Non-fatal Diving Attack

1950 Mangalia Reef above Touho, North Province, NEW CALEDONIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1950

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Mangalia Reef above Touho, North Province, NEW CALEDONIA

🌍 NEW CALEDONIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Arm bitten, surgically amputated

🦈 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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Sharks have no bones.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.