Non-fatal Diving Attack

2006 Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2006

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 44

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Killed by a stingray, not a shark - a tragedy for his family and marine wildlife

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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