- A man in Florida’s Everglades National Park was bitten by a shark, as reported by Local 10 News.
- Video footage captured the moment the man was washing his hands in the water before the shark attacked his right hand.
- Park representatives informed ABC News that shark bites are extremely rare in the area.
If you thought boat-bashing orcas weren’t a sufficient reason to avoid the water this summer, then watch this video of a shark taking a nibble at a man on a boat in Florida.
An unidentified man at Florida’s Everglades National Park believed it would be safe to dip his hands in the water to wash them.
“I wouldn’t put your hands in there,” a person off-camera warned him.
To which he responded, “Ah, two seconds won’t do anything.”
A shark then emerged from the murky depths and snapped at the man’s right hand before quickly releasing him.
The footage, posted on Instagram by a Floridian social media account and obtained by Local 10 News, also depicted the man falling off the boat and into the water, while screams of pain were heard as others aboard scrambled to pull him back on board.
This near-miss shark encounter occurred on Friday at Everglades National Park, according to Local 10 News. The man was subsequently taken to a local hospital, as reported by ABC News and Local 10 News, citing the Miami-Dade fire department.
Allyson Gantt, chief of communications and public affairs for Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks, informed ABC News that the shark was likely a bull shark.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, bull sharks are a “common apex predator” found in both the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Florida. The commission added that bull sharks are capable of inhabiting freshwater, sometimes venturing hundreds of miles inland via coastal river systems. The commission’s website stated that bull sharks are dangerous and account for the third-highest number of shark attacks on humans.
Despite this, shark bites are extremely rare in the Florida Everglades, according to park officials interviewed by ABC News.
Representatives for Everglades National Parks and the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department did not respond to a request for comment from Insider outside regular business hours.
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