Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2021 Littlehampton, West Sussex, ENGLAND

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2021

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Littlehampton, West Sussex, ENGLAND

🌍 ENGLAND

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 51

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Calf bitten by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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