Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

2023 San Pedro , Ambergris Caye, Belize District, BELIZE

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2023

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

San Pedro , Ambergris Caye, Belize District, BELIZE

🌍 BELIZE

🏊 Activity

Snorkeling

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 8

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot injured

🦈 Species Information

Nurse Shark

This species has been involved in 109 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks are colorblind.

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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.