Shark infested island in Indian Ocean has so many attacks swimming and surfing has been BANNED
Updated: May 3 2021, 8:10 ET
A PARADISE island in the Indian Ocean is so infested with sharks that swimming and surfing have been banned over fears of attacks.
Sharks prowling the waters off Réunion Island near the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean have killed ten people over the last decade.
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The French territory has the highest rate of fatal shark attacks in the world with 3 deaths per on million people - more than three times that of South Africa and vastly more than the United States and Australia.
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Man reported bitten by shark near Disney s Vero Beach Resort, Wabasso Beach Park
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Fire rescue officials said a 54-year-old man boogie boarding in the ocean facing Disney s Vero Beach Resort appeared to have been bitten twice by a shark.
Indian River County Fire Rescue took the man to Sebastian River Medical Center with leg wounds where they said he would be flown to another hospital, said Battalion Chief Roger Dion.
Dion said the man had wounds to his calf and near his knee on the front and back of his leg. The man came out of the water around 10:30 a.m.
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Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File reports that in 2018 only four people were killed by sharks worldwide, which was below the normal average of six.
This is of course excellent news!
Although this is very good to know, and sharks might not be such malicious killing machines as we thought they were, this still does not mean that you should be swimming up to them, wanting to hang out.
One should always remember that they are wild animals, who follow their instinct and that remain incredibly dangerous (especially if provoked).
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