Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

2003 Coogee Bay, near Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2003

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📍 Location

Coogee Bay, near Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Puncture wounds on heel, legs and buttocks

🦈 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 must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.