Watch live: Long Island officials discuss shark safety after 5 apparent attacks so far this week.
Two teenagers, two men and a woman are recovering, including 15-year-old Peter Banculli of North Babylon, who was bitten while surfing off Fire Island.
"I was looking to catch a wave on the surfboard and then I feel this very hard tug on my ankle. It felt like a bear trap, almost. And then my first reaction was just to get out of the water as quickly as I can," Banculli said.The risk of swimmers being killed by a shark is about 1 in 4 million, and experts say sharks are more interested in fish than people.
"If we were on their menu, we would absolutely not stand a chance," said Craig O'Connell, executive director of the O'Seas Conservation Foundation."It's really just there's more sharks being videoed and put on TV. So, it's more of a perception than reality," said Gregg Metzger, of the Shark Research Education Program at the South Fork Nature Center."The sharks have always been here.
"Yeah, I mean, the best thing that you could do is, as calmly as you can, remove yourself from the water ... Animals attack to either protect themselves or to feed. And if these sharks were looking to feed on people, the injury sustained would be much more severe than what they are," Metzger said. Metzger says it's possible that some of the victims were bitten by baby sharks that aren't quite sure yet what they are chowing down on.
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