SHARKS- Cannibalism and it Fatalities
While there are approximately 100 shark attacks on people every year, there are only between five and 10 fatalities. The many survivors tell their stories to educate and inform, as well as to raise awareness of the dangers of not heeding the cautions of the lifeguards or media.
A lifeguard, 6.5 months pregnant, had just returned to Florida from her vacation when she was on duty on Treasure Shores Beach. She swam behind the breakers for a swim parallel to the shore. She was wearing a black swimsuit, yellow cap, jewellery, goggles, a whistle around her neck and her lifeguard buoy towed behind her. The water was murky with a visibility of only about two feet (60 centimeters). There was a drop-off of about four to five feet in the area where she entered the water. As she began swimming, she was forcefully bumped and spun around, completely disoriented. The shark had bitten her hand and leg as it had bumped her, and the water rapidly turned red around her. Her partner could not hear her cries for help, so she was forced to swim ashore alone. The shark did not return once it had tasted her flesh, a common reaction. She received almost 100 stitches in her leg alone and her wrist required multiple surgeries and bone removal, as well as extensive therapy. This mother-to-be learnt an important lesson about heeding warnings not to swim in water unless the visibility is clear and to steer clear of dramatically deeper waters alongside shallow areas.
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