Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1997 Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1997

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 29

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Ankle bitten, but shark involvement unconfirmed

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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