Here are the historical accounts of shark attacks the took place on April 25:
Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
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1 | 25-Apr-2008 | Dave Martin | M | 66 | 07h00 | USA | California | Solana Beach – Fletcher Cove | Swimming | Fatal – legs bitten while swimming with group dead at the scene | White | 180 |
2 | 25-Apr-2005 | male | M | 25 | 23h00 | Australia | New South Wales | Bermagui | Fishing | Laceration on left thigh SPI | Mako | 60 |
3 | 25-Apr-2003 | Felipe Tavares Marinho | M | 16 | 18h30 | BRAZIL | Rio de Janeiro (State) | Copacabana Beach Rio de Janiero | Swimming | Bitten on finger | ||
4 | 25-Apr-1996 | Luke Baker | M | 11 | Australia | New South Wales | Mona Vale | Swimming | Puncture wounds on upper left thigh | Wobbegong | ||
5 | 25-Apr-1996 | Aya Hamaea | F | 16 | Australia | New South Wales | Mona Vale | Swimming | Puncture wounds on leg | Wobbegong | ||
6 | 25-Apr-1980 | Venus Goulbourne | M | JAMAICA | St. Mary’s Parish | Priestman’s River area, East Portland | Spearfishing | Hand bitten by speared shark | ||||
7 | 25-Apr-1974 | 5 men | M | BRAZIL | Belem? | Sea Disaster | 5 men fatal after sea diaster | |||||
8 | 25-Apr-1965 | Michael Sammut | M | 19 | 16h00 | USA | California | Pacifica San Mateo County | Surfing | Fatal -Drowned & his body was not recovered | ||
9 | 25-Apr-1961 | John Davy & John Pierpoint | M | Australia | New South Wales | Trial Bay north of Kempsey | Spearfishing | Speared shark bit Davy’s ankle & Pierpont’s right leg SPI | Wobbegong | 56 | ||
10 | 25-Apr-1935 | James Smith murder victim | M | 40 | Australia | New South Wales | Coogee | Captiveshark regurgitated his arm in the Coogee Aquarium | Tiger | |||
11 | 25-Apr-1924 | Ernest Conroy | M | 20 | Afternoon | Australia | New South Wales | Kiama | Fishing | Fatal – partial remains recovered | ||
12 | 25-Apr-1916 | Thomas Harrington | M | Australia | New South Wales | Manley Beach | Swimming | Fatal – | ||||
13 | 25-Apr-1909 | Johannis Zambetta | M | TUNISIA | Sfax | Diving | Leg bitten |
Interesting note on the attacks that happened on this day in history-several accounts of the wobbegong shark being the biter.