Fatal Attack

1941 North of Pernambuco, Brazil, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1941

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

North of Pernambuco, Brazil, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

🌍 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

418 perished, only 67 survived, some of the men were taken by sharks

🦈 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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Sharks have no bones.

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Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

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