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Siale Havili a 41 year old woman vacationing at Oahu was bitten by a shark on July 25th, 2008. She was bitten on the arm while swimming off of Makaha. She was able to swim to shore with her good arm and ask for assistance.

Shortly after the attack a 16 foot tiger shark was spotted about 300 yards off the shore. However Havili's description of the shark that attacked her differs significantly from the tiger shark that was found. Her wound also does not match what would be expected from a tiger shark. It is believed that a different shark was responsible for the attack.

Randy Honebrink, spokesman for the state Shark Task Force said "It just goes to show that shark bites happen any time, any place, And fortunately, they're extremely rare."

References:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2008/07/woman-surives-s.html
http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/26/news/story01.html

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