Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2016 Louisiana, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2016

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Louisiana, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Minor

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 33

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Minor injury to left foot

🦈 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

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Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.