A shark has killed an American girl snorkelling within the Bahamas, police have stated.
The 58-year-old, from Pennsylvania, was attacked close to Green Cay after reserving an tour along with her household on the island of New Providence.
A police spokeswoman stated members of the girl’s household noticed a bull shark attacking her, in an space simply half a mile from the place a 21-year-old American girl was killed in a shark assault in 2019.
The household have been on a seven-night cruise journey on Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas, which departed Florida on Sunday.
The girl suffered accidents to her higher physique and was pulled from the water by members of her household and staff from the tour firm, police stated.
She was taken to hospital in New Providence the place she was declared lifeless on Tuesday, police added.
Cruise operator Royal Caribbean International stated the passenger who was killed had booked an impartial tour in Nassau, and it was supporting her household.
The deadly incident comes a month after an eight-year-old British boy survived a shark assault within the Bahamas.
Shark assaults on people are usually uncommon.
In 2021, there have been 73 confirmed unprovoked assaults globally, of which 9 have been deadly.
This was above the annual world common of 5 unprovoked fatalities, in response to specialists.
Overall, not less than 32 shark assaults have been reported within the Bahamas since 1749.
Michael Heithaus, a marine biologist, stated the variety of assaults within the Bahamas is probably going linked to the excessive variety of folks within the water in that space and its strong marine ecosystem.
He stated the Bahamas has a wide range of shark species, nearly all of which don’t take note of folks, aside from bull sharks and tiger sharks.
“They get to very large sizes, and they eat big prey,” Mr Heithaus stated, earlier than including that sharks have unbelievable sensory methods and will be drawn to meals, sounds and smells within the water.
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