Non-fatal Diving Attack

2004 Koumac, North Province, NEW CALEDONIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2004

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Koumac, North Province, NEW CALEDONIA

🌍 NEW CALEDONIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Forearm bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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