Great white shark attacks from last 10 years - gruesome injuries and horror deaths
dailystar.co.ukgreat white shark, is at it again.The adult beasts can grow up to six meters in length and have rows of sharp teeth waiting to sink into their unfortunate prey.They are believed to be responsible for a recent attack in South Africa, in which two swimmers were tragically killed.A man's body washed up on La Lucia beach in Duran last week with chunks of his flesh missing.
The body of a second man was also sighted but was swept away by currents.A spokesperson for the country's emergency medical services said: "Reports indicate that while walking on the beach, a man came across the decomposing body of an adult male face down between washed-up flotsam."When medics turned the body over for assessments they found that a portion of the right upper arm and right chest were missing with multiple shark bites clearly visible."Whether it was a great white responsible is not yet confirmed and police are investigating, but the sea predator has been responsible for a few attacks in recent years.There is a theory that the eyesight of the great white shark is so bad that they mistake humans for seals, which is why they attack.Perhaps the most famous shark attack in history was the gruesome end of the USS Indianapolis during the Second World War.After the ship was torpedoed in July 1945, just 316 of the 1,196 men on board survived the sinking and many were picked off by circling sharks, drawn to the scent of blood in the water.Survivor Woody James said: "The sharks were around, hundreds of them...
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