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News reports on Sunday said a 23-year-old woman was bitten by a small nurse shark in Boca Raton.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that the woman was taken to the hospital by ambulance with the 2ft shark still attached to her arm.

“I have never seen anything like it,” Boca Raton Ocean Rescue captain Clint Tracy told the newspaper. “Never even heard of anything like this.”

Tracy saw the woman and the shark as they were put into an ambulance at Red Reef Park about 1.30pm.

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Tracy told the newspaper the woman remained calm and there was a little blood. A splint board was used to support the woman’s arm and the shark as she lay on a stretcher.

The Boca Raton Regional Hospital operator said the woman had been treated and was in the process of being released.

It was not immediately known if the shark survived its ordeal.