Overview
- Tayane Dalazen, 36, was bitten on the thigh during a freedive as several sharks circled, and the encounter was captured on camera.
- Tour guide Nego Noronha struck the shark to make it release her, and nearby fishermen helped once she reached the boats.
- A dermatology surgeon friend cleaned the puncture wounds, and a hospital treated her with two stitches, a tetanus shot and antibiotics before discharge.
- Reports identify the animal as a nurse shark, whose suction-and-clamp bite pattern aligns with the puncture-style injuries shown in photos.
- Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute opened an investigation and reiterated that feeding wildlife is prohibited in the conservation area, where tourists gather near a fishermen’s association to watch sharks.