Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1947 Tiaroye, near Dakar, Cap Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1947

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Tiaroye, near Dakar, Cap Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL

🌍 SENEGAL

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right thigh bitten

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

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

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.