Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2005 Kei River Mouth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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

📅 Date & Time

2005

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Kei River Mouth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 32

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left buttock & legs lacerated

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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