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The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916, in which four people were killed and one critically injured. The incidents occurred during a deadly summer heat wave and polio epidemic in the United States that drove thousands of people to the ...
Bull shark: Killed after a shark, which had been chasing a tarpon, leapt into his small skiff breaking it apart near Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, Florida. The shark bit his side nearly cutting him in two. Japanese fisherman: 1907: Unconfirmed, probably a tiger shark: Fell into the water and killed by a shark while net fishing near Pepeekeo ...
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 ...
Of those 69 attacks, two were fatal — one in California and the other in Hawaii. There was a 12.2% drop in reported shark bites in 2023 compared to 2022. South Carolina had two reported shark ...
List of fatal shark attacks in Australia. 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.
A bull shark gets up close to inspect divers during an ecotourism shark dive off of Jupiter, Florida, on May 5, 2022. - Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
In a list of 47 years of global shark attack data compiled by Floridapanhandle.com, bull sharks tallied the second-most bites, with 175 attacks and an 18% kill rate.
June 28, 2022. Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape. Great white shark. Bruce Wolov was swimming in the Bay when a white shark attacked him. A large great white shark was filmed swimming in the area shortly after the attack. [1] Robert Frauenstein, 38. April 13, 2021. Chintsa, Eastern Cape.