Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2018 Praia de Sauaçuhy, Maceió, Alagoas, BRAZIL

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Praia de Sauaçuhy, Maceió, Alagoas, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 56

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Injury to ankle from marine animal trapped in weir PROVOKED INCIDENT.

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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