Date of attack: | August 7th 1981 |
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Location: | Gingerbread Reef, east of Little Isaac Island / Northern edge of Great Bahama Bank, Grand Bahama Island |
Shark species: | Mako shark (tooth fragments recovered) |
Name of victim: | Robert Marx |
Age of victim: | 53 years old |
Sex of victim: | M |
Activity: | Snorkeling on surface |
Injury: | Upper right arm bitten |
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- Bimini, | 23-Jun-1990
- , Bimini | May-2007
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- Cat Cay, Bimini | 04-Jul-1996
- Freeport, | 24-Jun-1994
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- Freeport, Grand Bahama Island | 04-Aug-2001
- Off Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island | 13-Jul-2011
- Port Lucaya, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island | 04-Jul-2015
- Shark Junction, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island | 07-Jun-23
- Sandy Cay, Grand Bahama Island | 11-Jan-2006
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 05-Jun-2015
- Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida | 03-Sep-2007
- Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida | Jul-2003
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 13-Feb-2005
- 2 miles off Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida | 16-Sep-2001
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