Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2021 13th Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2021

⏰ 17h40

📍 Location

13th Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 7

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Injury to leg

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

📹 Learn More About 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 detect electrical fields.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks are colorblind.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.