Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2024 July 4 South Padre Island, Texas, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2024 July 4

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📍 Location

South Padre Island, Texas, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Middle age

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bite to left leg calf muscle removed

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Bull 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 must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks don't get cancer.