Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack

2021 Varanus Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2021

⏰ 20h30

📍 Location

Varanus Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 34

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg bitten when he jumped on the sharkPROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Lemon Shark

This species has been involved in 44 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Lemon 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.

Shark attacks are increasing every year.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Sharks are colorblind.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.