Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2023 Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2023

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

🌍 Mexico

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 59

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Both arms injured

🦈 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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