Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Diving Attack

1958 Canal Zone, PANAMA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1958

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Canal Zone, PANAMA

🌍 PANAMA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Boy seized shark by its tail, shark bit boy’s forearm PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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