Date16-May-1960
TypeProvoked
CountryUSA
LocationLignum Vitae Channel, Florida Keys, Monroe County
SpeciesLemon 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 boat
InjuryNo injury, harpooned shark bit hull, leaving tooth fragments. PROVOKED INCIDENT
Victim16' skiff, occupant: W.A. Starck, II
SourceRandall in Sharks and Survival, p.351 Note: Stark's boat also rammed by shark a lemon shark several years earlier
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