Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1997 Albany, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1997

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Albany, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 42

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left arm lacerated when shark grabbed scooter

🦈 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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