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Horror footage shows sharks up to 10 feet long circling Florida shoreline after one sinks its teeth into swimmer’s foot
HORROR footage shows the moment sharks up to 10 feet long circle the Florida shoreline following a spate of attacks in the state.
The drone clip was taken by Paul Dabill off the coast of Jupiter Island on July 19.
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It is believed the footage shows lemon sharks, which can grow up to 10 feet long and weight 500lb.
They have been known to bite humans, with one swimmer mauled in 2020 while on vacation in Florida, reports.
Justin Stuller said at the time: "I felt the skin more than the shark. It rolled me over and I saw it swimming away."
Photographer Dabill said the “calm and clear” water helped him capture the sharks prowling yards from the beach in the recent footage.
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Despite that, the Florida Museum of Natural History said "lemon sharks represent little threat to humans."
"There have been no fatal attacks attributed to this species," they add.
At least 25 people have been bitten by a shark in the US this year, according to .
One New York teenager told last week how he was mauled by a shark that clamped him like a bear trap.
Max Haynes, 16, had been surfing with friends just off Long Island when the dangerous beast chomped on his right foot.
Brave Max luckily managed to kick free from the sea creature when it struck 45 feet from the shoreline at Kismet Beach on Fire Island.
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And in Florida footage showed the moment a fisherman had his finger bitten off.
New Smyrna Beach in the Sunshine State has been named the Shark Capital of the World after a string of terrifying encounters with dangerous predators in recent years.
Tasa Summers, 40, was on vacation in Daytona Beach, Florida when she was attacked by a beast on July 16.
She told that she "didn't see anything in the water" before the shark attack.
Her injuries were not fatal or life-threatening.
Addison Bethea, 17, was forced to get her leg amputated after being savaged by a shark on the coast of Keaton Beach in June.
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She was scalloping with her brother when the predator pounced.
And, mom-of-two Lindsay Bruns was left with a half-circle-shaped wound after she was also attacked in June.
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