MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) — Australian teen Sam Kanizay is recovering in hospital after being severely bitten by marine creatures on Saturday (August 5).
The 16-year-old was icing his feet in the waters at Melbourne’s Dendy Street beach after a rugby match when he was attacked by what experts believe to be amphipods, a type of sea scavenging crustacean, commonly known as sea lice.
When his legs wouldn’t stop bleeding, Sam’s parents took him to hospital where he is recovering from the ordeal.
Sam’s father, Jarrod, later went to the beach and collected a sample of the creatures feeding them red meat to show the public just how ferocious the little creatures can be.
