Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1994 Boa Viagem, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1994

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Boa Viagem, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 25

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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