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    Are shark attacks on the rise in Florida this year? Here’s what the experts say.

    By Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald (TNS),

    2024-07-19
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    A hammerhead shark is pictured. Shark experts say that this year’s number of attacks is nothing out of the ordinary. [ PEDRO PORTAL | El Nuevo Herald ]

    A man was spearfishing along a reef off Key West when a bull shark swam up and bit him Monday. It’s just one of the latest in the string of shark attacks this summer.

    On July 8, a 14-year-old boy was training to be a lifeguard at Ponce Inlet and dove onto a shark, causing it to bite his right calf.

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