Authorities in Costa Rica reported the death of an American tourist after the attack of a tiger shark while scuba diving in the Pacific ocean. The woman was diving with an instructor in a picturesque place called Manuelita in National Park Isla del Coco, on Thursday morning. At some point the American woman and her companion saw it floating next to a tiger shark shows them excessive interest, they began to rise to the surface. The instructor tried to scare the shark, but it swam too close and bit the tourist’s legs. The boat women were waiting for another escort. He also tried to scare the fish, but it was too late.
The American received serious lacerations to both legs and was bleeding. Failed to escape from predators and the instructor, with a severe wound to the leg the woman was hospitalized and is now in serious but stable condition. A tourist died from his wounds.
The experts have registered the presence of 5 tiger sharks in the National Park Isla del Coco in 2012, but the fatal incident the result of their attack was the first recorded in this region.
The tiger shark is one of the most common species of sharks on Earth. The habitat of these fish is wide. They are found in the open ocean and the coast. Tiger sharks are very voracious and indiscriminate eating. In the pack they can attack the whale, they are characterized by cannibalism. The tiger shark is one of the most dangerous marine predators to humans. Every year there are dozens of cases of attacks on people.
