Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack

2011 Palau Payar, Kedah, MALAYSIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2011

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Palau Payar, Kedah, MALAYSIA

🌍 MALAYSIA

🏊 Activity

Snorkeling

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Laceration to dorsum of right foot

🦈 Species Information

Reef Shark

This species has been involved in 81 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.