Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1848 Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1848

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Human remains recovered from 4.9 m shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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