By Daniel Trotta(Reuters) – Experts are investigating a shark bite of a swimmer near San Diego, seeking to determine the species and uncover any clues to explain the rare event, a leading shark researcher said on Monday.A 46-year-old man who was swimming with about a dozen others in Del Mar was bitten on the torso, left arm and hand about 100 yards (meters) from shore on Sunday, a Del Mar lifeguard spokesperson said, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.The beach remained closed on Monday, posted with a “shark incident” notice.Sharks including great whites come close to swimmers, surfers and paddlers virtually every day in the waters off Del Mar and the Torrey Pines beach of San Diego, experts say, but there have been only 20 unprovoked bites recorded in San Diego County in the past 98 years, according to the International Shark Attack File database.In May, a shark knocked a surfer off their board about 40 miles (64 km) up the coast in San Clemente, the city said.Chris Lowe, a marine biology professor and director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach, led a team to Del Mar on Sunday to take water samples in hopes that cells shed by the animal could be recovered a …
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