Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1953 Fourchu, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, CANADA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1953

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Fourchu, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, CANADA

🌍 CANADA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

Burns drowned as result of attack on boat

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.