Fatal Attacks
0
Unprovoked Attacks
0
Total Attacks
1
There have been a total of 1 shark attacks in West of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Out of those, none have thankfully been fatal. 0 attacks came out of the blue while 1 have been provoked by humans.
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Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
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300 nm from shore | Invalid | H.M.S. Cornwall & H.M.S.Dorsetshire sunk by Japanese dive bombers. Officers & men in the water formed a circle with 60 of their dead in the center for 36 hours | Sharks were numerous & took corpses but made no attempts to harm the survivors. | NO |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?