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Posted on 08/20/2025 11:38:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
Nooo! That’s not how you do it!
While trying to take a photo with a lemon shark during a birthday fishing trip Saturday in Cayo Costa, Florida, things ended up going horribly wrong for Shawn Meuse, per Gulf Coast News.
Making a recovery at Gulf Coast Medical Center, Meuse said he had a hold of the shark as he prepared to let it go back into the water when the bite took place. (RELATED: Australian Surfer Sees Board Get Smashed In Half By Great White Shark)
“You don’t know what a wild animal is going to do, you know? So that happens, we’re in his territory during this,” said Meuse.
Audio from the 911 call obtained by the outlet stated that Meuse was conscious, and to stop the bleeding, he had a tourniquet placed on his leg.
At approximately 10:55 p.m., crews responded and located the fishermen who were at the southern point of the Boca Grande beach, per the fire chief of the Boca Grande Fire Department. When they arrived at the scene, they helped EMS and treated the man’s bite. Afterwards, he was airlifted to Gulf Coast Medical.
WATCH:
VIDEO AT LINK....................
Meuse said he was not the person who caught the lemon shark, telling the outlet he “just took it off the hook.”
You’re not supposed to have a lemon shark out of water like that in Florida state waters, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The agency’s investigating the incident.
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I couldn’t get a video at the link.
Most Sharks have little to no interest in getting their pictures taken, not even by an Australian. Lemon Sharks in particular, tend to display anxiety and reluctance to signing any sort of release forms for the photographer, no matter how basicly the forms are written. ///
Lemon shark, very pretty
And the lemon photo is sweet
But the bite of the lemon
Is impossible to treat
Lemon shark, very pretty
And the lemon photo is sweet
But the bite of the lemon
Is impossible to treat
It’s all fun and games and “look at me” until someone gets bitten messing with a shark for a selfie—or anything else wild with big, sharp teeth.
A guy in the back lifted the shark’s tail which let the shark turn and bite the guy holding the shark’s head.
Kinda stupid.
whisper "encore encore!"
I hope the shark was ok. That guy screamed so loud it probably hurt the sharks ears.
Everything looked fine until that one bloke grabbed the tail.
ROFL!! Excellent!!
THATS going to leave a mark!
He is lucky it didn’t sever his artery.
He would have been DOA.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. 😐
I’m sure it felt better when it stopped hurting.
I was fishing with my son this summer and he hooked about a 5 foot sand shark.
It probably weighed about 70-90 pounds I guess.
It was the biggest shark we ever caught (since we dont target them, its just a by product of where we fish).
Anyway, I got it up to the boat, and I know that if you grab the tail, a lot of them can reach back and actually reach their tail with their mouth.....
Anyway, I looped his tail with a rope just to get it next to the boat(I didn’t want to gaff it) so My sone could get a picture standing near it while it was still in the water next to him before we let it go.
Im here to tell you...I couldn’t believe the POWER that this friggin 90 pound fish had in its body.
All muscle obviously,,,,but it still shocked me. I couldn’t imagen getting a 500 to 1000 pounder on the line.
I’d need a 12 guage for that.
All together now!
Florida Man Bites Shark, Shark Bites Back
Was he trying to make lemonade?
Never consume beer while fishing... Something always seems to go wrong...
Was alcohol involved?
At least it wasn’t a moose.....................
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