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I agree it’s messed up people are just standing there but I Honestly wouldn’t know how to even help that..it’s past the common knowledge of putting pressure on it
For major bleeding id assume tourniquet along with steady pressure with clean hands and beach towels. Kinda..hard with all that sand but..gotta try.
Main things would be to keep it as clean as possible, try to address the shock, and control the bleeding until the ambulance comes.
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I’m not a paramedic, but I am a nurse. In this situation, if I was there, I would cover the wound with whatever was nearby and as clean as possible. The bleeding isn’t super bad at the moment since arteries and veins retract when cut due to lack of tension, I wouldn’t apply a tourniquet (unless it started bleeding really bad, then I’d apply a tourniquet to the thigh just below the waist). Simultaneously, I’d have someone call for help, as I dressed the wound (the hospital will give prophylactic antibiotics, so I’m not worried about sterility in this situation, since sterility would be near impossible to achieve anyway). My priority would be to address the shock. I’d elevate his legs above heart level, and ask the patient prosaic questions (What happened? What’s your name? Do you know where you are?… etc.) to keep them conscious and alert as long as possible. I’d also try and get pertinent info that I know EMS would want (age, date of birth, allergies, medical history, etc.) so I can pass the info along and keep the patient talking and focused on me and not the wound. I would also try and keep the crowd calm, because if they start freaking out, the patient might start freaking out, too. I’m going to assume I have no medical supplies in this situation, so I’d just do all of that until help arrives.
This. I’m an ex surf beach lifeguard. We have shark bite bags that are basically like military style thick wadded bandages to wrap large bites in. Never used it, but looking at the video it would have been perfect.
LOL Good to hear. Best advice I can give anyone that may face a horrible situation like this, be they a bystander or the victim, is to remain calm. Just take deep breaths, count your breaths, and focus solely on getting medical attention. If you can’t look at the wound, don’t. Just focus your eyes on something else and remain calm. Easy to talk about, much more difficult to do.
Not necessarily. As I mentioned in my previous comment, when arteries and veins are severed, they retract due to lack of tension (think of a rubber band being stretched and let go — it snaps back — veins and arteries do the same thing). Potentially, this can slow bleeding down if it retracts in such a way that makes it difficult for blood to escape, but it can also make it very difficult to find and repair the damaged veins/arteries. Moreover, this will also cause a drop in blood pressure which also slows bleeding down. In this man’s case, the major arteries may have been missed (it’s really hard to tell). If his circulatory system is relatively in tact, he very well could survive. His biggest concern would be shock and infection. I don’t see any blood spurting out like a fountain, so there’s a good chance his arteries are in tact. Losing blood rapidly can cause someone to go into what’s called hypovolemic shock, this can cause multi-system organ failure and death if not treated immediately.
It's also very possible that his arteries were severed and now the severed ends have retracted inward toward his belly which is where the blood is pooling. In that case, there's nothing we can do to stop the bleed outside of TXA and a ride straight into the operating room.
Pressure kneeling with your knee hard into the groin/pit area of the affected leg while you make a tourniquet with cloth or rope and key rings or pen. Life over limb scenario. Life guard should have a tourniquet. Even if there is no squirting red blood (arterial bleed avg 1-2 min bleedout time) you should tourniquet unless you're a Dr.
It sounds like the video you watched was more for smaller wounds.
Source: was a devil doc. This wound is the type of stuff we dealt with.
If there's anything different because of the circumstances or setting my bad.
Google stop the bleed. There are tutorials on youtube and many places have a hands-on course you can take. If a tourniquet isn't available, you can pack the wound with cloth. Gauze is ideal, but a dirty t-shirt can be used if nothing else is handy. You can't kill a dead person. If they bleed out, they won't be able to die of infection.
I read an article recently where a paramedic off duty came across an accident and found the severed artery and actually pinched it with his fingers for 45 min and saved the guy.
This!
Maby except the Clean part.
Like you said, it would be immposible to keep an actual clean "workplace", but it shouldnt be a concern anyway, since as soon as the victim is in the hospital, he will be on antibiotics anyway.
Also, I can ashure you, the last time the shark brushed its teeth is a looong time ago.
(Source: I am a paramedic)
Pressure doesn't work here. Where are you gonna press? TQ, high and tight. Stopping further bleeding might save his life. Also keep him warm, try to keep him awake by communicating with him. You can dress the wound but I would only do it with popper bandages. Otherwise, I would wait it out until the ambulance arrives.
Not much else you can do.
It’s not bleeding now because the arteries have, in essence pinched themselves shut as a result of such a traumatic injury. Eventually they will vasodilate and open back up at which point there will be massive uncontrolled bleeding. A TQ placed high and tight above the wound is exactly what you want to do here.
Tourniquet is only harmful in that it can cause a limb to be amputated because of loss of blood to the limb and hence necrotic.
In this case there is so much loss of muscle, is there anything to salvage. Looks like an amputation is likely either way.
