Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1971 Buffels Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1971

⏰ 11h30

📍 Location

Buffels Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: >50

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, multiple bites

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.