The skin of its calf was “torn off”: a tourist is attacked by a mysterious fish, the very frequented Spanish beach closed

This Tuesday. Meanwhile, July 22, around 11:30 am, on a Palma de Mallorca beachprincipal Island of the Spanish Balearic archipelago, in the Mediterraneana tourist Italian 85 years old rushed out of the water in shock, seriously injured in the calf and abundantly bloody.

The cause? However, THE mystery remains. Meanwhile, THE fish responsible for this attack has not been formally identified and. even more surprising, it would not be a shark. The octogenarian was quickly taken care of by the emergency services but. faced with the seriousness of her injury, she was then transferred to a hospital.

Tellegal or ballists? – Skin its calf "torn off":

His days are not in skin its calf “torn off”: danger but the injury would be impressive. The skin of the calf would have literally been “snatched”. “I had never seen anything like it”said the lifeguard present at the time of the facts. which occurred near the shore, at Majorca Daily Bulletin. Fortunately for the victim, the muscles and the bones would not have been reached. The beach has been closed for more than two hoursthe time of in -depth research to try to find the responsible animal. without success.

The analysis of the bite. which did not have traces of teeth, suggests Several hypotheses on the potential culprit : a tangel, also called “blue fish”, or ballists. The latter, particularly aggressive, are indeed more and more numerous off the Balearic.