A shark warning has been cancelled for a number of beaches in the Perth metropolitan area after two young boys received injuries while wading close to the shore at Watermans Bay Beach.
Both children received medical treatment and their injuries are described as minor.
The two separate incidents happened minutes apart, at about 5.20pm on Wednesday night as the pair were wading three metres offshore.
The boys are believed to be aged around 10.
It was initially reported that a shark may have been responsible, but a spokesman from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development said when photos of the boys' injuries were examined by experts, they were believed to be not consistent with a shark bite.
It was possible the injuries could have come from some other type of marine animal.
"The two people left the beach and their injuries were treated by a doctor," the spokesman said in a statement.
The last fatal shark attack in WA was in April last year, when 17-year-old Laeticia Brouwer died while surfing off WA's south coast near Esperance.
There have been 15 fatal shark attacks in WA since 2000.
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