Diego Barria, 32, who lives in the Chubut state of Patagonia, was last seen on February 18. About four days later, local police found his damaged ATV and helmet cut in half on a nearby beach. But there was no body, adding to the mystery of the missing man’s whereabouts.

What happened

On February 26, local fishermen caught three sharks of the species Galeorhinus galeus, also known as supfin sharks, near the coast. When the fishermen smash them, found a human arm and other human remains in the belly of one of the sharks. They handed the remains over to the police, who identified a special tattoo on his wrist that matched Barrie’s. DNA testing will now be done to definitively prove that the remains belong to the missing person.

However, it is unlikely to be killed by a shark. in return Police suspect that Barria may have died after crashing into a rock while riding an ATV, and his body was dumped into the sea.where it was partially eaten by a shark.

Gregory Skomal, a marine biologist at Boston University and head of the shark research program at Massachusetts Marine Fisheries, says that accidentally caught sharks feed on bottom bait, flounder and sardines near the seafloor, but they also target larger fish and squid in the open sea. . Therefore, they are unlikely to attack a person.

For this type of shark, it is practically unheard of for them to kill humans.
says Gavin Naylor, a marine biologist at the University of Florida who maintains the International Shark Attack Registry.

Both Naylor and Skomal believe the shark accidentally stumbled upon Barrie’s body. Many of their species are known to prefer light foods whenever possible. Therefore, he did not miss his chance to find a dead man.