Baby sharks hunted in Mozambique southern bay

Fishermen on Thursday in Mozambique's southern Inhambane bay exhibited two baby sharks hunted in the trap set up for the shark, which have been creating chaos and panic in the Inhambane bay, one of the top tourist destinations in Mozambique.

The hunting operation started two weeks ago and the baby sharks were found in an area close to where a fisher woman got killed by a shark one month ago.

Fishermen said there is a possibility of other baby sharks in the area and the hunting operation will continue until the killer shark is hunted down.

Mozambique's maritime specialist, Almeida Guissamulo, said that there are possibilities that the baby sharks may not belong to the bull shark as it is suspected belonging to the blacktip Reef shark, though he does not dismiss the possibility of bull shark.

"We can't dismiss that the baby sharks might be from bull shark, but they are most likely to be from a blacktip reef shark, which in general have limited reports of them attacking people. They rely on fish to feed, if eventually there is an attack against humans it would be for defense when it senses danger," said Guissamulo.

The specialist added that the presence of such sharks in the bay might be because sharks need to move to safe areas where there is food for the baby sharks to born.

It's not the first time a shark causes panic in the Inhambane bay and fishermen are sometimes called to intervene to hunt it down, which resulted in success in previous occasions. Enditem