Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2020 St. Vincent Bay, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2020

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

St. Vincent Bay, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA

🌍 NEW CALEDONIA

🏊 Activity

Snorkeling

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Three 3-inch lacerations to thigh

🦈 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 must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks are colorblind.

Baby sharks are called pups.