Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2000 Smyrna Dunes Park, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2000

⏰ 14h45

📍 Location

Smyrna Dunes Park, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left thigh lacerated

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

This species has been involved in 113 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Blacktip Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.