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Unconfirmed. This victim fell overboard and was killed by a shark while swimming in Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida . John Bloomquist. September 23, 1911. Unconfirmed, probably a bull shark. Bloomquist was killed by a shark in the Galveston, Texas, ship channel after he jumped overboard to rescue a companion.
The second major attack occurred on Thursday, July 6, 1916, at the resort town of Spring Lake, New Jersey, 45 miles (72 km) north of Beach Haven. The victim was Charles Bruder, 27, a Swiss bell captain at the Essex & Sussex Hotel. Bruder was attacked while swimming 130 yards (120 m) from shore.
The bull shark ( Carcharhinus leucas ), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally zambi) in Africa and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a species of requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers. It is known for its aggressive nature, and presence mainly in warm, shallow brackish and freshwater ...
De Bary, the director of the Salt Lake City Zoo, was bitten on the left forearm by a South African puff adder when he opened the cage to tend to the animal. Columbia Gay Hagerman, 22, female: September 28, 1961: Timber rattlesnake: Hagerman was bitten on the right thumb during her first snake handling at a church service in Jolo, West Virginia ...
Only three sharks regularly attack humans, according to National Geographic: the massive great white, the tiger shark, and the bull shark. Bull sharks, a mid-size predatory shark that can grow to ...
This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [1] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [2]
Between 30 to 40 shark species live around the Bahamas, although the Caribbean reef shark, the bull shark, the tiger shark and the black tip shark have the highest bite frequency, Naylor said ...
Bull shark Boulay was attacked by a 10 or 12 foot (3.5 to 4 m) long shark while windsurfing. unknown unknown 15 April 1994 Lieu-dit Cayenne, Saint-Joseph Bull shark An unidentified person was killed by a bull shark at a popular beach in Saint-Joseph. Theirry Mercredi, 16 M 28 June 1992 Cap de la Marianne, Saint-Paul Lemon shark or Bull shark