Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

2000 Artifical reef 3 miles off Manatee Beach, Manatee County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2000

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

Artifical reef 3 miles off Manatee Beach, Manatee County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 55

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower right calf lacerated

🦈 Species Information

Nurse Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Nurse Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks are colorblind.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks don't get cancer.