Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1962 Jukuataia Village, 10ºS, 142ºE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1962

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

Jukuataia Village, 10ºS, 142ºE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left leg & buttocks bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.