WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale, 9-year-old bitten by shark, mother share ordeal; boy released from hospital, School of blacktip sharks spotted swimming off coast of Florida beach, Dog recovering from shark bite following surgery at SW Miami-Dade animal hospital, Boaters catch, release great white shark off Fort Lauderdale, Nine-year-old Jay Weiskopf was bitten on the shoulder near Second Street in South Beach, Coral Gables resident still refuses to sell decades-old home surrounded by massive development, Broward County pastor faces several fraud, grand theft charges after defrauding church, Gunman dead after hours-long SWAT standoff at SW Miami-Dade apartment complex, Police: Man fatally shot 3-year-old son, himself inside Coconut Grove condo, Police arrest student who made false bomb threat at Dillard High School; classes resume. Averaging larger than blacktips or spinners, sandbar sharks (also rather boringly called brown sharks) are important coastal predators pretty easily keyed out by their dramatically tall first dorsal fin. Easy to keep in captivity, it also presents a pretty striking appearance, namely on account of a mouthful of sinister-looking snaggleteeth. Locally some people thought that a blacktip shark was the likely cause, although Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue believed it may have been a barracuda. Many Fort Lauderdale-area visitors, naturally, are keen to get into (and on) the warm, generally friendly Atlantic as well as the Intracoastal Waterway. Surgeons repaired his injuries at the hospital. the most potentially dangerous of the sharks, one of the most dangerous sharks in the ocean, great white sharks pass through the deep water in the area. The most recent shark attack at this beach near Miami with the most shark attacks occurred in April of 2022. There Are Sharks In La Jolla, And You Can Swim With Them, The 8 Best Marine Biologist Programs In The US. Christian Mariani was swimming in knee-deep water near Fort . Despite being common, Caribbean reef sharks have never been involved in a shark bite in Florida. The bite left a gaping wound in the little boys hand.Three days earlier, 20-year-old college student Bryce Albert was also attacked by a 6-foot blacktip shark in Palm Beach and underwent emergency surgery. The most recent attack took place in March of 2021 and involved a seven-year-old victim. Blacktips aggressively hunt schools of baitfish close to the shore, often in surf zones which is why many accidental bites involve surfers. Two other incidents in the file are marked as provoked as they involved shark fishing, and the bite took place when the shark was either netted or hooked. What's Causing the Shark Attacks Off Florida's Atlantic Coast?