Kayaker bitten by shark

"Hammerhead shark, Cocos Island, Costa Rica" by Barry Peters - Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Hammerhead shark, Cocos Island, Costa Rica” by Barry Peters – Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A kayaker has been bitten by a shark in California.

The unknown victim had apparently had their right ankle dangling in the water.

A hammerhead shark bit the person around 2:40 p.m. off the beach from Pacific Coast Highway, between Malibu and Point Mugu.

The victim was taken to the Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks with non-life threatening injuries.

Just last month the beach around La Jolla was closed after hammerheads were filmed swimming around a group of kayakers.

This is the 68th attacks bites of 2015 seven of which were fatal.

In 2013 a man died in Hawaii after he was bitten on the foot while kayak fishing.

The location has been marked on the 2015 shark attack bites tracking map.

 

 

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  1. THE DUMBASS WAS SHARK FISHING AND HAD HIS FOOT IN THE WATER. OF COURSE HE GOT BIT

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