Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2001 Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UNITED KINGDOM

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2001

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UNITED KINGDOM

🌍 UNITED KINGDOM

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Head bitten by captive shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

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