A British tourist was terrified that she would be killed when a dolphin almost severed her foot while she was swimming in open water.

Claire Bye, a 28-year-old British holidaymaker, has recounted her alarm after a dolphin almost bit her foot off while she was wild swimming in Bolivia.

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She reported that the pink river dolphin latched onto her right foot and it took around 20 seconds before it let go. Claire stated that she had never experienced such pain before, and she was horrified to find her foot was pouring with blood from being partially severed. She has vowed never to swim with dolphins again, noting that the creature had a huge beak and a mouth full of spiky teeth.

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The local hospital she was taken to was described as a 'farmyard' with an ants' nest in the bathroom, and when her condition worsened due to infection, she was transferred to a medical facility in La Paz after calling the British embassy. Claire confessed that she thought she might not survive, or at the least, lose her foot.

Claire Bye, a 28-year-old British tourist, has spoken out about the traumatic experience of a pink river dolphin almost biting her right foot off while swimming in a river in Santa Rosa de Yacuma, Bolivia. She recalled seeing the dolphin out of the corner of her eye and then it suddenly lunging at her, and feeling immense pain as it refused to let go for around 20 seconds.

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Claire, from Bristol, vowed never to swim with dolphins again and was horrified to see her foot bleeding profusely. She was taken to a local hospital, which she described as more like a 'farmyard' and had no drugs available. Unfortunately, her condition took a turn for the worse when she was struck by a life-threatening infection, and it was only after contacting the British embassy that she was able to receive the urgent treatment she needed at a hospital in La Paz. Claire was convinced she was going to lose her foot, or even her life.



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