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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.
Thanks so much for this info I am doing a report on sharks and this helps me out alot
Personally I, don’t think that sharks are so hazardous as they are pictured. Only some of them rarely attack humans… So please don’t make it look like too bad
i would hate to be her
This Photo looks very suspect to me. That is I believe it to be a fake. It clearly looks shopped! The light on the girl and the sharks has a huge disparity. Also, the plane of the surface at the girl and the plane of the surface above the nearer shark are not congruent.
Fake photo.
Sorry, shark attacks cause the death of 4 to 5 people annually. Worldwide.
(http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/2006attacksummary.htm)
i’m an expert about sharks great white ‘s usually do not attack humans they don’t mean to
First of all sharks do not attack terroist on purpose either they are protecting there teritory or they mistake a human for a seal or other type of animal and then the shark would stop the meal unless they still think its food if the shark stopped the human would eventually bleed out all I look up online is sharks and I watch a lot of shark movies rent lots of books talk to survivors of great white shark attacks also I have seen a megoladon if you dont believe they still exsist look it up. I saw one when I was fishing on the docks of Hawii when I was vacationing I screamed and yelled for EVERYONE to get out of the water because megoladons are different from great white megoladons will eat anything did you know that a bunch of paronas together can take down a great white? Any way, If you dont know what a megoladon is it is the first largest shark in the world and if you try to tell me the largest is the whale shark you are WRONG the whale shark is a WHALE not a SHARK They call it a whale shark because it is sooooo big. I know u dont believe any of this but you should. IF YOUR DOING A REPORT ON SHARKS READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you my fellow sharks lovers. i have devoted my life and heart to these creatures. the photo is definitely a fake. and sharks do not kill that many humans a year. do not believe every thing you read on here.
i am so sad that that had happen to the people that got heart by sharks and sharks think that people are saels
I like Sharks and i dont like sharks. Its sad that people have to suffer getting bit or even dieing from sharks. Its so so sad.
wow i would hate to be her that is really scary i would have flipped out
better not to try to disturb them, just leave them on their own. Movies ‘jaws’ is enough for me. Dont wanna to know more about them.
wow i would hate to be her even though the photo looks fake i hate sharks nd i love hearing stories bout people getting killed by them they sare so intersting but it wouldnt be if it happened to me
I think its sad to see how many people really belive these articles and think sharks are mindless killing machines
they are the apex predators off the sea and deserve our respect
DO US ALL A FAVOR AND GET EATEN BY A SHARK PLEASE
ps i wanna watch that video so make sure you film that and put your camera in a watertight bag or what ever , or let your mates film it
greetings from another apex predator
“Sharks are like serial murders.” Could you try any harder to induce hysteria?
i dont think sharks attack on many people. they are mild enough
More Coconuts falling out of trees kill more people each year than Sharks do
wow thats just sad and i really needed that in fo i whanted to find alot out about sharks thanks
Sharks are the ocean’s vacuum cleaners, eating the dead and dieing. Anything that appears injured falls into this category. Swimmers kicking in the water make low frequency noise similar to a fish flapping in its death throws and this can attract a shark who is not otherwise engaged. Most deaths are from the horrendous damage caused by the chunk or limb they remove as a taste test.
Shark behavior varies all over the world. I live on the shores of Corio Bay, near Geelong in the southern state of Victoria, Australia. The bay is a breeding ground for Bronze Whaler Sharks and others, who come to the cooler waters to reproduce. After breeding they move out to warmer waters of New South Walews and Queensland, where Bronze Whalers are referred to as Killer Sharks.
Over 100 years ago, several protected swimming enclosures were built around Corio Bay for the safety of swimmers. Most have fallen into disrepair, as the risk was realised as being extremely small.
You may find this interesting. http://taronga.org.au/tcsa/conservation-programs/australian-shark-attack-file/general-information.aspx
WHOA. Such a terrible photoshop makes it evident that your site is not credible, whatsoever. Tug at our hearts with a defenseless child, why don’t you?
Guess what? People terrorize far more sharks than sharks do people. Search for shark fin soup, and tell me if humans don’t deserve an occasional bight on the leg.
-jr
sharks are mean some dont bite
mary is wrong ha ha
more people get killed anually by coconuts and lightning
please, don’t say that sharks doesn’t mean to attack humans. we see that all the time in south africa the white sharks and i dont understand how people can surf over there knowing that those sharks are around. they are looking to be killed for those animals.
OMG! i would crap my pants!
These articles are the reason why sharks are beeing hunted and killed all over the world. These facts (besides the individual stories) are totally wrong and comparing a shark to a serial killer is just ridiculous. Well, having a photoshopped Picture with a little girl and sharks on top already foreshadowed the quality of the article.
Yes i agree with clayton. this photo looks fake. the sharks look like they are in a different place than the girl by the way the tone looks on their skin. this is definitely been photo shopped
THAT IS SCARY
This is really bad press for sharks.
800,000,000 people die year by starvation, sharks may attack 5 people a year but never for food, not many of those people have died they are not interested in us- they are more frightened of us than we are of them.
Sharks need to be saved,don’t take notice of this rubbish- sharks are close to extinction – they need our help!
Please watch shark waters.
