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A man has been rushed to hospital suffering bite injuries after he was attacked by a shark despite warnings the beasts may be gathering in the area.
Ambulance services raced to Fourteen Mile Beach, on Western Australia's northwest coast, to reports of a shark attack about 11am on Monday.
There they found a male victim who had been mauled by an unknown species of shark and rushed him to a nursing post about 40km north at Coral Bay for treatment.
A WA Country Health Service spokesperson confirmed the man is in a stable condition.
It came just hours after authorities issued a dire warning about sharks in the area after a whale carcass was spotted off of Point Cloates, about 63km north.
Parks and Wildlife Service officers advised beachgoers in the Point Cloates area to be wary of taking to the water as the carcass could attract sharks.
Swimmers near Fourteen Mile Beach have now also been urged to 'take additional caution' when near the coast and to 'be aware of any signage and beach closures'.
Just 10 minutes prior to the attack, a shark estimated to be about 4m-long of an unknown species was spotted off the coast of Exmouth, according to SharkSmart.
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A man has been rushed to hospital after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Fourteen Mile Beach, south of Coral Bay in WA (pictured), about 11am on Monday
The species of shark involved in the attack is not yet known but a whale carcass known to attract the beasts had been spotted about 63km north of the attack just hours earlier
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