Watch out the sharks in Mexico! by Lenka Filipova

Mexican Coast, especially around Zihuatanejo, the very famous and popular among the surfers, is getting more and more dangerous in recent time. There have been several shark attacks, what is quite unbelievable for this resort as there had never been any attacks of this kind. There were three attacks in one month, in which two people died.George Burgess, the expert of University of Florida, made a survey to realize what made sharks to behave in such an aggressive manner. He questioned people who witnessed the attacks. Burgess' International Shark File have stated that there are on average “only” 4 fatal attacks in the world within one year. However, this year seems to change the statistics. According to the marine biologist Chris Love, it is really hard to find the reason why the sharks became so dangerous. In addition to this, he explained that it had no sense so hunt them in order to prevent people and ensure them safety.However, it has been confirmed by the recent research by the International Shark File that the number of attacks is proportional to the number of increasing water sports like surfing. Hence, it is pointless to hunt the sharks because people will still more and more swim in the ocean. To make some safety precautions, the officials, appealed by environmentalists, agreed on posting the warning signs which would signalize the previous attacks.In spite of being informed about possible danger, there are expectations that people will go back to their boards and into the endangering waters. And more people in the water means automatically more fateful attacks.

by Lenka Filipova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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