07-11-2018 13:33 via 10tv.com

Surfer fends off shark that bit his leg at Australian beach

A man used his surfboard to fend off a shark that bit him on his calf off an Australian beach two days after a fatal attack on the Great Barrier Reef.Lee Jonsson, a 43-year-old teacher aide at a local school, was bitten Wednesday at Shelly Beach off Ballina in New South Wales state. Japanese surfer Tadashi Nakahara died at the same beach in 2015 after a great white shark 3 to 4 meters (10 to 13 feet) long tore off both his legs.Government shark experts measured the tooth imprints in Jonsson's su
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