Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack

2018 New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 48

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bitten on foot when he stepped on the shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Wobbegong Shark

This species has been involved in 56 documented attacks in our database.

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