Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2007 Dumbéa, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2007

⏰ 16h00

📍 Location

Dumbéa, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA

🌍 NEW CALEDONIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 26

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left foot bitten

🦈 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

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

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks sleep like humans do.