Shark Attack Database

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Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack

1966 Bellambi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1966

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Bellambi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 30

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Buttocks bitten

🦈 Species Information

Wobbegong Shark

This species has been involved in 56 documented attacks in our database.

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