Shark bites man in arm off Jensen Beach
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Photographer: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC.
Posted: 03/16/2012
JENSEN BEACH, Fla. - A man was bitten in the arm by a shark off Jensen Beach amid several reports of sharks in water.
Martin County officials say a bull shark bit the man multiple times in the arm Thursday afternoon. His injuries were not life-threatening.
Lifeguards had called swimmers and surfers out of the water at Jensen Public Beach Thursday - twice - after sharks were spotted in the area. Beach-goers waited about half an hour before returning to the water.
Sharks have already been spotted in other parts of Florida this beach season. In Volusia County, a teenage boy and a young girl suffered bites within five minutes of each other Wednesday afternoon. Over in Brevard County, a man was bitten on the Canaveral National Seashore earlier this month.
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