Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2021 Pororari River, South Island, New Zealand

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2021

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Pororari River, South Island, New Zealand

🌍 New Zealand

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 9

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Laceration to big toe

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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