Non-fatal Diving Attack

1938 Lady Martin’s Beach, Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1938

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Lady Martin’s Beach, Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Superficial lacerations on feet & toes

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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