Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1973 Guadalupe Island, Baja California, MEXICO

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1973

⏰ 16h45

📍 Location

Guadalupe Island, Baja California, MEXICO

🌍 MEXICO

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 37

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, leg bitten

🦈 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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Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

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