Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2011 French Cay, Caicos Bank, TURKS & CAICOS

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2011

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

French Cay, Caicos Bank, TURKS & CAICOS

🌍 TURKS & CAICOS

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 35

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right calf bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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