Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1948 Tung Island, off the west coast of Buka Island, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1948

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Tung Island, off the west coast of Buka Island, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bitten on face while taking shark off spear PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 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 are colorblind.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.