Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

1967 Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1967

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Recorded as PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Nurse Shark

This species has been involved in 109 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks are colorblind.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.