Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack

2022 Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2022

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 13

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Injury to upper lip

🦈 Species Information

Nurse Shark

This species has been involved in 109 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Nurse Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks are colorblind.

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

Sharks can only live in salt water.