New Mexico has shark attack on record
It’s Shark Week in New Mexico!
Just kidding, we’re landlocked.
But The Land of Enchantment does have at least one shark attack according to the Shark Attack Database.
A recent Reddit post showing a map of shark attacks in the United States had a lot of people wondering, how does New Mexico have a Shark Attack?
According to the database the attack happened at the Albuquerque Aquarium in March of 2005.
The victim was a 45-year-old diver who was in the aquarium display tank.
He was bit by a sand-tiger shark and suffered two puncture wounds on the forearm when he and the shark collided.
Other landlocked states with shark attacks on record include Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky.
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