Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1972 Bird Rock, near Tomales Point, Marin County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1972

⏰ 13h30

📍 Location

Bird Rock, near Tomales Point, Marin County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 32

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bitten on legs & buttock

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks have no bones.