Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2018 Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ 09h29

📍 Location

Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 60s

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Calf bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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