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Former NFL great Warren Sapp was bitten in the arm by a shark while trying to catch lobster
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Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers great Warren Sapp just wanted to catch some lobster — and then it all went wrong.
Sapp was bitten by a shark.
According to the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday, Sapp was enjoying his retirement, off the coast of Marathon, Florida, on a lobster charter. When he reached his arm into the water to snatch up a lobster, a "small nurse shark," about 4 feet long, emerged from the depths and took a bite out of Sapp's arm.
"It's simple," charter captain Jack Carlson told the Times via text message. "He was lobstering with me and a shark bit Sapp while he was grabbing the lobster. He's OK."
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According to Carlson, sharks often hide out in lobster holes.
"The sharks hang around those lobster holes, because they feed on the lobster as well," Carlson said.
Nothing but a flesh wound, Sapp's shark bite didn't end his lobstering journey prematurely.
"We bandaged it up, put some gauze on there, some black electrical tape and hit a couple more spots, then headed in," Carlson said.
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