Mr Markossian said he remained calm and walked on to the beach, where he lay down with the shark still gripping his arm. His partner, Ms Marina Godess, was snorkelling nearby. But when he was on the beach and I realised what it was, I was more scared than he was. After five minutes, when the shark could not be removed, a Bronte lifesaver got a knife from the clubhouse and cut off its head. Mr Markossian has a bitemark on his right forearm but required no stitches and was discharged from hospital a few hours after the attack.
All animals are our friends.
I would say this shark was just unlucky. Mr John West, who manages the Australian Shark Attack File at Taronga Zoo, said wobbegongs were aggressive and territorial. They had attacked frequently, but never fatally. That means more people are going into the water and coming across wobbegongs. He says he'll throw it out, but he will eat the fillets from the rest of the shark.