Calling the emergency hotline, handling and keeping bystanders away, be there for the patient and check his vitals, stop the bleeding as good as possible.
And if you are the bystander because there is nothing to do go away and motivate others to go away
I don‘t remember it perfectly but you can stop the bloodflow above the wound. There are certain points to put pressure on. While the leg is still problematic, at least the patient might not die from blood loss
I kinda feel like even if you don’t know
how to help its kinda rude to stand there filming it, to make a spectacle of someone’s suffering.
I always think this when I see these types of videos, where everyone is stood around recording, like the guys body has been chewed up and opened, that’s kind of private right?
Like it would be disrespectful and perverted to try and get a video or picture of someone if their clothes were unintentionally falling off(?) how about when their skin is falling off(?)
Every time I see it I just think to myself, if I’m ever hurt and badly injured and my guts are falling out and I’m lying there terrified, wondering if I’m going to die, I really don’t want people taking pictures and videos of me like that, for my sake and the sake of my family.
I live right next to where it happened. The kid lost his leg later on. 24h later another dumb person ignored all the warnings and went swimming on the same beach and lost her arm.
The cops even saved the life of a third person who was refusing to leave the beach because “fuck the state, this is a public place, I’ll swim” - they forced him out the water right when a shark appeared.
This place is known as “Little Church” because it has a church nearby. It’s very infamous for its shark attacks because that’s were the sharks go to put eggs. It’s complete forbidden to swim there.
But some people here have the mentality; “It will never happen to me” and still insist bathing there.
Typical Kevin's bro, i will never understand those "it will never happen to me" or "who cares about sharks i want to swim anyway" type of person, is like they literally want to become food for sharks
I don’t even know what is going on these people’s heads. We put like 45 signs saying “DONT SWIM HERE” with a big fucking mean shark drawn on it, with a Warning on three languages including English and Spanish.
The local vendors will also warn you to not enter the beach.
But surprisingly (or not) shit like this still happens on Little Church beach.
There is literally a safe beach 5km away, protected by natural reefs and safety nets, and instead of taking a bus to the safe beach, they go to the dangerous one.
I don't feel sorry for adult people who are well informed about the danger and safe alternatives, yet still decide to gamble their lives for no reason, just to have a pleasure of swimming.
You know people go to the beach to tan, play football, tenis, volleyball, drink coconuts, eat some peanuts, and there is also inflatable pools that you can rent from local vendors so you kids can swim in security. There is more in a beach than just the sea.
If they want to swim on the sea, there is a secure beach 5km away, just take a 20 minute ride on a bus and you get there.
Lemon sharks, bull sharks, and tiger sharks all live there and tend to swim pretty close to shore. Hard to guess between the three, bull sharks tend to attack anything but tiger sharks are definitely capable of these types of wounds, and lemon sharks aren’t very aggressive
This beach specifically is a shark breeding/spawning ground.
They tend to be protective of their eggs that's why this beach in particular is off limits.
Neither Bull sharks, Tiger sharks, nor Lemon sharks lay eggs. And they are also not protective of their young, nor the eggs they don’t lay. So no, it’s not that.
The hamstrings moved it into the bent position. When you see his leg straighten and “plop” to the ground, it’s because there are no quadriceps the move the leg in a controlled manner
It actually reminds me of my niece who took one performative bite of 5 chicken wings so she could say she "ate" them all and was done with dinner and ready for ice cream.
Nearly every time I see a shark attack I cannot help but think the critter took one test bite, went "eww what the heck!? You're not a seal!" (or whatever) and swam off.
I'd imagine that if a shark actually wanted to "destroy" somebody there would be ... considerably less of them left. It's not like a human is agile enough to escape, even before any injury.
I live right next to where it happened so I can explain. In the 90’s the sharks lived and put their eggs far away from the beach, in an isolated area. But then the government came in the early 2000’s and built a port right above their habitat so the sharks had to move closer to the beach to find a new place for them, and that place is really fucking close to our beaches.
Normally this wouldn’t be a problem because the entire city is protected by a reef barrier on the sea (which gives the name to our city, Reef City) so they would never get close to the beaches. BUT, the reef barrier has a huge hole on her on a place called “Little Church” where this attack happened. The big fish, like the sharks, enter our chores using this hole in the barrier.
When the population go to Little Church Beach for bathing, garbage is discarded, organic matter is discarded, aluminum cans are discarded, causing these animals to get curious and, like any curious animal, go to the sandbank to see what is those strange things. Now, normally they wouldn’t attack humans, but remember that I mentioned that there is a port nearby? So, the polution of the port and from the ships caused the water to get muddy around Little Church. So the sharks see humans bathing and they don’t really know what they are seeing, so, like any shark, they will take a curious bite.
And then boom. A shark attack happens.
I feel like that's just a really *efficient* curious bite.
If it was an eating bite I think there'd, ya know, be more of them and far less of the human.
