Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack

2019 Praia de Porto, Fernando de Noronha, BRAZIL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Praia de Porto, Fernando de Noronha, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 12

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Cut to toe from hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Lemon Shark

This species has been involved in 44 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Lemon Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks are colorblind.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.