A German tourist died this week after losing her leg in a horrific, rare shark attack near the Canary Islands ; the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa known for being a popular year-round travel destination. According to Reuters , the unidentified 30-year-old woman had been sailing on a British-flagged catamaran that had departed from the island of Gran Canaria on Saturday. She was reportedly swimming next to the boat about 110 miles west o...