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A fisherman tried to pose with a shark, only for the animal to bite him on the leg on an island in Florida on Aug. 16

The injured man had to be airlifted to a hospital due to his injury

“It’s just a reminder to stay alert when you’re out in nature,” Boca Grande Fire Chief C.W. Blosser said

A fisherman who was bitten while posing for a photo with a shark is reflecting on the scary moment.

On the evening of Saturday, Aug. 16, Shawn Meuse was on a birthday fishing trip with his friends on Cayo Costa, an island near Boca Grande, Fla., when he decided to pose with a lemon shark, NBC affiliate WBBH reported.

In a reel shared on his Facebook page, Meuse can be seen holding the top of the shark’s mouth when it jerks out of the man’s hold and bites him before swimming into th

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