Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack

2023 Grace Bay Beach, Providenciales Island, TURKS and CaICOS

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2023

⏰ 15h00

📍 Location

Grace Bay Beach, Providenciales Island, TURKS and CaICOS

🌍 TURKS and CaICOS

🏊 Activity

Snorkeling

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left foot severed

🦈 Species Information

Reef Shark

This species has been involved in 81 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Reef 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.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

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

Sharks are colorblind.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.