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Aquarium worker bitten by shark

An investigation is under way after a 23-year-old aquarium employee was bitten by a shark while at work.

An ambulance was sent to Deep Sea World based in North Queensferry in Fife, near Edinburgh, after staff called about the injury at 2.45pm on Saturday.

The Scottish Ambulance Service said the man had between 15 and 20 puncture wounds on his arm after being bitten by an angel shark, but did not need to go to hospital.