Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1997 Manguinhos, Ilha Feia, Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1997

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Manguinhos, Ilha Feia, Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower left leg & ankle bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks are colorblind.