Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1991 Praia de Pau Amarelo, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1991

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Praia de Pau Amarelo, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

2 fingers severed by netted shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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