Shark Attack Database

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Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1946 City Beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1946

⏰ 12h15

📍 Location

City Beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg bitten, surgically amputated

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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