Date of attack: | Jan 15th 1961 |
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Location: | Cook Island, New South Wales |
Shark species: | 1.5 m [5'] Wobbegong shark |
Name of victim: | Robert Webb |
Age of victim: | 27 years old |
Sex of victim: | M |
Activity: | Collecting aquarium specimens |
Injury: | Right calf bitten by lassoed shark on deck of surf ski PROVOKED INCIDENT |
Shark attack at Cook Island, New South Wales , Australia
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