Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack

2021 Varanus Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2021

⏰ 20h30

📍 Location

Varanus Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 34

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg bitten when he jumped on the sharkPROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Lemon Shark

This species has been involved in 44 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Lemon 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 must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks don't get cancer.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.