Non-fatal Diving Attack

1966 Fenwick Island, Delaware, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1966

⏰ 17h00

📍 Location

Fenwick Island, Delaware, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 26

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

No attack, no injury, shark took speared fish & approached diver closely

🦈 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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Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.