Non-fatal Diving Attack

1949 Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1949

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 36

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left arm bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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