Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1963 Kukipi, 150 miles west of Port Moresby in the Lakekamu River area, Gulf Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1963

⏰ 14h00

📍 Location

Kukipi, 150 miles west of Port Moresby in the Lakekamu River area, Gulf Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left arm lacerated PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks don't get cancer.

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