Fatal Attacks
38
Unprovoked Attacks
93
Total Attacks
113
There have been a total of 113 shark attacks in BRAZIL. Out of those, 38 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 33.63%. 93 attacks came out of the blue while 20 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
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Barra de Jangada | 27-10-1996 | Surfing | Survived | NO | Luis Henrique Messias | ||
Barra de Jangada | 27-10-1996 | Surfing | Leg bitten | NO | Gilvan Jaime de Freitas Júnior | ||
30-09-1996 | Survived | NO | Josebias Dias | ||||
Boa Viagem, Recife | 06-04-1996 | Swimming | FATAL | YES | Marcos Santana Silva | ||
Boa Viagem, Recife | 26-08-1995 | Surfing | Survived | NO | Aluisio Francisco da Silva Filho | ||
Candeias | 06-07-1995 | Surfing | Arm bitten, FATAL | YES | 18yo Clélio Rosendo Falcão Filho | ||
Praia do Olho D'Água, São Luis | 04-03-1995 | Afternoon | Swimming | FATAL | YES | E.S. | |
Piedade | 01-01-1995 | Surfing | Foot bitten | NO | 17yo Humberto Moraes de Souza | ||
Piedade | 12-12-1994 | Surfing | Survived | NO | Tiago Costa de Lima | ||
Paiva | 10-12-1994 | Surfing | Right thigh bitten | NO | Jorge de Oliveira Andrade |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?