THE killer shark that bit off a swimmer’s head throughout a two-hour frenzy in Egypt’s Crimson Sea can be mummified and placed on show, stories say.
The 10ft slain monster was discovered to have the remains of Russian tourist Vladimir Popov inside it and is now being stitched up as a relic.
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The doubtless pregnant feminine tiger shark gained notoriety after consultants believed it killed two different swimmers final yr and returned to the resort in search of “simple prey”.
The idea adopted the dying of 23-year-old Popov who was mauled to death by the beast in entrance of beachgoers final week.
Vacationers in Hurghada watched in horror because the swimmer was savaged by the shark – toying together with his body for two hours.
However based on Egypt’s Al Arabiya, specialists on the Nationwide Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries have began embalming the animal.
Footage appeared to indicate staff making ready the creature’s enormous physique as it’s set to be mummified.
One man seems to be making incisions whereas one other checks the firmness of the pores and skin.
The weird clip comes as Popov’s head was discovered contained in the shark as we speak.
His physique was reportedly examined by forensic consultants at a morgue in Hurghada, who claimed he was “disfigured and with many components lacking”.
The shark is alleged to have torn his head off, disfigured his face and separated physique components that had been retrieved from the ocean.
It was additionally reported the beast ripped aside his chest and ate components of the stomach and palms.
Al Arabiya claimed Popov’s stays, together with his head and hand, had been discovered contained in the dissected shark.
A spokesman from the morgue mentioned: “The physique of the deceased won’t be handed over to his household till the forensic drugs has accomplished its procedures that serve the course of the investigation of the incident.”
The post-mortem is ongoing.
Nonetheless, consultants have now claimed the shark could have been concerned in two different deadly assaults final summer time.
In July, a 68-year-old Austrian vacationer Elisabeth Sauer was snorkelling when she was attacked within the water.
And a second sufferer, a Romanian vacationer, was eaten alive simply 650ft away.
Dmitry Orlov, a marine biologist and dive operator within the Crimson Sea, suspected the identical shark killed two vacationers final yr and was pregnant.
He mentioned: “I feel that this tiger shark was pregnant.
“Final yr there was a pregnant tiger shark.
“She turned pregnant once more and since she can’t totally chase fish for peculiar prey, she once more got here, remembering a spot the place there was simple prey.”
One other professional added {that a} shark may come near shore when it is prepared to present beginning, and could be “anxious”.
Scientists are reportedly mummifying the shark – which could go on present in a neighborhood museum.
The geographically associated assaults come after a 37-year-old tourist was ambushed by a shark at a Crimson Sea resort in 2021.
The person was parasailing near the ocean floor.
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