Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

1948 Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1948

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 48

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Grabbed shark by the tail & it bit him PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Nurse Shark

This species has been involved in 109 documented attacks in our database.

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