DNA from shark tooth in boy’s leg used to ID species in bite incident – Research News https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/dna-from-shark-tooth-used-to-id-species/
A small tooth fragment plucked from a 13-year-old boy’s leg after he was bitten by a shark off the coast of New York gave scientists the chance to test a new tactic: using DNA evidence to identify the species involved. University of Florida researchers extracted a DNA sample from the tooth and co
“Perhaps incorrectly, I’m putting these in the bin of naïve young sharks,” he said