Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1925 Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1925

⏰ 15h15

📍 Location

Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 55

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, thigh & torso bitten, then shark charged rescue boat

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Baby sharks are called pups.

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Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.