A 3,000-year-old cold case could be the earliest known victim of a shark attack. The skeleton, found in Japan, is covered in unusually deep cut marks. It looks like the victim of a frenzied samurai sword attack, but could his wounds have been caused by a shark? If so, which species of shark is the prime suspect?
Attack of the Samurai Sharks
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A 3,000-year-old skeleton originally found in the 1920s near Japan’s Seto Inland Sea is covered in unusually deep cut marks. It looks like the victim of a frenzied samurai sword attack. But the skeleton, called Tsukumo 24, is from a man who died hundreds of years before the first Japanese swords were made. Now, an international team of scientists at Kyoto University reopens the case with a startling theory: Was this man killed by a shark? If so, could this be the oldest shark attack ever investigated, and which species is the prime suspect?
- Duration:
- 44m
- Release Date:
- 2026
- Genre:
- Documentaries,
- Animals & Nature
- Rating:
- Director:
- Alex Tate
- Cast:
- Daniela Denby-Ashe
- Category: Movie
