WATCH: Shocking moment shark leaps out of water to attack parasailor
This shark is really out here doing the most when it could have just found a tasty fish.
As South Africans, we have all at some point received a "beware of sharks" talk. Especially in KZN.
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While it seems obvious to keep an eye out for any dangerous creatures when you are in their habitat, meaning when you are actually in the ocean, it would stand to reason that anywhere outside of the water you would be safe.
Right? Wrong.
A recent shark attack video that has been circulating the interweb and has caught everyone's attention. And not for the reasons you might think.
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The video is particularly gory and gross. It's not close up footage or captures a fight between man and beast, the usual elements you would expect from a shark attack video.
Instead, this one is filmed some distance away, but what you can see is two parasailors riding tandem before a shark leaps out of the water towards one of the parasailor's feet.
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The incident took place at a resort in the Red Sea while a 37-year-old Jordanian man was hovering above the ocean before a shark suddenly emerged and bit his leg.
While the species of shark couldn't be determined, they suspect that it might have been a whitetip reef shark, as they have been known to occasionally attack humans.
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You can watch the video below:
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The man sustained serious injuries and he was rushed to the Prince Hashem Military Hospital where medics operated on his right foot.
He had several severed tendons, torn muscles, and a few broken bones, but was said to be in a stable condition.
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Shark attacks in this region, the Gulf of Aqaba, are apparently very rare:
The shark attack garnered a lot of media attention. Truthfully, it scared a lot of people, but this is something that can take place anywhere. In Karak, for example, there are snakes and scorpions, but in the end, they’re not dangerous enough to scare people away. I’ve been diving for 20 years and this is the first time I’ve heard of a shark attack.
However, only two days after the initial attack, another group had a shark confrontation.
Luckily, in the second attack, no humans were injured when the shark wanted to bite the speedboat.
According to Roya News, Nayef al-Bakhit, the head of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA), said that they would be forming a committee in order to investigate the two incidents and will release a statement after the investigation has been concluded.
Hopefully, that means no other shark-related injuries in the future.
Main image courtesy of CN Post/YouTube