Sophia wrote on Feb 5
th, 2023 at 2:22pm:
Just saw this on news …. The girl was on a JetSki and saw dolphins, jumped in to swim with them…
Were they sharks fins or mistaken for dolphins?
I thought where there were dolphins… there were no sharks!
That’s folklore?
It's mostly a myth, Sophia.
Sharks often swim with dolphins, and that seems to be exactly what was happening here.
She would have seen 4 or 5 fins and thought they were all dolphins, but one of them was obviously (now) a shark.
I've personally witnessed this in the Swan River on a couple of occasions.
That particular family of dolphins can be seen in Fremantle almost every day between about 2:30 and 3:30PM - but they don't usually have a shark swimming with them (well, not visibly anyway).
It's mating season for the bull sharks, so I guess they're a bit more aggressive than usual.
A truly horrific thing for the poor girl and her friends to go through.
I've been told the injuries were extensive and ... well ... not nice (without getting too graphic).
Condolences to her family and friends.
Can't imagine what it would be like to lose a child like that.