Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2017 Boot Reef, Torres Strait, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

Boot Reef, Torres Strait, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 55

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Multiple injuries to arm, wrist and torso

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Bull 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.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks don't get cancer.