Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1959 Morobe Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1959

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Morobe Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Penis bitten while trying to drag speared shark to beach PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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