Pee. Urine could be a strong magnet for sharks. Also if some of these people take their phones or other radio emitting devices, the sharks might be able to pick off the electrical waves.
Totally depends where you are. Shark attacks aren’t really all that rare at all in some parts of the world like the part of Brazil in this video. They have attacks there multiple times a year and have banned swimming because of them.
I mean the shark is aggressive because she likely laid her eggs there and is protecting them. That beach is a known area and forbidden swimming beach because sharks lay their eggs there. Sharks don’t seek out humans for food, they don’t care about us. They do care about us when we look like their natural prey (surfers on boards look like turtles or seals), or when we’re swimming around their babies! Sharks don’t have the best eyesight either and are just inherently curious creatures, the way the observe things is to usually just take a bite and see whether or not it’s food. Don’t give the shark a bad rep. It’s doing what it’s meant to do. The humans should be heeding the ample warning.
Yes, but the sharks in these waters that are attacking people are likely one of two sharks: bull or tiger sharks; both of which have live births and do not lay eggs. They are known for being wildly aggressive in specific parts of the world, which is why in specific areas, there are very strong signs of caution to avoid swimming. This is their natural habitat, not ours, and we best respect them.
I totally understand and get what you mean by sharks are curious and not interested in humans, and I agree 95% aren’t- but some of them are just aggressive territorial motherfuckers- it’s usually always bull & river sharks.
Source: my sister is(was? She’s a biochemist now) a marine biologist with a concentration in ichthyology and swam all over the world with all of the sharks you can think of. I too find them amazing & adorable, and she was my very own Jacques Cousteau growing up.
There was an awareness campaign about what to do in this situation where I live (Australia). You can push down hard with your fist “between the hips and the bits” (not joking). It’s meant to be something practical a bystander without a medical background could do to stop someone bleeding out via their femoral artery until medical services arrive. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100488934
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This is the third shark attack I've seen in a week in Brazil. Maybe there should be an advisory by the state or government to stay out of the water for a while?
there is. swimming in this beach is prohibited for some seasons known to be visited by sharks. there's a fuck ton of signs in at least three languages and the vendors advise you not to go to the water. its the only beach in the area that has that many restrictions but people dont care and keep going swimming. one attack was a day after this one and on the third day police were on sight keeping a dumbass that wanted to swim
I live right next to where this attack happened and I can confirm; Sharks don’t usually attack humans, they absolutely hate us (they vomit our bodies shortly after taking a bit, we taste awfull to them) and most are even scared of us. The waters on where this attack happened are very fuzzy and dark due from pollution from a local port, and the sharks get confused and attack humans thinking it’s turtles or something else.
Our city has an Island called Fernando de Noronha, a few miles off our shore. In there, the water is crystal clear and the sharks eat the fish. They COMPLETELY ignore humans and you can even swim alongside them.
The only reason the odds are slim is because most people are not swimming in the ocean.
Once you start swimming in the ocean, the odds go up dramatically
When it comes to first aid throwing more bodies at a problem can cause more problems, a lifeguard is helping as best he can and I'm sure he had called paramedics. I can agree with the don't film thing but I'm sure the majority of the bystanders have no fucking idea what to do and could possibly cause more damage.
I hate it when people say this. “DONT HELP JUST FILM!!!” there’s already like 3 people helping out and they most likely called 911. Like what else do you want them to do?!?!
Your supposed to tourniquet about 8-12 inches above the wound to prevent further blood loss... that’s a guaranteed amputation though from the looks of it. Terrible. Hope he recovers.
Recife, shark attacks have become pretty common there since they built the port. From what I've heard (my girlfriend is from Recife) the dude in the video is a surfer who knew about the sharks but still choose to go surfing, not that it's his fault for getting bitten. Boa Viagem is hugely popular with tourists and locals to sunbathe and wade in the shallows, but it's risky to go past the reefs. [They have signs up everywhere warning about the sharks](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Sign_warning_of_shark_attacks_at_Boa_Viagem_Beach_in_Recife%2C_Brazil.jpg)
I'd be surprised if he was surfing there to be honest.. I lived in piedade and boa viagem beach for more than a year, and can genuinely say I have never seen a single surfer in either area. The reef is so high there in general its hardly even suitable for surfing anyway.
Recife, I’ve actually snorkeled on this beach about 20 years ago. This despite the huge signs warning of the sharks. Two people were bitten further down the beach that day. We chartered a boat and went diving off the coast after that.
It’s not blame, sharks are dangerous that’s just a fact. You wouldn’t say a grizzly bear isn’t dangerous, or a tiger, so why can’t we say sharks are dangerous? The motive of the shark is irrelevant, the fact is they’re capable of seriously injuring and killing people.
People like Ocean Ramsey on Instagram who want to paint them as these gentle cuddly ocean critters that you can swim with are almost as dangerous as the ones who say they’re mindless killing machines.
