Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2011 Santa Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2011

⏰ 15h00

📍 Location

Santa Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Laceration to left thigh

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

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

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Baby sharks are called pups.