Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2009 Olho d'Água, Maranhão, BRAZIL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2009

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Olho d'Água, Maranhão, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Drowned, body scavenged by shark

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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