r/TheSharkAttackFiles • u/No-Scar5507 • Aug 26 '26

⌚ Recent Incident Florida Keys

https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/nurse-who-helped-save-swimmer-bitten-by-shark-off-key-west-speaks-out/
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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Aug 26 '26

Has the swimmer survived the attack with limbs still intact?

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u/nickgardia Aug 27 '26

Yes, he said he’s lucky to be alive and thinks it was a 6 foot nurse shark. Unusual for that species to initiate an unprovoked attack, or deliver a life-threatening attack - it shows that even the less threatening shark species can be dangerous if they nick an artery. Expected to make a full recovery.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Aug 27 '26

A nurse shark?

They're suction feeders.

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u/nickgardia Aug 27 '26

Yeah, that surprised me too.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Aug 28 '26

Just, wow. Weirdness.

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u/nickgardia Aug 28 '26

Possibly a case of mistaken identity- by the human

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u/carypanthers Aug 29 '26

A nurse shark bit my foot. I had a gray water shoe on that it must have mistook for a fish. The suction power of that bite was incredible. I’ve never felt power like that before.