It has been determined that the tourist had attempted to engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs
The information is pretty scant but it sounds like maybe she was splashing around trying to get its attention.
It’s really sad honestly. She’s a double amputee now, and later in life so not likely to get a fancy new prosthetic.
Bull sharks are no joke. They’re not as huge and scary as great whites but they’re aggressive, and can operate in fresh water as well as salt water. Jeremy Wade did an episode on them in river monsters. Artificial canal estates tend to be infested with them.
I think the local authorities have some culpability in this. If you have sharks literally prowling around beaches full of clueless tourists then you have to close the beach. That’s what we do at popular beaches in Australia when a shark is spotted.
Sorry, but I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who fucks with an animal; wild or otherwise.
are you vegan?
It’s a wonder humans took over the world and not dolphins or some other reasonably smart animal.
Humans are 20% culture, progress, and innovation, and 80% tasty hands and dead weight.
here’s a predator that has existed for many many many millions of years because they’re so good at killing. I’m gonna try to take a picture of it! That seems like a great idea! /s
Other beachgoers saved the woman from an even worse fate, with her husband scaring off the shark after the attack and strangers gathering around her and using their clothes to slow the bleeding.
I dunno, I think I’d rather die than spend the rest of my life with no hands.
I’m pretty certain you’d get accustomed pretty quickly
Humans are amazingly adaptive
I don’t know about that. I have a chronic medical condition which affects my muscles; I’ve adapted, but it took a long time and I still hate it.
And that, my friends, is why you need a selfie stick. <insert 90’s commercial end sound>
🎵 Get your selfie stick
Grab a stick of juicy fruit
The taste is gonna move ya 🎵
OMG, is the phone ok?
“Sure, let’s get to the hospital, but first? Lemme take a stumpy.”
To be fair, aside from approaching a bull shark, she did everything correct. Low heart rate, calm, etc… If prosthetics were only 20 years more advanced, she wouldn’t be permanently crippled by this injury.
From what source are you basing the detail “low heart rate, calm”? The OP article mentions nothing about the woman’s state other than her immediate trauma.
Only took an hour for someone to question my believable, but entirely unsubstantiated, claim. You win the prize!
That is a response, not an answer. What is the source of your information concerning the woman’s heart rate and demeanour?
Check out the username.
(You also win the prize)
(Thanks, I dig your game)
Having checked, am awaiting answer.
I understand that Gullible@sh.itjust.works/IndescribablySad@threads.net is operated by someone with nothing to give the world other than sugar-spun wit.
It doesn’t answer the question though.
Does it not occur to you they made it up, waiting for someone who read it to correct them? I don’t expect there to be a source.
It’s honestly kind of horrific
