Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1996 1 km off the mouth of Marsa Bereika, north of Ras Mohammed, South Sinai, Gulf of Aqaba, EGYPT / ISRAEL

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1996

⏰ 18h00

📍 Location

1 km off the mouth of Marsa Bereika, north of Ras Mohammed, South Sinai, Gulf of Aqaba, EGYPT / ISRAEL

🌍 EGYPT / ISRAEL

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bitten on back, shoulder & chest

🦈 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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Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.