Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2021 Ocean Isle, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2021

⏰ 11h30

📍 Location

Ocean Isle, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 7

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Calf bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are colorblind.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.