Shark Attack Database

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Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2010 Off Garden Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2010

⏰ 12h30

📍 Location

Off Garden Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Snorkeling

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Torso and left buttock bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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