Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2008 Piedade, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2008

⏰ 15h00

📍 Location

Piedade, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 14

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hand severed, buttocks bitten

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Bull Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have no bones.