Australia: they suspect that the white shark ate the swimmer because of how he was dressed

Specialists agree that possibly the Five-meter great white shark that attacked and killed diving instructor Simon Nellist last Wednesday in the Little Bay area of ​​Sydney, Australiahe did so because he mistook him for a seal because of the wetsuit that the man was wearing and which is unusual among swimmers because the water is warm.

The expert Chris Pepin-Neff, author of a work dedicated to sharks, told News what It is probable that because of the clothes the animal, which was lurking at the bottom of the sea, mistook the bather. And he clarified: “It’s not crazy”.

SIGHT: A great white shark kills and eats a swimmer on the beach of Little Bay, Australia

The Briton traveled about ten kilometers from his home in Wolli Creek almost every day and swam in the canal from Little Bay to Malaba to train for a charity swimming event. “I always wore a wetsuit, but the water here is quite warm and no one else wears one”he told Daily Mail Australia Barbaraan experienced 85-year-old swimmer.

Pepin-Neff made it clear that “it’s not crazy that sharks bite humans thinking we could be prey”, and explained that 80% of the attacks are “hit and run” because the predator recognizes after the bite that it is not a “prey”. That is why, he argued, most human deaths from sharks are due to “blood loss” from the injury. “There have probably only been 10 or 12 such attacks in the last 30 years worldwide,” he added.

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The specialist Lawrence Chlebeck agreed with his peers that “The shark probably mistook Simon for a seal”. the marine scientist vanessa pirottafor his part, assured ABC News that these positions are “rare and uncommon”. Also, he said the mammal, which is being intensively searched by Australian authorities, is likely to never be seen again.

The tragic moment when the shark kills the bather in Australia.

The attack was the first in Sydney since 1963. Beaches in the area remain closed after the incident that shocked witnesses. One of them recounted how the shark swallowed “body parts” after splitting it in two. The alert alarm sounded immediately and rescue helicopters and lifeguards on jet skis were dispatched to search for the swimmer.

“A man was swimming and a shark came and attacked him vertically”said the fisherman Kris Linto to Nine News. “We heard,” he continued, “a scream and we turned around, It looked like a car had landed in the water, a big splash, then the shark was biting into the body and there was blood everywhere.”.

The remains of the attacked man were found in the water a short time later. Parts of a wetsuit were also recovered, which is what Simon Nellist wore while swimming in the warm waters Australians.

The New South Wales state government has spent millions of dollars on technology to reduce shark attacks along its coastline. Networks have been deployed at 51 beaches, drones and listening stations that can track great white sharks by satellite and send an alert when one is spotted.

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Source: Elcomercio