A kayaker off the coast of Tazacorte, Canary Islands, recently experienced a harrowing moment when a hammerhead shark began circling his kayak. Acting swiftly, the peddler defended himself as the shark approached him. The encounter took place near the western shores of La Palma Island, a part of the Canary Islands.
Video footage of the unsettling event, shared by Daily Mail, shows the shark swimming around the kayak while the kayaker can be heard breathing nervously. In a tense bid to fend off the predator, the man grabs his paddle, attempting to scare the shark away by striking it.
Although the shark initially swims off, it quickly returns. Seeing this, the kayaker grows visibly more distressed, worried that the shark might try to flip his kayak. As it approaches once again, he can be heard shouting, “Get away,” before hitting the shark a second time. But after another hit, the shark disappears from view.
Watch the video here:
The footage of a kayaker’s tense encounter with the hammerhead shark sparked a wave of reactions online, with social media users weighing in on the situation. Many downplayed the event, pointing out that hammerheads are generally not aggressive towards humans.
One user commented, “Maybe he was just curious. Like this he will attack to defend himself,” while another added, “Hammerhead sharks don’t eat humans.”
“Although hammerheads have killed many people and are very well known to attack people this here was a curious juvenile look around 5-6ft. Hitting the shark probably made it a little pissed though and come back for more,” someone else pointed out.
In a frustrated tone, a user remarked, “Kayak somewhere else if you cannot keep your cool when you see a shark exploring just like you.”
Another user sided with the shark, writing, “Shark didn’t attack, the kayaker definitely attacked the shark,” while a commenter wrote, “Poor shark minding his own business and gets smacked in the face with an oar.”
Last week, a 30-year-old German woman tragically lost her life while sailing on a pleasure craft named Dalliance Chichester. The incident occurred on September 17, as she was on a catamaran off the coast of Western Sahara when a shark bit off her leg.
The woman was quickly airlifted by a Spanish Air Force helicopter in an effort to save her. However, she suffered a fatal cardiac arrest during the flight to Doctor Negrin Hospital in Las Palmas, the capital of Gran Canaria. Despite emergency measures, she was pronounced dead upon her arrival at the hospital.
Comments
0 comment