Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Wading Attack

1970 Manatee County, Florida, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1970

⏰ Late afternoon

📍 Location

Manatee County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot & calf lacerated

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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