02/13/2006 Unknown Male (Australia)
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:36 pm
Man Bitten In Australian Shark Feeding Frenzy
(CBS4 News) QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA An 18-year-old man was bitten today as hundreds of sharks continued a massive feeding frenzy off eastern Australia.
Queensland state Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin said the man was wading in knee-deep water when he was bitten on the foot by a small shark. The wound required 11 stitches.
Several beaches along Queensland’s popular Gold Coast were closed over the weekend as more than 100 hammerhead, grey nurse and bronze whaler sharks fed off massive schools of fish moving along the coast.
Even though areas like Australia have their share of shark incidents, Florida remains the U-S shark attack capital.
Shark expert George Burgess is the director of the International Shark Attack File housed at the University of Florida's Museum of Natural History.
He says worldwide, the total number of attacks dropped from 65 in 2004 to 58 in 2005, and the number of fatal attacks dropped from seven to four. In contrast, there were 78 attacks in 2000, eleven of them fatal, the all-time record year for attacks.
Despite a worldwide decline, the number attacks in the United States rose slightly from 30 in 2004 to 38 in 2005, but well below the record of 52 in 2000.
In Florida, the number of attacks increased from 12 to 18, but below the record of 37.
Five of Florida's 18 attacks occurred on the Gulf Coast and the remainder occurred on the state's eastern coast.
http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_044114347.html
(CBS4 News) QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA An 18-year-old man was bitten today as hundreds of sharks continued a massive feeding frenzy off eastern Australia.
Queensland state Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin said the man was wading in knee-deep water when he was bitten on the foot by a small shark. The wound required 11 stitches.
Several beaches along Queensland’s popular Gold Coast were closed over the weekend as more than 100 hammerhead, grey nurse and bronze whaler sharks fed off massive schools of fish moving along the coast.
Even though areas like Australia have their share of shark incidents, Florida remains the U-S shark attack capital.
Shark expert George Burgess is the director of the International Shark Attack File housed at the University of Florida's Museum of Natural History.
He says worldwide, the total number of attacks dropped from 65 in 2004 to 58 in 2005, and the number of fatal attacks dropped from seven to four. In contrast, there were 78 attacks in 2000, eleven of them fatal, the all-time record year for attacks.
Despite a worldwide decline, the number attacks in the United States rose slightly from 30 in 2004 to 38 in 2005, but well below the record of 52 in 2000.
In Florida, the number of attacks increased from 12 to 18, but below the record of 37.
Five of Florida's 18 attacks occurred on the Gulf Coast and the remainder occurred on the state's eastern coast.
http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_044114347.html