Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack

1974 North Beach, Eilat, Red Sea, ISRAEL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1974

⏰ 17h00

📍 Location

North Beach, Eilat, Red Sea, ISRAEL

🌍 ISRAEL

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bitten 12 times: multiple lacerations on hands, arms, shoulder breast thigh, both legs, left forearm surgically amputated

🦈 Species Information

Mako Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Mako 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.

Shark attacks are increasing every year.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

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Sharks have been around longer than trees.