Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2004 Piedade Beach, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2004

⏰ 07h30

📍 Location

Piedade Beach, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower left leg bitten, surgically amputated

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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