A Shark took the right hand from 14-year-old Wellington dos Santos on Sunday as he swam past a coral reef that serves as a Shark wall, keeping Sharks off Piedade beach near Recife, Brazil. The Shark also took off a nice chunk of his ass. Wellington, minus his hand, is in the hospital in critical condition. This was probably a Bull Shark. 19 people have been killed by Shark parties in Brazil's Pernambuco state over the past 15 years. The waters around Recife are EXTREMELY BULL SHARKY. This was not always the case, but extremely poorly engineered beach development has disrupted Bull Shark populations and fucked up their regular eating patterns. New Smyrna Beach, Florida may be able to boast the most Shark parties, but Recife, Brazil gets the award for the most fatal Shark parties. Most of New Smyrna's Shark parties involve Spinner or Blacktip Sharks who mistake hands and feet for bait fish. On the other hand, Recife's Bull Sharks are a bit more testy. Some of us think that the number of Shark incidents in and around Recife go underreported by Brazilian authorities. We wouldn't want their lucrative tourist trade disrupted would we?

Give him back his hand.

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Hang in there Wellington,

--Sharky

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