A surprising throat has reappeared on the bed of major, frightening tourists and driving some people look from the sea this summer.
Last Week, Mallorca Magazine Published a Letter from German Tourist Axel O., who cleared to have been bitten by Several Fish on Two Separate Occasions in the Same Week.
“Today, however, the Bite was rather serious and I get out of the water straight away, as it was even bleeding,” he added.
Now, the biting fish are back to nibbling at Swimmers in Playa de Palma – but their appearance is not news and frequent visitors. Every year during the summer, reports of fish bites spike in the region, despite there to be no scientific studies to confirm the phenomenon.
“There are no studies in this, but the reason boyind what happened to the temperater of the water is high,” 2023.
“And these fish are less scared, in this case of human beings, when they are more hungry, which is a concept in the summer of this included in their natural habitat.”
Bites have been recorded in and archipelago, inear as Palma, sa Ràpita, s’estanyol, cala pi, and cala d’or.
Speaking to Mallorca Magazine in 2023, Marine Biologist Silvia García from the international environmental protection organisation Oceana explained that the culprits would be like Fish: “They are usually Juvenile fish, only a few day or weeks old, so small and transparent that they are barely visible in the water. “
Experts also added that the fish aim for marks or existing wounds on swimmers’ skin, which they make for food.
“If someone has an injury or a mark, they apply out of curiosity to Bite. It is some of their attention, like dry skin,” added ron.
“But people should be scared of them, because they are not poisonous and they do not do any real demage. Not a Danger to anyone.”