Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1953 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1953

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to arm

🦈 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 can detect electrical fields.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.