Fatal Blue Shark Attack

1955 Pago Pago Bay, Tutuila Island, AMERICAN SAMOA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1955

⏰ A.M.

📍 Location

Pago Pago Bay, Tutuila Island, AMERICAN SAMOA

🌍 AMERICAN SAMOA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 28

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, abdomen bitten

🦈 Species Information

Blue Shark

This species has been involved in 58 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can detect electrical fields.

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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.