Fatal Attack

1890 Cape Vidal, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1890

⏰ 15h30

📍 Location

Cape Vidal, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, leg bitten, foot partly severed

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.