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The most serious case happened a few years back off of the Treasure Coast of Florida. The kiteboarder was badly bitten but survived but left the area as a result of the experience. The last case involved a newbie, several years ago, trying to learn to waterstart without pro instruction off of Hutchinson Island. Apparently there was bait in the area and he ended up getting bitten by an unidentified shark. I didn't receive information identifying sharks in any of these cases. Bulls are certainly common enough. I have been in the water free diving with them on and off for decades. Once I swam after a group of five bulls for an hour and a half. They even hung around while I went up to change rolls of film. Bulls in my encounters have not been aggressive but more just cruising around. Obviously they have the capacity to attack however as do MANY other species of sharks. The only shark I was ever bitten by and came close to being hit again on another occassion were nurse sharks, that I know about anyway. I have always likened nurses to big dumb dogs hanging out in crevices. They can be provoked into attacking however.
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