Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2010 Sharm el-Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2010

⏰ 14h00

📍 Location

Sharm el-Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT

🌍 EGYPT

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to left ankle and foot

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can detect electrical fields.

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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks sleep like humans do.