The huge terrible white sharks are suspected behind the Florida shark attack, though authorities caution that it’s too early to say for sure.

white sharks are suspected behind the Florida shark attack, though authorities caution that it’s too early to say for sure.
The last fatal shark attack in Florida was in 2005, when a 14-year-old girl was killed in Miramar Beach.
The incidents received the same coverage. it was on the top stories in local newspapers, even though the Austrian man suffered severe lacerations that required surgery to repair tendons and vessels on his foot and ankle, while the Michigan boy was merely nipped on the hand.
WPTV reports that schools of sharks were seen off Palm Beach this morning, just one day after the Stuart Beach shark attack.

The last fatal shark attack in Florida was in 2005, when a 14-year-old girl was killed in Miramar Beach.

“No doubt, every shark attack will be a story,” said George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File in Gainesville. “A shark attack is a grabber: It grabs people’s attention. But every shark attack elicits the same reaction whether it’s a nick or a very serious injury.”

To help the media and public understand the severity of shark attacks, and to help emergency room personnel with treatment, university researchers have developed the Shark-Induced Trauma Scale, which rates shark-related injuries from 1 to 5. The scale will be published in this month’s issue of The American Surgeon.

Burgess came up with the idea for the grading system a couple of years ago and ultimately turned it over to the university’s College of Medicine.