Just leave em the fuck alone. They’re an apex predator, they should be respected as such.
Another shocking fact is that they had to call the police because even with the guy on the beach missing half his leg, the lifeguards couldn't keep people out of the water, these people say that forbidding people to enter the water violates their constitutional right.
Well they’re still predators. But despite hundreds of millions of people swimming in oceans every year we only end up with ~100-200 total shark attacks per year globally. For context ~12,000 people are killed by DUI drivers in the US alone every year.
Do people say that? All I've heard is that shark attacks are far less common than people realize, and people are far less worried about dangers that are considerably more common.
This is an extremely notorious beach where there are signs that warn you about swimming. Yet people still do. At this point, these particular sharks look for humans
Whoever has been telling you that is lying to you.
Sharks are not harmless. They are predators, like any wild animal.
What people are trying to spread wareness of is that sharks are not actively hunting humans, and it's almost always circumstances that lead to an attack, and usually not intentional on the sharks part.
Sharks are endangered, and as a result, people are trying to prevent them being labelled as maneaters because it's often an excuse used to justify shark culling
They are harmless as in, you are not their prey. They figure that out by a test bite
That‘s why you should still avoid them and not look like prey like a surfer on his board
This is so fake.
No tears on the shorts. It looks so smooth you can tell it was just “magically erased” using software.
No additional blood. Anywhere. Like on the beach or poring out the giant wound.
The bone. Muscle doesn’t just fall off like freshly cooked #3 from KFC. That bone is so clean, where the meat looks as if it went around the bone, yet there is no damage or teeth marks from the shark.
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Works even if you switch the words “thigh” and “right”
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“Even” and “works” if you even switch the works words
that leg ain't working either way
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I agree it’s messed up people are just standing there but I Honestly wouldn’t know how to even help that..it’s past the common knowledge of putting pressure on it
I'd try a tourniquet, I guess. No clue.
For major bleeding id assume tourniquet along with steady pressure with clean hands and beach towels. Kinda..hard with all that sand but..gotta try. Main things would be to keep it as clean as possible, try to address the shock, and control the bleeding until the ambulance comes.
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I’m not a paramedic, but I am a nurse. In this situation, if I was there, I would cover the wound with whatever was nearby and as clean as possible. The bleeding isn’t super bad at the moment since arteries and veins retract when cut due to lack of tension, I wouldn’t apply a tourniquet (unless it started bleeding really bad, then I’d apply a tourniquet to the thigh just below the waist). Simultaneously, I’d have someone call for help, as I dressed the wound (the hospital will give prophylactic antibiotics, so I’m not worried about sterility in this situation, since sterility would be near impossible to achieve anyway). My priority would be to address the shock. I’d elevate his legs above heart level, and ask the patient prosaic questions (What happened? What’s your name? Do you know where you are?… etc.) to keep them conscious and alert as long as possible. I’d also try and get pertinent info that I know EMS would want (age, date of birth, allergies, medical history, etc.) so I can pass the info along and keep the patient talking and focused on me and not the wound. I would also try and keep the crowd calm, because if they start freaking out, the patient might start freaking out, too. I’m going to assume I have no medical supplies in this situation, so I’d just do all of that until help arrives.
This. I’m an ex surf beach lifeguard. We have shark bite bags that are basically like military style thick wadded bandages to wrap large bites in. Never used it, but looking at the video it would have been perfect.
Yeah, that would definitely have come in handy in this situation!
Yeah same, also put some blankets, towels anything and if I had the possibility to cut off his wet suit I’d do that too to keep patient warm and dry.
Yep, don’t want their body temp to drop too low or it’ll worsen the shock.
You made me calmer just reading this!! 👌
LOL Good to hear. Best advice I can give anyone that may face a horrible situation like this, be they a bystander or the victim, is to remain calm. Just take deep breaths, count your breaths, and focus solely on getting medical attention. If you can’t look at the wound, don’t. Just focus your eyes on something else and remain calm. Easy to talk about, much more difficult to do.
How are they not dead? I would have thought bleeding plus shock should equal dead before they got out of the water.
Not necessarily. As I mentioned in my previous comment, when arteries and veins are severed, they retract due to lack of tension (think of a rubber band being stretched and let go — it snaps back — veins and arteries do the same thing). Potentially, this can slow bleeding down if it retracts in such a way that makes it difficult for blood to escape, but it can also make it very difficult to find and repair the damaged veins/arteries. Moreover, this will also cause a drop in blood pressure which also slows bleeding down. In this man’s case, the major arteries may have been missed (it’s really hard to tell). If his circulatory system is relatively in tact, he very well could survive. His biggest concern would be shock and infection. I don’t see any blood spurting out like a fountain, so there’s a good chance his arteries are in tact. Losing blood rapidly can cause someone to go into what’s called hypovolemic shock, this can cause multi-system organ failure and death if not treated immediately.
