Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1937 Port Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1937

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Port Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 43

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Shark involvement prior to death was not confirmed

🦈 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 can only live in salt water.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.