Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2011 Hula, near Port Moresby, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2011

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Hula, near Port Moresby, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 30

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to right leg

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks are colorblind.