Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2020 Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2020

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 54

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unknown

🩹 Injury Details

Hand bitten that was holding a fish PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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