A 57-year-old German woman experienced a nightmare instead of a dream holiday on the beach in Phang Nga, Thailand. She was swimming near her hotel on Khao Lak Beach around 11am last Friday when she was attacked by a shark close to shore.
The shark ripped open Elke M.’s lower leg before shocked eyewitnesses could pull the woman out of the water.
Her deep wound, approximately 30 centimeters long, was treated in hospital before the woman was taken to Phuket for emergency surgery, Bild said.
Authorities said they were concerned that shark attacks were rare in the region. A warning sign has been placed on the beach. This now warns about “harmful and poisonous marine animals”.
Experts: “Shark bites very unlikely”
Experts repeatedly emphasize that the chance of being bitten by a shark is extremely low. According to the University of Florida’s Scientific Database of Worldwide Shark Attacks (ISAF), there were 69 unprovoked shark attacks that injured or killed people last year. The number of dead was ten.
Animals “not more aggressive”
A total of more than 800 shark attacks were recorded between 2010 and 2019. This year so far there have been well over half a dozen. The majority of the attacks took place in the United States and Australia. However, experts emphasize that the animals are not behaving more aggressively than before. In fact, shark attacks have increasingly become part of news coverage.
Source: Krone
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