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Woman Taken To Hospital With Shark Still Attached To Her Arm

Up Close And Personal With Sharks A group of daredevil divers are seen getting perilously close to a school of dangerous sharks. Freedivers Carlos Estrabeau, 28, and Ocean Ramsey, 29, swam with a variety of shark... Up Close And Personal With Sharks A group of daredevil divers are seen getting perilously close to a school of dangerous sharks. Freedivers Carlos Estrabeau, 28, and Ocean Ramsey, 29, swam with a variety of sharks around 20 metres beneath the surface near West End in the Bahamas. Their close encounters, which saw them swimming just inches away from the animals, were captured by photographer Raul Boesel Jr. The group they got up close and personal with included a Caribbean reef shark, lemon shark, nurse shark and tiger shark - which are up to 14ft long. Photographer Raul said: "When I'm photographing sharks, I only have so much control of the space between myself and them. "You have no control over distance if they want to approach you. Sometimes, the shark can be just inches away from the lens. "The way I choose to photograph certain dives will depend on a variety of variables including wind, tide, water clarity, current, depth and the shark's behaviour." The brave photographer admits felling scared when the predators circled around him and his two friends. He added: "People ask me 'How are you not scared of the sharks?' Of course I'm scared - I'm well aware of their capabilities as predators. "The adrenaline you get keeps you sharp underwater. Some people rely on being very relaxed. "This slows their heart down to give them a longer dive and they also feel the sharks can sense the electrical impulses given off by the human body. "There are theories that an accelerated heart beat can induce different behaviours from certain sharks, maybe even putting you in danger. "I like having the adrenaline; it keeps me on my toes. The day I don't feel that rush, I'll probably stop diving with sharks." The freedivers do not use any equipment to help them breathe underwater which allows them to h... For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/KMECAAUEM (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — News reports say a 23-year-old woman was bitten by a small nurse shark in Boca Raton.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel http://bit.ly/22bGTSu reported the woman was taken to the hospital by ambulance Sunday with the shark still attached to her arm.

A spokesperson for the Boca Raton Ocean Rescue told the newspaper the woman remained calm and there was a little blood. A splint board was used to support the woman’s arm and the shark as she lay on the stretcher.

The Boca Raton Regional Hospital operator told the AP that the woman had been treated and was in the process of being released Sunday afternoon.

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  1. Weird news. Must be a slow news day.

  2. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    I hope (but do not expect) that the shark was OK.

  3. Poor shark was just exercising its right to keep bare arms.

  4. So much for the theory nurse sharks don’t bite people.

  5. HA!

    And like many Second Amendment patriots, he exercised his right to the point where it was detrimental for its health.

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