Boy bitten by shark while posing with fish in Queensland
An eight-year-old boy who was attacked by a shark on a recent fishing trip says it won't stop him getting back in the water.
Manni Alam was out fishing with his father Radwan Alam and family friend Moe Alsayed at Lady Musgrave Island in the Great Barrier Reef when the attack took place.
Manni had snared a coral trout that he wanted to show for TikTok, so he went in the water to take a shot with the fish, when a shark lunged out of the water and bit him on the chest.
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Manni Alam, eight, was bitten by a shark while posing with a fish in the Great Barrier Reef. (Today)
"It just felt like a little bit, it hurt a little bit on the chest but that's it," he said.
The shark quickly let go and "disappeared", leaving Manni with nothing more than a scratch.
"Anyone that's dived, knows that it's a very common thing when you're diving," dad Radwan said.
"Sharks are a very, very common occurrence."
But the prospect of another encounter hasn't put Manni off his hobby.
"I'm going back in," he said.
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“An UNPROVOKED Shark Attack is only one of many types of Shark Attack”
Caution:
When you see the words Unprovoked or Bite associated with Shark Attacks, someone is trying to hide shark dangers you may face should you enter the water. In most cases, the word unprovoked equals the number of incidents shared with the public. Any other type of Shark Attack is kept a secret from the public.
01/31/2023 Manni Alam Queensland Australia
01/31/2023 Manni Alam Queensland Australia
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A simple explanation of the word unprovoked is chosen to be shared. Each year shark attack researchers choose certain shark attacks they share with the public. The ISAF website states, “All of the data publically available on the ISAF website is from unprovoked incidents.” Ocean users, beware that the ISAF has 6800 incidents on file, with only 3292, or 47%, being chosen to be shared with the public. In 2019 they chose 45%, and in 2020 they only chose 44% of the investigated incidents.