Fatal Fishing Attack

1949 Orava (Aravo) Islet , near Kieta., Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1949

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Orava (Aravo) Islet , near Kieta., Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, "Nearly bitten in two through loin".

🦈 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 have no bones.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks sleep like humans do.