Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack

1965 South of Hurghada, EGYPT

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1965

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

South of Hurghada, EGYPT

🌍 EGYPT

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 25 to 35

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Ankle and thigh bitten; shark made three strikes

🦈 Species Information

Mako Shark

This species has been involved in 60 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.