Sharks at Sharm el-Sheikh: Update IV

A friend sent this article to me.  Supposedly a drunk Serbian man killed the killer shark at Sharm el-Sheikh.  Here's an excerpt:

“Dragan jumped high and plunged down to the sea, but didn’t make as much splash as we thought he would”, explained Milovan.
 . . .
Dragan was able to swim to the shore and told his friends he had twisted his ankle, telling them the water was not that soft.
The water is soft buddy, you just landed on a shark.

 I really doubt this is true, but it is a great drinking story!

Sharks at Sharm el-Sheikh: Update III

The saga continues.  The experts are saying that the decline in fish for sharks to eat, plus people trying to feed the fish and/or sharks and dumping animal carcasses, are the reasons for the shark attacks.  The experts want the dumpers fined, as well as watch towers on the beach and boat patrols in the water too.  If you haven't seen the movie Jaws, you really ought to. 

Sharks at Sharm el-Sheikh: Update II

Well, some of the beaches are now open.  Most of them are still closed.  I guess they're waiting to see if they can catch more sharks, or counting how many they see.  I read an article that compared the situation to the first Jaws movie.  It's a bit scary.

Sharks at Sharm el-Sheikh: Update I

The beaches are still closed at Sharm, and another shark has been caught.  US shark experts are there helping out.  The shark that was caught is a Mako, and they're still looking for an Oceanic White Tip.

Sharks at Sharm el-Sheikh

There has been another shark attack at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.  Four people were attacked last week, and beaches were closed until 2 sharks were caught.  They had only been open a few days when the current attack happened, and now the beaches are closed indefinitely.  This could really hurt Egypt's tourism industry, since much of it is beach tourism.