Fish-attack In Playa De Palma

An chartless marine type that immoderate judge was a triggerfish attacked an 85-year-old Italian tourer connected nan Playa de Palma’s Balenario 6 conception connected July 22nd, section news outlets reported. The area’s waters were evacuated to debar further incidents.

Some opportunity it was a bluish shark aliases a stingray, but 1 master successful Mallorca affirms it was a triggerfish and different a bluefish that spot disconnected a mini chunk of nan somen’s near calf.

“When you look astatine nan image of nan wound, it appears arsenic if thing has been pulled — there’s nary clear people of teeth on nan edges of nan wound,” said Toni Grau, nan Director General of Fisheries and a marine biologist. “By process of elimination, nan only point that comes to mind is simply a triggerfish.” 

However, Aniol Esteban, a Marine biodiversity master astatine nan Marilles foundation, differed. 

“Statistics show that shark attacks successful Mediterranean waters are highly rare. Our presumption is that a bluefish whitethorn person caused nan attack.”

He could beryllium correct because nan bluefish is simply a large, highly fierce food pinch a powerful jaw, which inhabits temperate, coastal waters and is commonly recovered successful nan Mediterranean, peculiarly during nan warmer months. It is uncommon for it to onslaught humans unless it feels threatened, arsenic it typically hunts for prey adjacent nan waters’ surface.

This is not nan first study of biting food this summer. Last month, respective akin incidents were reported successful Mallorca, 1 of nan astir celebrated islands of nan Balearic Islands.