Shark sinks jaws into swimmer’s right foot at ‘shark bite capital of the world’

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shark bite capital of the world' to hospital after suffering excruciating pain to his right foot.The 33-year-old victim from Orlando, Florida in the US, believes a shark came from out of nowhere to gnaw on him as he waded in in waist-deep water.Volusia County Emergency Medical Services were called to Daytona Beach on the state's east coast just before 3pm on Monday to drive the man to hospital for further treatment to his wounds.READ MORE: Reacting a certain way when you see a shark can cost you your life, expert saysFortunately the injuries, which medics say were likely caused by a shark, are not life-threatening and the beachgoer is expected to recover.If confirmed to have been a shark attack, Tamra Malphurs, the deputy chief of Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue, said it would be the sixth shark bite of 2022 in Volusia County.The frequency of terrifying reports from the water have earned the corner of America, the unenviable title of "shark bite capital of the world."Just 80 miles down the coastline, a teenage boy was reportedly bitten by a shark in Brevard County a week ago on July 19.According to Canaveral Fire Rescue, the lad was also taken to hospital with a non-life-threatening injury soon after 11am.Much further north on New York State's Long Island beaches, half a dozen bites have also been reported since January after a stretch of three years without any.Gregory Skomal, a senior fisheries scientist for the state of Massachusetts said great white shark numbers have risen thanks to recently implemented water protection laws."If you have more sharks feeding close to land and you have more people swimming, the chances for those kinds of negative interactions increases," said Skomal.With the number of.