Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2013 Catalina Channel, California, USA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2013

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Catalina Channel, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 47

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Puncture wound to torso. Reported as a bite by a leopard shark, the tooth fragment appears to be that of a bony fish

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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