Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2012 Nobby's Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2012

⏰ 17h00

📍 Location

Nobby's Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to left calf

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.