Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1960 Horseshoe Bay, near Kempsey, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1960

⏰ Late afternoon

📍 Location

Horseshoe Bay, near Kempsey, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right arm & side bruised

🦈 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

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

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.