Fatal Surfing Attack

1961 Noosa Heads, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1961

⏰ 06h15

📍 Location

Noosa Heads, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee

🦈 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 sleep like humans do.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.