Great White Shark Bites Diver in Remote Dusky Sound, Fiordland

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A diver was bitten on the calf by a suspected great white shark while exploring Fiordland's remote Dusky Sound on Thursday afternoon.

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After a single bite, the shark let go, allowing the diver to return to the surface without help – pure adrenaline carried him back to safety.

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The charter boat's onboard helipad proved crucial, enabling a helicopter to evacuate the wounded diver to Southland Hospital within an hour.

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Just two months earlier, scientists captured rare footage of a mature male great white shark in the same waters during routine research.

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It was quite a shock!" admitted Sea Through Science researcher Adam Smith about spotting the great white on their underwater camera.

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Shark expert Maria Kuster noted in her 15 years operating charters in Dusky Sound, she'd never spotted a great white, though sevengill sharks are common.

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Dusky Sound's unique layering of freshwater over saltwater creates a special habitat where close encounters with marine life happen in this protected corner of New Zealand.

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New Zealand waters are considered a global hotspot for great whites, with known migration patterns between Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, and warmer Pacific regions.

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