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Family Believes Shark Bit 12-Year-Old Girl In Ocean City, Official Says Incident 'Wasn't An Attack

OCEAN CITY, Md. (WJZ) — A Pennsylvania girl on vacation comes into contact with something dangerous in the water. Her family said she was bitten by a shark, Ocean City officials said it might have been something else.

Jay Bradley, the curator of the Blue Wonders exhibits at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, said shark bites are extremely rare and almost always a case of mistaken identity, which is why it is often just one bite. One bite can cause damage though.

 

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