Viral Video

Yet again, Symonds posted the video on Facebook. Thousands of people reacted to it in varied ways. Her rescue story attracted national and international media alike. Since then many people appreciated the effort of the Aussie’s fishermen to save the lives of wild fishes by risking theirs. Find the video on the following page.

The Video

This is the footage of the scene which the Symonds recorded at the Warnbro Beach. Closely follow this to see how carefully do the men save the shark’s life. Even after losing the grip once, their aim to save her held high.

Shark Attacks

Though Australia doesn’t witness much of the shark attacks, the region of Perth where Warnbro beach is located is quite prone to such acts. As per some statistics, in the year ranging from 2000 and 2017, nearly 15 people have died from the attack of these wild creatures. Majority of the attacks occurred in the season of summer and spring when these species follow the path of migrating humpback whales.

No Risk

The aim of the survey was not to scare the beachgoers but just beware them of the attacks happening. Another study shows that the Perth Beach is not at a high risk of facing such attacks. In 2014, Peter Sprivulis, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Western Australia, conducted a study on how safe were the beachgoers. He tells the PerthNow that, “Over summer, going to the beach, splashing near the shore is very, very low risk.”

Symonds Words

Symonds shares a caption along with the shark rescue story that she was just trying to create awareness about such attacks. She also said at PerthNow that, “I don’t want to put people off going to the beach.” She added, “It is a beautiful beach. But people should be aware they are out there. It certainly gave me a shock.”

Not only Warnbro but there have been other such instances as well.

California Rescue

This incident took place at  Dana Point, California where a white shark was rescued by a group on concerned beachgoers. The shark was some 3 to 5 feet in length and had a similar situation to that of the shark at Warnbro. It got a hook stuck into its mouth which was carefully removed by some brave men. Catch the video here.