Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack

1950 Dodnduwa, Southern Province, SRI LANKA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1950

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Dodnduwa, Southern Province, SRI LANKA

🌍 SRI LANKA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, but shark damaged one of his swim fins

🦈 Species Information

Reef Shark

This species has been involved in 81 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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