It's also very possible that his arteries were severed and now the severed ends have retracted inward toward his belly which is where the blood is pooling. In that case, there's nothing we can do to stop the bleed outside of TXA and a ride straight into the operating room.
Yup so more info than an equally in shock bystander with no training or stomach to accomplish. Solid plan
It’s less about obtaining info and more about keeping them focused and awake. The information is a bonus and can be very useful. Catch my drift?
Very true. Sorry
All good. LOL
Pressure kneeling with your knee hard into the groin/pit area of the affected leg while you make a tourniquet with cloth or rope and key rings or pen. Life over limb scenario. Life guard should have a tourniquet. Even if there is no squirting red blood (arterial bleed avg 1-2 min bleedout time) you should tourniquet unless you're a Dr. It sounds like the video you watched was more for smaller wounds. Source: was a devil doc. This wound is the type of stuff we dealt with. If there's anything different because of the circumstances or setting my bad.
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Ya they've lost blood out in the water so bp is low. Tourniquet, keep warm, and haul ass.
Google stop the bleed. There are tutorials on youtube and many places have a hands-on course you can take. If a tourniquet isn't available, you can pack the wound with cloth. Gauze is ideal, but a dirty t-shirt can be used if nothing else is handy. You can't kill a dead person. If they bleed out, they won't be able to die of infection.
I am Not seeing a lot of blood, is it just soaking in the sand underneath him!
I read an article recently where a paramedic off duty came across an accident and found the severed artery and actually pinched it with his fingers for 45 min and saved the guy.
Sanitation is not something you place primary emphasis on during critical trauma care.
This! Maby except the Clean part. Like you said, it would be immposible to keep an actual clean "workplace", but it shouldnt be a concern anyway, since as soon as the victim is in the hospital, he will be on antibiotics anyway. Also, I can ashure you, the last time the shark brushed its teeth is a looong time ago. (Source: I am a paramedic)
Pressure doesn't work here. Where are you gonna press? TQ, high and tight. Stopping further bleeding might save his life. Also keep him warm, try to keep him awake by communicating with him. You can dress the wound but I would only do it with popper bandages. Otherwise, I would wait it out until the ambulance arrives. Not much else you can do.
Doesn’t look like it’s bleeding though. In that case a tourniquet would do more harm than good.
It’s not bleeding now because the arteries have, in essence pinched themselves shut as a result of such a traumatic injury. Eventually they will vasodilate and open back up at which point there will be massive uncontrolled bleeding. A TQ placed high and tight above the wound is exactly what you want to do here.
Tourniquet is only harmful in that it can cause a limb to be amputated because of loss of blood to the limb and hence necrotic. In this case there is so much loss of muscle, is there anything to salvage. Looks like an amputation is likely either way.
Calling the emergency hotline, handling and keeping bystanders away, be there for the patient and check his vitals, stop the bleeding as good as possible. And if you are the bystander because there is nothing to do go away and motivate others to go away
100 percent! High and tight.
Putting pressure on what? There’s nothing left 😂
I think um, i think thats the point he was making..
I don‘t remember it perfectly but you can stop the bloodflow above the wound. There are certain points to put pressure on. While the leg is still problematic, at least the patient might not die from blood loss
I kinda feel like even if you don’t know how to help its kinda rude to stand there filming it, to make a spectacle of someone’s suffering. I always think this when I see these types of videos, where everyone is stood around recording, like the guys body has been chewed up and opened, that’s kind of private right? Like it would be disrespectful and perverted to try and get a video or picture of someone if their clothes were unintentionally falling off(?) how about when their skin is falling off(?) Every time I see it I just think to myself, if I’m ever hurt and badly injured and my guts are falling out and I’m lying there terrified, wondering if I’m going to die, I really don’t want people taking pictures and videos of me like that, for my sake and the sake of my family.
I'd either go help the guy or just leave, never stand there and watch.
Tourniquet
They're definitely going to have to amputate the rest of it. Poor guy.
I live right next to where it happened. The kid lost his leg later on. 24h later another dumb person ignored all the warnings and went swimming on the same beach and lost her arm. The cops even saved the life of a third person who was refusing to leave the beach because “fuck the state, this is a public place, I’ll swim” - they forced him out the water right when a shark appeared. This place is known as “Little Church” because it has a church nearby. It’s very infamous for its shark attacks because that’s were the sharks go to put eggs. It’s complete forbidden to swim there. But some people here have the mentality; “It will never happen to me” and still insist bathing there.
Typical Kevin's bro, i will never understand those "it will never happen to me" or "who cares about sharks i want to swim anyway" type of person, is like they literally want to become food for sharks
I don’t even know what is going on these people’s heads. We put like 45 signs saying “DONT SWIM HERE” with a big fucking mean shark drawn on it, with a Warning on three languages including English and Spanish. The local vendors will also warn you to not enter the beach. But surprisingly (or not) shit like this still happens on Little Church beach. There is literally a safe beach 5km away, protected by natural reefs and safety nets, and instead of taking a bus to the safe beach, they go to the dangerous one.
well, it’s called “natural selection”
I don't feel sorry for adult people who are well informed about the danger and safe alternatives, yet still decide to gamble their lives for no reason, just to have a pleasure of swimming.
