Tourist suffers shark bite in the Maldives after attempting to photograph nurse shark

express.co.uk

A tourist was reportedly mauled by a shark in the Maldives after attempting to interact with it for social media content. The 26-year-old woman was swimming with nurse sharks when she tried to get close for a photograph, resulting in a bite to her wrist. Nurse sharks are generally docile, but can bite. The woman stated she was told it was safe to swim with sharks during her period, though scientific evidence does not support this claim.


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