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Shark attacks Maui Surfer off Kihei (AP via Yahoo News)
October 19, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
KIHEI: Witnesses say that a 54-year-old male surfer fortunately made it back to shore on his own after a shark attack off Maui’s Kihei coast. Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui have responded to this shark attack.
The unidentified male surfer was treated and then released for bites to his upper right thigh and lower right ankle after this Monday morning attack at Maui’s Kalama Beach Park.
Maui County’s spokes person Mahina Martin said that a 6- to 8-foot Sand Shark was believed to be the culprit.
The beach was closed immediately until the sun set after the attack incident.
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Shark attacks Maui surfer (AP via Yahoo! News)
These sharks are also known as sand tiger sharks or ragged tooth sharks and you you can read more about htme with all the details you would ever want to know about these sharks on this web page: SAND SHARKS
“A Sand Shark can reach up to 250 pounds, which is quite light compared to other sharks. The body tends to be brown in color with dark markings in the upper half. Their needle-like teeth are highly adapted for impaling fish, their main prey.”
