A young man was attacked by an almost two-meter shark while surfing in Florida

man from FloridaUnited States, was wounded after the attack shark six feet (1.8 meters) long on an east coast beach, local media reported on Monday.

county authorities Volusiain central Florida came to the aid of a 24-year-old Miami man who was surfing on a beach in New Smyrna Beach on Sunday afternoon and was bitten on the leg by a shark.

The young man, who was not seriously injured and went to a local hospital on his own, said that shortly before the attack he saw shark ate fish off the bait.

The incident is the second of its kind in the aforementioned county in seven days, and the fourth this year, according to a local newspaper. Daytona Beach News Journal.

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Prior to the Sunday attack, July 3, a 28-year-old Daytona Beach man was surfing on New Smyrna Beach when he fell into the water and was bitten on his left leg. sharkAlthough the injury was not serious.

Also last week, Addison Bethea, a 17-year-old girl, was discharged from a Florida hospital after having her leg amputated after being attacked by a 9-foot (2.7-meter) shark on the beach. state.

According to the International Shark Attack File, an organization affiliated with the University of Florida, the state has the most shark attacks. sharks people do occur, although experts agree that they are usually extremely rare.

In 202.1, Florida had 28 cases, representing 38% of the total that year worldwide, with a total of 73 unprovoked cases, of which 9 were fatal and 39 were provoked.

The researchers do not exclude that the number of attacks will increase due to the increase in the number of 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 water. (EFE)