Museum specialists in Egypt are mummifying the shark that savagely ate a Russian man swimming at a well-liked resort seashore so that the monstrous predator will be placed on show.
Specialists on the Institute of Marine Sciences and the Red Sea Reserves started the embalming means of the animal on Monday, local outlet Al Arabiya reported.
Once the method is accomplished, the mummified shark will likely be on show within the institute’s museum.
Body components belonging to the person who was ravaged, Vladimir Popov, have been found contained in the animal, confirming to authorities that they had captured the shark that was concerned in Thursday’s assault close to the Elysees Dream Beach Hotel on the common seashore resort, Hurghada.
Horrifying video footage of the assault reveals Popov, 23, splashing frantically within the ocean earlier than getting dragged underwater as fearful onlookers cry out for assist.
Museum specialists extracted half of the Russian man’s physique from contained in the shark, together with his head, chest, and arms. Soon after the accident, fishermen discovered the opposite half of his stays out at sea.
The shark practically consumed all of Popov’s physique, however discarded the second half after noticing a fishermen’s boat trying to come back to the scene and assist the person.
After pulling the decrease half of Popov’s physique out of the water, the fisherman chased the shark and caught it with a purpose to have specialists in Hurghada analyze and dissect it.
Officials are hoping that by analyzing the shark they may be capable to provide you with a plan to forestall different ones from attacking beach-goers.
According to Al Arabiya, Governor of the Red Sea Major General Amr Hanafi is trying into putting in nets at some seashores, resorts, and tourist villages with a purpose to forestall sharks from reaching swimmers.
Initial stories claimed that Popov was a Russian tourist, nevertheless, Russia’s consul basic in Hurghada confirmed Popov had been residing in Egypt for a number of months.
Popov’s girlfriend reportedly managed to flee the water unscathed as bystanders unsuccessfully tried to avoid wasting him.
The slain man’s father stated the pair had “gone to the beach to relax” when impulsively, his son “was attacked by a shark.”
The assault left beachgoers shocked, with many ready to bludgeon the shark to demise after a fisherman dragged it ashore.
Video of the scene reveals the group horrifically beating the animal, and it concludes with the cameraman even posing for a selfie because the savage scene unfolds within the background.
It’s unclear if the shark that ate Popov was concerned in another reported incidents within the space.
Though shark assaults are uncommon within the Red Sea coastal areas, final 12 months, sharks killed two ladies — an Austrian and a Romanian — simply days aside in the identical common tourist location.
