Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack

2019 reef 40km east Vanua Levu, FIJI

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ 12h30

📍 Location

reef 40km east Vanua Levu, FIJI

🌍 FIJI

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 32

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right arm bitten

🦈 Species Information

Reef Shark

This species has been involved in 81 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Reef 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 can only live in salt water.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.