Stuart Beach Florida,Surfer Dies of Shark

Fatal shark attacks are rare, but they are even more rare when several sharks surround a surfer. Yesterday in Stuart Beach, Florida, a 38 years old man, who was kite surfing, was surrounded and fatally attacked by several sharks.

Martin County Sheriff's office tells that the lifueguard saw the kite surfer about 500 yards away from the beach in distress. When the lifeguard neared to the place he saw Stephen Howard Schafer encircled with several sharks.

He brought Schafer to the Stuart beach and the paramedics took him to the hospital. He died there from his wounds.

Experts say the attack may be done by young great white sharks. Surfers sometimes get minor bites by sharks, but fatal attacks are rare.

A scientist Grant Gilmore tells Palm Beach Post that juvenile great white sharks are those types of sharks that gather in abundance out there in the winter in the cold waters of Atlantic ocean. "They eat their way through a migrating parade of 3- to 4-foot sharpnose sharks that travel south from New England waters to Florida," reports the newspaper.

Stuart beach Florida shark attack comes as another sad reminder that safety should be in the forefront of vacationers when heading to vacations on the beach. The last time Suart beach witnessed a fatal shark attack was in 2005.

Source : HULIQ.com