of Friday morning with plastic surgeons tending to his wounds.

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Beaches Reopen After Fatal Attack

Beaches in Cape Town, South Africa have reopened after being closed for two days when a man from Zimbabwe was killed by a shark at Fish Hoek beach.

The man was attacked by a great white shark while around 300 ft off shore on Tuesday.
An official for Cape Town released a statement saying that “although the beaches have been declared safe, both Shark Spotting and lifesaving services will continue.” He added that visitors to the beach should remain in groups and go no further than waist deep in the ocean.

Several eye witnesses viewed the attack on Tuesday. Swimmer Kyle Johnston spoke to a Cape Town newspaper, saying: “We looked at the walkway and saw people waving towels at us, then we looked further out to sea and saw what looked like blood, and a man’s leg come up.”

This was the second fatal shark attack on the same beach since 2004, when an elderly women died when she was attack by a great white shark while swimming.

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Deadly Shark Attack at South Africa Beach!

A swimmer was attacked and killed by a shark at Fish Hoek beach near Cape Town.

A search was underway to locate the swimmer, but nothing so far.

The victim was a white male, between 32 and 38 years old. The identity of the victim is still unknown.

Twitter users also confirmed the attack.

“Holy sh*t, we just saw a GIGANTIC shark eat what looked like a person right in front of our house in fishhoek. Unbelievable,” wrote skabenga.

Bathers have been warned to be on the lookout for great white sharks which traditionally cruise this stretch of the coast at this time of year.

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UPDATE: The victim of Tuesday’s unfortunate attack was Lloyd Skinner, 37, an engineer from Harare, Zimbabwe, and UCT MBA graduate.

Suspected Shark Attacks Three in Central Vietnam!

According to Thanh Nien Daily, an unidentified fish suspected to be a shark attacked three people in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh on Saturday .

Nguyen Minh Tuan was swimming 300 ft off Quy Nhon Town at around 6.45 a.m. when a fish bit his left arm two times before swimming away. A man fishing nearby rescued Tuan, who had to undergo a two-hour surgery.

Tuan said the fish had grey and rough skin, and looked like it weighed 50-80 pounds.

Meanwhile, another man was attacked at around 5 p.m. the same day when he was bathing in the same area. He was also bitten twice on his right wrist, damaging arteries and nerves.

“The fish’s skin was a bit smooth and weighed around 35-40 kilograms. I’m absolutely sure it was a shark,” he told Thanh Nien.

The fish was also reported to attack a local woman, causing minor injuries to her.

Since last July around ten people have fallen victim to the fish at Quy Nhon beach.

Thai Ngoc Bich, chairman of Quy Nhon town’s People’s Committee, said the fish was likely to be a shark, stressing that they would take actions, including offering a reward to those who could catch it.

Reef Shark Bites 9 Year Old Girl!

A 9-year-old girl was bitten by a white tip reef shark while snorkelling on a reef off Thursday Island in far north Queensland, Australia yesterday.

Reenie Morrissey was snorkelling with friends in about 9 ft of water when the 3 ft shark bit her twice on the knee. Yeouch. The shark had two chomps at her. Luckily it bit her knee otherwise it would have hung on a bit longer.

Reenie went pale and into a bit of shock, but later she was laughing about it. Now she’s got a good holiday story to tell her school buddies.

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Florida Diver Bitten By Shark!

A Miami man was bitten by a bull shark Wednesday morning while spearfishing near Elliott Key. He snagged a barracuda when a nearby bull shark lunged for the fish and ended up biting the man. He is expected to undergo surgery to repair his lacerated arm.

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Another South Africa “Nip”

Simon Bruce, 20, was bitten on the foot by a shark at Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday morning. He sustained five bites in his left foot, three of which are “quite big and deep” and required stitches.

Bruce was walking out into the sea at about 8:30. He was no more than chest deep when he felt a bump on his foot. He didn’t feel the bite at all.

Then he felt something rub against the top of his legs and assumed right away it was a shark.

He said he didn’t see the shark at all and immediately headed back to the beach. While he was wading back to shore his foot started to “feel funny” and he realised he had been bitten.

Two friends on the beach wrapped his badly bleeding foot in a towel and took him to a hospital where he received a tetanus shot, the bite wounds were disinfected and stitched, and his foot was bandaged.

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Shark Attack Victim’s Family Sets The Record Straight

[By Olivia 'OJ' Symcox] The family and girlfriend of shark attack victim Peter James Fraser have set the record straight regarding the facts about the shark attack which occurred in Ponta do Oura last week on Tuesday 22 December. Contrary to reports circulating in the media, Fraser did not lose any limbs, although he did sustain 6 injuries of varying severity from his encounter with the 6 ft shark, which has been tentatively identified as a juvenile Tiger shark.



Fraser, 27, and his girlfriend Nicolene Latsky, were holidaying in the Mozambiquan tourist hotspot of Ponta Do Oura. At approximately 4:30pm on the day of the attack, Fraser was swimming in the bay and caught a wave to shore. As he was exiting the water, he felt something bump his leg. Thinking it was his girlfriend, he thought nothing of it. However, the shark came back at him, biting him on the right knee causing him to fall to his knees in the less than 2 ft of water.



The shark came at him again from his right hand side, biting him beneath the right shoulder and again on his back on the right hand side. The worst of his injuries were sustained when he fought the shark off with both his hands. The shark bit down on his hands, resulting in deep cuts across all of his knuckles on his left hand, almost severing through three tendons on the top of his fingers. His right hand sustained less severe lacerations. Peter then exited the water unassisted, where he was treated by a paramedic who was on holiday at the same location.

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