Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1991 Portofino, 20 miles offshore, Tigullio Bay, Santa Margherita Ligure (Liguria), Ligurian Sea, ITALY

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1991

⏰ 15h30

📍 Location

Portofino, 20 miles offshore, Tigullio Bay, Santa Margherita Ligure (Liguria), Ligurian Sea, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 40

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No Injury to occupant; canoe bitten

🦈 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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Sharks don't get cancer.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

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