Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2021 I'îot Maître, NEW CALEDONIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2021

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

I'îot Maître, NEW CALEDONIA

🌍 NEW CALEDONIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 57

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right leg bitten but death due to heart attack

🦈 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.

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 can only live in salt water.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.