Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2020 Vallée Blanche, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2020

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Vallée Blanche, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA

🌍 FRENCH POLYNESIA

🏊 Activity

Snorkeling

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg bitten

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

This species has been involved in 113 documented attacks in our database.

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