Shark Attack Database

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Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1950 Burleigh Heads, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1950

⏰ 17h15

📍 Location

Burleigh Heads, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Part of buttocks & fingers severed

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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