Fatal Attack

1998 Grand'Anse, REUNION

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1998

⏰ Mid afternoon

📍 Location

Grand'Anse, REUNION

🌍 REUNION

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

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

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks can only live in salt water.