Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1970 3.2 km inland, Limpopo River, MOZAMBIQUE

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1970

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

3.2 km inland, Limpopo River, MOZAMBIQUE

🌍 MOZAMBIQUE

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 14

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hands severed, forearm severely lacerated

🦈 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 older than dinosaurs.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.