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>> KEN.
A FIRST SHARK LATCHED TON A
MAN'S BELLY AND WOULD NOT LET GO
RECORDED LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN
MARATHON IN THE KEYS.
>> THE MAN FROM CLAY COUNTY
POSTED THE VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA
AND IT I GOING VIRAL.
MARY: WE SPOKE WITH HIM TODAY IN
AN INTERVIEW THAT YOU WILL ONLY
SEE HERE ON NEWS4JAX AND THIS IS
THE REMARKABLE STORY.
I DID NOT KNOW A NURSE SHARK
COULD DO THAT.
>> A LOT PEOPLE DID NOT UNTIL
THEY SAW THE VIDEO.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
BUT ASK THIS GUY IN THE FILM.
IT IS NOT GOING TO PLAY HE SAID
IT WAS A LONG ORDEAL AND TOOK 30
MINUTES TO GET TO THE BOAT AND
GET THE SHARK OFF HIS STOMACH.
IT WAS PAINFUL.
HE IS OKAY.
WE ARE SHOWING YOU THE VIDEO
THAT CAN BE GRAPHIC ALTHOUGH
BLURRED OUT THE WORST OF IT.
IT IS N FOR THE SQUEAMISH.
>> THE SHARK BIT HIM AND WOULD
NOT LET GO.
>> COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.
>> THIS IS VIDEO FROM A FISHING
BOAT A NEW MILES OFF THE COAST
OF MARATHON, A TWO OR THROW FOOT
LONG NURSE SHARK ON HIS STOMACH.
GET THE DAMN THING OFF.
>> HE WAS LOBSTERING WITH FAMILY
AND FRIENDS AND DOVE -- WENT 12
FEET TO GET A SPEARED GROUPER.
>> WHATEVER HIT ME BIT ME.
>> HE SURFACED FAR AWAY AND
THERE WAS A CURRENT AND HE COULD
NOT SHAKE THE SHARK.
>> I HAD TO GRAB IT WITH BOTH
HANDS TO KEEP IT FROM SHAKING
AND GET UP FOR AIR.
>> IT TRIED TO PULL HIM UNDER.
>> I THOUGHT I WAS DROWNING.
>> AFTER 20 MINUTE STRUGGLE HE
GOT TO THE BET.
>> I WAS OUT OF BREATH.
IT TOOK EVERYTHING I HAD.
>> FRIEND STABS THE SHARK, THEIR
ONLY OPTION.
>> YOU WILL HAVE TO LET HIM
PLEAD OUT.
>> IT TOOK SIX MORE MINUTES
UNTIL IT RELEASED.
>> LET HIM GO.
>> THE SHARK BIT HIM A SECOND
TIME IN ANOTHER PART OF HIS
STOMACH.
THAT TIME IT LET GO EASIER.
>> HE GOT A CHECKUP AND SHOT.
THE QUESTION IS, WILL HE BE BACK
IN THE WATER?
>>> I WILL CONTINUE TO FISH, I
WI SNORKEL.
>> NEW HE HAS A SCAR AND A FISH
STORY.
THIS HAS VIDEO TO PROVE IT.
>> HE IS IN QUITE A BIT PAIN.
HE WILL GO BACK TO THE KEYS.
HE GOES EACH YEAR.
THIS WILL NOT CHANGE THAT.
AS FAR AS THE BITE?
IT IS RARE.
I REACHED OUT TO A SHARK
RESEARCHER KNOWN THROUGH THE
AREA AND HE SAID NURSE SHARKS
ARE USUAL DOCILE AND DO NOT
FISH UNLESS FROM VEHICLED, SO
POSSIBLY THE GROUPER THAT WAS
SPEARED LET OUT SOME BLOOD AND
THAT CAUSED THE AGGRESSIVENESS.
AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF SHARK
ATTACKS WE ARE TOLD LESS THAN
100 REPORTED IN THE LAST CENTURY
SO NOT SOMETHING WE SEE OFTEN
WHEN IT COMES TO NURSE SHARKS
>>
>> AND ALTHOUGH THE SHARK WAS
NOT BIG, IT LOOKS SO STRONG.
>> RIDIN -- IT WAS S STRONG.
>> THE SHARKS ARE BOTTOM
FEAREDS, STRONG SUCTION KEEPS TO
EAT THE PREY OFF THE BOTTOM WITH
A VERY STRONG FIRST TO SUCK THE
WATER OR THE AIR UP AND HE CAN
HOLD ON TO THEIR PRAYER AND --
PR.
Y AND SEVERAL ROWS OF FEET THAT
ARE NOT AS LONG AS TRADITIONAL
SHARK.
IF THEY BITE, LIKE WE SAW IN THE
CASE OF IRVIN IT IS NOT SEVERE
BECAUSE THE TEETH JUST PENETRATE
AN INCH OR TWO.
THEY ARE USUALLY GENTLE GIANTS
THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT TOO WORRIED
ABOUT.
THIS TIME, NOT THE CASE.
>> NOT ATROPHIEDING --
ATROPHIEDING -- AT THE TIME TO
FEED.
>> IN MAY A WOMAN WAS BIT BY A A
NURSE SHARK WITH TWO FOOT NURSE
SHARK ATTACHED TO HER ARM.
A GROUP OF PEOPLE INCLUDING THE
WOMAN WERE PROVOKING THE SHARK.
>> THIS WEEK A LOCAL SERVER
SURVIVED AN ENCOUNTER.
HE WAS WAITING FOR A WAVE AND