Monday, April 03, 2006

April 3rd Shark Bites Boy on Marco Island


In an unusual and unecessary situation on Marco Island around noon today (April 3, 2006) a boy was bitten on the arm by a feeding shark. According to newspaper reports, the lad was walking with his Dad on Sand Dollar Island off Tigertail Beach on Marco Island, when they spotted a school of baitfish thrashing around in the water.

It would seem that Dad and son didn't understand this fishy behavior and the boy thought it would be great fun to swim into the middle of the frenzied baitfish, which he did. It was a hungry shark causing the baitfish such concern. If you have ever seen baitfish trying to get away from a predator, you can understand the chaos in the water. The shark was biting and chomping everywhere trying to get a bite of some unlucky fish before they all got away. The boy had his arm in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Fortunately the shark realized the boy's arm was not a fish and let go before serious damage was done (according to the story as reported thus far).

If after reading this, you find yourself thinking that YOU would not have known not to let your kid run and jump into a school of baitfish, then you desperately need to download my FREE book on beach safety. It is a 72 page ebook in pdf file format. All you need in order to read it is the free Adobe Acrobat software that nearly everyone has on his or her computer. It is called "How to Be Safe From Sharks, Jellyfish, Sting Rays, Rip Currents, and Other Scary Things on Florida Beaches and Coastal Waters." It has color pictures and everything. Print out a copy and bring it to Florida with you. The kids can read it in the car or on the plane or in the airport or whatever.

It's FREE. Really. You don't even have to give your email address to download it. What are you waiting for!

David McRee, Beachhunter.net

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