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2 More Sharks Found in the Bay

The Year of the Shark in Bonac? Baymen have found three in the bay so far this summer.

A pair of baymen aren't trying to catch sharks and yet they keep finding them in their nets.

Brothers Danny and Paul Lester caught two more in the bay on Wednesday and Thursday, just two weeks after .

Danny Lester said he discovered a sandbar shark, measuring eight-feet long, in their trap, in an area known as "waterfence," east of Napeague Harbor on Wednesday. Lester said it was a live and he cut some rope from around the sandbar shark to let it swim off.

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The next day, he found a dead Thresher shark in a bluefish net in the same area.

There doesn't seem to be too much cause for alarm — the types of sharks found in the bay don't usually attack.

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Sand sharks, the first type found last month and let swim off — live close to the shoreline and don't bother humans much. According to the International Shark Attack File, there have are 29 unprovoked attacks with two fatalities.

Sandbar sharks, usually found in muddy or sandy bottoms in bays and harbors, are also fairly harmeless. Threshers also rarely bit humans, though it's odd to find them in the bay, as they prefer ocean waters.

Lester said he's never seen so many sharks in the bay before — he called it the year of the shark in Bonac. Though, he said he hasn't heard of any other fishermen finding sharks in their nets in the bay.

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