Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack

1961 Cook Island, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1961

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Cook Island, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 27

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right calf bitten by lassoed shark on deck of surf ski PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Wobbegong Shark

This species has been involved in 56 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Wobbegong 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.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.