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  • Details Of Deadly Costa Rican Shark Attack Emerge

    05 Dec 2017 by Jasmine Stone in Animals, Environment
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    Remember when we showed you that video of a tiger shark cruising along just metres from swimmers in Miami (HERE)?

    Sometimes you emerge none the wiser, and sometimes an encounter with a tiger shark ends in tragedy.

    That’s the case with 49-year-old Rohina Bhandari, a New York financier, who died after an attack whilst scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica.

    Via NDTV, here’s what information has made been public:

    [She] died after an early morning attack Thursday on Cocos Island National Park, more than 340 miles off the Costa Rican coast. Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and Energy identified her in a news release only by her last name.

    Bhandari was ascending to the surface at the Manuelita dive site when her 26-year-old diving guide noticed the shark, which he described as a female tiger shark. The guide, identified only by his last name Jim tried to scare the shark off, but it was too late. The shark mauled Bhandari, leaving severe bites on both of her legs, the ministry said in the news release.

    A boater at the surface helped repel the shark as it attacked Bhandari’s diving instructor. The guide sustained a shark bite on one of his legs, but survived. A team of doctors on site treated Jim and confirmed the death of Bhandari, the ministry said.

    Bhandari, a senior director at the Manhattan firm WL Ross & Co. LLC, was part of a group of 18 tourists visiting the island on a trip led by Undersea Hunter Group, a tourism company that organizes [sic] tours to Cocos Island National Park…

    The island is actually famed for its diving, with tourists enjoying regular sightings of rays, tuna, dolphins, and about 14 species of sharks, including the whale shark and hammerhead shark.

    It sure is a picturesque spot…

    Given that it’s a premier dive destination and this is the first attack ever recorded, you would still fancy your chances to have an incident-free splash.

    Might just increase the heart rate a little, though.

    [sources:ndtv&telegraph]

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