Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2009 Garden Point, Woolloomooloo Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2009

⏰ Before 07h00

📍 Location

Garden Point, Woolloomooloo Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 31

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Severe injuries to right hand & right thigh. Right hand surgically amputated & his right leg a week later

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Bull 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.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks can only live in salt water.