[Animals] Shark bites man wading in waist-high water off South Carolina beach resort

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The shark attacked the 60-year-old man off Hilton Head Island where, two years ago, a shark also bit a lifeguard who was checking water conditions in the shallows.

A shark swimming in the shallows near a beach resort in South Carolina has bitten a man in a seemingly unprovoked attack.

The 60-year-old man, who has not been named, was in water just 2 to 3 feet (0.6 to 0.9 meter) deep off the Sea Pines beach on Hilton Head Island on Friday (July 21) when a shark nipped his foot. Shore Beach Service personnel helped the man back to land, and paramedics attended the scene.

"At the time of the bite, the man was in approximately waist deep water," representatives from the Town of Hilton Head Island Government wrote in a Facebook post. "Paramedics transported the man to Hilton Head Hospital for treatment of the apparent bite wound."

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Following the incident, Shore Beach Services closed the beach to swimmers for the remainder of the day.

Related: 'I knew it was circling me': Man attacked by shark was waiting to die, then dolphins saved his life 

The species of shark involved in the attack is unknown, although several different types are found in these waters, including relatively small coastal species — finetooth (Carcharhinus isodon), blacknose (Carcharhinus limbatus) and bonnethead sharks (Sphyrna tiburo), among others — and large, well-known species, such as tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier), great hammerheads (Sphyrna mokarran) and great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). Sharks are mostly found several miles from the shore and their numbers increase with distance from the coast. 

Encounters in the shallows can occur, however, and in April, a great white shark washed up on a South Carolina beach in an unusual stranding.

link: https://www.livescience.com/animals/sharks/shark-bites-man-wading-in-waist-high-water-off-south-carolina-beach-resort