A Canadian woman “attempted to engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs,” the territory’s environmental department said.

A woman was injured on vacation in Turks and Caicos while trying to 'take photographs' with a six-foot shark. One of the victim’s arms was amputated below the wrist, while the other was amputated at the halfway point of her forearm.

A 55-year-old woman apparently lost both hands when she was attacked by a shark while attempting a selfie off Thompson Cove Beach at Turks and Caicos Islands last week, according to a report by the New Zeland Herald.