Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack

1968 Half mile north of Juno Beach Pier, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1968

⏰ 16h00

📍 Location

Half mile north of Juno Beach Pier, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 9 & 12

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Shark bumped Colleen, the nudged Scott, then bit Frisbee & swam away with it

🦈 Species Information

Hammerhead Shark

This species has been involved in 46 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Hammerhead Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.