Fatal Fishing Attack

1971 Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1971

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 51

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL. Shark bite was minor injury, but he suffered a heart attack afterwards and died 6 hours later

🦈 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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