Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

1999 Two miles off Key Colony Beach, Monroe County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1999

⏰ 18h25

📍 Location

Two miles off Key Colony Beach, Monroe County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 43

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Ankle bitten

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

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

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks have no bones.