By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent
A New Zealand doctor who was bitten by a shark, sewed up his own wounds before heading to the pub to celebrate his lucky escape.
Junior doctor James Grant was spearfishing with friends when he was attacked near Cosy Nook on New Zealand's South Island.
The 24-year-old initially thought one of his friends was playing a trick on him when he felt a tug on his leg.
"I looked behind to see who it was and got a bit of a shock," he told Radio New Zealand.
"(I thought) bugger, now I have to try and get this thing off my leg."
The doctor suspects he was attacked by a seven-gill shark Mr Grant used the knife he had with him to stab at the shark.
"I am not sure how effective it was. I guess it let go so something must have happened, put a few nicks in it."
The doctor then made his way to shore and after taking off his wetsuit saw the puncture wounds in his leg, left by what he believes was a seven-gill shark.
Using a first aid kit in his car he stitched up the bites, which were about 5cm long, and then headed to the pub - before eventually making the trip to hospital.
The bites were about 5cm long - not enough to stop him going for a pint As well as a drink, the Colac Bay Tavern also served him a bandage because he was dripping blood on the floor.
"We gave him a pint of beer and his mates were kicking around, laughing," Colac Bay Tavern co-owner Warren Bevin told 3 News.
"Then we brought out the big first-aid kit and got a little bandage out. There were a couple of good holes on both sides of his leg."
Barman Warren Bevin served up a bandage as well as a drink The stitching was finished off when he went to Invercargill Hospital, where he was back at work on Monday.
Shark specialist Clinton Duffy, of New Zealand's Department of Conservation, told Fairfax NZ news he believed the attacker was probably a broad-nosed seven-gill shark.
Seven-gill sharks can grow up to three metres long and New Zealand is one of the few countries where they attack humans.
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