Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1953 Long Reef, Collaroy, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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

📅 Date & Time

1953

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Long Reef, Collaroy, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Arm lacerated

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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