Egyptian

The question of what kind of shark attacked the tourists, and remains open.

What happened to the hitherto harmless sharks of the Red Sea? .

Now, more than 350 known species of sharks, but only some of them - about eight species - even a dozen species are considered dangerous.

Sharks - an ancient group of marine fish. Judging by the individual fragments ' found in marine sediments of Central Asia, they have existed 410 million. years ago.

- Victor S., let's start with the most important. Today, many tour operators say that sharks are dangerous to humans, in the Red Sea there are no. And what happened in December 2010, - nonsense out of the common case, a tragic set of circumstances. Like, the one and only man-eater swam to the coast of Sharm el- Sheikh. So is it worth paying attention to this incident and even more panic?.

- What else can be said tour operators directly involved in the sale of vouchers? . Among them - the gray shark, tiger, silk, hammerheads, reef, leopard, sand and dlinnokrylaya. Incidentally, in the first days after the tragedy of the Egyptian authorities have declared that it was a shark attacked dlinnokrylaya tourists. When the two predators were caught, and see what 's inside, it appeared that they were not involved in the murder of people. But, otherwise it could not be. After dlinnokrylaya shark belongs to the challenges in the ocean of fish and almost never approaches the coast.

- So, the question of what kind of shark attacked the tourists, is still open?.

- Yes. It could be a white shark - the most dangerous to humans. These predator prefer the open ocean waters. On the other hand, they occur in the central Mediterranean. So it could easily swim through the Suez Canal or the 16- mile neck of Bab el- Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean.

- Of all the sharks that live in the Red Sea, which represents the greatest danger to man?.

- Hard to say. All sharks - predators, which means that their behavior is unpredictable. For example, gray reef sharks and swim close to the people, and can attack them. These large predators teeth are large, triangular, with serrated serrated edges, and even recurved. This increases their tearing strength and does not allow the extraction of slip.

Silky sharks, despite the gentle name, no less dangerous. They periodically swim in coastal waters and are very aggressive towards people. If the silk shark lifted her head up, and the tail hung down - to save their souls. After all, this pose - nothing like a direct threat and a signal that the predator ready to attack.

Tiger shark in search of food in general can go into shallow bays and estuaries, even in. This predator is slow, but it is quick and agile, when food uchuet. Being a voracious and indiscriminate in, food, it absorbs crabs, lobsters, fish, and generally any available prey. In the stomachs of tiger sharks are often fallen into the water birds, pieces of dolphins and crocodiles, dogs, cats, cow hooves, antlers, shoes, bags of coal, tin cans, beer bottles and, of course, parts of human bodies.

When the shark eats a local resident, all silent, and only when it attacks the foreigner - information leaks in the media.

- But even if so, why did before, ...

- This is incorrect information. Sharks in the area from time to time, but still attack people. And the aggravation they occur about once in two years. Just the Egyptian authorities do not like to talk about such emergency. When the shark eats a local resident, all silent, and only when it attacks the foreigner - information leaks in the media.

- It turns out that the locals know about the danger?.

- Of course. That is why, even while swimming at the beach, they do not swim on the coast of 3-5 meters. Tourists just relaxing on remote beaches of the city, always in danger, just to anybody about it does not prevent.

- What do you think, why did the beginning of December, one or more of the sharks were in the resort area of Egypt?.

- At this point there are several points of view. According to Egyptian media, the shark swam up to the shores of Sharm El Sheikh from the high seas, following a merchant vessel which was carrying a party of sheep in Jordan. According to experts, the sailors decided to get rid of the carcasses of dead animals, throwing them overboard. On the scent of prey and predator sailed.

According to another version, to blame tourists themselves: a few days during the cruises they fed the fish on the coral reefs of meat from the restaurant. And thus the feeding of sharks. By the coast, seems to have arrived for the addition of predator.

