Sam Kanizay is a 16 year old recovering in a Australian hospital. While he was in the water on Saturday he said he felt a tingling sensation but assumed it was nothing. After he got out of the beach water, he and his father had noticed blood dripping from his legs. He was rushed to the local hospital, where doctors noticed little bites on his legs.
University of Melbourne marine biologist Professor Michael Keough said sea lice were a possibility.
"They're scavengers who'll clean up dead fish and feed on living tissue. They're mostly less than a centimetre long, and so the bites they make are pretty small, and so that's more consistent with pinprick size marks.
"It's just food for them. Especially if he's been standing around for a long time, it's the chance for more of them to come in and start biting. Just be attracted to a little bit of blood. And if he's standing in the water and he's cold and may not notice a whole lot of little bites."
The boys father uploaded a video he took of the "sea lice"
For more graphic photos of the wounds visit the link below.