miked
Contributor
A few stray thoughts:
I'm glad that the woman will be okay.
It's hard to tell from the video if the woman did anything to encourage or provoke the shark.
Based on the reputation of nurse sharks, and the relative lack of horrific damage to the woman's arm, I'd say it looks like one of the "exploratory bites" that we hear about.
I remember being told the nurse sharks don't have your "typical shark teeth", but instead have bony plates. Is that correct?
While I suppose this is no surprise, I'm really annoyed by the number of websites/news sites that presented this video, along with an accompanying story, as "shark savagely attacks woman while swimming". As annoying as that is, the promo for the story had pictures of a great white, and I think a tiger shark.
Also, one article said that the woman was "scuba diving", later in the same article said she was "snorkeling", then finally "swimming". As if we need any further evidence, this is a reminder to not believe everything (anything?) we read.
I'm glad that the woman will be okay.
It's hard to tell from the video if the woman did anything to encourage or provoke the shark.
Based on the reputation of nurse sharks, and the relative lack of horrific damage to the woman's arm, I'd say it looks like one of the "exploratory bites" that we hear about.
I remember being told the nurse sharks don't have your "typical shark teeth", but instead have bony plates. Is that correct?
While I suppose this is no surprise, I'm really annoyed by the number of websites/news sites that presented this video, along with an accompanying story, as "shark savagely attacks woman while swimming". As annoying as that is, the promo for the story had pictures of a great white, and I think a tiger shark.
Also, one article said that the woman was "scuba diving", later in the same article said she was "snorkeling", then finally "swimming". As if we need any further evidence, this is a reminder to not believe everything (anything?) we read.