Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1990 Cintsa East, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1990

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

Cintsa East, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Thigh severely 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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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.