The woman above suffered injuries comparable to those of a hit-and-run after being hit by a humpback whale.
According to 9News, Alicia Ramsey, 30, was snorkeling off the Australian coast of Exmouth, 1,264 km from the mainland, during a guided tour to watch whale sharks.
However, a humpback accompanied by its calf approached the group carrying out the expedition.
“The mother went into protection mode and put herself between us and the calf,” Alicia explained.
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It was at that moment that one of the animal’s fins emerged and hit the young woman as she returned to the water.
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She says that she only realized the gravity of the attack when she returned to the boat. Alicia had fractured ribs and several scratches all over her body.
The Australian was taken to hospital, where the doctor in charge of care compared the patient’s injuries to those caused by a collision with a car.
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‘She was huge, immense’, recalls Alicia, ‘I looked at the water and I could only see a part of her’
A diver already had a shark removed from the abdomen at the base of the stab. Understand next!
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According to the British tabloid Mirror, Ervin Maccarty went into the water looking for a grouper.
‘I’m good at pulling groupers out of holes, so the captain of the boat asked me to catch one,’ he says.
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Ervin dove to about 3 m deep, until he found a possible hiding place for the fish.
However, things didn’t go as planned.
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‘As soon as I got there, the shark came out of another hole and bit me. I struggled to get back to the boat’, recalls the diver
‘I had to hold it with both hands so it wouldn’t tear me and get up to breathe with the shark pulling me down’
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Even back on the vessel, the agony is not over
The animal, known as the nurse shark, wouldn’t let go of the bone. In this case, Ervin’s skin
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The diver’s friends had to resort to a knife in an attempt to remove him
All this in the face of Ervin’s desperation, who was screaming all the time for him not to be cut.
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One of the witnesses even asks if the victim had not been bitten on the penis.
luckily no
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Still, the scene is still shocking.
Given the amount of blood left over the diver’s abdomen
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Finally, Ervin’s companions managed to free him from the shark.
Exhausted from the traumatic experience, he said: ‘It was a struggle and it wore me down’
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The publication does not say whether the diver received any medical attention after the attack. We hope so. Already the predator ended up in a worse…
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