Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1961 Quinn’s Rocks, south of Yanchep, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1961

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Quinn’s Rocks, south of Yanchep, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, speared shark hit speargun PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks sleep like humans do.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks have no bones.