Fatal Fishing Attack

1962 Pekinberui Village, Tabar Island, New Ireland Province, Bismarck Archipelago, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1962

⏰ 17h00

📍 Location

Pekinberui Village, Tabar Island, New Ireland Province, Bismarck Archipelago, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: (adult)

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right thigh severely bitten, right ankle lacerated

🦈 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 been around longer than trees.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Baby sharks are called pups.