Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1952 Port Louis, Port Louis Province, MAURITIUS

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1952

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Port Louis, Port Louis Province, MAURITIUS

🌍 MAURITIUS

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Amputation

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right foot lacerated by a larger shark. Lost several toes PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 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 can only live in salt water.

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Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

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Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.