Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

1998 Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1998

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

He grabbed shark's tail, shark bit his chest & held on. 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.

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Baby sharks are called pups.

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