Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2015 Off Cabo Rojo, PUERTO RICO

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2015

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Off Cabo Rojo, PUERTO RICO

🌍 PUERTO RICO

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 36

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Injury to hand

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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