Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1964 Acapulco, Guerrero, MEXICO

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1964

⏰ 14h00

📍 Location

Acapulco, Guerrero, MEXICO

🌍 MEXICO

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right thigh bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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