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-- A surfer was hospitalized in stable condition Thursday night after being bitten on the hand by a shark off Melbourne Beach, Fla.
The 28-year-old man was bitten around 7:30 p.m. ET while paddling out into the surf about 50 feet off the beach -- roughly 100 miles south of Daytona Beach -- Brevard County Fire-Rescue Lt. Jeff Taylor told Florida Today.
When the man looked down to see what had bitten him he saw a shark he estimated was around five feet long.
The man attempted to drive to himself to hospital, but pulled over at a local restaurant and called 911. Emergency officials transported him to the Holmes Regional Medical Center in stable condition.
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His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
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