Date06-Jan-1912
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationSydney Harbor
SpeciesC. macrurus captured 48 hours after attack with tissue removed from man in its gut; species identified by G.P. Whitley, reported as C. obscurus by R. Steel
InjuryThigh & lower abdomen severely bitten
Victimmale, Male
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1933), page 450, citing J. Burton Cleland Australasian Medical Gazette, September 14, 1912, page 270
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