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03/26/2021 - Male 10 yr - French Polynesia

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03/26/2021 - Male 10 yr - French Polynesia

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Swimmers and rowers are
used to encountering young black tip sharks
Hakahau Bay and consider them harmless.
But people are advised to avoid swimming at
nightfall, when the water is cloudy or near
fishermen who clean their fish near the
quay, not far from the beach. This event
aroused curiosity but was considered a minor
and isolated fact on the island.
TIME: 14h00
NARRATIVE: The boy was swimming with his friends towards Hakahau Beach. The shark
was hunting small fish very close to the beach when it bit the boy’s knee twice.
shark which was hunting small fish bit his knee, very close to the beach. The child suffered a
knee injury and soon received a few stitches at the Hakahau dispensary.
INJURY: The injury to the child’s knee was minor. The child was not particularly traumatized
by his mishap; he quickly recovered and was playing again with his friends the next day.


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