Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

1938 Ashar Canal, where people wash clothes & kitchen pans, Basrah City, IRAQ

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1938

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Ashar Canal, where people wash clothes & kitchen pans, Basrah City, IRAQ

🌍 IRAQ

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 9 or 10

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Arm severed, but survived. Note: Some weeks later he was swimming at the same spot when a shark severed his right foot.

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Bull Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Shark attacks are increasing every year.