Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2009 Haumoana, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2009

⏰ 17h30

📍 Location

Haumoana, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 49

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Posterior thigh bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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