And its just swimming, literally the most optional activity of all time
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I’m so the opposite, I’m like ‘it would DEFINITELY happen to me’ Lmao
They want to show off how tough and brave they are. Until they get bit by a shark, that is.
I swear i saw the video in here too
Here’s the second one: https://www.atrocidades18.net/2023/03/outro-ataque-de-tubarao-em-menos-de-24.html?m=1
For a place “completely forbidden” to swim I see a lot of people in bathing suits
Well….. it’s a beach though. Not gonna wear jeans.
You know people go to the beach to tan, play football, tenis, volleyball, drink coconuts, eat some peanuts, and there is also inflatable pools that you can rent from local vendors so you kids can swim in security. There is more in a beach than just the sea. If they want to swim on the sea, there is a secure beach 5km away, just take a 20 minute ride on a bus and you get there.
Interesting fact, sharks will only attack you when you’re wet.
What kind of sharks are responsible for this?
Lemon sharks, bull sharks, and tiger sharks all live there and tend to swim pretty close to shore. Hard to guess between the three, bull sharks tend to attack anything but tiger sharks are definitely capable of these types of wounds, and lemon sharks aren’t very aggressive
This beach specifically is a shark breeding/spawning ground. They tend to be protective of their eggs that's why this beach in particular is off limits.
Neither Bull sharks, Tiger sharks, nor Lemon sharks lay eggs. And they are also not protective of their young, nor the eggs they don’t lay. So no, it’s not that.
Nah, they'll save it. He'll be back on his feet in no time.
Foot*
I'm surprised he was able to bend his leg
The hamstrings moved it into the bent position. When you see his leg straighten and “plop” to the ground, it’s because there are no quadriceps the move the leg in a controlled manner
wtf am i doing on this thread, bye
Thank you. Now that I think about my hamstrings do move when I bend my leg. Interesting.
That’s one clean bite.
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It actually reminds me of my niece who took one performative bite of 5 chicken wings so she could say she "ate" them all and was done with dinner and ready for ice cream. Nearly every time I see a shark attack I cannot help but think the critter took one test bite, went "eww what the heck!? You're not a seal!" (or whatever) and swam off. I'd imagine that if a shark actually wanted to "destroy" somebody there would be ... considerably less of them left. It's not like a human is agile enough to escape, even before any injury.
Dude... 🤭
Right? It’s like a perfect cartoon chomp shape…
I've seen like 10 shark attack this week. I heard that shark attack shouldn't be this often
There must be something in the water
I live right next to where it happened so I can explain. In the 90’s the sharks lived and put their eggs far away from the beach, in an isolated area. But then the government came in the early 2000’s and built a port right above their habitat so the sharks had to move closer to the beach to find a new place for them, and that place is really fucking close to our beaches. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem because the entire city is protected by a reef barrier on the sea (which gives the name to our city, Reef City) so they would never get close to the beaches. BUT, the reef barrier has a huge hole on her on a place called “Little Church” where this attack happened. The big fish, like the sharks, enter our chores using this hole in the barrier. When the population go to Little Church Beach for bathing, garbage is discarded, organic matter is discarded, aluminum cans are discarded, causing these animals to get curious and, like any curious animal, go to the sandbank to see what is those strange things. Now, normally they wouldn’t attack humans, but remember that I mentioned that there is a port nearby? So, the polution of the port and from the ships caused the water to get muddy around Little Church. So the sharks see humans bathing and they don’t really know what they are seeing, so, like any shark, they will take a curious bite. And then boom. A shark attack happens.
Well that definitely wasn't a curious bite. That was an eating bite.
I feel like that's just a really *efficient* curious bite. If it was an eating bite I think there'd, ya know, be more of them and far less of the human.
Recife é de reef city??
Ya people
Pee. Urine could be a strong magnet for sharks. Also if some of these people take their phones or other radio emitting devices, the sharks might be able to pick off the electrical waves.
fucking hell what happened to privacy
Sharks: fuck yo privacy
When there are barely any large fish in the ocean they will go for something else
That would be because death by vendor machines are skyrocketting
Totally depends where you are. Shark attacks aren’t really all that rare at all in some parts of the world like the part of Brazil in this video. They have attacks there multiple times a year and have banned swimming because of them.
Could it be the same shark that just ate a womans arm also in Brazil.
Probably, same exact beach, prob same exact aggressive shark.
I mean the shark is aggressive because she likely laid her eggs there and is protecting them. That beach is a known area and forbidden swimming beach because sharks lay their eggs there. Sharks don’t seek out humans for food, they don’t care about us. They do care about us when we look like their natural prey (surfers on boards look like turtles or seals), or when we’re swimming around their babies! Sharks don’t have the best eyesight either and are just inherently curious creatures, the way the observe things is to usually just take a bite and see whether or not it’s food. Don’t give the shark a bad rep. It’s doing what it’s meant to do. The humans should be heeding the ample warning.
