![]() Still, despite what Shark Night 3D would have had you believe, they’re not a danger to us. … The lights attracted squid with in turn created a food chain which the cookie cutter shark was a part of. ![]() I ran my finger down my leg and felt a 2.5” by ¾ inch hole where I had been hit. As I was about to push onto the kayak I felt a hit on my left calf. I reached the front of the kayak and turned off the light and started climbing into a one person kayak. As soon as that happened I knew I had to get out of the water and the swim was over. After the 4th bump I felt a sharp prick just to the left of my sternum. I assumed they were squid as they felt soft. Fifteen minutes after we turned on the lights and I had my feeding I started to feel squid bumping into me. He also turned on his cabin lights at the same time. On the previous feeding stop he complained about not being able to see the Kayak and requested we turn on our emergency light so he could see us better. The boat captain liked to run ahead and then go out of gear and wait for me to catch up. At 8:15 I was trailing the boat by about 80 to 100 yards. This shark occurs in warm, oceanic waters worldwide, particularly near islands, and has been recorded as deep as 3.7 km (2.3 mi). The wind kicked up a little and I was hoping that it was a local condition that would disappear. The cookiecutter shark ( Isistius brasiliensis ), also called the cigar shark, is a species of small squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae. I was swimming along in perfect conditions. ![]() Spaulding later described the circumstances behind the incident to Deep Sea News: There have been a couple of cases where the sharks have fed on bodies in the water, and one long distance swimmer, Mike Spaulding, was bitten by a cookiecutter while doing a night swim off the coast of Hawaii. ![]() The sharks typically feed on animals much larger than them, including tuna, stingrays, other sharks (even great whites!), seals, whales, dolphins, and more.Ĩ. ![]()
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