Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack

2000 Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2000

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 12

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot lacerated from toe to heel when he tripped on shark during fishing competition PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Blue Shark

This species has been involved in 58 documented attacks in our database.

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