Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2012 Boca de la Leña, La Unión, Guerrero, MEXICO

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2012

⏰ 09h00

📍 Location

Boca de la Leña, La Unión, Guerrero, MEXICO

🌍 MEXICO

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 46

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left hand severed

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

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

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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 don't get cancer.

Sharks are colorblind.