Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2001 Ixtapa, Guerrero, MEXICO

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2001

⏰ Late morning

📍 Location

Ixtapa, Guerrero, MEXICO

🌍 MEXICO

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 26

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hand injured

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks don't get cancer.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks can only live in salt water.