Don't go Swimming near the fishing piers!
Um, sharks eat fish. They can't really tell the difference between a leg and a fin. Sorry.
Now, don't get all freaked out about swimming in the ocean.. jsut be SMART about it! We are sharing this planet, after all.
Now have fun!
LAUDERDALE- BY-THE-SEA
Teen recovering from shark bite
A teenager escaped with minor injuries Thursday after a small shark bit his stomach — and stayed there.
BY HANNAH SAMPSON
hsampson@MiamiHerald.com
Brendan Chapman shows the injury he got on Thursday night, a few hours after he struggled to free himself from the jaws of a shark.Brendan Chapman was doing all right Thursday night, no small wonder considering just a few hours earlier he was struggling to free himself from the jaws of a shark.
The Oakland Park teenager said he was snorkeling in 10 to 15 feet of water by Anglin's Fishing Pier in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea when the three- or four-foot nurse shark attached itself to the side of his gut.
''Put it this way: I was more than freaked out,'' said Brendan, 14.
He struggled toward shore. The shark came along.
Broward Sheriff's Fire Rescue got the call about 4 p.m. Lt. Rob Melendez said it came in as a shark bite.
''Then it changed to: The shark is still attached,'' Melendez said. Paramedics arrived within minutes to find a situation Melendez had never encountered in his 26-year career.
The beach has no lifeguards, and Brendan said dozens of people gathered around. Some high school kids who recognized him tried to get the shark off by poking its eyes, jabbing its gills and prying its jaw.
Melendez tried something he'd seen in the movies:
''I just gave him a big nudge in the nose, like a pound in the nose,'' he said. ``He kind of shook his body. And he let go.''
Brendan was finally free.
read the rest of the story at the Miami Herald
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