Incident Report

Kikori, Gulf, Papua New Guinea

Monday, February 16, 1959

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Arm

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Arm bitten by shark that he thought was dead PROVOKED INCIDENT

Environmental

Moon Phase

First Quarter

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Monday

Individual

Name

male

Sex

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

Kikori, Gulf, Papua New Guinea

Body of Water

Coral Sea

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-7.4119, 144.2477

Kikori, Gulf, Papua New Guinea

Incident Profile

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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Kikori, Gulf, Papua New Guinea

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