Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2019 Afareitu Lagoonarium., Moorea, FRENCH POLYNESIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Afareitu Lagoonarium., Moorea, FRENCH POLYNESIA

🌍 FRENCH POLYNESIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 9

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Multiple lacerations to right arm

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

This species has been involved in 113 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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