Red Sea Shark
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Wild Speculation About Egypt's Shark Attacks
It disturbs me every time there is a shark attack and the animal is demonized. Sharks do what they are supposed to do: they eat things in the water.
According to the International Shark Attack File there were some 61 shark attacks reported world-wide in 2009, with five of them being fatal. During the same year, according to the Federal Railroad Administration, there were some 9,570 railroad-related accidents in the United States, with 649 fatalities. It seems a hell of a lot more dangerous to be anywhere near a train than it does to swim in the ocean. Having said that, if you go in the water, you're food, just like any other large mammal splashing around. It's not the shark's fault, and it seems rather outlandish to suggest that Mossad is dropping sharks into the Red Sea to impact Egyptian tourism. But hey, who knows?Amplify’d from www.nationalpost.com
Shark attacks on tourists in the Red Sea have triggered a flurry of speculation as to what could have caused them, with suggestions ranging from overfishing to an Israeli plot to harm Egyptian tourism.
The body of a 70-year-old German woman washed up on the shore at the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea after an attack Sunday. Officials said the shark had taken a chunk out of her right thigh and bitten through her right elbow.
Egypt had just lifted a ban on swimming in parts of the area imposed after three Russians and a Ukrainian were injured in shark attacks last week.
The government has invited international experts to help locate the killer shark, but officials were at loss as to what could have caused its behaviour.
"There is not one reason that will be ignored. We are seeking any reason that causes a change in shark behaviour," said Ahmed el-Edkawi, assistant secretary for the South Sinai region.
Some said sharks had been drawn to shallow waters after cattle being shipped in for last month's Islamic feast of the sacrifice, or Eid al-Adha, had died and were thrown overboard.
Others suggested it could have been part of a secret plot by Israel's Mossad intelligence agency.
"What is being said about the Mossad throwing the deadly shark [in the sea] to hit tourism in Egypt is not out of the question, but it needs time to confirm," Mohamed Abdel Fadil Shousha, the South Sinai governor, was quoted as saying by state news site egynews.net.Egyptians often blame neighbouring Israel for a variety of problems such as drug and weapon smuggling, or say it supports media that seek to portray Egypt in a bad light.
Local diving experts said single shark attacks are extremely rare in the area and were mystified why so many people were attacked in such quick succession.
The attacks grabbed the attention of world media and raised fears of a long-term hit to a tourism sector that is a lifeline for the desert peninsula's population and Egypt's biggest foreign currency earner.
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Best Shark Attack Quote of the Day
“There has been a death unfortunately. She was a German lady. We have taken everyone out of the water.”
Amplify’d from news.nationalpost.com
CAIRO — A shark mauled to death a German woman tourist snorkelling off Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, in the third shark attack in Egypt’s popular Red Sea resort in a week, local officials said.
Mohammed Salem, director of South Sinai Conservation, said the woman died after a shark attacked her in Naama Bay, only one day after Sharm el-Sheikh reopened its beaches following two other attacks in which Russians were mauled.
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