Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2004 Playa Colorada Beach, Mochima National Park, only 200 m west of Santa Cruz Beach, Anzoategui, VENEZUELA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2004

⏰ 14h30

📍 Location

Playa Colorada Beach, Mochima National Park, only 200 m west of Santa Cruz Beach, Anzoategui, VENEZUELA

🌍 VENEZUELA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower back & hand bitten

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Bull Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks have no bones.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks don't get cancer.