Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1995 Ponce de Leon Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1995

⏰ 14h10

📍 Location

Ponce de Leon Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 12

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Multiple bites on right leg and knee

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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