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List of all shark attacks by Lemon shark

Fatal Attacks

1

Unprovoked Attacks

26

Total Attacks

40

Lemon shark is responsible for 40 attacks. Out of those, 1 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 2.50%. 26 attacks came out of the blue while 14 have been provoked by humans.

Provoked

Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

CountryLocationDateTimeSpeciesActivityInjuryFatalPerson
SRI LANKA Heda Oya Estuary Possibly a lemon sharkShark fishingButtock removedNO Aboobaker
USA North end of Morris Island at mouth of Charleston Harbor Thought to involve a 2.4 m [8'] lemon shark; two 2.4 m lemon sharks caught within 100 yds of the site a week prior to & a week after this incidentSitting in 3' of waterRight knee & left leg bittenNO 15yo Dayton Hastie
USA Lignum Vitae Channel, Florida Keys, Monroe County Lemon shark, 1.8 m [6'] male, N. breviostris, identified by W.A. Stark II, later the same day a 6'8" pregnant female lemon shark bit the bow of the boatNo injury, harpooned shark bit hull, leaving tooth fragments. PROVOKED INCIDENTNO 16' skiff, occupant: W.A. Starck, II
SENEGAL Isle de Gorée 18h15Lemon sharkSkindiving, fish at beltRight thigh bittenNO 19yo k
BAHAMAS Lerner Marine Laboratory Lemon shark, 4'Spearing a sharkShark that he speared bit his calf PROVOKED INCIDENTNO 41yo Francisco Edmund Blanc, a scientist from National Museum in Paris
USA Marathon, Monroe County 18-08-1969 Lemon shark, 9'FishingLaceration to foot from dead shark PROVOKED INCIDENTNO adultyo Jack Horner
USA South Jetty, Galveston 30-07-1966 Lemon shark or sandtiger sharkDiving for sand dollarsDorsum of right foot grazedNO 16yo Robert W. Russell
BAHAMAS Lerner Marine Lab 29-07-1964 Lemon shark, 0.5 mAttempting to anesthetize sharkChest bitten PROVOKED INCIDENTNO Karl Kuchnow
PANAMA 29-05-1964 Lemon sharkStandingNo injuryNO 47yo W.W. Fitzsimmons
USA Key Largo Sound 09-08-1960 20h00Lemon shark, 1164 mm, immature male, identified by V.G. SpringerHolding shark on leader & dangling it above the waterRight hand bitten by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENTNO 15yo Richard Henn
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