Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1928 Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1928

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA

🌍 COSTA RICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right leg & hand severely lacerated

🦈 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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Sharks have no bones.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.