Non-fatal Sand Shark Attack

1995 Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1995

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right foot bitten

🦈 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 must keep swimming or they will die.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks have no bones.