Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

1958 Water Island, US Virgin Islands, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1958

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Water Island, US Virgin Islands, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Chest bitten by speared shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Nurse Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Nurse 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 have been around longer than trees.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks can only live in salt water.