Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1951 Winkelspruit, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1951

⏰ 17h15

📍 Location

Winkelspruit, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg severed below knee, defense wounds on hand

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can only live in salt water.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks sleep like humans do.