CANADIAN SHARK ATTACK REGISTRY
Hardhat diver attacked by shark in Burrard Inlet
| Case number: 13 |
| Date: 1925-01-07 |
| Location: Burrard https://www.indianbotsoc.org/ Inlet (Vancouver), British Columbia |
| Incident type: Attack on diver — Code: DF |
| Species: Unknown |
| Possible https://sscesif.comillaboard.gov.bd/ cause(s): Unknown |
| Result: No injury |
| Status: Confirmed |
| Description: A commercial hardhat diver claimed¹ to have been attacked three times by a shark (species unknown) during underwater construction work on the Second Narrows Bridge. The diver (John Bruce) reportedly killed the shark from repeated blows with an iron bar at a depth of 27 m. The shark was then exhibited in public before being destroyed.https://editorial.utmachala.edu.ec/editorial/convocatorias/
From the Vancouver Sun (January 8, 1925):
Assessment: Based on the reported size and location, and if the account of the battle is true, the shark could have been a bluntnose sixgill (Hexanchus griseus) or a Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus), both of which are relatively slow-moving and known to frequent the area. It would be unlikely for anyone, let alone a diver wearing a cumbersome and highly restrictive hardhat outfit, to fight with and beat to death https://cse.stamforduniversity.edu.bd/ a salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) or a white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). A white shark would also have been out of season. The Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi), a.k.a. mud shark, does not grow to 1.8 m (6 ft). A so-called mud shark was caught² the same year and exhibited at the Vancouver Yacht Club, on December 9, 1925. The two-metre shark was observed swimming at the surface where it was caught with a boat hook by the club caretaker. Again, the physical and behavioural description of this shark does not match the spiny dogfish, but more closely https://www.writingincomeaccelerator.com/the-resurgence-of-brand-journalism-and-why-its-here-to-stay/ resembles that of the Pacific sleeper shark https://oyo777.one/ which is relatively easy to capture at the surface using a harpoon or gaffe. It is thus our determination that the animal in question may have been a bluntnose sixgill shark or a Pacific sleeper shark but the details of the communications ulab incident may have been exaggerated for effect.https://marblemakrana.com/https://premios.atrae.org/
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(Background) Hardhat diver at work in Vanvouver. Photo by Jack Lindsay, City of Vancouver Archives.
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