I'm Crossing Brazil Off My List Of Vacation Spots

A 23-year-old surfer is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark on Sunday in Brazil. Antonio Carvalho was surfing off a beach in Recife when the shark bit his left calf and foot. Now, apparently, shark attacks are a fairly common in these parts... Carvalho was the 48th person to be attacked here since 1992. Seventeen of those attacks were fatal. I guess Antonio didn't get the memo.

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