A 10-year-old boy was bitten by a shark in Daytona Beach Shores on Wednesday afternoon. 
 
 The boy, who is visiting from Georgia, was in chest-deep water when he was bitten on the calf and suffered minor lacerations. 
 
 "I heard him start yelling as we were walking back out and he said something bit him,” said the victim’s father, Kenneth Wood. 
 
 The boy was treated on scene and wasn’t taken to the hospital, according to Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue. 
 
 “I was scared there for a while. Now I know he’s all right," Wood said. 
 
 The beach remained open in spite of the incident. 
 
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 This is the fourth reported shark bite in Volusia County this year. Four bites have also been reported in Brevard County. 
 
 "We will be seeing more shark attacks in years ahead because there’s more of us. We're simply flooding sharks out of their own environment,” said Dr. George Burgess, the director of the Florida program for shark research. 
 
 In 2014 Florida led the nation with shark attacks with a total of 28, Burgess said. So 11 so far this year isn’t abnormal. 
 
 “We're all worried about them being man eaters. But when you think about it, the ratio each year, the number of humans that are killed by sharks versus the number of sharks killed by human beings is 10 million to 1,” Burgess said. 
 
 He also said the best way to avoid being a victim of shark attacks is to stay in groups while in the water and not to swim near the inlet where many other are putting out bait while fishing. 
 
 Related: Where in US do most shark bites happen? ||||| Two teenagers were mauled in separate shark attacks on the same stretch of North Carolina beach Sunday, both suffering life-threatening injuries, local officials said. 
 
 A 13-year-old girl lost a part of her arm when she was bitten by a shark in an attack that occurred around 4:40 p.m. in Oak Island, a town about 30 miles south of Wilmington, according to Brunswick County officials. 
 
 The girl lost part of her left arm and may lose her left leg, Oak Island Mayor Betty Wallace said in a Facebook post. 
 
 Just over an hour later, EMS received a call that a 16-year-old boy was attacked on beach roughly two miles from where the girl was attacked, and Wallace said he may have lost his arm. 
 
 Both of the teens were airlifted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, and both were out of surgery in stable condition late this evening, officials said. 
 
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 Teams were out looking for any sharks that might have been involved in the attacks, the mayor said. 
 
 "They have a helicopter and they're flying the helicopter up along the beach to see if they spot anything," Wallace said. 
 
 Town manager Tim Holloman said that in 16 years he has never seen anything like what happened today. 
 
 "Oak Island is still a safe place," he said. "We're monitoring the situation. This is highly unusual." 
 
 He said the beaches would be open on Monday, but visitors would be encouraged not to go in the water. 
 
 "The Brunswick County Sheriff's department will have Marine One and their helicopter support to monitor the coastline for any activities tomorrow," he said. 
 
 Given that these bites have led to such serious injuries, experts say, it is highly likely that these are bigger sharks -- tiger or bull sharks -- whose teeth and bites are designed to rip and tear. 
 
 "This is the real deal threat," said George Burgess of the University of Florida, who has been studying sharks for 40 years and publishes the International Shark Attack File. "This is highly unusual -- I have seen this twice in 40 years. Once in Egypt and once in the Florida Panhandle." 
 
 These incidents occurred just 30 miles up the coast from Ocean Isle Beach, where a 13-year-old girl was bitten by a shark on Thursday. The teen suffered lacerations on her foot, but was not severely injured. ||||| Play Facebook 
 
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 A 10-year-old boy suffered minor injuries when he was bitten by a shark Wednesday in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida. He is the second 10-year-old to be attacked in Florida in a week and at least the fourth person to have been attacked in Volusia County this year, authorities said. 
 
 The boy, who wasn't identified, was bitten on the calf as he swam in chest-deep waters just after 1 p.m. ET, said Tamra Marris, a spokeswoman for Volusia County Beach Safety/Ocean Rescue. A lifeguard responded, and the boy was treated at the scene for lacerations on his leg without having to go to a hospital. 
 
 The beach safety agency told NBC station WESH of Orlando that beaches would remain open. 
 
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 Another 10-year-old boy is recovering from what authorities called "significant injuries" after he was attacked last week off Cocoa Beach, about 60 miles south. 
 
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 Wednesday's attack was the fourth reported this year in Volusia County, which was labeled the shark bite capital of the world earlier this year by the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. 
 
 But while the rate of shark attacks may appear to be on the rise, data suggest that perception reflects better reporting and an increase in the number of people involved in water activities, not an increase in aggressiveness by sharks. 
 
 There were 72 reported attacks on humans around the world in 2014, the shark attack center said — three fewer than in 2013.
– Volusia County, Fla., was declared the "shark bite capital of the world" this year by the International Shark Attack File, according to NBC, and it doesn't seem to be in danger of losing the title. A 10-year-old boy was in chest-deep water at Daytona Beach Shores yesterday when he was bitten on the calf by a shark, WESH reports. Officials say the boy was treated for lacerations at the scene and didn't need to go to a hospital. He was the county's fourth shark victim of the year and the second in the space of a week: Another 10-year-old boy was severely injured last week in a shark attack at Cocoa Beach, around 60 miles south of the latest attack, NBC reports. This is the 11th attack in the state so far this year, which isn't an exceptionally high number, shark expert Dr. George Burgess tells WESH, noting that "the number of humans that are killed by sharks versus the number of sharks killed by human beings is 10 million to one." He advises swimmers worried about sharks to stay in groups and avoid areas where fishermen put out bait. Two young people lost limbs in shark attacks in Oak Island, NC, on Sunday and the town is considering banning shark fishing to protect swimmers from sharks attracted by the bait, the AP reports. (A 16-year-old boy who lost his left arm in Sunday's attack says he won't let it ruin his life.)