Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

2018 Compass Cay, Exumas, BAHAMAS

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ 13h30

📍 Location

Compass Cay, Exumas, BAHAMAS

🌍 BAHAMAS

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 8

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Arc of shallow lacerations to back

🦈 Species Information

Nurse Shark

This species has been involved in 109 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Nurse 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.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks can only live in salt water.