Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1998 Whale Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1998

⏰ 20h00

📍 Location

Whale Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 31

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Missing, thought to have been taken by a shark

🦈 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 are colorblind.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.