Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1982 Lacona, Isola d'Elba, Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1982

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Lacona, Isola d'Elba, Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No details

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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