Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2024 July 8 Ponce de Leon Inlet Volusia County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2024 July 8

⏰ 11hr15

📍 Location

Ponce de Leon Inlet Volusia County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 14

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower left leg injury

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

This species has been involved in 113 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Blacktip 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 are colorblind.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks have no bones.