Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack

2007 Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2007

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 40

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left shin bitten by captive shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Reef Shark

This species has been involved in 81 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.