Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2004 Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2004

⏰ 13h00

📍 Location

Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Calf bitten & both hands injured

🦈 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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Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks are colorblind.