Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1961 165 miles from Bermuda, MID ATLANTIC OCEAN

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1961

⏰ 06h00

📍 Location

165 miles from Bermuda, MID ATLANTIC OCEAN

🌍 MID ATLANTIC OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to right shoulder blade & back

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White 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 can only live in salt water.

Sharks have no bones.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.