But there is a third, in my opinion the most plausible version, which announced the director of the Nature Reserves of the Sinai Peninsula, Mohammad Saleem. He said that the frequent shark attacks in the Red Sea were the result of ecosystem disturbance. The Red Sea is uncontrolled fishing, and the number has dropped dramatically over the past 10 years. This makes marine predators to seek prey in new places, that is, near the shore.

Not the least role in this tragedy was played, and incredibly hot summer in 2010. The water temperature in the Red Sea warmed to 27 degrees, causing the shark 's syndrome rampant hunger.

- And how to behave in an attack shark? .

- If the number of sharks, try not to make noise. Under no circumstances should you attempt to fight off a shark loud noises, shouting, whistling and slapping on the water - it is only to attract her attention. If you can see that the shark is going to attack, behave as aggressive: try to hit her on the nose, poke a knife or a fist in the face, grab the gills and they try to break. Most species of sharks never attack the victim is actively resisting. If you are attacked while diving, air tanks, use: let him into the shark. It scared the abundance of air bubbles.

- It does not sound too optimistic.

- Maybe, but still, many experts believe that the danger posed by sharks, is greatly exaggerated. It is estimated that the chance of a person to be subjected to shark attack is 1 in 11 million, and the chance to die from such an attack - 1 to 264 million. Drowning in the water unlike the more. For example, the U.S. average in the year 3306 people drowned, and killed by a shark's teeth - only one.

March 17, 2011.

Semen Murata.
The question of what kind of shark attacked the tourists, and remains open.

What happened to the hitherto harmless sharks of the Red Sea? .



Now, more than 350 known species of sharks, but only some of them - about eight species - even a dozen species are considered dangerous.

Sharks - an ancient group of marine fish. Judging by the individual fragments ' found in marine sediments of Central Asia, they have existed 410 million. years ago.

- Victor S., let's start with the most important. Today, many tour operators say that sharks are dangerous to humans, in the Red Sea there are no. And what happened in December 2010, - nonsense out of the common case, a tragic set of circumstances. Like, the one and only man-eater swam to the coast of Sharm el- Sheikh. So is it worth paying attention to this incident and even more panic?.

- What else can be said tour operators directly involved in the sale of vouchers? . Among them - the gray shark, tiger, silk, hammerheads, reef, leopard, sand and dlinnokrylaya. Incidentally, in the first days after the tragedy of the Egyptian authorities have declared that it was a shark attacked dlinnokrylaya tourists. When the two predators were caught, and see what 's inside, it appeared that they were not involved in the murder of people. But, otherwise it could not be. After dlinnokrylaya shark belongs to the challenges in the ocean of fish and almost never approaches the coast.

- So, the question of what kind of shark attacked the tourists, is still open?.

- Yes. It could be a white shark - the most dangerous to humans. These predator prefer the open ocean waters. On the other hand, they occur in the central Mediterranean. So it could easily swim through the Suez Canal or the 16- mile neck of Bab el- Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean.

- Of all the sharks that live in the Red Sea, which represents the greatest danger to man?.

- Hard to say. All sharks - predators, which means that their behavior is unpredictable. For example, gray reef sharks and swim close to the people, and can attack them. These large predators teeth are large, triangular, with serrated serrated edges, and even recurved. This increases their tearing strength and does not allow the extraction of slip.

Silky sharks, despite the gentle name, no less dangerous. They periodically swim in coastal waters and are very aggressive towards people. If the silk shark lifted her head up, and the tail hung down - to save their souls. After all, this pose - nothing like a direct threat and a signal that the predator ready to attack.

Tiger shark in search of food in general can go into shallow bays and estuaries, even in. This predator is slow, but it is quick and agile, when food uchuet. Being a voracious and indiscriminate in, food, it absorbs crabs, lobsters, fish, and generally any available prey. In the stomachs of tiger sharks are often fallen into the water birds, pieces of dolphins and crocodiles, dogs, cats, cow hooves, antlers, shoes, bags of coal, tin cans, beer bottles and, of course, parts of human bodies.
When the shark eats a local resident, all silent, and only when it attacks the foreigner - information leaks in the media.