Non-fatal Boating Attack

1840 George Town Cove, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1840

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

George Town Cove, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury to occupant, shark seized stern post

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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