I have two things to say to all of this and it is directed toward Isajayed. First and foremost, the whale shark is NOT a whale. It is a shark and it is called a whale shark because it is so large. It is also harmless. Secondly, Megalodons became extinct 1.5 million years ago. IF they were to still exist, they would have adapted through evolution to be bottom dwellers in the deepest parts of the ocean that are impossible to explore because of the pressure of the water. Therefore, it would have been BEYOND impossible for you to see a Megalodon near a DOCK in Hawaii. They were 52-67 feet long and about 60 tons in weight. There is absolutely no way that a creature that large would be able to get anywhere NEAR a dock. I appreciate that you are attempting to disagree with the person who wrote this article because all of the facts were incorrect, the photo is photoshopped and was impossible to read because the grammer was horrible. So thank you for commenting on this article, but please make sure that the sites you are visiting to get your shark information is not a damn wikipedia site.
Lies……you have to get information first….and then write something …..Elephants kill more people annually !!!!!
What is Shark Finning?
* Shark finning refers to the removal and retention of shark fins and the discard at sea of the carcass. The shark is most often still alive when it is tossed back into the water. Unable to swim, the shark slowly sinks toward the bottom where it is eaten alive by other fish.
Shark finning has increased over the past decade due to the increasing demand for shark fins (for shark fin soup and traditional cures), improved fishing technology, and improved market economics.
I think shark attacks are not on purpose.I think you are in their teritory. Like what if someone was on your teritory and they were to her you? I mean i am only 10 and i know now more about sharks then a 15 year old.
Study the asspect you will fin the answer!
No! you’re entry is unfair and false. Sharks are NOT ‘blood-thirsty sea preditors’. Every anime must eat, and sharks eat seals. People often look a whole lot like a seal to a shark, (sharks have very bad eye-site) and so they bite and realizing tey don’t have a seal, spit the person out. Yes this causes injurey, its not the sharks fault. A shark is killed once every three seconds, you know? Sharks only kill about 6 people a year. Sharks are endangered, Humans are not. A shark has never, ever, gone into human territory (land) to kill one of us. And we have only killed sharks in their own territory, the sea. Calling sharks monsters only makes people want to kill sharks more, when sharks are endangered. I beg all of you, help the sharks cause! be part of the solution, not the problem!
You got it wrong. sharks do not kill 30 to 100 peopla a year. they kill about 6, world wide.
cant say it any more photo shoped photo shoped photo shoped I love sharks and just try to remeber that there animals they have to eat something and dont u dare tell me that you have never made a mistake in your life and sharks have to eating people BYE ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!! it an outrage that some man came along and killed it.
There’s definitely a strong attraction going out from these very intelligent creatures. I would love to see one but am scared the same time. I do think that they don’t kill for the meaning of killing, but they are dangerous and I wouldn’t dive in waters which are known for great whites or similar.
And the people who say, that more people die of falling coconuts may be right; but dying of shark bites is much more painful and cruel – right?
But: we have to respect the nature and if we go swimming or diving, then it is us who are the intruders, not them.
OK first off, photo is definitely a fake. Second off I’m pretty sure those are Grey Nurse Sharks, though I can’t see them properly the teeth look about right. And they are harmless. Also to those people who think that sharks attack because people look like seals, think again. Most attacks in open water are by Great Whites and they have excellent vision. They know you are not a seal and they still attack anyway. Because they are smart. They don’t have hands. So they feel with their teeth. Plus you kinda look like food. That doesn’t mean they’re bad. They are doing what they were designed to do. Also whoever said that the whale shark was a whale, you are silly. Whale sharks have gills and a vertical tale fluke, so obviously not a whale. The end.
SHARKS ARE REALLY SWEET INOCENT CREATURES
WOW this is soo awsome!im truely sorry about that girl!!
whoever wrote this is probs the stupidest person alive okk first off sharks deffinetly dont kill that many ppl. more ppl are killed from lightning strikes kk more ppl die from hot tap water how idk dont ask me but somehow its possible. sharks dont even mean to attack humans these ppl like you are the kind that need to see up c;ose in personal how a shark really acts. ive been diving with sand tighers black tip reefs bulls carribean reefs and great whites i have never been attacked. ive actually been able too touch a bullshark almost as dangerous if not more than a great white i just want you too know that personally i think you are a moron if your gonna lie like that lie about something thats NOT gonna get an animal killed that many ppl including me adore…
I agree with SharkSaver, the number is more like 6 or 7 compared to, what, 2 million + sharks killed by us each year? I think either the sharks need to get a lot busier, or we need to come to our senses and stop destroying them like there’s no limit to their species.
omg people these days trying to get so much popularity and that pic is so fffaaakkkee so fack i sware.
poor lady, my brother and i are in a shark club and we will tell every one about this story………………..
that shark is so close to the girl and so that girl die so if u are a boy and whanted that girl as your girlfriend u are to late and so she is died so find a anther gf
I THiNK SHARKS ARE COOL
sharks kill more then five poeple a year
also we are losing all of our sharks because we kill and change their envirerment
I had a dream last night that my that family went on a vacation by a beach and I wanted to swim and my mom was being sarcastic not to be eaten by a shark and she sends my cousin to watch me and I thought there was a tree above me so I swam up but there were twin sharks both bit my forearm but I ripped out all their teeth and their DNA in my body so I could swim like a shark.