Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

1937 Lake Conjola, near Milton, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1937

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Lake Conjola, near Milton, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bitten on forearm PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 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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Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Shark attacks are increasing every year.