OUCH! TV Host Gets Bitten By Shark, While Filming Show

Freek Vonk was looking for Caribbean reef sharks off of Bimini.  The segment was  about friendly sharks that are harmless to people, he says: "But things went wrong. One of the sharks made a mistake and took a big bite from my right upper arm. I knew immediately: this is bad stuff. "

The biologist was rushed back to the mainland. With a trauma helicopter Vonk was then flown to the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami: "After a 3-hour operation, during which I was completely anesthetized, and more than 100 stitches, I can now raise my thumb again."


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