Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2008 Aliwal Shoal, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2008

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Aliwal Shoal, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

As he pushd the shark away from his camera, his finger was cut on a tooth

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

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