Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2017 Ventnor, New Jersey, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Ventnor, New Jersey, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Minor

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Minor injury to hand

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

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