A holidaymaker has been attacked by a shark while snorkelling.
Nurse, Delia Yriarte suffered serious injuries to her right leg.
She said she went numb and then saw loads of blood in the water.
The victim, who is a US national, was in the water off the tiny islet of Mosquera, Galapagos Islands.
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The 42-year-old, originally from Mexico, has been observing marine species in the crystal clear waters on 4 July.
Footage shows Yriarte being carried off a dinghy with her leg wrapped in material.
In another clip, she is seen exercising her right leg with the help of a doctor after her wounds were stitched up.
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Renato Pacheco, doctor at Hospital República del Ecuador on Santa Cruz Island, said: “She is stable, she is conscious, she underwent surgery on her right leg. She did not lose her leg.”
Pacheco stressed that the woman never lost consciousness or the mobility of her leg and foot.
The Ecuadorian Navy said the injured woman was transferred from Santa Cruz Island to San Cristóbal Island before leaving on a military plane to the city of Guayaquil on the mainland.
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Yriarte told local media: “It felt like a blow so I didn’t initially realise what it was.
“While I was swimming I felt my leg go numb.
“When I turned around, I saw there was a lot of blood.”
She added: “By the time we got to the beach, I was already feeling drained.
“I knew what type of wound it was, I saw it was deep and I knew I was losing a lot of blood.”
She said she never saw the shark that bit her leg.
The Galapagos archipelago is situated about 600 miles from the Ecuadorian coast.
The Islands’ ecological diversity helped Charles Darwin to formulate his theory of evolution by natural selection.
UNESCO declared the islands a Natural Heritage of Humanity in 1979.
Today, tourists flock to the islands to observe whales, sharks and other wildlife.
In 2018, British businessman Andrew Newman was attacked by a shark off the coast of Santa Fe Island.
He said he was watching some sea lions when he suddenly felt a strong bite on his leg and noticed a 3.5m-long shark attacking him.
Newman said he used his GoPro to whack the shark over the head until he could wriggle free.
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