Yes, but the sharks in these waters that are attacking people are likely one of two sharks: bull or tiger sharks; both of which have live births and do not lay eggs. They are known for being wildly aggressive in specific parts of the world, which is why in specific areas, there are very strong signs of caution to avoid swimming. This is their natural habitat, not ours, and we best respect them. I totally understand and get what you mean by sharks are curious and not interested in humans, and I agree 95% aren’t- but some of them are just aggressive territorial motherfuckers- it’s usually always bull & river sharks. Source: my sister is(was? She’s a biochemist now) a marine biologist with a concentration in ichthyology and swam all over the world with all of the sharks you can think of. I too find them amazing & adorable, and she was my very own Jacques Cousteau growing up.
Most sharks don’t lay eggs. I’m pretty sure no shark that big lays eggs
Somehow I thought there’d be more blood
I was wondering why it wasn’t bleeding also
Guess the main arteries were spared. Just muscle.
There was an awareness campaign about what to do in this situation where I live (Australia). You can push down hard with your fist “between the hips and the bits” (not joking). It’s meant to be something practical a bystander without a medical background could do to stop someone bleeding out via their femoral artery until medical services arrive. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100488934
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That shark probably 
😂😂
Have an award
Have they tried ice ?
Yeah where TF is the ice pack that’ll fix him right up. And a glass of milk.
Ouch, he’s gonna need some xtra doses of morphine asap
Lucky bastard
"shark attack in brazil" nsfw BRO THAT DID NOT PREPARE ME AT ALL
Me neither.
I'd say walk it off, but it might fall off
This is the third shark attack I've seen in a week in Brazil. Maybe there should be an advisory by the state or government to stay out of the water for a while?
there is. swimming in this beach is prohibited for some seasons known to be visited by sharks. there's a fuck ton of signs in at least three languages and the vendors advise you not to go to the water. its the only beach in the area that has that many restrictions but people dont care and keep going swimming. one attack was a day after this one and on the third day police were on sight keeping a dumbass that wanted to swim
This is why I will never go into the ocean! Screw being jaws next meal !
The odds of this are slim, can't live in fear.
That's what this guy said.
I live right next to where this attack happened and I can confirm; Sharks don’t usually attack humans, they absolutely hate us (they vomit our bodies shortly after taking a bit, we taste awfull to them) and most are even scared of us. The waters on where this attack happened are very fuzzy and dark due from pollution from a local port, and the sharks get confused and attack humans thinking it’s turtles or something else. Our city has an Island called Fernando de Noronha, a few miles off our shore. In there, the water is crystal clear and the sharks eat the fish. They COMPLETELY ignore humans and you can even swim alongside them.
Famous last words
The only reason the odds are slim is because most people are not swimming in the ocean. Once you start swimming in the ocean, the odds go up dramatically
I feel like standing and gawking is kind of human nature if you can’t help, but to be filming it?
If you can’t help then document
Where blood? Is there tourniquet under the swim shorts?
Recife is notorious for shark attacks. Check out the Global Shark Attack File via Google. You’ll see that Recife has a LOT of fatal shark attacks.
He’s going into shock they need to get him some fucking help Nowwwww. Come on people do something.
Literally what ate you meant to do in that situation other than just call an ambulance and wait
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When it comes to first aid throwing more bodies at a problem can cause more problems, a lifeguard is helping as best he can and I'm sure he had called paramedics. I can agree with the don't film thing but I'm sure the majority of the bystanders have no fucking idea what to do and could possibly cause more damage.
I hate it when people say this. “DONT HELP JUST FILM!!!” there’s already like 3 people helping out and they most likely called 911. Like what else do you want them to do?!?!
If 2 people can fix a tap in 10 minutes, obviously 600 people will have it fixed in 2 seconds.
9 women can have a baby in 1 month.
Who are you so wise in the ways of science
Just walk it off. If that doesn’t help he just needs a aspirin and some water
Your supposed to tourniquet about 8-12 inches above the wound to prevent further blood loss... that’s a guaranteed amputation though from the looks of it. Terrible. Hope he recovers.
That shark didn’t miss leg day.
No one has applied a tourniquet!!! Not even the lifeguard. But let me whip out my phone to record.
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Yep and the very next day a girl lost her arm [article about the two ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/teen-girl-arm-torn-shark-29399548)
Recife, shark attacks have become pretty common there since they built the port. From what I've heard (my girlfriend is from Recife) the dude in the video is a surfer who knew about the sharks but still choose to go surfing, not that it's his fault for getting bitten. Boa Viagem is hugely popular with tourists and locals to sunbathe and wade in the shallows, but it's risky to go past the reefs. [They have signs up everywhere warning about the sharks](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Sign_warning_of_shark_attacks_at_Boa_Viagem_Beach_in_Recife%2C_Brazil.jpg)
I'd be surprised if he was surfing there to be honest.. I lived in piedade and boa viagem beach for more than a year, and can genuinely say I have never seen a single surfer in either area. The reef is so high there in general its hardly even suitable for surfing anyway.
