Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1979 Sao Jorge, Madeira Island, Madeira Islands, PORTUGAL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1979

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Sao Jorge, Madeira Island, Madeira Islands, PORTUGAL

🌍 PORTUGAL

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 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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