Caution! Sharks in the Seychelles

More than 200 thousand tourists visit Seychelles annually. There are among the visitors and the Russians. People come here to relax on the shores of the warm sea, not even suspecting that any paradise can be dangerous.

Nearly America and Australia, 50 shark attacks on holidaymakers are recorded each year. Since 1963, no such incidents have been observed in the Seychelles. A coral reef stretches almost everywhere along the coastline of the islands, thanks to which predators usually did not swim close to the coast. But everything changed in the late summer of 2011. Then 2 attacks were immediately recorded in the area of ​​the island of Praslin. Continue reading →