Video Captures Shark Bite on Snorkeler in Fernando de Noronha After Diver Strikes Animal

Overview

• Tourist Tayane Dalazen, 36, sustained a superficial leg wound, received two stitches plus tetanus vaccine and antibiotics at Hospital São Lucas, and was discharged in stable condition.
• The incident occurred in shallow water in front of the Associação de Pescadores during a guided apnea dive, with guide Erivaldo “Nego Noronha” and nearby fishermen helping free and evacuate her.
• Published footage shows several sharks near the group and the moment of the bite, as well as an unidentified diver striking a nurse shark with a camera shortly beforehand.
• Hospital staff alerted oversight bodies, and ICMBio said the case is under investigation while noting two bites in two weeks and four in three months as it weighs a possible area interdiction.
• Dalazen reported no feeding or blood in the water, and coverage describes the nurse shark as typically non-aggressive, with defensive bites more likely during close or provoked encounters.