Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2009 Curlew Island, Breton Sound, Louisiana, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2009

⏰ 10h00

📍 Location

Curlew Island, Breton Sound, Louisiana, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 56

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right ankle & foot bitten

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

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

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