Man in critical condition after shark bite in north Qld | eastTMoore
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.A 59-year-old man is in a critical condition in Townsville Hospital after being bitten by a shark on the upper thigh off Hinchinbrook Island in north Queensland.
Queensland Police and emergency services met the injured man in Lucinda after he was brought in from Britomart Reef by boat.Credit:Queensland Police said the man, from South Mission Beach near Tully, received "a bite to the upper leg" about 19 nautical miles east of Hinchinbrook Island.Advertisement An emergency helicopter flew the man from Lucinda to Townsville Hospital after the initial report came to police about 12.30pm on Sunday.
In 2017, a 25-year-old man suffered severe blood loss when he was bitten by a shark off Hinchinbrook Island before being flown to Cairns Hospital by helicopter.Taronga Park Zoo’s Shark Attack File,The zoo’s researchers classify an unprovoked encounter as an incident in which a shark in its natural habitat makes a determined attempt to bite a human.
They view "provoked" incidents as when a person attracts or initiates physical contact with a shark by fishing for, spearing, stabbing, feeding, netting or handling a shark.There were no shark nets on Britomart Reef, where the man was believed to be snorkelling
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