Incident Report
Tiger Shark Incident During Swimming at Green Island, Queensland
green island, Queensland·Australia
A female swimmer sustained major lacerations to the torso in a tiger shark encounter at Green Island, Queensland in December 1981. The swimmer survived the non-fatal incident.
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In December 1981, a shark incident occurred at Green Island, an island location in Queensland, Australia, during a swimming activity. A female swimmer was attacked by a tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) and sustained major lacerations to the torso. Despite the severity of the injuries, the incident was non-fatal and the swimmer survived. Tiger sharks are large predatory sharks known to inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around Australia and are responsible for a notable proportion of shark incidents in the region. This incident was documented in Queensland's shark incident records as part of the ongoing monitoring of human-shark interactions in Australian waters.