Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1942 Off Guadalcanal, SOLOMON ISLANDS

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off Guadalcanal, SOLOMON ISLANDS

🌍 SOLOMON ISLANDS

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Injured by sharks, but managed to swim ashore 6.5 hours later

🦈 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 are colorblind.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks can only live in salt water.