Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2022 Protea Banks, KNZ, South Africa

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2022

⏰ 09h00

📍 Location

Protea Banks, KNZ, South Africa

🌍 South Africa

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 26

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hamd bitten

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

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

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