Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2021 Anna Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2021

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Anna Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 42

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Punctures to leg

🦈 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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