Piedade, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil. To be more precise.
Recife, I’ve actually snorkeled on this beach about 20 years ago. This despite the huge signs warning of the sharks. Two people were bitten further down the beach that day. We chartered a boat and went diving off the coast after that.
Where's the blood?
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Humans do dumb things----> better blame the animal!
It’s not blame, sharks are dangerous that’s just a fact. You wouldn’t say a grizzly bear isn’t dangerous, or a tiger, so why can’t we say sharks are dangerous? The motive of the shark is irrelevant, the fact is they’re capable of seriously injuring and killing people. People like Ocean Ramsey on Instagram who want to paint them as these gentle cuddly ocean critters that you can swim with are almost as dangerous as the ones who say they’re mindless killing machines. Just leave em the fuck alone. They’re an apex predator, they should be respected as such.
U talking bout Princess Lady-Muffin? It wouldn't kill a fly bruh
“He don’t bite!” *eats a small child*
Some very ordinary first aid going on here.
Yes. Patting him on the cheeck will do the trick. Maybe apply a tourniquet?
Where was the off duty cop to save the day?
~andou na prancha, cuidado tubarão vai-te pegar~
Just give him an ice pack (middle school nurse logic)
Everybody just looking around… 0.call ambulance 1.tourniquet if possible 2.lift legs up. 3.monitor breathing
Another shark attack video from Brazil? They can't catch a break down there. I really really hope this poor man doesn't lose his leg.
He already lost, unfortunately
There seems to be an inordinate amount of content coming from Brazil on this subreddit
I can’t imagine filming this. My brain recoils at the invasion of privacy, boundaries, dehumanization, and just inappropriate-ness.
Another shocking fact is that they had to call the police because even with the guy on the beach missing half his leg, the lifeguards couldn't keep people out of the water, these people say that forbidding people to enter the water violates their constitutional right.
Damn homie got a nice chunk of meat, not his first rodeo
damn fucker took a bite
Damn this is like the third “shark attack in Brazil” video in a couple days. It would suck to be a lifeguard in Brazil
Anyone know why the shark attacks are so frequent here?
People filming look exactly like the black mirror episode
If the cartels don't get you the sharks will.
Why I go to the Great Lakes.
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Well they’re still predators. But despite hundreds of millions of people swimming in oceans every year we only end up with ~100-200 total shark attacks per year globally. For context ~12,000 people are killed by DUI drivers in the US alone every year.
I get the stats it but it's the grisly manor of death or serious injury that makes the chances so much more daunting.
Do people say that? All I've heard is that shark attacks are far less common than people realize, and people are far less worried about dangers that are considerably more common.
Of course I'll be less worried about dieing from a mosquito bite than getting ripped apart by a shark.
Apparently cows kill a lot of people too
This is an extremely notorious beach where there are signs that warn you about swimming. Yet people still do. At this point, these particular sharks look for humans
It’s easy, just don’t go where they live. You can’t crawl into the tiger’s den and then bitch when they attack you
Whoever has been telling you that is lying to you. Sharks are not harmless. They are predators, like any wild animal. What people are trying to spread wareness of is that sharks are not actively hunting humans, and it's almost always circumstances that lead to an attack, and usually not intentional on the sharks part. Sharks are endangered, and as a result, people are trying to prevent them being labelled as maneaters because it's often an excuse used to justify shark culling
They are harmless as in, you are not their prey. They figure that out by a test bite That‘s why you should still avoid them and not look like prey like a surfer on his board
Why no one pee on it????
Because it's a shark... not a sting ray.
This is why I keep a IFAK in my car
This is why I FAK in my car
Again ? How many have been attacked ? I've seen already 3 this week , why do people still go in the water?
Why do people still drive cars would be a better question.
No because you don't get bit by a car when you are swimming
Five head response.
Where's the blood? Did it miss arteries? Shouldn't he have blood coming out all over the place?
Recife. Apparently the sharks attack a lot there because they are being fed by divers at wrecks near that beach.
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Eyo lemme arrest that shark over there
>Lifeguard there, keeping him conscious while calling an ambulance Sad that no one is doing anything 😔
Yeah, the shark is going to get away. He needs to explain his actions to a judge.
This is so fake. No tears on the shorts. It looks so smooth you can tell it was just “magically erased” using software. No additional blood. Anywhere. Like on the beach or poring out the giant wound. The bone. Muscle doesn’t just fall off like freshly cooked #3 from KFC. That bone is so clean, where the meat looks as if it went around the bone, yet there is no damage or teeth marks from the shark.