Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2000 St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2000

⏰ 16h45

📍 Location

St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 44

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Severely bitten on lower leg

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

This species has been involved in 113 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Blacktip Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

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

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks have no bones.