Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2019 Off Cape Hatteras, Dare County, North Carolina, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off Cape Hatteras, Dare County, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Arc of punctures to lower right leg by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

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

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