Je ne parle ici que des requins maritimes et non des requins ou autre poisson (maquereau, morue...) terrestre...
Il y a toujours eu de petits accidents mineurs en Thailande, comme il y en a en Malaisie ou en Indonésie et le gouvenement a toujours refusé d'écouter les spécialistes en disant que l'origine des blessures étaient inconnue, de peur que les touristes évitent certaines stations balnéaires... Les pêcheurs en revanche ont l'habitude de fréquenter des requins dans les eaux territoriales, requins parfois relativement agressifs !
Hier, sur Kamala Beach, à 200m de la plage, un surfeur japonais a été mordu au pied. Il était 12h30...
2017-08-16
Shark Bites Japanese Tourist at Kamala Beach
Country: Thailand
Location: Kamala Beach
Kamala rescue workers received a report around12:30pm that a tourist had been bitten by a shark at Kamala Beach near Kamala Police Station.
Rescue workers arrived at the scene to find one male Japanese tourist with wounds to his left foot.
One rescue worker stated, "The male Japanese tourist was surfing 200 metres from the beach. He ran to the beach for help after he discovered that he had been bitten."
One local resident stated “The wounds were similar to a barracuda bite. This kind of fish has sharp teeth. We have found that there are a lot of these fish around coral reefs near the shore.”
The Japanese man was later identified by Bangkok Hospital Phuket as Mr Keita Koshigoe, 37.
Dr Kongkiet Kittiwattanawong, Chief of the Marine Endangered Species Unit at the PMBC, noted, “After checking the wounds we believe that it was a Blacktip Reef Shark.
The doctor also added, "There is no need to worry as these incidents happen very rarely."