Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1885 Kokstad District, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1885

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Kokstad District, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury to occupant, rammed oar in shark's mouth and it bit the oar

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Shark attacks are increasing every year.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.