Following Les’ death, a letter arrived in the post from a family in Moeraki, Otago stating they had also lost someone to a shark attack more than half a century earlier. SUPPLIED BY FAMILY Kaelah Marlow, 19, was killed in a shark attack at Waihī Beach earlier this month. The three shark attack victims all lived within a half mile radius of each other, he said. “A blacktip can give you four stitches while a nibble from a white shark can remove your leg. While the chances of being bitten by a shark are minimal, the International Security Assistance Force offers recommendations for how to lower the risk of a shark attack or fend off an attacking shark

Source: Stuff January 27, 2021 04:30 UTC