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Great white shark: Attacked within 100 yards of the shore near Watsonville, California while the victim was surfing. [143] [144] Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63: July 27, 2020: Bailey Island, Maine: Great white shark: Attacked about 20 yards from the shore while swimming with her daughter. It was the first recorded fatal shark attack in Maine. [145 ...
While the term "shark attack" is in common use for instances of humans being wounded by sharks, it has been suggested that this is based largely on the assumption that large predatory sharks (such as great white, bull, and tiger sharks) only seek humans as prey.
The great white shark is one of only four kinds of shark that have been involved in a significant number of fatal unprovoked attacks on humans. Many bite incidents occur in waters with low visibility or other situations which impair the shark's senses.
The deadly attack comes less than a month after a shark killed a 16-year-old high school student in Jamaica. In July, a surfer lost his leg after a great white shark attacked him in Australia.
Why do sharks attack humans? According to the Shark Research Institute, there are over 400 plus species of shark around the world, which include great white sharks, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
September 3, 2017. Dyer Island, Western Cape. Great white shark. Xelela was swimming with a group of poachers to Dyer Island to poach abalone. He was swimming a few meters in front of the group when a shark grabbed him, pulled him underwater, and resurfaced with him in its jaws. The group swam away, and Xelela's body was later retrieved by a ...
Since 1837, there have only been two unprovoked shark attacks on humans in Washington, both in Grays Harbor County. Neither was fatal. The reality is that humans are a bigger threat to sharks than ...
Many of South Australia's fatal shark attacks have been attributed to the Great white shark. A total of 24 people have been killed by sharks in South Australian waters since the establishment of the colony in 1836. Prior to 2014, there had been 82 recorded shark attacks in South Australia. 20 of those have involved a single fatality.