Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1980 Bonza Bay, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1980

⏰ Early afternoon

📍 Location

Bonza Bay, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

No injury; 2 m shark made threat display and impaled itself on spear

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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