Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack

1981 Gingerbread Reef, east of Little Isaac Island, Grand Bahama Island, BAHAMAS

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1981

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

Gingerbread Reef, east of Little Isaac Island, Grand Bahama Island, BAHAMAS

🌍 BAHAMAS

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 53

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Upper right arm bitten

🦈 Species Information

Mako Shark

This species has been involved in 60 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Mako 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 must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks don't get cancer.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.