Paddleboarders on an ocean adventure in St. Petersburg, Florida, encountered a giant hammerhead shark.
Video footage taken by the kayak company See-through canoeOn June 6th, a large hammerhead shark was captured on camera zigzagging around two paddleboarders.
The marine predator was so preoccupied with the tarpon that it largely ignored the humans, the company said in a social media post.
“Yesterday, a hammerhead shark was seen chasing tarpon on a beach in St. Petersburg, Florida,” the company wrote. “The shark passed under several paddleboarders, and some of the tarpon swam very close to the shoreline and between people in an attempt to avoid the shark.”
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A hammerhead shark swims past a paddleboarder in St. Petersburg, Florida. (See-through canoe)
See-Through Canoe said the hammerhead caught a tarpon and bit it several times before being caught near the human.
“The paddleboarders arrived just as the hammerhead was circling a dead tarpon and then returning to recapture its prey,” the company wrote. “We don’t think they realized they were paddling directly over the hammerhead’s feeding spot.”
The company said the hammerhead shark was about 50 feet from shore.
A hammerhead shark darts around a paddleboarder in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 6. (See-through canoe)
Hammerhead sharks are native to Florida and can grow to be around 18 to 19 feet long. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
According to See-Through Canoe, hammerhead sharks are generally timid around humans.
The hammerhead shark was spotted in St. Petersburg just a day before a series of attacks took place nearby.
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The Walton County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on June 7 that two consecutive shark attacks occurred “in close proximity.”
“Early in the afternoon, there were two separate incidents in relatively close proximity, about four miles apart, within an hour and a half of each other,” said Fire Chief Ryan Crawford with the South Walton Fire Department.
Police rescued a shark attack victim from a beach in Walton County, Florida on June 7. (Walton County Sheriff’s Office)
Walton County Fire and Rescue and the South Walton Fire Department responded to a report of a 45-year-old woman being attacked Friday afternoon. By shark While enjoying popular tourist destinations.
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Authorities said the woman and her husband had been swimming just beyond the sandbar when they were suddenly attacked.
She suffered “significant trauma to her torso and pelvic area and an amputation of her lower left arm,” Crawford said.
During an ecotourism shark dive off the coast of Jupiter, Florida, a bull shark approaches to observe the divers. (Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Two teenage girls were also attacked by the shark, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.
Crawford said that similar to the first attack, the victims had been swimming near a sandbar in waist-deep water before they were attacked.
“Victim 1 suffered severe injuries to his lower and upper extremities,” Crawford said. [bites] A tourniquet had to be applied.”
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The second victim suffered a flesh wound to the leg but was taken away by ambulance in stable condition, Crawford said.
Police closed beaches around Walton County following last Friday’s attack.
