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Great white shark: Goins was attacked while swimming off Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii. Witnesses describe Goins as giving a loud shriek before suddenly disappearing beneath the surface. His remains were recovered from a 12.5-foot (3.8 m) great white shark captured off Kahuku. [44] Charles Burke, 18: August 24, 1926: Unconfirmed
Out of more than 500 shark species, only three are responsible for a double-digit number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger, and bull. [6] The oceanic whitetip has probably killed many more shipwreck and plane crash survivors, but these are not recorded in the statistics. [ 7 ]
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File found just 69 confirmed, unprovoked shark attacks on people and 36 confirmed bites worldwide in 2023. That compares with ...
Even though great white sharks aren’t known to hunt people, attacks do happen. Four of the 10 fatal attacks in 2023 were done by great white sharks (one in California and three in Australia.)
3m to 4m Great white shark [114] 2014 9 September: Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay: Swimming: Paul Wilcox: Male: 50: Fatal. Right leg attacked femoral artery severed. 10:40: Suspected Great white shark [115] [116] 2015 9 February: Shelly Beach, Ballina: Surfing: Tadashi Nakahara: Male: 41: Fatal. Legs taken off completely: 9:55: 3.5m to 4m, likely a ...
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The area has a very large population of marine mammals, such as elephant seals, harbor seals, sea otters and sea lions, which are favored prey of great white sharks. [1] Around thirty-eight percent of recorded great white shark attacks on humans in the United States have occurred within the Red Triangle—eleven percent of the worldwide total. [2]
Jabbing frantically at the giant shark, he managed to drive At 90-feet deep, Roseman was dangerously exposed with just a spear gun as a weapon. Diver fends off great white shark attack with spear