Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2001 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2001

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot lacerated

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

This species has been involved in 113 documented attacks in our database.

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