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 Canadian tourist lost both her hands when she tried to take a picture with a 6-foot shark while swimming in Turks and Caicos and it bit her.

A tourist to the Turks and Caicos was severely injured by a shark earlier this month, local officials said. The incident occurred on the island of Providenciales on Feb. 7, according to the Turks and Caicos Islands’ Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR).

A Canadian tourist in the Caribbean lost both of her hands when she tried to take a picture with a shark. Authorities believe it was likely a bull shark.

A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after being attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark, according to investigators. It happened Friday, Feb. 7, off a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands, 600 miles southeast of Miami, and the woman is expected to survive. Her identity has not been released.