Non-fatal Sand Shark Attack

1981 St. Petersburg Beach, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1981

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

St. Petersburg Beach, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot bitten between arch & big toe, no stitches required

🦈 Species Information

Sand Shark

This species has been involved in 29 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks don't get cancer.

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Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

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