Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1930 LaPlaya Beach / Vedado, Havana, Havana Province, CUBA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1930

⏰ Evening

📍 Location

LaPlaya Beach / Vedado, Havana, Havana Province, CUBA

🌍 CUBA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 29

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right arm & leg bitten, arm & leg surgically amputated

🦈 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 can only live in salt water.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks don't get cancer.