Chilling reason diver decapitated by 19ft great white shark may have been targeted as urgent warning issued to swimmers

AN pressing warning has been issued to swimmers after a diver was decapitated by a 19ft nice white shark off the coast of Mexico.

Manuel López was scuba diving when he was killed by the beast in the first fatal shark assault of the yr.

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He was gathering ax tripe, a mollusc like a scallop, within the open ocean round 11.30am on January 6 when he was attacked by the shark in entrance of horrified fisherman.

López, who was in his 50s, had his head torn off and his shoulders shredded as the huge shark pounced off the coast of Benito Juarez, Sonora.

Fisherman José Bernal mentioned anglers had been on excessive alert within the days earlier than the assault as massive white sharks had been noticed lurking within the ocean.

And in accordance with Tracking Sharks, shellfish divers in Mexico are advised to put on black wetsuits and urged to put on stripy patterns to make themselves stand out within the ocean.

Nice white sharks migrate to the world to feed in December and January – and pregnant females typically prey on sea-lions and seals.

It means the beasts typically mistake divers for his or her pure prey because of the darkish color of the wetsuits.

It is although López might have been focused because of the color of his diving swimsuit.

Bernal mentioned López was diving when the animal ambushed him, “ripping off his head and biting each shoulders”.

He mentioned hundreds of anglers had been staying onshore amid fears of being attacked.

“Native divers had been warned concerning the presence of sharks within the space and most had not been out for a number of days,” he advised Monitoring Sharks.

Nevertheless it’s understood monetary pressures meant López determined to dive into the waters in what can be his ultimate journey out.

He lived within the close by city of Paredón Colorado.

The ocean off Mexico is dwelling to one of many world’s greatest nice white sharks, known as Deep Blue.

Unimaginable footage shows the 22ft ocean large swimming dangerously near a pair of courageous divers in Guadalupe.

Weighing an unlimited 2.5 tonnes, the 50-year-old predator dwarfed the divers as they reached out to work together with the beast.

In July 2016, an unlimited shark, nicknamed the White Death, was snapped off the coast of Guadalupe, Mexico.

The precise measurement of the good white weren’t taken, however a visible comparability with the present file holder suggests the shark it might be a world file contender.