Marine Life Bit by shark that wouldn't let go - Florida

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Experienced diver Ervin McCarty has had something he never thought would happen to him – he was bitten in the stomach by a shark who, even after surfacing, could not get the shark off his body. teeth deep in the belly.McCarty along with a group of divers were enjoying the underwater beauties in Florida, when suddenly he was bitten by a small shark which at first glance did not seem dangerous, but he had actually caused serious injuries, the Telegraph reports.
“As soon as I went deep under the water, a shark appeared out of nowhere and bit me. He didn't want to let go of me, so I had to hold him in my arms until I got out of the water. I thought I was going to suffocate and run out of oxygen. But when I came out of the water, everyone knew that I had been bitten by a shark, and they had no way of knowing that I still had it in my stomach," McCarty said.

Although he reached the ship, the shark did not remove its teeth from his stomach in any way, until his colleagues intervened and tore him apart with a knife.
 
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