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SHARK LEAVES TOOTH IN GIRL'S FOOT

A 7-year-old girl from Missouri was bitten by a shark while playing in two feet of water, Beaufort County deputies said.
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This was the key quote in the article which explains this behavior from the shark. As the waters get warmer, these types of situations will occur more frequently. I remember catching a shark when I lived in Florida, and we were fishing off the beach. I literally caught the shark 50 feet from the shoreline.

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BOY REPELS SHARK ATTACK WITH KICK

A swift kick was enough to see off a shark that attacked a 10-year-old boy as he was surfing at Raglan.
Ref. https://www.stuff.co.nz/hlc/1,,93498~3896685a11~,00.html

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DIVER ESCAPES AFTER POKING SHARK'S EYES

A man who survived a shark attack off Australia's south coast Tuesday poked the animal in its eyes after it chomped down on his head, said police.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/200...-australia.html

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SHARK BITE VICTIM 'HAPPY TO BE ALIVE'

All the way back to shore after an 8-foot tiger shark chomped into his left leg, Harvey Miller thought he might die.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/21/shark.attack.ap/index.html

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Beach warnings in effect after shark kills triathlete

The county's first fatal shark attack in a half-century focused worldwide attention on a stretch of coastline with no history of shark activity. The attack occurred about 7 a.m. yesterday off Solana Beach, a community of about 13,000 known for its strong tradition of triathlon competition. One of those competitors, David Martin, 66, died while swimming with eight other members of the Triathlon Club of San Diego.
Ref. https://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20..._1n26shark.html

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Shark-attack survivor describes ordeal in Puerto Rico

University of San Diego law student Lydia Strunk, 27, is facing a year of physical therapy after surviving the seventh shark attack in Puerto Rico's history Ref. Source 6

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Horror for onlookers as shark kills man

Blood pooled around Adam Strange as he was repeatedly dragged underwater by a massive shark, unable to make it to the safety of a nearby rock. Ref. Source 6