Hammerhead Shark Bites Foot Of Kayaker

A kayaker suffered a deep wound to his foot after he was bitten by a hammerhead shark off the California coast.Ventura County Fire Captain Ron Oatman said the victim had been dangling his feet over the sides of his kayak when the shark bumped against his foot, bit him and swam away off Deer Creek beach in Malibu.
Lidia Barillas, public information officer for the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Lifeguards Division, said it was a 10ft hammerhead shark.
Other kayakers filmed a hammerhead circling them on the same day. Pic: CBS
She told the Los Angeles Times: "It was a bite and release. Nothing severe but a very deep wound."
The injured kayaker, identified as 29-year-old Dylan Marks of Santa Monica, was able to flag down a fishing boat and control the bleeding from his foot.
He was then airlifted to Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks, the newspaper reported.
Kyle Hudgins, a friend of Mr Marks, told NBC News: "We saw this fin and then it dove. We didn't see it for like five minutes and then all of a sudden he had his foot over the side and he just got bit.
"And then he put his foot on the kayak and he said, 'Oh, dude. I just got bit!'"
Mr Marks is not expected to lose his foot, according to a hospital spokesman. The attack took place on Saturday.
It comes after a surfer was left unharmed after a great white shark bit a chunk from her board off Morro Strand State Beach on 29 August.