Shark Attacks Teenager in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil (June 2) - A shark ripped off the right hand of a teenager swimming along the coast of northeastern Brazil, fire department officials said Monday.
Pernambuco state fire department spokesman Marcio Maia said 14-year-old Wellington dos Santos was attacked on Sunday after he swam beyond a coral reef that keeps sharks away from the beach of Piedade near the state capital, Recife.
Lifeguards rescued dos Santos and rushed him to a hospital, where he was reported to be in critical but stable condition, Maia said.
Besides severing dos Santos' hand, the shark "bit off a large chunk of his buttocks," Maia said.
"People insist on ignoring the sign posts warning of the danger of shark attacks, especially beyond the coral reefs about 150 meters (490 feet) from the beach," Maia said.
The attack was the 51st since authorities started keeping count of shark attacks in the area in 1992. Maia said that sharks have killed 19 people in Pernambuco state over the past 15 years.
Apparently, in and around 1990, the government changed the harbor here around which screwed with the marine life eco system. It basically, "pissed off the local sharks" and caused them change some of their hunting and eating habits. From what I can gather, the "bad fish" are bull sharks.
As the authorities stated above, "if YOU are going to ignore the warning signs of shark attacks, whatever happens is then on YOU". Not to mention that no matter what age YOU are, "YOU are an idiot!"
Literally, "Sharks Rule",
2 comments:
Well Bobby, that is the problem here in Florida. The stupid government banned net fishing close to shore. Moved it all way off shore. Since there are no fish way out to Sea, the sharks have move close to shore to get the fish (and the occational person). I wonder what we could do to fix that?
actually back in the 1970's the government decided to create a new deep water port, called Suape which is about 40 miles or so south of Recife. While they were dredging the area, it destroyed all the mangroves where the sharks mommies nurse their newborns. THus, they looked for a new place to hang out, so, unfortunately instead of going south, they went north to the Rio Jaboatao. Yes, they are bull sharks which are the only sharks that can survive in fresh water, which is why they made their nurseries in the Rio Jabaotao. Obviously they have to go out to eat sometimes, and Piedade is just a pit stop north and then the next beach is Boa Viagem. It's kind of like first Pizza Hut and then BUrger King in that order of beaches. What a shame those beaches rarely had any problems except for the two=legged rats that started mugging the occupants of the cars that used the beach at night as a lover's lane. Too bad the sharks can't come on land and eat the two legged rats.
Gallens
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