A 31-year-old scuba diver survives after being bitten by a shark off the coast of Tasmania, Australia. According to reports citing the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the diver is bitten on his forearm shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday. The diver is located a short distance offshore and is underwater at the time of the incident. NDTV reports the diver is about 165 feet from shore and roughly 26 feet underwater when the bite occurs. Authorities say the shark is believed to be a broadnose sevengill shark. The shark’s size is reported as about 6.5 feet (nearly 7 feet) long. The diver’s injury is described as a bite to the lower forearm. The available accounts focus on the diver’s survival and the estimated species and size of the animal, and they do not provide further details about the extent of medical treatment or follow-up investigations in the excerpts provided.
Diver survives after being bitten by a nearly 7-foot shark near Tasmania
A 31-year-old scuba diver survives after being bitten by a shark off the coast of Tasmania, Australia. According to reports citing the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the diver is bitten on his f...
- A 31-year-old diver is bitten on the forearm by a shark near Tasmania, Australia.
- The incident happens shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday.
- The diver is about 165 feet from shore and about 26 feet underwater at the time.
- Authorities believe the shark is a broadnose sevengill shark, about 6.5 feet long.
- The diver survives the bite.
The diver was about 165 feet from shore and roughly 26 feet underwater when he was bitten on the lower forearm by what authorities believe was a broadnose sevengill shark measuring about 6.5 feet long.
12 hours agoA 31-year-old was bitten on the forearm by a shark measuring over 6-and-a-half feet in length off the coast of Tasmania, Australia shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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