Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1991 Ravine des Sables, Saint Leu, L'Etang-Salé, REUNION

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1991

⏰ 17h30

📍 Location

Ravine des Sables, Saint Leu, L'Etang-Salé, REUNION

🌍 REUNION

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 30

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left arm severed

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Baby sharks are called pups.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Sharks are colorblind.