Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1980 Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1980

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right leg bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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