Figure 5:

Healing of a deep wound from a suspected boat strike. (A) The bleeding wound was approximately 3–5 cm deep and 25 cm across. The wound stopped bleeding but remained open after 3 days (B), but fully closed within 27 days (C). (D) The scar had almost disappeared when the shark was resighted 13 months later. Note that photographs on the right are enlarged portions of original photographs and show details of the injury and healing.