The unexpected guest was received quite friendly by the fishermen from Agrinio, who went out to fish in the sea area between Mitika and Episkopi.
Sharks of the Mediterranean Sea have about 47 species, 16 of them reach about 3 meters in length, and 15 species are considered dangerous to humans. However, this danger is very conditional: for 161 years sightings in Greece recorded only 14 attacks and 11 deaths.
While fishing, a shark 1.5 meters long approached the vessel. Keeping a distance of about two meters, she was quite friendly and even tasted the fish thrown to her as a treat, reports agriniotimes. Of course, the fishermen took a photo of the guest and already posted it on the Internet.
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Sharks of the Mediterranean Sea have about 47 species, 16 of them reach about 3 meters in length, and 15 species are considered dangerous to humans. However, this danger is very conditional: for 161 years sightings in Greece recorded only 14 attacks and 11 deaths.
For sharks in the Mediterranean Sea, ideal conditions for existence have been created – water that is excellent in composition and temperature, and the presence of a food base. The species composition of sharks living in the Mediterranean Sea is very diverse and includes 47 species, of which 15 can be classified as actually or potentially dangerous to humans.
And given that every year millions of tourists visit countries that have access to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, it is quite clear that meetings of people with sharks are not uncommon here. The situation with the safety of tourists is aggravated by the fact that none of the countries that have a decent income from tourism advertises the danger of encountering these predators on their beaches in order not to scare away the cash flow.
Places in Greece where sharks are most often found (as prey for fishermen)
In fairness, it should be noted that in the Mediterranean basin, despite the significant number of sharks, very few cases of attacks on people are recorded in comparison with other shark-prone regions of the planet. So, over the last hundred years There have been 21 fatal shark attacks in the Mediterranean. In total, there were about 260 such attacks. If we compare these figures with the statistics of attacks in countries such as the USA or Australia, or even in the Red Sea basin, we can understand that this is not much, although, of course, each such case is a human tragedy. .
List of the most dangerous sharks that live in the Mediterranean Sea:
- Carcharodon carcharias – large white;
- Galeocerdo cuvier – brindle;
- Odontaspis taurus – sandy;
- Carcharhinus leucas – bull (blunt-nosed);
- Carcharhinus longimanus – oceanic longfin;
- Isurus oxyrinchus – mako shark;
- Heptranchias perlo – sevengill;
- Sphyrna mokarran – giant hammerhead shark;
- Prionace glauca – blue (blue).
For sharks in the Mediterranean Sea, ideal conditions for existence have been created – water that is excellent in composition and temperature, and the presence of a food base. The species composition of sharks living in the Mediterranean Sea is very diverse and includes 47 species, of which 15 can be classified as actually or potentially dangerous to humans.
And given that every year millions of tourists visit countries that have access to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, it is quite clear that meetings of people with sharks are not uncommon here. The situation with the safety of tourists is aggravated by the fact that none of the countries that have a decent income from tourism advertises the danger of encountering these predators on their beaches in order not to scare away the cash flow.
Places in Greece where sharks are most often found (as prey for fishermen)
In fairness, it should be noted that in the Mediterranean basin, despite the significant number of sharks, very few cases of attacks on people are recorded in comparison with other shark-prone regions of the planet. So, over the last hundred years There have been 21 fatal shark attacks in the Mediterranean. In total, there were about 260 such attacks. If we compare these figures with the statistics of attacks in countries such as the USA or Australia, or even in the Red Sea basin, we can understand that this is not much, although, of course, each such case is a human tragedy. .
List of the most dangerous sharks that live in the Mediterranean Sea:
- Carcharodon carcharias – large white;
- Galeocerdo cuvier – brindle;
- Odontaspis taurus – sandy;
- Carcharhinus leucas – bull (blunt-nosed);
- Carcharhinus longimanus – oceanic longfin;
- Isurus oxyrinchus – mako shark;
- Heptranchias perlo – sevengill;
- Sphyrna mokarran – giant hammerhead shark;
- Prionace glauca – blue (blue).
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