Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2006 Sunrise Beach, Muizenberg, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2006

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Sunrise Beach, Muizenberg, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot severed

🦈 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 are colorblind.

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

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks have no bones.