Discovery Channel's Shark Week, set to debut Sunday, is a good bet to have a bump in viewers this year given the unusually high number of bites that have occurred already this summer.
The latest victim was University of North Florida pitcher Clayton Schulz, 20, who was bitten by what he believes was a shark, though authorities have yet to confirm, Friday afternoon while surfing at Jacksonville Beach.
Schulz's wound required 400(!) stitches to close but the pitcher remains optimistic that he will play baseball this year. "I'm lucky. I still have a foot, and they expect me to hopefully make close to a 100 percent recovery," he said.
"I had a pretty firm grip on my board, so he didn't pull me under or anything, but he let me go when he realized I wasn't what he was looking for," Schulz said.
Schulz, a junior business management major, was scheduled to speak with the media today. He appears to be in good shape.
Be careful if you're going into the water!
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