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On the coast of Hurghada, just a few meters from the beach, a tiger shark killed the Russian Vladimir P.* († 23) last Thursday. The case puzzled the Egyptian authorities. What was the tiger shark doing in the popular tourist bay? And: Is it still safe on the beaches of Egypt at all? Experts are now certain that the problem shark was a serial killer and not the first time it killed.
This is what scientist Eric Clua of Sharkeducation writes in a Facebook message. It’s clear that “the shark didn’t misidentify the victim or even perform a scout bite as it ate several parts of the victim’s body,” he explains. The shark has learned that it can attack P. just like a seal or a sea turtle.
Problem shark has identified humans as food
The shark’s autopsy revealed it to be a female, nearly ten feet long. In addition, several embryos have been found in the animal. When a shark is pregnant, it feeds on easy prey that swims above the water, Clua explains. But he can also get energy from the liver and does not necessarily have to go hunting.
“The animal has searched for food several times,” writes the shark expert. Only P’s head and both arms were found in the shark’s stomach – no other food. Clua thinks it was a problem shark that had learned to kill and eat humans.
The tiger shark had a dorsal fin injury. The top part was separated. This feature has been noted in two other shark attacks in Egypt in recent years. Both attacks took place 25 kilometers away in Sahl Hasheesh. In 2021, a Romanian tourist was killed there. In 2022, the shark attacked an Austrian († 68) while snorkeling.
They were all “in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong shark,” says Clua. The capture of the shark was justified “because it clearly identified humans as food for itself and could have been a permanent threat”.
Source: Blick
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