Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack

1980 San Juan de la Rambla, Tenerife, Canary Islands, SPAIN

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1980

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

San Juan de la Rambla, Tenerife, Canary Islands, SPAIN

🌍 SPAIN

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Thigh injured

🦈 Species Information

Blue Shark

This species has been involved in 58 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have no bones.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.