Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1997 Santa Rosa, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, MEXICO

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1997

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Santa Rosa, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, MEXICO

🌍 MEXICO

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 33

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, arm & leg severed

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger 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.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

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

Sharks have no bones.