Woman bitten by shark taken to hospital with shark still attached to arm

A 23-year-old woman who was bitten by a shark off the coast of Florida was taken to the hospital with the two-foot long animal still attached to her forearm. The woman, whose name was not released, was treated at a hospital in Boca Raton on Sunday and expected to be released the same day. The baby nurse shark suffered a worse fate and died before the fire rescue arrived on the scene, with one witness telling the Sun Sentinel the animal had been provoked. A lifeguard, police officer and fire rescue were on the scene, but the shark’s ridged teeth remained firmly lodged in the woman’s arm.

Photo: Boca Raton Fire Service.