Fatal Boating Attack

1874 Between Nanumea & Nanumaga Atolls, TUVALU

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1874

⏰ Night

📍 Location

Between Nanumea & Nanumaga Atolls, TUVALU

🌍 TUVALU

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

2 people out of +70 survived, one of whom was bitten by sharks

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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