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A corpse of a three-meter shark was found in port of the resort city of Andrath in Majorca, on Saturday, August 29th. Only a day before that another predator floated in just 100 meters from swimming tourists on the beaches near Barcelona. It seemed that Spanish beaches which until recently considered to be quite safe, have undergone an attack of blood-thirsty sea predators.
According to the opinion of a member of municipality Gabriel Pujshserver, the shark, whose corpse has been found in Andrath, belongs to the kind of sharks safe for the people. Possibly, it was caught by fishermen in their nets and then they threw it out of a board as meat of this kind of sharks is inedible. According to another version, the predator could get under the motor of one of tourists’ yachts which come into a popular port on Majorca.
Three beaches in Barcelona, including Ribes Ribes, Adarro and Sant Gervasi have been closed because of appearance of other sharks. Rescuers have noticed predator in time and managed to evacuate all swimming tourists on coast. Ecologists believe, that the shark will not terrorize the resting people too long, because such huge fishes seldom swim near beaches.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, on August, 30th, a 23-years old surfer passed away from an attack of a shark on South African coast, between Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. Predator which attacked the young man, has bitten off his both legs. Bleeding surfer was taken out to coast by his friend, but the young man passed away in hospital, despite all efforts of doctors.
According to statistics, the attacks of sharks cause death of 30 up to 100 people annually. More often greater white sharks attack swimmers and divers. Scientists from Miami have found out, that sharks in many aspects are similar to serial murderers. They watch the chosen victim from a distance, stopping approximately in 100 meters from him/her. Such position helps predator to choose a victim, remaining invisible and also to develop greater speed and attack successfully.
Let’s remind, that in the beginning of June 2009 a French elderly female tourist was lost as a result of a shark attack in the Red sea, near to Marsá- Alayam . The 50-years old woman made immersing with an aqualung when she was attacked by a shark. Sharks often meet in Red sea, but they attack people very seldom. The last similar case has occurred in Sharm El Sheikh in 2004. At that time a scuba-diver has become a victim of an attack.
Sharks really dont mean 2 kill people if u upset them they will kill you but cocanuts kill more people than sharks do this is a true fact No LIE
I think/KNOW that sharks only
Attac people because they think that the pearson is a seal beacause sharks don’t have the best eye sight and whoever thinks other wise is DEAD WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sharks are my faviorite anamal becuase I have been learning about them for about 1mounth and all the shark men movies are incredabale you can watch shark men on the natinal geographic channel. Charlie Sintests say shark bodys have this long lasting life thing in there body to keep them alive longer so when the sharks die sintists will put it in our body if we have canser.
if poeple are not scared of sharks there crazy but if they see there teeth they will be scared of sharks and that was a scary story about those two people sharks are very scary and dangerous i would not want to be near a shark becaues they think that u are a seal becaues sharks can`t see very good and that is why a shark eats people.
i don`t know why people kill the sharks and then sell there skin and there fins it is just gross and stupid to kill such animal and sell it to people but we still buy the sharks body parts and make there teeth into a neckcle and sell it to the people.
I im a marine ecologist who has studied and dove with many species of sharks including great whites,tigers and bull sharks along the coast of south africa. The only time a shark attacks a human is when they are mistaken for a prey item. Sharks do not hunt human beings and have never been known to do so,this is a false accusation and a prime reason for the bad rep that sharks have today
her butt is hanging out!
not true, some sharks as of a 2009 study actually attack humans as a food source such as tiger sharks and bull sharks. humans are a part of the food chain because of deminished resources,(fish).
i think that instead of judging sharks, that you need to get involved and not just watch a show on them. analyze them, study them, swim with them. dont just watcha show and say that sharks are killers. find out for yourself.
omg thats so freaky.!
well m8..
your dead wrong because sharks only attack or bite things to find out what they are because as you say they dont have great eye sight but its good enough to hunt with. and…. they bite things because its how they test what it is……. cuts laserations and such are inevitable when this happens……also any bodily fluid will attract a shark from miles around as will splashing or other random motion in the water that mimicks an injured fish or other prey………….but most of all ppl should concider this….. if your not wet you wont get bit…….in other words stay out of the sharks home an they wont attack you …..peace out………………………….1 more thing… STOP FUKIN HUNTIN THEM WHEN SOME IDIOT GETS ATTACKED
Sharks are creepy i’m going to the beach this summer and i’m too scared to get int the ocean becasues of sharks and stingrays and such!~!!
I agree with Elyssa&Brittney, Sarks are not out to kill people and if you piss them off their defense kicks in, wouldn’t anyone be doing the same? Now on the other matter coconuts do kill more people around the world & you don’t even have to piss them off, they are natural clunkers (-: Kkkkk
I’ve been reading all your comments and I am horrified at most of your Inability to spell properly and also at the total ignorance you seem to have regarding Sharks in general. Stay offline if you cannot spell and use that time to expand your command of English you morons.
People think sharks do it on purpose, but they don’t. But even though they don’t mean it, watch out. It could kill you. Even if they don’t mean it doesn’t mean they are not vicious… ‘.’ Also. Sharks don’t like the taste of humans so if they bite your arms or legs off they will spit it right out.
Well the sharks should be hunted if it a sign of danger to us humans, the sea is our home too.!!!Not only the shark rules the sea but us humans too share the sea with creatures….I think that the shark is bothering us more often instead that we are bothering them becuase we humans dont want to get close to a massive carnivore….so that means we shall kill them if it posses any threads to us….We do what we want to do….We can kill them sharks….They can kill us humans…..
Actually, some sharks do attack anything. Some are actually quite vicious. The Tiger Shark will attack anything for food, not just seals. Some sharks do target seals and humans.
Personally, I think that a lot of sharks attack when they think the human is a seal, or some such, but I also believe that a starving shark separated from its normal food source would not hesitate to attack a human purely for food. Like a hungry toddler eating something they don’t like just because they’re hungry.
But if a shark swims at me to bite/kill me, I’m not going to stop and think about what a great animal it is, I’m going to get the heck out of there.
i agree with all of you, sharks could just use some glasses.
I agree with Gok Wan – I have never seen such pathetic English and childish ignorance in all my life.