Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Boating Attack

1919 Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1919

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to buttocks

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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