Australian authorities are looking this Thursday for the huge white shark that killed a man on Little Bay beach in southern Sydney the day beforein the first deadly attack in Australia’s most populous city for nearly 60 years.
As a result of this tragic incident, the local authorities today closed dozens of beaches, from Bondi, one of the most popular among tourists, to Cronulla, in the extreme south of the city, on a day in which the temperatures exceeded 30 degrees in Sydney.
Likewise, the authorities activated an intense search and capture operation along some 25 kilometers of coast by sea and by air, with helicopters and drones, to capture the shark, while placing six special traps computerized.
New South Wales State Fisheries Minister Dugald Saunders, who described Wednesday’s fatal attack as a “devastating incident”, admitted that it might be hard to find the shark due to their ability to move.
“It’s a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, but we’ve seen sharks travel great distances,” Saunders told the television network. SkyNews.
The white shark, which It is estimated to be between 3 and 5 meters long.attacked an as-yet-unidentified man who was swimming in Little Beach on Wednesday afternoon in an incident that was captured on video by a witness.
Yesterday afternoon, the authorities managed to recover the remains of the man, who is the first fatal victim of a shark attack in Sydney since January 28, 1963 when Australian actress Marcia Hathaway died from a bull shark bite in Sugarloaf Bay.
Last year there were 18 shark attacks in Australia, of which three were fatal, while in 2020 there were 26 attacks, with 8 deaths.
The great white, It can measure up to 5.5 meters in length and feeds on fish and other species. such as rays, marine mammals, crustaceans and seabirds, he gained worldwide fame as a killer in the 1970s with the movie “Jaws” directed by Steven Spielberg.
According to studies by the government scientific agency CSIRO at the beginning of 2018, there are about 2,210 adult white sharks off the coast of Australia, which, although they are considered the most dangerous, are included in the international lists of endangered species. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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