Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack

1957 Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, MARSHALL ISLANDS

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1957

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, MARSHALL ISLANDS

🌍 MARSHALL ISLANDS

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Survived

🦈 Species Information

Mako Shark

This species has been involved in 60 documented attacks in our database.

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