Tourists banned from sea and beaches shut after fatal shark attack in Brit hotspot
Yet in July last year, two women wereafter losing an arm and a leg in an attack while swimming in the sea.Experts believe the killer shark behind two fatal attacks on swimmers in Egypt was "sex-crazed".
Specialists from the Red Sea protectorates and Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association said the attacks could have been linked to the mating and egg-laying season.Male sharks become so aggressive that the females will often avoid them after mating, while alphas are also known to battle with each other for breeding rights, according to studies.
Tiger sharks are among the sharks most cited by the International Shark Attack File for unprovoked attacks on humans. In 2018, a Czech tourist was killed by a shark off a Red Sea beach after a similar attack killed a German tourist in 2015.
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