Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2016 Takapoto Atoll, Tuamotos, FRENCH POLYNESIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2016

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Takapoto Atoll, Tuamotos, FRENCH POLYNESIA

🌍 FRENCH POLYNESIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 40s

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hand injured?

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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