Shark attack at Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini, Bahamas

Shark attack details: Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini, Aug-1948
Date of attack: August 1st 1948
Location: Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini
Shark species: 4' lemon shark
Name of victim: Francisco Edmund Blanc, a scientist from National Museum in Paris
Age of victim: 41 years old
Sex of victim: M
Activity: Spearing a shark
Injury: Shark that he speared bit his calf PROVOKED INCIDENT

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