Shark bites injure 3 in Florida on the same day, in ‘exceedingly rare’ event

People walk along the shoreline in Navarre Beach, Fla., on March 27, 2013. Authorities warned of shark dangers along Florida’s Gulf Coast, where three people were hurt in separate shark attacks June 7. After a shark bit a woman on her arm along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Friday, local officials transported her to a trauma center and closed a section of the shoreline to beachgoers, they said.

Less than two hours later, two teenage girls were waist-deep in the water on another beach in Walton County when a shark bit them, according to the South Walton Fire District. “It's only when the sharks are feeding in waters where people are … that there's even the remotest chance that it happens,” Naylor said.increased in recent yearson Saturday that the same shark might have bitten all three people. But Naylor said that Friday’s strikes probably stemmed from two different bull sharks, which are common in the area.

“Nine times out of 10, the fish are jumping out of the water, sharks are following them, and there's kids in the water,” Naylor said, “and the sharks ignore them.”

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