Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1998 National Zoological Gardens Aquarium, Pretoria, Transvaal, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1998

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

National Zoological Gardens Aquarium, Pretoria, Transvaal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to right shin PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks are colorblind.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.