A man was injured after being attacked by a shark 1.8 meters in length on a beach on the east coast of Florida, USA, local media reported on Monday.
Volusia County authorities in central Florida came to the rescue of a 24-year-old Miami man who Sunday afternoon he was surfing on a beach in New Smyrna Beach and was bitten on the foot by the shark.
The young man, who did not suffer serious injuries and went on his own to a local hospital, he said that shortly before being attacked he had seen the shark eat fish from a bait.
Its about second incident of this type that occurs in the aforementioned county in a period of seven days and the fourth so far this year, according to the local newspaper The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Prior to Sunday’s attack, on July 3, a 28-year-old Daytona Beach man was surfing on a beach in New Smyrna Beach and, after falling into the water, was bitten on his left foot by a shark, although the injury did not turn out to be serious.
In addition, last week Addison Bethea, a 17-year-old girl who had to have her leg amputated after being attacked by a 2.7 meter shark long on a beach in the northwest of this state.
According to the International Shark Attack File, an entity linked to the University of Florida, Florida is where more shark attacks on humans occur, although experts agree that these are generally extremely rare.
In 2021 there were 28 cases in Florida, which means 38% of the total that occurred that year worldwide, when a total of 73 unprovoked cases were recorded, of which deadly 9, and 39 provoked.
The researchers do not rule out that the number of attacks increases in view of the increase in people on the beaches after the decline of the covid-19 pandemic, as well as the fact that these animals are increasingly prone to swimming in shallow waters.