Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack

2018 County Cork, IRELAND

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ 18h00

📍 Location

County Cork, IRELAND

🌍 IRELAND

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 40

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Forearm bitten by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Blue Shark

This species has been involved in 58 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Blue 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.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.